The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-05
DOUGHBOYS PROFIT {, WHEN LIVELY WINS
Gelding Runs Ills Best When Backed By Lads Just Out of the
 Trenches

AaNeIy, the ct1ppt00 Seto1nS WnEn Max Kornblum, a local butcher, bought last year from James Butler for $1oO, received an ovation at the Jamaica track yesterday afternoon that resembled that usually accorded to the winner of a historic classic. Lively won the second race from small field of cheap selling pIaters. tOrdinarly this feat would have at tracted little or no attention. Tester day 1t was different and there was a reason Uncle Sam had a squad of his doughboys. who just came back from the trenches, at che course to aid the Liberty Loan drive and all of them had a wager on the gelding.
 The soldiers in their trench uni forms arrived at the track just as Lively was leading his field to the post As they appeared on the scene E. c. Soule, owner of P1llux and sev- erai other thoroughbreds, announced that he had wagered s on Lively for each of '@The Boys" Lively was the favorite and victory for him meant $7 for each of the fellows who already had tackled the Hun.
 
 track rooted" for Lively to win. They wanted the doughboys to get the money. Bven the old geIding acted as if he were anxious to help the boys. He ran as he never did before. He broke away from the barrier on his toes and made every post a winning one until he passed the judges eased up four lengths in front of Wild Thyme.
 As the crossed the finish line in front he received a mighty cheer and when he returned to the scales more applause greeted him When being returned to his barn the doughboys led the crowd in giving him three cheers that could be heard in Ja- maica.
 After ''The Boys' were paid off they went out on the tracks and showed the crowd how they fought the Hun. All of their manoeuYres earned applause, but when they put on their gas masks with lightninglike rapidity the crowd went wild in it's enthusiasm
 Another of the numerous War colts owned by A. K Maconber earned brackets during the afternoon. In the last race War Marvel, a hand some imported son of Spanish Prince and My Dolly, defeated a select field of Juveniles in commanding fashion. At the end of the six furlong Journey he was four lengths in front of Rich ard T. Wilson, Jr.'s, Thunderstorm, which nipped Mrs. J. E. Davis's i'm ported lilly Ophelia on the post by a. | head for second money
 1 Like War Pennant and War Spirit. which carried MT. Macomber's colors to victory earlier in the week, War Marvel displayed great speed and courage.
 Mars Cassidy sent the six contest ants away to perfect start, but be- fore a sixteenth of a mile had been covered Major Robert L. Gerry's Bal ustrade was in front In the dash down the back stretch he opened 1lp gap of two lengths on his sneedy opponents. While rounding the bend Opheha challenged, and by the time the home stretch was reached Mrs Daviss lilly was in command. But Ophelia remained in front only a short distance. When strengthened out for home War Marvel made his "@0' 7o oOOIl dS ENuO10 Idpl1n gay @ him crack with the whip War Mar vel sprang forward and in a few bounds was leading his field During the final furlong Tap1in held him un- der a stout pull, but despite the Tookey's efforts to hold him in check the Macomber colt increased his lead with every bound and won easily with plenty of speed in reserve.
 Thunderstorm, which carried the hopes and wagers of MT. Wilson in the Futurity and other rich classics earlier in the year, ran his best race, Slow to get going, he trailed the lead- CTS until 50 yards from the finish, Then he displayed a great burst of speed, but his rush came too late and never threatened the Macomber colt.
 Eddie, Tapfn had banner day in the saddle. He rode thre winners in a row. He guided Harwood II. homo first in the fourth race. Housemaid in the fifth and War Marvel in the sixth, each his jockeyship was fault1ess-