New-York tribune., 1918-05-23


.smins to him. He won the lions
hare of the purse, which had a guar
.ntsed cash value of $4,000, and per-
i.ns made a few sentimental wishes
:, the side. The latter circumstance
4. only a surmise, as most sharps OF
Il. running turf are shy of 30-to-l
shots. Etruscan was 3c-to-l shot,
M r. C. Vivell, whatever else, must
i. classed as sharp. AT least the
,seinr officials seem somewhat sus-
nisious shat Mr.. Vivell, in winning
he race, did not get all that is COM
jnp to him.
For Etruscan's race, following so
.o.ely upon q very indifferent one
last Saturday, proved one of the most
stsrtling form reversals of which
new York racing public, long in
rr,d to the eccentricities of the
sport. was ever panied witness. To
ssy that Etruscan turned a somer-
.ault in racing form within four short
days would be doing the gelding an
jniustiee. He did a loop-the-loop, a
the same time
Future With Jockey Club
let us hope that Mr.. Vivell was
aboard the play on this long shot, for
i. NAV not have a chance to get in on
snother private melon cutting for a
,nnr long time. We insinuate the Of
aeisls were suspicious. Why. it even
might be said they are already sort of
asots in their notions. At least, Mr..
viyel| has been placed beyond the
nsIe Of their good fellowship during
The duration of the present meeting.
That was as far as the stewards of
the meeting. Messrs. A. Daingerfeld
and W. s. Vosburgh, could so.
The stewards announced, after a
lengthy investigation and long 'delib-
sration following the concluding race,
thst the entries of E. G. Vivell will be
rsfused during the remainder of the
meeting at Jamaica. The future of
the horseman, then, rests with the
Jockey Club If this august body is
convinced, after serious reflection, that
there were really some discrepancies
between the two races, then it is likely
to 20 hard with the party or parties
mixed up in the job. People have
been known to be ruled off the turf
for less.
Let's forget Etruscan's victory in
the Newton Selling Stake for mo-
ment and go back to the fifth race OF
Saturday last Etruscan was equal
f,vorite On that occasion with Com
padre, one of yesterdays rivals in a
Sve.snd.a dash among a
Geld Of three. Etruscan, it was OBJ
served by sharp layers and players. an
swered the bugle bandaged heavily
arriving four bandages, as a matter
f truth. The sharp layers and play
en- recollect since that on Saturday
Esruscan was as cold and quite as in
different as an icicle when he faced
! the starter Compadre beat him BY
six or eight lengths.
Yesterday Etruscan appeared at the
sound Of the bugle horn spic and span
and eager for whatever lay in store.
II. war full of life and running. He
cskewalked to the music. Say, Com
sadre, his late conaueror, never saw
Etruscan for mud yesterday afternoon
cnte the barrier was sprung. 1t may
he true Compadre is not fond of the
heavy going, but that fact alone would
scarce excuse the discrepancies be.
tween the two late performances OF
Etruscan.
Issue Never in Doubt
However that may be and whatever
the Jockey Club may Go, one has to
hand it to the gallant old Etruscan for
Yesterdays behavior The issue was
never in doubt. Jackson was off wing
ing with his peppery mount. Compadre
tried desperately to keep within neigh
ing distance, but when they hit the
straight for home Compadre didn't
have neigh left. And Compadre,
mind you, was favorite, and hot one,
too. There might have been different
suding to. this adventure had Johnny
MeTaggart not been asleep at the
switch. He Will. but for this riders
carelessness at the post, might have
cheated the 80 to l shot out of the
biggest piece of the bacon. After the
poor start McTaggart did not even
make his bid till too late. He Will
closed fast through the stretch. even
IN spite of the sticky inside going.
The prettiest race of the day was
the fifth, at mile and seventy yards:
y which only Achilles and Trompe la
Mort accepted the gage, Crumpsall and
Lady Dorothy having been scratched.
The public seemed almost evenly di-
uded in opinion between the two-such
proposition as gambling on which of
two birds would first take the air Pos
sibly because of the fact that Buxton
had the leg up on Trompe la Mort,
while Kelsay was astraddle Achilles,
sae odds veered from 8 to 10 and take
vnur pick to evens on Achilles and to
Ga the charger of the sombre name.
u was beautiful horse race. Trompe
= Mort, in the rail position, and his
eentAgonist broke from wheeling posi-
uons on perfectly even terms and raced
together as a we'll harnessed team from
tae webbing to the finish. Achilles was
much the better horse. But Kelsay
ieit 1t all TO his charger. Seventy
yards from the wire the two heads
/ mere bobbing together. But Achilles
ssough he had taken the longer route
~ the way. was never really undez
gIessure. He won by scant hall
Poor Ride on Penrose
erickson spilled the beans with q
goer ride on Penrose, the favorite in
.ae hrst race. He carried miles wide
y the stretch turn and ruined chance
ss an easy victory. Lyke. who twice
oh brackets in three trials, got of
running start, opened up com
s@anoing lead. and by keeping in the
ksoo going all the way made the very
e. use of Erickson's mistake.
;syke scored with Damrosch over the
~ise and sixteenth route in the third
xs. the Atlantic. The Rock Sand
ss.se, however, was pounds the best
~ al his jockey had to do was &c
ep him from falling down or run,
a'ng into the fence.
yoiding, an outsider, took the sec,
o race: six furlongs, from Wood
ssaaush, the favorite, because McGraw
w more alert than McTaggart at the
Golding was away so advan'
sousiy that Woodthrush never was
~ = g Kake up the lost ground.
SURFING might have won the last
ss ~ With o,Donovan had he kept his