The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04
NATURALIST WINS
 OCTOBER HANDICAP
Erratic Gelding Runs Straight and True and Beats Select Field
 at Jamaica.

New York. Ocet. 4-Naturalist. the fast but cratic brown gelding owned by Joseph E. Widener, ran straight and true yesterday afternoon in the October Handicap at Jamaica and led home big field of high class handi- cap horses in sensational style. John Sanfords big black horse George Smith which was an added starter, finished second, with A. K. Macom- bers Star Master third.
 The race was at one mile and 0 sixteenth and in quest of the S1,500 purse seven noted horses went forth to do battle. Because of his easy vic- tory at Aqueduct last Saturday, George Smith was made the favorite and was heavily backed at IS to 10. All the other contestants had many supporters, with the result that 1t was | real open race. When it came to racing the result was never in doubt. As soon as the barrier went up It could be seen that Naturalist would run kindly. With Fairbrother in the saddle, he sped to the front during the first sixteenth of a mile and went along skimming the rail instead of boiling to the outside as has been his custom in his recent races and trials. He was full of run ming and did everything his jockey asked him to do.
 George Smith Carried Wide. | After gaining a lead of length he settled down to a nose, even pace and led his field down the backstretch. Rounding the bend George Smith, 1 which broke badly and was carried wide while making the first turn, challenged. He displayed tremen- dous burst of speed and in less than furlong moved up from last place to third position behind Naturalist and Harry Payne Whit1ey's Borrow.
 Entering the homestertch Borrow quit and MT. Sanford's Kentucky Derby winner sped into second place and within a length of the leader But that was as near to the front as he coulf get. Naturalist had plenty of speed in reserve and stepped along l in front under an easy hand ride until he passed the judges the victor by 8 length.
 An eighth of a mile from home Sta1 Master and Corn Tassel came with g | o5lAb DuI EoLIlAIAlJ W HIGH CcS1 ried the heavy impost of 12s pounds hung on gamely and took place hon ors a nose in front of Star Master Corn Tassel finished fourth, half { length behind MT, Macombers colt.
 Liberty Bond for WhippoorwiII. The Liberty Bond purse was won b! Richard T. Wilson Jr.'s Whippoorwill This victory was a big surprise to {; majority of the racegoers, Including Tom Healey, hist rainer. MT. Heale. didn't believe his charge would vii and prevented many of his friend from wagering on him. George Wall rode the colt faultlessly, and when h. aw Poacher faltering a sixteenth of ; nile from home he reused Whippoor will to new efforts and hustled hin nome the victor by length.
 After several disappointmehts Wa Spirit, a brown two-year-old son o Nulcain and Thirty-third, owned b K. Macomber, graduated from tn
 laiden ranks in the sixth race. H
 splayed a tremendous burst o
 Ieed and lasted long enough to wi
 n the post by a head from W.
 oe's Over There.
 Early in the season Walter B. Jen
 ings believed he had a champion i
 Tar Spirit, but every time he sen
 m to the post the colt refused t
 eak with his opponents and alway
 6 beaten off. Yesterday Johnn
 ,ftus got him away from the barrie
 |ith his field and quickly shot hir
 the front. Once in command Wa
 tr1t sped along at a terrific pace. A
 6 final eighth pole he began 10 tir
 d only a vigorous finish by Loftu
 'ed him from defeat. Over Ther
 1e with a rush in the run throug
 8 tretch, but failed to earn tn
 dict by the narrowest of margin