New-York tribune., 1918-09-28

out OF one of the very heartiest efforts
horse and man had shown since the
curtain was rung up on the Eastern
racing season this year of grace.
What race that fifth one was for
old Stromboli, which many believed
needed a real duel under his belt to
put him on edge, despite the highly ad-
vertiscd morning performances. Some
Of the wisenheimers said old Stromboli
never did run and never could on such
a cuppy track as prevailed yesterday.
But lie did run-for Lotus And there
lies the whole kernel Of the nut.
Gets Away Ninging
Johnny got the old gelding away
winglng, after a couple OF fuIl4e busls
at the barrier, but even so. Gloom-
Gus had a half length advantage and
hemmed him in to the heavier gong
of the rail position. The pair of then,
in the first 200 yards, but All the way
up the baAks tretch and around the
! bend Loftrs was unable to su.due HIS
! hearty and relentless adversary-u.:-
able to draw clear and ous to the firm
er footing beyond the rail.
They hit the stretch practically as
they had started the race. The muzzie
OF y oomy Gus was just showing anead
OF that OF Stromboli. hemmed in TO the
heavier and more uncertain going. And
this way through the stretch they
raced. Lotus went first to bat lie
| took the whip in his left hand to avo;d
lnsnuatlon Of foul, as he was on tae
gail, and 1ogged old Stromboii so re
ligiously that he began to creep ur,
inch by inch, upon the pacemaxer,
Gloomy Gus. Little Walls was right
on the job. He began to ply The raw
, hide from the other side. No one dare
make an affidavit which was in FROM
quarter of mile from home The
pair Of them looked like well matched
team, running at split-neck speed.
And then Walls and Gloomy Gus be
gan to draw away. imperceptibly ar
first, hut still by inches. When they
struck the last sixteenth Gloomy Gus.
III the surer footing, was a good long
neck ahead. Here LOTUS began one Of
the most sensational finishes ever seen
on the American turf. 1t was q finish
That would have flattened Tod Sloan
or Snapper Garrison in an American
Derby Of old times. With every trick
and vile Of horsemanshir genius Lof-
tus urged Stromboli 20 his best pace.
He picked the horse up in his lap and
carried him along. And still it d dn,t
seem enough. Fifty yards from the
wire Gloomy Gus was good head in
front and seemed d certain winner
How Lotus did it nobody will ever
know, but he just seemed to leap from
there home and carry his mount with
him. Stromboli covered the distance
IN thrcc gigantic leaps, and the last
leap put him head in front of Gloomy
Gus. One of the grandest and most
popular races Of the Eastern season
though Il was just q common trial
from monetary standpoint) had been
won by Americas premier Jockey.
A Thrill in the Fourth
The fourth race. also at mile, Il
handicap for mares of all ages, likewise
had its thrill, though the thrill didn't
last down TO the final jump. Lady
Gertrude, the only other winning favor
tie of the afternoon, won this trial
easily el.ough and with plenty 10 spare.
but not until long shot had shot q
few thrills up the spines of the dis
ciples of form. Jack Mclnnis cut loose
good thing here in Dsytoria. which
sprnted from the barrier under the eX-
pert guidance OF Walls to open up q
lead OF about tiIe lengths in the first
SIX turlongs. Daytoria raced every
thing dizzy in its field. but Lady Ger
trude. Robinson waited off the pace
with the latter till the final quarter.
then shot up, caught the pacemaker
tirng and won handily enough. But
there might have been a different story
II Daytorla had not borne in to the
heavier going through the final eighth
battle, the second choice, could not un-
track herself. Hanovia, in bandages
again. appeared to have everything on
but the kitchen stove and once more
was disinterested spectator
Little Mr.. McAtee. IN the last race.
was very lucky that the stewards did
not ask him to come up and file ques
tlonnalre. He had the mount of Blush
ing Beauty. an odds-on favorite He
didn't appear to try lick After get
haLied +. Housman's filly about and
hnally placed her in behind the pack.
Robinson consequently was alb 9 to
crowd into the lead before the bend
ana held his advantage to the end.
though his mount was tring fast at the
finish. Blushing Beauty came on aeain
through the final sixteenth and nosed
baiiet Dancer II out Of the place.
ne INST three races Of the dav al
feil 20 long shots. Bar One, which too
inc openiag mile event. was Quoted a
literally - 20 to 1. There was no ex
cuse Tor Grouse, the well played favor
re, except perhaps. the imposition oT
kelsay. He rode like a shoemaker.
after being caught mapping at the post
Grouse might easily have made good
his poor start had not Kelsay delib
erateiy kept him on the gluey going
to the inside through the stretch run
Schuttinger kept Bar Ore well to the
outside, on the frmcr footing, and in
the final sixteenth outjockeved T. Rice
who made all tic early pace with As
sign.
Wins With Bonsteile
Rec came right back with Barstel,s
lo-to-l shot, IN the FIVE furloncs sec.
ond delivering q sensational finish thai
Won him the brackets after setting ths
pace all the way. Wonderman. outrun
carly, closed with q wonderful burst of
speed, but ton late. Noses separated
the hrst four in this race.
The long-distance third. al mile
and fve-slxteenths, proved the big M.
set OF the afternoon. as Sasin' the
odds-on favorite, finished absolutelv
last. Starry Banner ran himself ou4
IN the first mile. Then Woodtrap. a.
outsider. which had followed the mar
closely. moved Ia the front and sc,
wen within himself Little Nearsf
outrun Though the fast three -a,.a,-tc,.
msde strong bid al the .ightn pol..
but dropped back. This one. nhich ir
,sned good second, pulled up very
lame.
c. z. Thomas. one Of the nar,,
aistkers Of the turf writers associs
tlon, has been appointed patrol irdp.
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