The sun., 1919-09-04
ONE HORSE STARTS
IN TURF FEATURE
Royce Roofs Has Walkover in
Brentwood Handicap at
Belmont Park.
sIMPLEToN WINS STAKE
Beats Trio Of Mudlarks in
Mineola-Small Crowd
Resents Poor Sport.
ny HENRY v. KING.

The racing yesterday afternoon al
Belmont Park was a burlesque. 1t re-
sembled that on a half mile outlaw
track at its worst In the six races only
twenty-three horses started. In one oil
them only one horse went to the post
That was in the Brentwood Handicap
Six handicap horses had been named
overnight to start in 1t but w. T. VIII
k.nson's Royce Roofs was the only one
to answer the bugle. He had a walk
over, and after he had cantered over the
cre mile and sixteenth course he was
greeted with yolleys Of sarcastic cheers.
IL was a day of great sport with reverse
English.
OF course. the rain and sloppy track
bad a great deal to do with the poor
sTort. They caused many scratches. but
the programme was not of the kind TO
attract big entries or lovers of the thor
ouehbred to the course.
ghe feature was the Mineola for two
year olds over the six furlong straight
course More than thirty good juveniles
were nominated but only fouf-Tent in
quest OF the $500 purse. They were
ts,e Quincy stables Am.arican Boy, Rich
ard T. Wilson's Simpleton, w. R Goes
Srgarmint and Robert L. Gerrx's HaclSa-
more.
Simpleton was known to be the fastest
horse in the race. but all Of his oppo-
nents were known to be real mudlarks.
In the opinion of most racegoers 1t was
n question IL Mr.. Wilson'S colt, which
is partial to fast track. could win over
such a muddy course AS a result
Simpleton had only a few frieI Us and
went to the post with the good ''dds OF
I to dangling from his name. When
1t came to racing he showed his class
and despite his dislike for the mud made
his. opponents look cheap. He won by
only half length from Sugarmint, but
that was because Buddy Ensor was con-
tent to win by that small margin. All
through the homestretch Ensor held his
mount in check and Mt the end Simple
ton was only galloping.
The Brentwood was the first event
to produce a walkover in five years.
The last one horse race" on the local
turf came in 1914, when Roamcr can
tered home by himself in the Autumn
weight for age handicap at Belmont
Park
At the summer meetiyig at Empire
City Walter S. Vosbureh the official
Handicapped. said that Osgood was the
best mud runner he had ever seen in
his long experience on the turf. Yes
terday the little three-year-old chest
nut geldinS oproved that Mr.. Vosburgh
was right. He seemed to revel in the
sloppy goinA and beat a good field of
mudlarks In the first race in clever
fashion. He followed Right Angle to
the final furlong pole, where he went
to the front and won going away by a
length.
Right Angle swerves.
Right Angle. which belongs to the
Kentucky Stable. was considered a
sure winner before the race and was
heavily backed at 10 to 10. He might
have been closer to Osgood at the nm
ism IL he had not swerved to the outer
rail in the homestretch.
The second race was a Joke. 1t was
for maiden three-year-olds. at one mile,
ard brought together three of the worst
horses in training. They were Joseph
Il. Widener's L'Enjoleur. George d.
Widener's Sanberia and Eugene Lutz's
Miss Sterling. So bad were they that
scarcely wager was made on the re-
suit. The trainer of each announced
publicly that his charge was a bad
horse and each advised his friends not
to bet on him. For some unknown rea-
son Sanberia was made the favorite at
to and he won as a favorite should,
q ne SdilupGu ali the way anu pdSSeu inc
judges four lengths In front of Len
joleur, which was almost a sixteenth of
a mile ahead of Miss Sterling.
In Dominique Sam Hildreth probably
has the fastest Juvenile mudlark in
training. He is a son of Peter Ounce
and Berry Maid. He has a tremendous
night of speed but little courage. In
the mud yesterday he didn't need cour-
age for he never allowed his opponents
to challenge his courage. He opened
UP a big gap in the first half mile and
Won in a gallop by ten lengths from w.
q, Goes Cleopatra.
W. c., PA" DAILY has retired as a
trainer. Hereafter he will be known only
as an owner. Last winter he turned over
his small stable, including Rockport, to
ais eighteen-year-ol son, w. c.. Jr., and
-ent him to Cuba. There w. c., Jr.
scored two victories with Rockport, and
.he lad brought the old plug North and
prepared him for the race at SaratoGa
which he won at 100 to 1. Because OF
the youngsters success PA" said yes
terday that he would buy some more
horses and give them to Little Willie
&c train.