New-York tribune., 1919-08-22
Beats
Miss .Jemima
And Constancy
Fill y Purchased by Water
bury in Morning Defeats
Stars i'm the Schuylerville
By w. ]. Macbeth

SARATOGA, Aug. 21.-Larry Water
bury. who has just ventured back into
the sport Of kings" as an owner.
gained signal distinction here this
afternoon. HIS chestnut two-year-old
hlly, Homely, won the Schuylerville of
$4,000 at five and one-half furlongs, the
feature of to-day's card.
1t wasn't exactly the value of this
stake that made Mr.. Waterbury such a
happy man along about 4:15 o'clock.
Homely beat out Constancy and Miss
Jemima, the most highly regarded
two-year-old fillies that had gone to the
races this year.
Moreover, Waterbury's star as a
racing solon shot up with the speed of
a meteor, for this morning he had no
candidate for the Schuylerville. He
concluded deal to-day whereby he Sc
cured Homely from Sam Lewis at the
reported price of $12,500. Few of the
people at the track knew that Homely
was to race in the Waterbury colors.
OF their number was Jockey w. Kelsey.
VINO had the leg up on the winner and
VINO mad to scurry to do a lightning
change act at the very last minute. He
came out at the saddling bell in Sam
Lewls's colors.
=, lonely to-day proved herself a flly
mat Will bear watching IN the Futurity.
10 those on the inside her victory was
not so startling as to the lay public.
Most OF the regulars figured the race
sIrlctly between Miss Jemima, the
queen of the West, which had never
De1ore been extended, and Commander
Ross Constancy.
Kelsey Seizes Chance
NO excuses arc to be made for either
Constancy or Miss Jemima. But it
must be confessed that the race broke
just right for Homely. Kelsey, who
never could be accused Of being one
OF our leading riders, had to make the
most of case of necessity. and the
rich prize fell into his lap as result.
Had w. r. Goes Masked Dancer been
out of the race Miss Jemima probably
would have had all the Missourians in
happy frame of mind tonight.
Masked Dancer and Miss Jemima broke
together, and raced nose to nose for a
1urIong or more. 1t was a pace no
thoroughbred could maintain indef-
initely.
Knapp very foolishly drove Miss
Jem!ma along at top speed after Nc
Atee had taken hold of Masked Dancer.
He opened UP a lead of a length and
q half skirting the far turn. johnny
LOTUS meanwhile had made a move
With Constancy, and just before the
stretch turn began to move up on the
outside of Masked Dancer, which in
turn was to the outside of Miss
Jemima.
In spite of Knapp's wild fight in the
first three furlongs it looked at the
head of the stretch as if the western e,.n
filly might outfoot the others to the
wire. But coming into this stretch
Miss Jemima, Masked Dancer and Con-
stancy all carried wide, doubtless fig
urlng the footing would be better
there
Homely Closes Fast
Homely at this stage of the Jour-
ney, was nowhere. Kelsey took des-
pcrate gamble. He skinned the rail,
saving five or six lenths, and soon
found himself closing fas: on the
others. AS matter Of fact the foot
ing at the rail was Of the best, for a
heavy roller had fattened it out and
hardened it.
Miss Jcmilna hung on gamely to the
eighth pole. Then she stopped. The
early pace had been too much. Masked
Dancer was already badly beaten.
LOTUS. with Constancy to tho outside
of Miss Jemima, was riding with every
known trick of his art But Con-
stancy, carried wider than any Of the
others, had lost too much ground or
rather covered too much ground, for
the freshcr hlly. Larry Waterbury
had won bis first start, fair enough
setake, Of his new filly, Homely.
Though Homely was we'll supported
by those who knew, her victory was a
sumner. The Ross connections and
following threw in ton of money on
Constancy, while the general public
shot, with marked avdity.
Commander Ross's African Arrow