The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-25
WAR CLOUD ROMPS
 OFF WITH ROSLYN


 which early in the year was consider ed the best three-year-old in Amer ica, ran off with the Roslyn Hand leap, the feature event at the Aque- duct track yesterday afternoon. The big son of PoIymelus and Dreamy was at his best and made Kashmir, Papp and Matinee Idol look like the cheapest kind of selling platers.
 War Cloud was virtually thrown into the event. Although he has de- feated the best of his age in some of the richest stakes of the season, he was asked to carry only 122 pounds. With this light weight on his back and Johnny Loftus to guide him he never left the result in doubt.
 Loftus held him off the pace for a half mile and then gave him his head. War Cloud sprang to the front in few strides and the race was over so far as the winner was concerned. Without being urged to do his best he sped away from his opponents and won pulled up by four lengths. Kashmir finished second and Papp was third. War Cloud galloped over the one mile anad a sixteenth course in 1:46.
 War Clouds victory was the second time during the day that MT. Macom- ber's colors flashed home in front. In the third race, a lightweight han dicap for all ages, Hollister romped away from a big field of high class sprinters. He carried 134 pounds and won with plenty of speed in reserve. Loftus held him in second place while High Cost set a terrific pace. At the final eighth pole when High Cost had spent his speed the noted jockey gave his charge a touch of the whip. | Holster sped to the front and pass ed the judges a length and a half in front of Wise Man, which came with i a rush in the last sixteenth and nip | ped Arnold on the post for second honors. Hollister travelled the six furlongs in the fast time of 1:12 3-5.
 Whist. a chestnut gelding belong | ing to J. F. Flanagan, won the stee- plechase. It was a race for three year olds and although only four youngsters went forth to do battle the contest was a good one. Whist | jumped like a veteran and held his | opponents safe at all stages. He went to the front soon after the start l of the two mile Journey he was a length and half in front of Mrs. T. J. Donohue's Elysian, which beat Mohab seven lengths for the place.
 While Torchbearer was much the best of the fifth race and won the event in a gallop the race was not all it should have been. Several of the platers did not do their best. The running of Ninety Simplex caused the crowd to groan. Jockey Cruise messed him about at the start and never allowed him to get into his stride. The stewards did not like his race and it is likely that they will ask his owner, trainer and jockey to explain why he ran so badly.
 The last race, a dash for two year olds, furnished the best contest of the day. It went to W. R. Goes Kiss Again, with P. A. Clarke's Merry
 Princess second and James F'itzsim. mons Ballet Dancer 2d third.
 Kiss Again was much the best. Al
 ter outrunning her field in the frs, furlong she swerved all over the track
 and lost several lengths and the lead
 But she came on again and displaying
 d great burst of speed in the final fur
 long got up in time to win by g
 length.
 l Harry Payne's Sketchy was one O
 the contestants, but she never had {
 chance after the start. As the bar
 rier arose she bolted to the rail anC lost so much ground that she was nev
 CT a serious contender.
 His Sister, a chestnut daughter O
 Uncel and Mallymena, ran away iron , q field of juvenile platers in the frs race. She followed Madam Byng t !, the final eighth pole and then wen on and won eased up by four lengths Madam Byng finished second, tn Brighton Stables Earlocker was third Richard T Wilson's Umbala start ed in this race and as in almost al : his previous starts he acted badl, when the barrier went up and wa
 badly beaten. Frankie Robinson hat g the mount, but he was unable to d any better than did Ensor, who wa l suspended for not getting him ava, r from the barrier in a race last week