New-York tribune., 1918-05-21

Robinson was away well, but did nOt'
keep close enough to the pacemakers.
Furthermore, ne lost lot of ground
coming around the stretch turn and
again on top of all this failed to keep
his mount straight once he did hit the
stretch. Knapp, on the other hand,
decided to make it runaway if pos
sible. His mount broke right behind
Sweeplet and Willie went out with
rush to kill off the Loft flly. By the
end of the first quarter Knapp, hug
ging the rail with War Zone, had
drawn two good lengths away from
Sweeplet.
Robinson meanwhile mad waited with
Purling and when he decided to make
his bid had to race around several of
the other contenders. He lost q lot
of ground because of this roundabout
passage, and though he was able to get
up with Sweeplet and race the chal-
lenger of War Zone into submission
a sixteenth from the finish, he could
not outgame the pacemaker. War
throughout the last furlong and won
by length. Purling took the place
from Sweeplet by a nod in whipping
finish.
Big Upset in Last
The biggest upset of the meeting
developed IN the last race when Bux-
ton failed to land Lieutenant G. A.
Oochran's brown two-year-old colt,
The Dauphin, in the money. The
Dauphin was supposedly the finest
thing of the afternoon, and a tre-
mendous play was made on him. His
opening price was as good as 80 to l,
but the various bankrolls were loos-
ened SO freely that the price quickly
dropped to 25, then 20; next IS; now
10 and SO on down to the comparative
ly short price of to l at post time.
Whatever chance The Dauphin may
have had was practically ruined by a
bad start. He was just about as we'll
as left at the post, as he got away
absolutely last in a field of thirteen
This ruined his chance in the five-fur-
longs dash. Buxton tried, however, till
we'll in the stretch, when he saw the
task was hopeless and eased his mount.
He would have had hard time to fin
ish in the money had his life depended
upon doing SO. This race was won by
Lads Love, the second choice, which
made gallant race from before the
stretch turn all the way in, though it
appeared the colt was beginning to tire
at the end.
Starter Mars Cassidy had rather
poor day in handling the crowded
fields, but there was no excuse for the
ragged alignments when he sprung the
barrier in either the third or fifth
races. The third was a handicap at
five and half furlongs, and the start
was SO very i'll timed that more than
half the field had been eliminated be-
tore the competition was fairly on.
High Noon Quits in Stretch
R. F. Carman's Startling, which
showed a wonderful race last time
out, landed the brackets from Jane
Buffers High Noon. At the head of
the stretch it appeared to be a cake
walk for the Butler horse, but he quit.
as usual, in the stretch. There was
nothing Schuttinger could do about it.
either. He handled High Noon we'll
and tried everythin. to make good his
early advantage. But there was no
denying Startling, and once the latter
looked into High Moons eye it was
all over.
The favorite, Frederick the Great,
in spite of his Boche name, carried
q heavy play in the distance race, the
fifth. at mile and seventy yards, I'm
fortunately for Mars Cassidy, right
under the eyes of the crowd, this hap
pened to be one of his most ragged
efforts of the day. Dragon and .Sky
Pilot. both highly regarded, were
eliminated with the springing of the
barrier.
With his most dangerous rivals lost
in the whirl of dust, Jockey McAtee
went about making his victory as i'm
Presslve as possible. Frederick the
Great simply tow roped the field home
from start to finish, beating LIE Dino.
saute by two lengths, though pulled
into hand gallop the last sixteenth
OF the way. A lot of hunch players
were aboard Sky Pilot in this race, as
q birdman from the Mineola training
station few high over the field as the
horses were going to the post. Another
fore while the field was at the post
IN the fourth race. The fact that War
zone triumphed was taken as q fine
augury for Sky Pilot.
Second Race Exciting
=. About the most exciting finish OF
the meeting gave the second race. al
SIX furlongs, to Lady Gertrude. The
housman flly showed a wonderful
nurst OF speed through the stretch and
just managed to get up in time to win
py scant head from Thistle. 1t was
MP and tuck race between the Lady
and Thistle for the last 150 yards and
until the official numbers were hung
up the crowd was in doubt. Wheat
lakes showed plenty of early speed
Dut tired in the last sixteenth.
Miiirace, favorite in the opening
eseh., nad to be pounds better than
any OF the others to win over the six
Iuriongs route. Hummer was pinched
on at the start and had to race ali
tne way around the field of twelve. His
mount had the foot, however. moved
up last through the stretch and won
going away. ~A" "o'
Edward B. Mclean, the Washington
Ro.ssman, offered $751; 900 for Omar
hayyam, ha M, put the offer was spurned
~ "uired Viau. According to the
MI MY, IT; viau sent back word to Mr.
nnJ"a .an eodn snae ae ne would consider no bio
JACK Hare: Jr.. winner Of the second
pee. sU.'on OF the Preakness at Pimlico
.ass week, VIII make his first metro.
Ron.nn appearance in the Stuyvesant
nanoicap AZ SIX furlongs to-day. This
race, IN sne opinion Of the experts. lies
Detween Jack Hare, Jr., and Sun Briar
aa"nds amo ise'ss WIN carry top weight, 13c
Hare. '"e1
1t was reported yesterday that Srr.
bonnet, one Of A. X. Macomher,. h.a,
mares, had broken down. The mare I,
said to have sprung a tendon wh;i. !.
out exercising.