New-York tribune., 1918-09-08
Big Purse alls
Into the Lap Of
Whitney Colt
rohren Has Easy Time Win
ming Lawrence Stakes
at Belmont

M threc-ycar-c ever Won $AV, 10
..s,ly as did Harry Payne Whitncy's
..,t 1ohrcn at Belmont Park yesterday.
-. ron the Lawrence Realization
stakes. which was worth that amount,
:, slow canter. under double wraps,
g., l.neth and half. R. I. Wilson,
;r Whippoorwill was his only oppo-
nent.
1ohren was considered such suro
u;r,.r that those who wished to back
.;, mad to give the odds of $50 in or
a, 20 obtain 81. Whippoorwill was ut
* 20 I. The time was 1855 Is, tho
,,ouest ever made by a winner Of this
event.
1ohren practically had a 'walk-over."
rha had been alone he probably would
Inv. raced faster in a workout. Whip
,oo,vill was Al opponent only in the
s.,.s that he would have won only had
=, .ccident happened to Johren. So
,.+,s did Trainer Healey think he had
.bance to win that he refused to pay
,or a Jockey TO ride him and gave the
,.,.up to his little apprentice rider, II.
pruman. Whippoorwill had not won
ucs this season, and the second money
..ss was more than he had earned
before.
Wins Honors of Year
pv his victory-not because he beat
,r.h poor piece of crow meat as
vh;nnoorwill-Johren earns the hon
ors Of the threeyear-old championship.
H. scared away all opposition.
War Cloud and Sun Briar were cligi-
Ma for the Realization, but their own
sr. refused to send them against the
Wb;tnev colt. Johren had pulled up
.ms after his defeat OF Roamer in the
Saratoga Cup, but even with this han
5;can against him he was held in such
resnect bv the trainers of War Cloud
and Sun Briar that they refused to
start them against him.
Johren led Whippoorwill every foot
Of the mile and five furlong journey.
He ran under stout pull all the way
Robinson kept him two lengths IN
frout-just enough TO irrltate WHIP
poorwill After the finish he pulled
up slightly lame A.,
"That was Johren's last race of the
year" said James Rowe, his trainer
.pont you think he has earned rest?
Ve has won the Suburban Handicap,
Belmont Stakes, I.atonia Derby, Law
renee Realization Stakes and two over
night races In a race over mile and
quarter he has yet TO meet defeat.
None OF the other three-year-o r-olds has
bis record"
The Champagne Stakes, an event for
,vo-year-olds at seven furlongs, a race
that brings out all the endurance in
he youngsters, was won by War Pen
nut. maiden. Despite the fact that
he brown son of Jim Gaffney had
not won up to the time he started, he
vas made the favorite. His prominence
in the odds was due to three impor-
tant factors-that he had an allowance
Of II pounds, that he had raced we'll
in two events at Saratoga, and that his
dangerous opponents, Terentla and
Questionnaire, were compelled, under
The conditions, to concede him % and
20 pounds, respectively.
Tcrentia Deserves Credit
Although War Pennant won, it was
Terentia who earned the honors OF the
race This daughter of Cicero fought
out every inch of the route with War
Pennant, and it was only IN the last
hundred yards, when her heavy weight
anchored her, that the favorite was
able to leave her and beat her out by
length and q half.
The steeplechase, as spectacle, was
worth going many miles to see, and at
the finish narrowed down to a head
and head struggle between Nutmeg
and Reddest, the former winning un-
der the whip by short head.
The only note IN the race was the
poor exhibition Of riding furnished by
Byers, the pilot OF Doublet. the to
choice. Byers steered Doublet ali over
the course. first on the outside and then
on the inside.
There were four contestants for the
,cross-couutry race-Doublet, Nutmeg,
Reddest and Whist II-and the quar-
tet furnished a pretty picture when
they raced to the water jump abreast
They made the leap all together.
Then Nutmeg galloped to the front
He raced under a pull and showed the
way by two lengths, with ReddeSt sec
ond half length in front of DOublct,
70 the next to the last obstacle from
home
Reddest then made his challenge. He
gradually overhauled Nutmeg, but just
iaNed TO get up in time. and was
beaten out by three inches. Doublet
was third, eight lengths away and 100
lengths in front Of Whist II.
backers of favorites received fnan-
cal setback in the first race. Joyful
was the choice and heavily supported
AZ to 5. She raced far below her
form and finished fourth.
Ihe struggle was between Thistle
gTon' Fair and Square and Bright Lights
ans trio raced out IN front and alter
nsted In the lead to the last furlong.
nflght Lights then had enough of the
'utuhToat ~, battle and dropped back.
rair and Square held al, advantage Of
neck over Thistledon and looked all
wer the winner until the last ten
isfos' when Thistledon responded to
Ncatee's last call for sprint and
aa'led the judges decision by head
VI me post. Fair and Square was sec
lights. ''' - - '''' VI ~ ~
me weather was bright and warm
ss, sno the track fast. Although the en-
s'es Tor the Lawrence Realization held
sls no attraction for racegoers, still
sso sooos $4,000 made the trip to the