The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-17
CORN TASSEL HANGS UP A NEW
 TRACK RECORD
Travels One Miles and a Six teeenth in Bayview Hand
 leap in LA 1-5.

Raclng Shlfted 10 tue AQueuoEt track yesterday afternoon and the six events furnished some of the best sport of the season. All of the con tests were truly run. The fields were large ,and one of the largest crowds of the year turned out to see the con- tests. Every seat in the grand stand was occupied and the clubhouse and lawns were filled to overflowing.
 The feature of the program was the Bayview Handicap, for three-year- olds and upward at one mile and sixteenth. It went to Richard T. Will son, Jrs, imported gelding Corn Tas- sell with John sanford's George Smith second and Joseph E. Widener's Nat uralist third.
 To win the stake Corn Tassel was compelled to hang up a new track record. He stepped over the course in 1;44 1-5, clipping one-fifth of a sec- ond from the old mark hung up on July by Jack Hare, Jr.
 Half a dozen high class horses made up the field. Tippity Witchet was en- tered over night, but MT. Sanford withdrew him at the last minute and added George Smith. In his trials T6OISe SIullu IldS De0u DT6dhluS ISC- ords and the "tip' flew around the track that the Sanford colt couldn't lose. As a result he was heavily backed and went to the post the fa- vorite at ' to 5.
 | The sextet walked up to the barrier aligned and Mars Cassidy sprung the webbing without an instant's delay. All broke on even terms except George Smith. He "propped'' as the webbing ascended and then refused to do his best. As a result he was 20 lengths behind the leaders before Georgie Walls could get him into his proper stride
 James Buffers Spur was the first to show in front. He was followed closely by Naturalist, A. K. Macon ber's War Machine and Corn Tassel
 I nthe run down the back stretch Nat uralist assumed command and led 8
 merry chase for his opponents, whict
 weer strung out in Indian file, witt
 George Smith sulking and trailing the
 field.
 While rounding the turn Corn Tas. sel made a bid for the lead and wher
 the home stretch was reached he was
 in front. While he was sprinting tc the lead George Smith got it into hi! head to run his best and went tearing along on the outside of his field at {
 terrific pace. At the final sixteenth l post it looked as if he might win, bu Crn Tassel had plenty of speed in re serve and when Jockey Ensor hit hin 5 a crack with the whip the Wilson , horse responded gamely and wen } past the judges a length and a half i 7 front.
 George Smiths wild dash brough
 him home in second place, a lengtl - ahead of Naturalist.
 Mad Halter, fine looking bay col belonging to Major August Belmon : won the BeIlerose Selling Stakes iron 7 a big field of highly bred juveniles
 Major Robert l.. Gerry's Ba1ustrad
 finished second and the Brighton Sta 3 ble's Toto was third. Buxton rod one of the best races of his career O. ' Mad Halter. He got him away fror L the barrier on his toes, kept him u . with the leaders until a fur1ong flor
 home and then by a vigorous finis
 landed his mount home the victor b , a length.
 I Eternal, the brown colt which man
 turfmen say Is the best two-year-o ol
 of the year, won the fifth race fror f five good youngsters. He had non r. the best of racing luck, but manage = to get home in time to win by V length from A. K. Macomber's Wa . l Marvel, which easily took place hol
 ors from Edward Arlington's Cues :, tionnaire.
 VI The first race, a dash of six and y half furlongs for three -year-olds an
 upward, went to MT. Macomber's Ho
 lister. Crank finished second and I'm Il Frank was third. Fourteen horse IS made up the field. Clifford A. CocT II ran's Fairy Wand was the favorit e and to the surprise and chagrin of tf T. crowd the starter took her from h. e position at No. and placed her c IS the extreme outside of the field. Whi
 there an assistant starter took her t
 the head and prevented her from ge
 ting away until all of her opponen
 had travelled several lengths. By pla s ing her on the extreme outside Il
 starter killed whatever chance sl
 might have had to win, and despite y superb ride by Willie Midgley u Le best she could do was finish a got l. fourth.
 s-- Dunboyne, the big chestnut son It Celt which won the Futurity on la 3 Saturday, has run his last race tn o' year. After he won the historic cIa Ie sic William Hogan, his trainer, di III III covered that he had thrown spIi ;. in the race. As 8 result he w 1S thrown out of training and will n |. don silks again until next year. ls The Prince Palatine yearling whit Ie Richard T. Wilson, Jr, bid in f It John Sanford at Durland's Acamet
 for $10,000 last Friday night was so III yesterday to the Brighton Stable f Ill s1O,000