New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Lyke$ Clever Riding
Takes Fenture Race

winning effort. He bent over and
whispered into old Roamer's ear 1t
was here that old Roamer almost killed
himself laughing. But how he did runi
In half a dozen strides the knight Err
rant gelding had got up with the others.
Roamer's challenge was irresistible.
fapp was the first to quit under the
taunt. Old koenig hung on gamely till
within a hundred yards of the wire.
Then he decided he had had enough.
Roamer won going away and Koenig had
little difficulty cinching the place. Lyke
throughout his race displayed excel
lent judgment of pace, always keeping
well within striking distance of the
leaders.
Slippery Elm Wins Easily
Slippery Elm won the distance event.
the mile and a sixteenth, third, even
more easily than Roamer won the
Mount Vernon Handicap. 1t was prob
ably quite as popular, for this favorite
was not an odds-on. A wagonload of
the wise money was dumped in on
Kingi isher, and the latter might have
given Slippery Elm, slippery as he was,
trimming II he had gotten away on
even terms. Kingfsher not only was
bumped almost off his feet shortly after
the start and pinched off, but it did ap-
lstied to have Ensor cinch the place.
This boy made no move with King
usher throughout the backstretch, even
though Slippery Elm had raced away
out to the ridiculously easy lead of
thirty lengths.
Later on when Ensor did let King
fisher down this gelding simply ran
over everything in the stretch. Slip
perry Elm was quitting fast through
the last sixteenth; had stopped almost
to walk at the wire. An earlier bid
by klnghsher might have saved that
wagonload of dough Giving Ensor all
the benefit of the doubt, It must be
confessed he rode a senseless race.
Luckily for him the Eastern stewards
are more indulgent than officials in
charge of the bush" tracks.
Sea Pirate Gets Second Race
Sea Pirate, favorite of the second
race at five and a half furlongs, was
one of the best played good things of
the afternoon. Fairbrother took the
gelding to the front during the race
around the far turn and won lust
about as he pleased. There was moth
ing in the field, with the possible ex-
ception of Crystal Ford. that had
ghost of chance with this one. and
Crystal Ford was eliminated early
knocked back in the middle of the
backstretch. 1t took so much out
of the colt to race out of the
ruck that he had nothing left
to withstand Sundial's challenge
at the end. Crystal Ford was nosed
out of third money by Sundials closing
rush.
Nothing but the wonderful horse
nlanship of Lyke, in the fifth race, kept
the slate for favorites clean until the
closing event. Lyke took the fifth, at
favorite, Elderken. He ou.rode Collins
for the honors, for Harry Burgoyne,
which broke in front, seemed far the
speedier of the two. Collins did not
do his mount justice.
Louis v Wins on Luck
Louis V won the opener at about
six furongs after racing Josefna
Zarate into the ground through the
stretch. The latter showed wonderful
early speed, but tired in the last fur
long. Wheatcakes, which was off poor
ly, came with a great rush through the
stretch and might have wtr with an
even break in the racing luck.
The favorite of the last race, Pur-
ling, was practically left ct the post
Lyke raced this one up the hill so fast
Prrling was left short OF breath for
the last sixteenth. 1t looked for. a
time in the stretch as if the favorite
might do, but the task Vas too much
to ask of any thoroughbred. Sylvano,
an outsider. broke running, opened up
a commanding lead and won almost as
he pleased. Wonderman, the second
choice, was the only one able to keep
within hailing distance of the winner