The Washington herald., 1918-10-16
M'CRANN RIDES
! 4 TWO WINNERS
Little Jockey Pilots Mimic
HsFirst in Fordham
- f. Selling Stake.

. New York. Oct l5-Little R Nc
Cram will have his gold spurs
mighty soon If he continues In the
form be has displayed of lats- He
scored two victories at the Empire
City. track this afternoon. And he
had only two mounts during the day.
In annexing hi, two consecutive
victories. McCrann displayed the
earmarks OF racing genius. In the
F'ordham selling stakes. the feature
Of the afternoon, as well as in the
spccseding claiming race, little Nc
Cram put over mounts successfully
against particularly well regarded
tavorites and did it over the route.
to boot. Distance races. naturally.
call into play the greatest resources
of jockeyship and in neither of his
tests was McCrann found wanting.
By far his most impressive victory
was that with. Cornelius Fellowes'
Ninto II In the feature race.
The. distance of the Fordham selling
arake, is a mile, and though Minto
was highly regarded in certain quar-
ters, tAe speedy Koh-I-Noor was look
ed upon as a kick-in-the-neck by all
the wise rsh Minto drew the rail
position in a field OF six. koh-I-Noor
the outside
It behooved AcCrann to get on ny
ing with his mount in order TO prevent
being pocketed or bumped back in
the Jam for position arouni the first
turn. but Eoh-I,Noor was out free
where speed would make good IRE
spective OF the break of the start.
AcCrann did not get Mimic OF
qJIe as quickly as some Of the rest
OF bis company. But he went right
20 bat with the barrier rise and took
all the risks that involved a drive
through ON the rail before the first
turn.
Daddy's Choice and Whimsey left
hun barely room 10 squeezs through
Many OF our best-known jockeys
you'd have hesitated to take the risk.
But hcCrann showed the stuff OF
which real Jockies are made. He
ganblsd and won.
Once hinto II crowded safely TO the
lead half way round the first bend
and the race was as good as won.
Walls. with Koh-I-Noor. gave chase.
but run as he would Koh-I-Noor could
not cue down the lengths lead.
Opinion prevailed for while down
the back-stretch that Walls was
rating his mount off the pace But
OF the two it was Ninto II, that was
being rated. This fact showed very
plainly when, in the stretch Walls
began 10 drive Koh-I-Noor. Minto II
sirnpIy laughed at the black Ally.
More startling, perhaps because II
was really less expected was Nc
Crsna's victory with the Clevelas IA
stables Puts and Calls. This particu-
lar bay gelling had been trying in
vain to win q race for FIVE years.
Until late this afternoon he was in
the maiden class. Naturally such a
continuous disappointment might be
expected 20 win some time but GER
ra.nly today didn't appear to be the
day Chester Two. the favorite. was
regarded as an absolutely certain
cinch. But Puts and Calls triUmphed
eventually over mile and a quarter
route. The summary:
FIRST RACE-FOr 2-yCar-oIds. 81 furlonzs
Won L Cirrus 70 S out. out: second, War
Spirit 20 J. eTen: thiri. Kiss Again ) IN ;.
u. Dancer also ran.
SECOND RACE-For 5year-olds and upward .
furlozrA Won b AITord 70 5. ] to ?. !
10 s; second. Bathille even To ;; third
J0ssnna Zar=ta to 5. Riverside Managancse
Peep sight. ". n Buckner and PaSamsna also
rs1
THIRD RACE-The Liberty Bond Handicap
toS SysAr-olds and uPEsrd: l mile. Won b.
Holhsssr 10 10 Out, out; second Barrow
cart, osTt. Only two starters
FOURTH RACE-The Fordham Selling
saSes. fo< 5Tear-olds and upward ! mile
WoC oJ AintO 2nd j 70 s. 10 5, 2 to );
srcnod, koh-I-Soor to TO- 10 ): third
S<Teisr to S. Runes. ThInsy and Daddy 5
Cheies. also ran.
FIFTH RACE-For 5year-oIds and upward :
IL miles. Won by Puts And Calls 70 .
erra- out; second, Woodthrush even. out
JSrd, Chester Two out Aatin also ran
SIXTH RACE-FOr 2ys.r-Olds: claiming; 81
tntiorE,- Won oy War Zone to !, 5 70 >
% TO- sseuud. GoldIale 20 .. ! to &: third,
Hsat L-<ns 70 ! Syrdarya Hmdoostan
Iisilante. James jr.. Hand Grenade md. Mar
lon Adler, P1uTiada and TIER Rose also rsn