New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
Outsider Wins
GOWanus Stake
By Few Inches
Albert A. Barely Outlasts
Whimsy AfterHardDrive;
Every Favorite Is Beaten
Bv W. 7. Macbeth

Despite the fact that favorites CON
t;nued to be conspicuous by their alb
ssnce at rolcall after every heat, yes
.erday's racing at the Jamaica track de-
yeloued plenty OF action, with a num-
hsy of thrilling finishes. The most
nsrye- -wracking finish Of all came in
the Gowanus Selling Stakes, with ST.
ZOO added at d mile and a sixteenth
Richard Cooks Albert A. outstayed and
STRAINED Frank Regan's old gelding
Whimsy in race through the last fur
long that had every enthusiast whoop-
;ng on his chair, and won the main
nrize money by inches in the very last
stride.
This was one Of succession Of up
sets. but one which left little sting
II was impossible not to admire such
courage ard resolution as the outsider
showed in the pinch, or the uneXpec
.sdlv rare cleverness in horsemanship
that Rowan showed against q more for
midsble rider. Rowan's was finish
that would have been a credit to q
Sloan. He simply picked up his mount
at the end and hurled him across to
victory,
Whimsy. the redhot favorite at the
opening Of the betting. until heavy
nlay on Andrew Mller's Recount sent
this colt to the post the public choice,
had all the early foot. and in the first
hundred yards drew off to lead OF q
length. Albert A. displayed an ur-
looked for penchant for running, how
ever, AID hung on grimly to the pace
maker. Whimsy drew away further for
half the distance IN the hackstretch.
Then Albert A. began TO hold his own.
Rowan Displays Skill
Gradually Rowan began to work up.
inch By inch. to the pacemaker, until at
the far bend his mount had made up all
the daylight that had separated these
particular two. Swinging into the
stretch Albert A. had almost Tapped
Whimsy. At the furong pole the two
were running like team, the lead al
ternating, apparently with every stride.
At the sixteenth Albert A. faltered
momentarily. and Whimsy appeared to
have broken his heart. But Rowan
went even more spiritedly to the whip,
and his tired mount responded once
again. He just did get up. Recount
never was prominent after the first few
strides, and, crowded back at the first
turn, failed TO keep within striking dis
tance of the pace. He tired before.the
stretch was reached, so that Tetley
was able to beat him out OF the SHOW
position.
Another thrilling finish was seen in
the fifth race at five and half fur
longs, when F. D. Weir's Toto took the
measure Of Right Angle. Toto showed
a startling reversal of form over his
last previous start, when he stopped as
~ hnt
eral lengths. Yesterday he wes full
Of running and lay ght back Of Right
Angle to the furlong pole. He came
with a rush then, caught Right Angle
at the sixteenth pole and won going
away. Jockey j. McCabe clearly out
finished Fator in this particular duel.
Misbehaves at the Post
Right Angles chances of victory were
damaged because Of misbehavior at the
post. Several times this one broke
through the barrier and once ran about
q furlong before Fator could pull up.
No doubt this took much out of Right
Angle Ultima Thule, which had the
rail position and which was off well,
was hit shortly after the start and
jammed against the fence. Jockey G.
Appel was thrown, but managed to
roll out Of the way of the charging
squadron and escaped without a
scratch.
George Odom's King Plaudit showed
how fine a thoroughbred he can be
when he decides to run kindly by gall
loping away from ". K. Goes Over
There in the third race at d mile and
seventy yards. He stepped the distance
in l:43 35-only 8 three-tifths Of sec
oond slower than the track record. On
his last outing King Plaudit simply
refused to run. His temperament at
the time was laid to the fact that he
was not wearing blinkers, but he had
no blinkers yesterday when he behaved
like real stake horse
Bright Gold in the first race, and
Pontypridd. in the last, simply tip
toed their fields. Joh-I-Noor seemed to
have the second race won when she
began to bear out with Appel through
the final sixteenth. Hummer was able
TO get up with Miss Krutcr and won
t,.e