The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-02
PICKWICK RUNS OFF
WITH LIBERTY BOND
Patched Up Cripple Shows
Fine Form in Feature Event
at Jamaica Track.

A track heavy from the rain OF Mon
day night played havoc with the pro-
gramme at jamaica yesterday, but
despite the many Withdrawals the sport
was above the average. The feature
vas the Liberty Loan Handicap, q dash
ct six furlongs for three-yearAolds and
Upward. IL went to Thomas Monahan's
Pickwick. the black son OF Garry Herr
mann and Zoola, which formerly carried
the silks of Joseph Z. widener.
While in the widener barn Pickwick
was one OF the fastest horses In the
country. but he was unsound. He had
bad feet and after almost every race It
was necessary to throw him out OF train
ing. Because of his crippled condition
Mr.. widener did not think him worthy
company for his more renowned horses
and sold him TO Mr.. Monahan. His new
owner turned him over TO Bill Clancy
TO train. Clancy has n knack OF patch
ing up cripples and Pickwick quickly
improved under his care. At Aqueduct
ne came out for his firS race In several
months and displaying al, his old time
speed scored an easy victory.
Because of that race he was the ia
vorite yesterday and heavily backed at
10 5. He ran like an odds on favorite.
He took the track before the first fur
long had been covered and never left the
result in doubt.
Eased Up in Stretch.
All through the homestretch Robinson
eased him UP and as a result he was
only length ahead of Mrs. Payne
Whitney's Peter Piper when he passed
the judges. Mrs r. L. Bressler's Ultima
Thule took the third end OF the purse
ten lengths behind Mrs whitney's entry.
The entire purse was paid in Liberty
bonds.
The Gowanus Selling Stakes. the other
feature of the card. was won by Mrs
Bressler's Hank O'DaX His only OPP
ponents were Runes and Daddy's Choice.
To beat them he had little difficulty.
Happy" Buxton got him away winging
and kept him In front until he had
earned the victory by half a length.
Runes finished second and Daddy's
Choice was third.
The sixth race brought out the biggest
field of the day. Nine high class fillfes
went forth to do battle and all had a
host OF supporters. Mlnuet, the consis-
tsnt little daughter of Olambaia and
FantasQue, belonging to Richard T. Will
son. Jr.. earned premier honors In easy
faAhion. Robinson held her off the pace
until an eighth OF a mile from home
At that point Minuet went to the front
and crossed the finish line length and
a half ahead Of John Sanfords Mar
chesa I'd. W. r Goes Forfar finished
third.
snapdragon Goes . Dista nee.
Snapdragon. the bay colt owned by
Andrew Miller. which won the opening
dash at Aqueduct last Saturday. came
back In the second race and proved that
he can run distance at a fast clip He
defeated Poacher. Whi.nsy and Garbage
over the mile and a sixteenth course
without being forced to do his best. He
followed Whimsy to the bend. Then he
took command and won easily by three
lengths Whimsy tired badly in the final
furlong and Poacher beat him for second
honors by a length and half.
Marmite. a CASTOR from the Clifford
A. Cochran stable. defeated q smart set
Of Juveniles In the first race At the end
of the Ave and a half furiong journey
he was a half a length ahead OF Mrs.
Payne Whitney's Sailor. which beat John
]. Moran's Sky Man five lengths for
the place honors.
The second event furnished the big
gest surprise OF the day. Paddy Dear.
belonging to Bill Clancy. defeated Pull
lux. an odds on favorite. Paddy Dear
was full OF running and made every
post a winning one. He finished eased
UP a length and a half ahead Of Pullux.
Hondo was third.