The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-23
WAR CLOUD WINS THRILLING RAGE
 AT EMPIRE CITY
Loftus Lands Colt Home in Front By a Scant
 Head.

War Cloud. the renowned three year-old colt owned by. A. K. Ma comber, won the New Rochelle Han dicap, the feature at the Empire City track yesterday afternoon. To earn the verdict the colt and Johnny Lof- tus, his rider, were compelled to ex- tend themselves to the limit.
 When they finished the one mile | journey only War Clouds head was in front of Matinee Idol, which took second honOrs, a nose in front of An drew Miller's Recount. A few inches behind Recount came Lady Gertrude. Kashmir the only other contestant, was less than a length behind the win ner.
 The finish was one of the most thrilling of the year. So closely did the five horses follow each other over the line that the crowd was in doubt about the placings until the judges | posted the verdict.
 That the race was such a thriller was due to ". c. Vosburgh's handi- capping. He brought the entire field almost on even terms. On War Cloud he packed 13O pounds, four more than the scale. and asked him to give from twenty-two to thirty pounds to his opponents. It was great figuring. and when the quintet sprang | across the finish line almost abreast the handicapper as well as the victor and victorious jockey was accorded an ovation.
 Georgie Walls sent Lady Gertrude ! ov I,so weighted lilly around the first turn at the head of the field. When straightened out in the back stretch Walls pulled his charge off the pace, as he had been instructed to do. When he eased up his mount war Ciouu and Recount sped to the front and raced like aAteam to the head of the | homestretch. At that point the Ma comber colt began to draw away and an eighth of a mile from home looked 1 like an easy winner. But Matinee Idol which was always close to the pace came with a rush and it took all of Johnny Loftus's skill to keep his charge in front to the end.
 Koh-I-Noor, the speedy but un- sound black lilly owned by Edward 1 Arlington, which las been making a show of the selling platers in these parts during the last month, was matched against Manister Toi and African Arrow, two good handicap | horses in the fifth race, and she made them look like cheap platers. 1 She gave both of her opponents big Jumps of weight and beat them home without extending herself at any stage of the one mile and seventy yard journey
 | Walls sent her to the front as soon as the barrier was released and kept | her swinging along in front until she won eased up by half 8 dozen lengths. Manister Toi finished second, three | lengths ahead of African Arrow.
 After the race it was the opinion of-Yeteran trainers that Koh-I-Noor is as fast as any horse in training and they heaped praise on James Fitzsim- mons and Frank Hcro1d, who train | her.
 Early in the season the lilly was a l confirmed 'bleeder." They rested her up during the hot summer months, with the result she returned to the track this fall stronger and faster than ever. Since her return she has competed in a dozen races without | bleeding. So unSOund was she in the spring that her owner sold her for $1,300, but when the buyer learned that she bled he sent her back to | MT. Arlington and demanded the re- | turn of his money.
 War Zone, the little bay son of De- rando and Boco, has returned to his
 old barn. Until last Friday he was
 owned by Mrs. W c. Starr When
 he was beaten on that day by Peter
 J., Coburn claimed him for $1,80O.
 Yesterday when he was again beaten
 by Peter Mrs. Starr claimed him for s1,450.
 Hannibal, the fast two year old colt
 belonging to Richard T. Wilson, Jr.,
 has been retired for the year. Tom
 Healey his trainer, made this an-
 nouncement yesterday afternoon.