New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
CreenGoldWin
Rich 7 Tarrytown
Stake ithEase
Sets Pace All Way in Empire
City Feature and Finishes
at Hand Gallop
By w. ]. Macbeth


riding in the East and A. A. Reilly's
brown -year-old colt never had
beep considered anything but pro-
nounced outsider among real stake
horses. But you cannot always some
times tell what will develop at the
merry -go-round or under which shell
the pea is hidden. Jockey Wessler
didn't fall out of the saddle and
Green Gold won the Tarrytown Stakes,
at mile, for three year-olds at EN-
pire City track Yesterday afternoon.
1t is true that Green Gold didn't have
to beat the best three-year- olds in
training hercabout to win the lions
share of the purse, with $4,000 added,
but the son of Celt stood out above
what he had to beat as lighthouse
stands out in clear. dark night. 1t
is true that Wessler's mount got into
the shuttle pretty lightly He had to
tote only niney-siX pounds, which was
seven less than that carried by Kate
Bright, which he beat easily, and six
teen less than that shouldered by Nep-
merriam, which went to the post odd
third.
But. Green Gold and Wessler between
them put up pretty fair kind of mans
sized race after all. And there were
those who were not looking out of the
window when the Handicapped let
Green Gold drop into such soft spot.
The fact that the Celt colt was not en-
tirely overlooked was attested by
steady play that hammered his odds
- 70
time.
Green Gold Sets Pace
Come to think of it, it wasn't much
OF race for feature anyhow.
Wessler was strictly on the job as was
Green Gold Also and got his mount off
on his toes from second position from
the rail. Before the first turn he had
crowded out in the van. He set the
pace all the way and finished at hand
gallop. Kate Bright was the only one
that gave Green Gold an argument, and
Katie got enough of it before the two
hit the final sixteenth. Green Colds
performance looked like a procession,
more or less.
Elmendorf. the favcrite, never could
get running fast enough to beat a cab
horse. The same might be said of Nep-
perhan. LIntirmier was only sight
seer the last half of the journey.
The track was cuppy, and conse-
quently uncertain, which fact, doubt
less, was responsible for great deal
OF scratching from fields already
sparse The opening event saw but
two starters, and, as is often the case,
the outsider gave the odds-on favorite
a fine trimming. Robinson landed this
five and half furlong sprint with Sea
Plrate, j. S. Tyree's two-year-old colt
he beat K. t. Wilson, jr's, filly, Minuet,
IN rather hollow fashion.
koolnson got away winging on the
outside, and simply raced Minuet into
the ground. The horses ran head to
head for almost half-mile, but at the
middle of the turn Minuet was seen to
rag and fall back. 1t did not appear as
II sea PIRATE was ever extended to the
limit of his speed. Certainly Robinson
eased him up through the stretch and
practically cantered the last sixteenth.
Another Favorite Bowled Over
They knocked over another favorite
IN the second race. when the we'll
pIayed Mldnight Sun took the measure
OF Louise V. Both of these horses.
which finished one-two, were we'll
played. 1t is not often one has reason
TO grumble with Lyke's horsemanshin
though in this case it did seem as r
Larry pulled bone by hugging the in
side rail, where the mud was fetlock
qeep al the way through the stretch
LyKe hit the head of the stretch with
the 1avorlte two lengths or more in
front OF Midnight Sun, yet gave him
self all the worst Of the going.
-. ST. lsldore. odds-on favorite. won the
IucKahoe Handicap, at mile. Only
three horses faced the starter in this
event, and three was quite enough,
Cassidy sent them away with Hendrie
Hatfooted, though probably that made
no dlf1erence at all. Hendrie was flat
doeted o. an the way. He seemed to have
nat tire. Not even Molesworth re-
Gently arrived from Kentucky, could
make the old scoundrel run lick. This
was another procession. st. Isidore
ran away from Bondage, and Bondage
IN turn ran away from Hcndrie. So
there you are.
Lyke finally earned his brackets in
inc nlth race, at mile and seventy
yards, with the Brighton Stables
Home Sweet Home. This was tirht
squeeze for Lyke and he had to ride
the very best he knew how to get first
money. Kirstie's Cub simply ran like
fool the first three-quarters Of y
mile, and it did seem for time as if
nothing would be able to get to this
colt. W ''i4'
Lyke Nails Kirstie's Cub
=, Lyke' however, moved UP fast around
N yhe turn and succeeded in mailing
klrstle's Cub at the head of the
stretch. 1t didn't take him long to
draw the Cubs teeth. But new men
ace arose in Kewpie ONeil. which had
hung on within striking distance all
the way and which came with great
rush through the final sixteenth. As
was wa said above, it was a mighty tight
MT and nobody but Lyke could have
saved the bacon with such tired
horse as was Home Sweet Home.
The tive-furlong race, which closed
the programme, was won by Tippler
the favorite. Taplin put up very
good ride on this one through the
stretch. 1t looked as if Purling, the
second choice, We're going to win al
most to the very last, but after set
ting dizzyng pace until the final fur
long she suddenly folded Not even
Buxton's whip could stir Purling
enough to make her fight like a real
thoroughbred
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