New-York tribune., 1918-06-05
Ensor Wins Brackets Twice
in Day-Only One
Upset in Sport
By w. ]. Macbeth

'he bouquet Selling Stakes Gf $4,000
in stylish fashion at Belmont Park
yesterday afternoon. This was the
feature of rather attractive card in
which the followers of form had an
unusually profitable afternoon.
osgood was ridden by Ensor, who
Twice won brackets with his two
mounts OF the day and who displayed
GOOD horsemanship on each occasion.
lhls race, the fourth, for two-year-olds
AT 1lve furlongs straight, proved the
oh'y upset of the programme, for Os-
good was an outsider whose price re-
ceaed right up to the time that the
held was sent away
The Brighton Stables bay colt Ear
locker. which had won his prcvinus
start from good field of juveniles,
was was. prime favorite for this event.
biairgowrie and Pigeon, II. p. Whit
ney's colt, were both conceded much
better chances than Osgood. 1t de-.
veloped later, however, that the favor
ite and Pigeon were both about as
we'll as eliminated before the race
began.
Earlocker bolted at the post ard
severely wrenched his back Pigeon
went slightly lame in the morning
Indeed, during his warmup many
sharps remarked that the colt acted
as If he were sore.
A Struggling Start
Pigeons corns didn't seem to bother
him much, however, at the start,
though Earlocker never could get to
running after a struggling start that
practically left him at the post. For a
furlong Pigeon was right up with the
leaders. Then he trailed off and
dropped back in the ruck.
W. r. Goes Uncle's Lassie rashed
quickly to the lead shortly after the
start and cut out such spirited race
that the chestnut tilly threatened to lose
the field. Hard behind Myers came
Ensor on Osgood, with Troise on
Blalrgowrie only half length away.
In the second quarter Uncle's Lassie
length. But she didn't have the
stamina to sustain the pace through
the crucial furlong. Uncle's Lassie
tired under Osgood's stout challenge
in the final sixteenth, though she lasted
long enough to save the place from
Blairgowre, which was also ridden out
at the end
Ensor's success with Osgood was
commendable, though scarcely as clever
an accomplishment as he showed in
the very next race with Judge Wing
field, practically an even favorite with
Ellison. This race, at mile and fur
long, was one strictly between the two
named. Philistine set the early pace.
but Rice moved up with Ellison and
raced him into submission before the
half was reached. Rice took the short
est journey home. Ensor, with Judge
Wingfeld, waited to The last furlong to
make his drive. 1t was one of the
Judges best days. He responded
gamely, came away with q rush and
won with plenty in reserve. Ellison
had all he could do to stave off King
fsher's challenge in the final sixteenth.
The latter made up considerable ground
in the run through the stretch.
Easy for Polymelian
Polymelian, W. R. Goes imported
four-year-old chestnut colt, one of the
very handsomest thoroughbreds seen
at the races In many year, once more
proved his exceptional class by gal
loplng home to an easy victory over
the six furlong chute course in the
first race of the day. Though Poly
rlellan was an odds-on favorite at / to
in the opening betting, the public re-
garded his racing merit SO highly that
AiSNHAhS OCCICI tIlau W U COQlU De
had against his chances at post time.
The only way the layers could have
protected themselves would have been
to bar him in the betting. Polymelian
shouldered the top weight of 1928
pounds and galloped off so easily from
the eight others that it was ,only a
question from the start of Fairbrother
maintaining his seat. Polymelian won.
eased up to a hand canter, by more
than half dozen lengths. He was un-
der a strong pull practically all of the
way. Foreground, which was played
heavily for place, couldn't run fast
enough to beat a cab horse.
Pen Rose Again in Front
The iilly Pen Rose, one of the small
est and at the same time speediest of
the Juveniles won tho last race over
the five furlongs straight quite as
handily as Polymelan scored in the
opener. All Lyke had to do was to
keep the diminutive thoroughbre d
straight. This filly certainly does love
to run and knows exactly how to do
it. 1t was a breeze for her all the
way.
The winning favorite of the third
race, Lady Gertrude, had to be much
the best of field of six to save the
public nest egg. Mergler, who had the
mount, experienced no end of difficulty
through most of the mile run. Lady
Gertrude was shut off and knocked d
back shortly before the far turn, where
she was pinned in until the field
Strengthened out for the stretch run.
Once free, Margler made the best of
his opportunities and of the speed of
his mare. Lady Gertrude closed res
olutely when called upon, raced Right
and Stitch in Time into submission in
turn and won going away. Right made
a gallant bid in the last sixteenth, but
tired when the pinch came. Stitch in
Time ran her race.
Equal Favoritcs in Chase
Duettiste and w. F. Knebelkamp
were equal favorites in the steeple-
chase and finished in the order named
after an exciting race home through
the fiat. Duettiste was pounds the
better of the two, but suffered from a
very mediocre ride on the part of
Byers. This boy was slovenly and
careless at the hurdles, taking off sew
eral times in a way that jeopardized d
his mount. Several times Duettiste hit
and twice almost unseated the rider.
He had all the speed on the fiat. how
ever. Knebelkamp, moreover, inter
ferred with Duettiste on a number of
occasions. Just before the last jump
Duettiste had to pull up and come to
the outside of Knebekamp. This put
him at least three lengths to the bad
after the final barrier had been cleared.
But in the final effort on the fiat Duet
tlSte simply ran from the other