The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17
WAR CLOUD WINS FROM RAINIER AT
 EMPIRE TRACK
Macomber Colt Returns to
 Spring Form in Long Handicap.

New York. Oct. 17-War Cloud, the three-year-old imported colt owned by A. K. Macomber, galloped off with the Scarsdale Handicap, the feature at the Empire City track yesterday after noon. The big son of Po1yme1us and Dreamy displayed his early spring form and ran away from Andrew Mill ler's champion Roamer, Richard T. Wilson, Jr.'s, Corn Tassel and the Cleveland Stables Dorcas. He was under a stout pull all the way and won, eased up, by 8 length and a half. Corn Tassel came with a rush In the last 50 yards and got up in time to beat Roamer half a length for place honors.
 Despite the fact that Johnny Loftus never gave War Cloud free rain the Macomber colt sped over the one mile and seventy yard course in 1:43, only one-f1fth of a second behind the track record, established by Edward Airing tons St. Isadore last July.
 There never was any question about War Cloud being a fast and courage ous colt But he is cratic, and unless the conditions suit him hew i'll not do his best. As result he was branded a Sunday horse - great on special occasions.
 Judging from the way War Cloud ran, the Scarsdale was a special occa- sion for him. Horsemen whc have seen all of his races declared the per formances his best since he won the rich Freakness Stakes. He was bub- bling over with speed, and Loftue let him go to the front as soon as the barrier went up. Once in command 1 he stepped along at a terrific pace and wanted to go faster. But the jockey kepe him under restraint.
 Despite Loftus strong arms, War Cloud was too fast for his opponents, and entering the home stretch was three lengths in front. From there to | the judges he merely "breezed' to score the easiest kind Of a victory Roamer ran good game race, but | the contest showed that the old cham 1 pion is beginning to taste the sting oi | old age. His tremendous speed was missing, and when called on in the l stretch he was unable to display the | building finish which won him so many stakes and records. He gave War Cloud three pounds by the scale, but he was beaten by three times that amount of weight.
 When War Cloud returned to the scales he was greeted with long round of applause. Roamer, too, was | loudly applauded, but before the l cheers for the great thoroughbreds | Lo Iro | loose. Word reached the course that Germany had capitulated and its an- nouncement sent the racegoers wild with joy.
 l They cheered and cheered until they were hoarse. The band played "The Star Spangled Banner" and other patriotic music. and airplanes flew across the fields distributing red, white and blue papers. So long and i joyous was the demonstration that the 1 fifth race was postponed nearly half an hour.
 The Liberty Loan Purse was won
 by B. Davis chestnut Ally Columbine | That she raced home in front was due
 to a bad start and poor ride by
 Jockey Land on Tom McTaggart. Mar: Cassidy sent Columbine away winging
 while the remainder of the field stood
 flat footed at the post. This gave Co
 lumbine an advantage of half a dozen
 lengths. But even this Tom MoTag-
 gart probably would have overcome ii
 he had been properly ridden. Lang
 who is a stable boy, was unable to dc
 justice to his charge and did more
 to hamper him than to help him Despite these handicaps Tom NcTag' gart ran a fine race and was beate1
 only half length for the big end o-
 the purse.