New-York tribune., 1918-07-30

was not the real feature Of the enter
tainment. The big noise was the Mel
rose Stakes, with an added value of
$4,000, which fell to Slippery Elm, the
five-year-old brown gelding of the Ne
vada Stock Farm. Slippery Elm beat
the Cleveland Stables gelding in the
final dash through the last sixteenth
Indeed, it looked as if Slippery Elm
outgamed Whimsy, but such was prob
case of one Jockey outgaming and
outriding another.
w. Mcintyre, who had the leg up on
slippery Elm, got everything that was
possible out of his laboring gelding
slippery Elm was so leg weary and
tlred at the finish as to be almost ready
TO drop. Whimsy, on the other hand
which 1T must be confessed does ap-
pear to choke up quickly if asked to
go further than mile at a fast clip.
was TAR the stronger of the two at the
hnlsh. Indeed, Whimsy was coming
last again at the end after Byrne had
tossed off the lead, and probably would
nave won against the fast tiring Slip
perry Elm in few more strideS
Byrne's finish was anything but satis-
factory. Either he used bad Judgment
or ne was careless. He took a great
deal out of his mount through the
backstretch, when he made up some
tour lengths to get Slippery Elm. which
had in turn raced Green Gold. the early
pacemaker, into submission. 1t was q
pretty race between this pair all the
way round the far turn and through
the mead OF the stretch. Both the
Steeds hung on gamely, but when the
MTSt I,[S mile was turned it appeared as if
Whlmsy surely would win.
VII
hard The gelding, under the whip. wa
giving the last ounce that was in him
byrne,, on the other hand, appeared
somewhat overconfdent. Had he simply
sat still he could scarcely have lost
Tor Whlmsy was running nicely the
while: But Byrne went after his whin
and then changed his mind. The move
seemed to knock Whimsy out of his
stride momentarily. Before Byrne re-
ailzed what had happened Slippery Elm
had collared, then passed him. Toe
iate byrne went to bat. Slippery Elm
had a half lengths advantage twenty.
five yards from home. Whimsv carne
on gallantly again, but just bit toe
late. wv
Luck Against Elmendorf
-, me race as run should have gone tc
ehe 1avorlte. But Elmendorf, the sec.
s ohd cholce, might have had lot to say
put Tor the break of the luck. Elmen.
Gorf got away we'll enough. hut Greer
sold, which was next to the rail. tried
70 crowd through with little G. Preece
H. "here there was no room at the
nrst turn. To avoid what douhtles
might have proved fatal accident r.
one or both of the Jockeys. Walls was
forced to take up Elmendorf and mi
out; AS 1t was, Green Gold and Eimen.
dorf e, bumped heavily. Green Gold got
ESnrougn all right and out to the lead.
iLlnnehqorf was knocked back absolutel,
ddsl. oh me coiilslon proved fatal to the
olso oiiailces OF the latter and doubtless
also took lot out of Green Gold. whicf
seemed all in at the end of half mia
IN order to get UP anywhere VIII,
stTlKlng distance Walls was forced -
rtae E,lmendorf SO hard along the back
stretch that his mount had noth;nr
lett Tor the final straight. '-'
Jockey Sande shared with Dorcas ~,
nonors OF the Red Cross Handican' a. -. .
mile. He displayed excellent borso ,.s
manshlp and Judgment of pace go
C1aro, &C.. 20 5lnish. Sande waited with tn,
J; neiand Stables mare behind th,
Wsi5ans WaiSs pace OF the ancient Rhin,
wen+.ta s'a.l ~ me mead OF the stretch, the,
went, TO the front almost as he nieosol
ana won under wraps. Rb;ne pWIeaset We;Se
furlongs. - vie hrst sever
General dissatisfaction vss u
pressed by the disgruntled snec+o+eS e@
at d, tne start of this race, when Hendr;o InsUi =
the favorite, got off extremalv ldu,ie noar,s
ana absolutely last. Starter Mars OUai. 90.
say was Kissed and booed tbonnh Sas :,
az Justice to him it must be confessal -
ne. ne was not at fault. The fault law he
Gween S": the horse and the jockey. Her
orle squatted as the barrier We,
sprung, but even at that his start mn
tavoraDle as 1T was, might not hav,
reen en 1atal had Molesworth taken
chahce OF picking hole. Instead b,
pucled Hendrle up and eliminated hin
before the first turn. The Jockey d.
not appear to have even the bors,
sense of his mount. --'i o
Loft CoIors Win
The colors of. G. w. Loft co+ tb<
~ y. ". IN the concluding race, when DAY
the favorite. Peter is a vear-olc
chestnut colt and son of Peter
ounce. In his case the family name
seems appropriate. He just wouldn't
run for Sande when it came down to
the pinch.
Little G. Walls warmed the cookies
OF the sharpshooters' hearts when he
scored in the fifth race with Blaze,
away, 20 to l shot. Manganese
rhymes with cheese, a favorite cheese
IN fact. Walls also won the first race
with Keen Jane. So that he shared the
honors of the day with Sande. The
latter won the second race with Ap
proval.