New-York tribune., 1918-10-04

\ one Tune ne commanded a price
here: was no shame for Naturalist
ln his victory. He ran u great race.
IL covered the distance over a slow
- ck m l:A6, which is only three
Us secoNd slower than the track rec
en established by the great Roar,er on
q le IS last year and tied year later
es George Smith. stake horse whose
r-e ssurc Naturalist took in winning
b terday
o stigma of shame attached to Fair.
or ther ide of Naturalist yesterday
W st may have gone before is q horse
s. an entirely different color Com
E ed with his last three starts, .hc
g fornla1ce of Naturalist Yesterday
- say the least, q startling re-
sai OF form. And Failbrother rode
urallst last time out at Jamaica,
" r he finished a. badly discredited
IN sfx-furlong race 10 such
eoi pany.ss Arnold and High Cos, and
Ha lStsr.
Ran Other Good Races
Some time previously under Willie
hn PIP. also at So furlongs. Natural
'st finished a good third to Borrow
an High Cost. This was at Aaueduct
In mile and a sixteenth race at Aque-
az t. also with Knapp, Naturalist fin
II ID third TO Corn Tassel and George
- n in a race that was run in | "A is
fast track. AT Belmont Park he
eled home tYc lengths IN front of
fash II. Fairy Wand and Hand
iade- Naturalist raced the mile in
- on fast track.
'aturahst has the reputation OF be-
est Of. Jockeys have had trouble in
sseplns him on the straight and mar
rs~ path. But it takes 10 expert to
see at glance Il great disparity of
form between yesterdays performance
and his last couple of starts To say
the least, this Fairbrother is q bold
fellow. or rather he might be charged
with a certain hravado If our Eastern
stewards were at all curions as TO form
rcversals.
While Tairbrother cannot be CEN
surcd fDr Yesterdays ride of Natural
ist. Lyke. certainly should have been
cersured and disciplined, too. for his
ride OF George Smith, the added
starter and favorite. Lyke saw to it
that this ono had TO run a mic and
ar eighth, while Naturalist was run
ing his mile and a sixteenth. He took
him home by way of Philadelphia. The
race had very, very bad complexion.
II is true that George Smith is "a
Sow breaker. But he had the foot to
get up much closer than he was before
+i'e stretch was reached. And at the
stretch Lyke took this fnvorite very
2, for no apparent reason, losing
n more ground just about the time
George Smith WAS moving up to a
dangerous. challenging position.
Naturalist however, which showed a
world Of early speed, had opened up
such LEAD before the stretch turn that
he was able to last shrough hard drive
to beat George Smith by length at
on Star Master and held his own
throughout the last three -sixteenths,
losing the place only in the very last
stridc Borrow stopped at the end of
mile. after vainly trying to overtake
the pacemafcr. Corn Tassel had no eX-
use. .....
4 Striking Contrast
7airbrothsr's ride on Naturalist WAS
Il striking contrast to the one he
,wed with Jack Mount in the third
ICE at d mile and seventy yards. Jack
5Iount, na!f way up the back stretch,
wIs breezrg out III front near the rail
Dfhen, fer 10 apparent reason, he was
,a&en in hand.
at the gelding was fighting for his
; I'D all the way to the stretch when it
IS too late for him to figure. Many
"ere of the opinion that, Willingly OF
unwlttingiy, Fairbrother ruined a good
chance for this one. 1t it could be even
su pected that such thing as boat"
ra ing could be attempted in the East
{ particulay race might be investi
ed. Madame Curie. the prime fa-
ite, moved up fast after turning
} the stretch and catching Past Mas
eer tlring In the final sixteenth, won
Certain calamity howelers were bold
enough to whisper that some OF Jack
Mounts stable connection had a bet
on the favorlte We stand sponsor to
40 such statement. Such a base libel
IS not susceptible OF proof in these
days When betteing IS not otficiall!
lecogn sIed
Why, one even might nave supected
nc second. as 81 mile and seventy
Yards, OF 'be ing one of those "boat"
faces. The addison iavorite simply
EalIoped TO the head of the stretch.
'hen stopped almost to g dead walk
uhoer' LIKE Whipporwill, the second
onoice, ~hich had followed the pace as
closely a. pissib!e, then came on and
~-N away 4fOHt TO2Cnef through tuS
hnsl sixteenth But investigation by
Ze scribe after the race developed the
act thas Poacher bied badly. And,
tord Knows. We wish to do not honest
Jockey injt ice.
Inc iiS, race. ct five and a half fur
lohgs, 'vas only workout for Sherman
p, tie iaVorite He simply made 2
nov qt the field, opened up lead Of
.eh ieh@ths around the bend and lu-
'shed under triple wraps.
LOTUS Bats 1000
-. ohnny Lotus. our premier Jockey.
DATED 1000 for the afternoon. lie
pue over Matinee Idol, the favorite OF
Rne SIX fWrlong dash. in masterful style.
,ottus came through on the rail at the
"etcR turn and won going away. AS
matter of fact. the first flight carried
away over to the centre of the track,
rs ~ II paging Johnny: but, of course
.ssat was no fault of Ltitus. Lyke was
Tvnttled 70 no medal fer his ride OF
Everest. He was more Of handicap
man the ! 10 pounds the colt carried
n ~ the last race, with War Spirit,
LOTUS delivered a real old-fashioned
Sonnny LOTUS ride. Nothing else
eouid have cheated Over There, of the
Zoe stable. And here. agaon. it must
pe confessed that Fairbrother rode
arnytnlng but a sensible or heady race.
rrsa'rnrother waited too long with Over
mere. LOTUS, on the ether hand, got
W T,sh War Spirit and crowded his
nou every rod Of the journey. He
nv NV ne stretch couoie Of lengths to
ny n"s good, and from there home outrode