New-York tribune., 1918-10-12
Four FuU0rites Win
At Jamaica Track

wrong with the competition Yesterday
aside from the fact that the fields
which went to me post were painfully
scant as to numbers. The opening and
closing events alone were of average
balance.
The low water ebb was reached in
the Alhambrs Selling Stakes. Of $4,000,
which was the feature of the card.
Only two went TO the post for this en-
gagement-the Quincy Stables Star
Spangled and I. E. Thorne's imported
Panaman. Sam Hildreth's Lucullite,
Emil Herz's High Cost and the Metdow
Brook Farms Golden King were all
scratched, the last mentioned one hav-
ing taken part in the first race.
Between the two that went to the
post for the feature it was to 10
and take your pick. AS a matter OF
fact, Star Spangled was q live wire at
any price. 1t was reported that the
| Quincy atSlbe's colt was very sore, a
rumor which proved correct, and which
! could be noted as the horses were 90
ing 80 the post. The fact doubtless
prevented Star Spangled from being
the hot odds-on favorite he otherwise
would have been.
Star Spaagled was SO much the bet
ser Of the two that he should have
been n l to 10 shot, instead of even
favorite. The proposition of taking
Panaman to the tall and uncut was
only matter of formality-that~ all.
andy Schuttinger went out with Star
Spangled at the barrier, and before
half mile took all the gimp out 90
Panaman. From there home it WAS
honorable Eddie Taplin, aboard Pana-
man, appeared to try his derndest The
rsee Was run in 1912 5 s, just three
! ffths seconds outside the record
Ihere appeared no just cause for sus-
picion. If crowded Star S)pangled prob
anly could have hung up q new record
for the distance.
Form Again Indicated
The Liberty bond special, graced bv
the name Of The Rainbow, proved an
oensr popular vindication of form.
And incidentally it served the occasion
OF the first triumph of the wear for
a thoroughbred racing in the white
and green of Emil Herr. Daddv's
Choice, the fve-year-od bay horse
which was odd-on favorite. hadd all
he could do to vindicate public con
tdence on this OCCASION. Game Cock,
cleverly ridden by Red Walls, was OFF
hylng and in the first half mile opened
up lead of more than four lengths.
Walls, great front rider, sent the
oaiiot COW AionS lcF all tnat he was
worth, hoping TO race the others leg
weary before the stretch. And in this
he succeeded fairly we'll Game Cock
mt the stretch so far ahead of the
favorite it seemed all over but the
shouting. But Troise, who is anything
bu marvel of expert horsemanship
surpassed even the widest dream Of
expectations. Around the far bend
II Troise set down to ride Daddy's Choice
as he should be ridden. The jockey
put everything he knew into his effort
And inch by inch the favorite moved
up on the pacemaker.
Daddys Choice got GameeocR IN
side the furlong pole aad from these
in there was the liveliest imaginable
horse race. The lead alternated with
each stride, Daddy's Choice being for,-
unate enough to move his head down
as they swept past the finish. Fifty
yards from home Dady's Choice ap-
peared to be winnig easily. but then
he tired and he lasted just long
enough to win by nose.
The softest Offering of the afternoon
was Koch-I-Noor, that won the mile
and seventy yards fifth. Tlis one made
a show of Harwood II and Jack Mount,
the only two that accepted the issue.
Walls raced away at the start as IL the
others were hitched, and around the
first bend and up the backstretcb
opened gap Of ten lengths. He hit
the stretch so far ahead of his leg
weary company that he was able to
: coast home through the final furlong
Harwood was much better than Jack
Mount at every stage of the journey
When four favorites win on any old
racetrack recriminations may perhaps
seem out of place. But there did ap-
pear something irregular in the only
Il
Harry Payne Whitney's Cirrus won Ave
and a half furlongs dasb at the long
price of IL to l. That of itself was not
!. SO startling. Cirrus, the last two times
= it went to the post, had been sore as Il
: boil. Yesterday the colt WAS fit as the
proverbiel fiddle. But Cirrus was rid
) den by t. Haynes. The stable jockey.
: Frank Robinson, had the mount on +
. 1. Wilson, jr. S, Thunderstorm. n nlast
! popular favorite for the occasion.
2 Thunderstorm wss a very keen disap-
. pointment. Evidently he could not un-
5 track himself, for he was away well
2 with the first flight. For time DIFF
= fercnt Eyes threatened to spreadeagle
the field. McAtee got this one away on
a its toes and soon opened up lead o.
;. two good lengths. Cirrus followed the
pace resolutely and finally got up with
:, Different Eyes at the stretch turn
. = Once Different Eyes was caught it was
: all over but the shouting Cirrus was
! pounds the best, and finished in a hand
3 gallop. McAtee had to ride his hardest
:. to save the place from The Trump
which closed resolutely and ran ovei
most of the field through the stretch
|: Tommy Msher, the million dollal
2 kid Of Jamaica, cut "a melon in the frs
T. race with the good chestnut gelding
Riverside. This one, which went wronl
: last time out because he was a bi
: short, ran remarkable race for Rob
- inson, held the issue safely at al
- stages and oreczed home in a common
= gallop. The favnrite, Thistle, had n,
j. excuse. Pepp Sight, bumped about an,
n crowded back bit at the start, finishe,
with world of speed and might hav,
taken the measure Of Thistle with bi
:. more luck.
=. The mile and a sixteenth second evel
r. went to hcndo, ridden by T. Rowan
: This one made all the pace, but wa
h. tring badly at the end and lasted jus
- long enough to stave off the final cha
: lenge of Wild Thyme Garbage, whic
raced Hondc spiritedly through tn
o early going, quit suddenly at the tur
out of the back stretch