The sun., 1919-09-20
JOCKEY is RULED OFF
AT AQUEDUCT TRACK
Fitzgerald Earns Wrath of
Steward by Bad Ride on
Robert Oliver in Chase.
by HENRY v. KING.

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Hetting the National steeplechass an.
| Hunt Association. ordered Jocko,.
/ Fitzgerald from the Aqueduct tract -
| terday afternoon. He didn't liko -
way Fitzgerald rode Raj PARIS Ro,a..
Oliver, the favorlte, in tho chase 49,
after the contest issued an order a.
ing him the privilege Of the course s,,.
pending his license and referred his CO..
| to the stewards OF his association ~
further action. -''
Later in the day Mahoney. who md.
King Simon. and Wallace Taylor 49,
were suspended.
The action was so prompt and drav,,
that 1t amazed the racegoers. The IA.
by Fitzgerald did look queer. but tbsr.
were hundreds Of racegoers presen, mr.
were under the impre ssion that tha no,
merely pulled bone.
only five horses went to the nos. o..
the event, and when lined I'D in from, a,
the starter several of them acted ina
crazy horses. When they wero aligned
Mars cassidy shouted for them to Com.
on. -Four OF them started on their Jour
ney. but A. II. Higginsons ArdencroI.
which was making his debut over M
sticks I'm this vicinity, refused TO sta-.
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course and then stood still. FitzFsr.Is
on Robert Oliver SOW Ardencraie snS
believing IL was a false start puliad ~,
his mount, while his three other cc,.
petitors, headed by King Simon. v.,,
rushing along a sixteenth of a mil.
away. Seeing the trio far ahead q,
him Fitzgerald acted as though da,sd
He seemed bewildered and didn', lrnov.
what to do. One instant it seemed a. /,
he were going to pull up and the mar
as IL he were going to chase after N,
field.
hobert oliver Makes Up Grouns.
In this uncertain manner he aIo,v,,
his mount to step along for one roma
OF the field. Then he dec ded 10 o.
after the leaders. Robert Oliver vss
full of running and gained ground wifi
every stride until at the final iump
he was at the heels o. King slmor
which had set the pace throughout.
But the strain of making up so mucf
ground in less than a mile sapped thA
speed of Mr.. PARIS jumper and whsb
he reached the stretch he was a tirad
horse. With HIM staggering from
fatigue King Simon went on at a far
clip and won the purse by three lengths
with Northwood second, four Lengths
ahead of Robert Oliver.
There was no doubt about which VA,
the best horse in the race. Robert
Oliver probably would have won IN
gallop II he had started on even term,
with his opponents.
After the race Lewis Garth, trainer
Of Robert oliver went before N.
stewards and complained about the bad
ride. Fitzgerald was called and after
explaining his case was ordered to turn
in his badge.
Fitzgerald's ride was a bad one and
deserved punishment, but unless the
stewards can prove criminal intent Il
seems unfair to rule him of, especially
when so many other steeplechase riders
have performed much worse this saa-
son and escaped all punishment.
The Glen Cove Selling stakes was th.
feature of the card but much better
horses competed In the Gloriier Handl.
cap, a sprint at six furongs This
highwe ght handicap went TO A X
Macomber's bay mare Fruit Cake with
Nash Turner's The Boy second and
Walter NJ. Jeffords's Routledge third
Fruit Cake ran fine race. She carried
l2S pounds as II it were a feather, sst
the pace almost all the way and vol
eased up by five lengths. Miss 4
Whiteford's War Spirit won the Glen
Cove in a driving finish by three parts
of length. Youneed was second,
head in front OF Tetlsy. with ThisISton
a half length further back.
Youneed Sets Pace.
Youneed set terrific pace to the ina
eighth pole. There Thistledon ranged
alongside OF him and In few more
strides Tetley challenged and ran along
side the leaders. For fifty yards ths
trio measured strides They were close
together and Thistledon, which was Il
the middle, was so crowded that locke
Myers, who rode him, was unable 70
draw his whip. Al the final sixteenth
pole the three were still on even terms
but they were firing fast. As they 70
tered War Spirit came with a rush AMI
got up in time to take the $500 purse
After the race Emil Herr stepped into
the sales ring and bid the winner up 70
$4,000 and got him at that figure.
Mrs. Walter NJ. Jeffordss silks flashed
home in front in the fifth race. The
were carried TO victory by ClaQuer,
crippled four-year-old son Of Plaudii
Claquer was considered TO have M
was the outsider in the betting But be
went TO the front as tho barrier wen
up and was never headed lie Won b.
length and half ClaQucrs rae
was not much and his victory was No
surprise when the time WAS hung "
To cover the one mile and hye-siNtDenth'
II took 2:li 80. II War Machine o.
Snapdragon had been half tie horse
each was supposed To Do They uoal.
have had little difficulty u beai.nE
Claquer
W. Il. Goes Star Court scored al cas-
victory in the last event. n was "
sprint at five furlongs. star Court j.
one OF the fastest juveniles in traiuinS
but he Is not partial TO a route. Inc
five furlongs suited him 10 tee anu
after following the rNce for d quarter
OF mile he came on and won eased w
In second place finished ST Allan. a bV
TO ! shot Evergay was third.