New-York tribune., 1919-05-23
Lanius, Z to Il,
Wins Classic
I'm Slow Time
Early Pacemaking Ruins the
Chances of Naturalist;
Rain Cuts Down Fields
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fool Flags as far as he wished. and
Naturalist with him. Lotus rated
Lanius we'll back with the main pack
in the splash up the backstretch. In
the first quarter Flags and Naturalist,
hooked up evenly as span, mad drawn
away to full four lengths lead.
At the first bend Flags, on the rail.
pulled slightly away from Naturalist.
Half way round the turn clear daylight
was showing between the pair. The
rest of the field was fairly we'll
punched. LOTUS had drawn clear of
the pack by a couple of lengths, so
that he was able to pick his course
and choose his time for the big effort.
Lotus Makes Drive
AS they swung round the home turn
1T was seen that Naturalist would not
last He was laboring heavily. The
Rabelais gelding alawys has been more
or less temperamental. Yesterday
wasn't his day With every bound Flags
was pulling away from Naturalist now.
Then LOTUS made his drive.
Johnny took Lanius we'll out from
the rail on the home turn, and having
shaken the firing Naturalist in short
order, set sail for the fleet Flags,
which was hanging on out in front
more resolutely than was his wont.
AT the eighth pole LOTUS caught the
pacemaker. 1t was all over then.
Lanius, much the fresher, had Flags
conquered once he looked in his eve
and finished we'll within himself in a
hand ride. Once. at the head Of the
stretch, Lotus went to the bat, but
he put up his whip when he drew to
even terms with Flags A. X. Ma
comber's Star Master and Commander
j. K. l.. Ross's Foreground both raced
past Naturalist in the stretch.
Star Master might have done better
had Knapp made his drive earlier.
The Macomber horse closed with a
great rush once he Strengthened for
home. Lanius beat Flags a good two
lengths. The latter held the place
safely from Star Master by a like dis
tance. Foreground was three lengths
behind the Macomber horse at the fin
ish
And so the 1919 metropolitan Hand;-
cap goes down into history.
Wins Chase by Fluke
The New York Stceplechase, with
81 200 added, at about two miles, proved
quite flivver. Rap Parr, who organ
lied ber-topping trust down in
Maryland, got away on the right foot
here. His imported LIE Marsouin. with
Is. Haynes up, won by f1ukc. Tetan,
of the Greentree Stable, had this race
all sewed up but stumbled and fell in
making landing after the very last
jump. lie Marsoun, a very tired horse,
could barely stagger home to victory.
Babcock, which finished second, might
have had a chance had he not fallen
to his launches in taking the water
jump in front Of the grandstand first
time round. The bump took most Of
the run out of him. Stonewood, an ad-
dcd starter, finished third
The oldtime favoritc, Old Rosebud
oddson this time, showed up cheap
field of four in the opening race. Fly
ing Orb, another odds-on, Just lasted
to save the third from the untried
Peregrine. Camouheur. at / to T. had
only to canter to beat Snapdragon
I'd, the only other starter of the fifth.
John E. Madden cut melon in the
closing event, at four and half fur
longs straight when Dominique, out
for his first race, tow-roped a field Of
eleven.