The Washington herald., 1918-06-09
JOHREN LANDS
BIG SUBURBAN
Harry Payne Whitney's En-
try Captures Handicap
from Classy Field.
How They Finished in
Big Suburban Handicap
BY BILLY MACBETH.


Whitney's imported Johren. a striking
son of the great English sire Spear
mint, furnished the local racing en-
thusiasts the greatest surprise of the
present season when he galloped
home to victory in the rich historic
Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park
this afternoon.
This mild-mannered. heavy-headed
sluggish-appearing 3-year-old of the
nobleSt thoroughbred blood of the
tight little isle, ran as his sire ran
before him that day at Epson Downs
when he established a track record
for the English Derby. Johren may
not have run quite so fast as uid
Spearmint, it Is true. but certainly
the son did not disgrace the sire in
today's performance. for Spearmint
nor any other race horse ever won
more impressively.
Jockey Robinson handled a colt tina
was fit for perfect race with perfect
horsemanship. To his skill. perhap ps.
as much as to the aristocratic courage
and confidence of the Spearmint set.
this shrinking victory. upset though Il
were. may be attributed. Johren, un-
der the careful manipulation of his
mentor. simply raced his field dizzy
through the mile and a quarter. and
then left them so groggy and Ieg-
weary at the end that none had the
heart for a spirited challenge.
More fllustrous fields have gone to
the post from time to time through
the thirty-four years that this far
famed classic Of the Eastern turf
have been run. No winner. however,
and their names are legion in the
records of suburban triumph-ever an
swered the bugle call less seriously
considered by the sporting public; no
conqueror returned more deserving of
an ovation. scant as the ovation may
,have been grudgingly bestowed.
Johren's spurning hoof left far in
their wake Commodore J. X. L. Ross
great Cudgel, mighty four-year-old
colt, and. in the opinion of many up
to today, the greatest horse in train
ing, as well as James Buffers five
year-oid Spur. These two which had
met with varying success In two of
the local fixtures were expected to
fight 1t out for today's gold and
honor. Indeed, in the opinion of the
talent the Suburban was to have
been a rubber" race between the
pair.
Johren not only took the measure
of the son of Broomstick and the get
of King James, but raced them into
such submission that neither had Il
decent kick left for the last furlong.
Spur. indeed, trailed the field dis
mally. He was completely down
shortly after he hit the head of the
stretch. The highly favored Cudgers
a IL Il
staggered home fourth, OUTRAGED in
the pinch by A. K. Macomber's Hol-
lister and P. A. Clark's Battle, de-
MED even the satisfaction of the
BOBBY prize.
sive even IL the time did not compare
favorably with the winning efforts of
many thoroughbreds that had an
nexed the Suburban Handicap In years
past. 1t was the fourth time in the
running of this classic that victory
had attended the efforts of q three
year-old. Africander won with 110
pounds-the same weight Johren car
ried today-back in 1908. Sam Hill
dredth's Fitz Herbert. with los pounds.
scored in 1909. August Belmonts Friar
Rock, in at 100 pounds, provided a
winning three-year-old two years.
AS the race was run no room for
doubt was left as to the best horse
of the afternoon. In extenuation OF
the apparently slow time. it must be
said that the experts who figured the
track as fast may have been badly
fooled. The summary:
FIRST RACE-Threeyear-olds and IN: sis
and half furlongs: Pullux, ll0 (Ensr), 9 to 2
to 5, TO S: Magnetic. 100 Walls. 10 to l.
Is to l, TO 1; He win, 1l9 (Robinson), S tc
]. even. TO q Time. 1:ao rs Kills III, King
Worth. DR.. Barlow, Kirsties Cub, Between Us
kowpie O'Neil, Charlie Leydecker and Fidelis
also ran
THIRD RACE-Three-yea year-olds and IN. sell
ing; mile: Kohinoor, 1i5 Walls, Is to s. 4 tr
5, out; Right. 10 Fairbrotherl, / to z out
Lady Vera. l0i collins, 10 TO l, 10 to /. to !.
Time 1:0 rs. Winning card, Umatilla and
Wood Violet also ran.
FOURTH RACE-The Suburban Handicap,
3-year-olds and up; one mile and A quarter
Johren, ITO tRobinson), 10 to /, ) to l, Z to s
Hoinstr. us (Loftus), 4 to !, 8 to g. 7 tn 10,
Battle. lo7 (kummerI. % to l, 10 to l. 4 tn 1.
Tine. 215. Kendrie Spur and CudgeI also ran
FIFTH RACE-Mile and q sixteenth: Eli.
son. 10 (Rice). IL to s. 4 to s, Q to S: Cadillac
III tKnapp). 2 to 5. 5 70 s, TOD: Waterproof
III (Troise), to l, to /, even Time. Id7 AZ
Coltabei, Poor Butterfly, Captain Ray, Austral
Matin and Daybreak also ran.
SIXTH RACE-Five furlongs: Pa~ipo
Shower. lis (Collins). even, l to 2, 1 to 4,
Poultney. liz Troxler). s to l, 9 to S. 4 to &.
Propaganda. l0s Fairbrother1. to 1 . 10 4
even. Time. % Is. Balustrade, Auctiofieer
Blue Devil. Charley Thorley. Green Mint and