New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

,,om start to finish Man O. War led
,ts cIassiest Futurity field that had
;scad the starter in more than Il decade
.nd romped across the finish more than
.wo lengths in front of his closest
competitor. The two-year-old cham
MON eslloped the distance in the cred
kshle time Of Ill SIS against n quar-
terng wind.
Harry Payne Whitney's good Whisk
Broom. I'd. colt, John P Grier, closed
With rush and took second money,
heating off Sam Hildreth's Dominique
for the place by FIVE lengths or more.
Domin ique was length IN front of W.
z. Goes FLY. Cleopatra.
Record Crowd Attends
The record crowd OF record racing
,sason--about 30000--was out for the
coronation Of the champion Of cham
Mons No scene OF wilder enthusiasm
.ha. portrayed IN the homage paid to
Man O. War and his popular rider at
The conclusion Of the race.
Cheer after cheer resounded above
the tattoo Of handclapping that first
burst from the lawn Of the clubhouse
as Mr.. Riddles colt. scarcely putting,
,mbled n!mbly back to the judges for
his pilot to weigh out The ovation
lasted fully five minutes. Many a
melancholy straw lid met is belated
death in the general rejoicing.
On the granGstand lawn especially.
where most every one seemed to think
speculation or Man o Wars chance.
short-time loan at so per cent ususy
rather than gamble, the uproar
drowned the noise of the motor OF a
Cur.iss plane. flying low, which hap
wned TO be distributing advertising
pamphlets at the moment.
George Gonzales. the venerable
t.ndicapper. who was picking winners
vhen Judge Pettingil was still in
E;ckerbockers. seemed to express the
opinion OF the multitude in the follow
Ing compliment TO Man o. Wars PROV
ess:
a have seen them ALL" he said. "alI
the great two year-olds, from the time
the Futur;ty was inaugurated, in 1898.
righ, down TO the moment. I believe
Man O. War the greatest -year-old
ever saw. am not forgetting Colin
or any Of the rest Of them. Man O War
is chang OF OF champions He is in
class all by himself
Easy Race for Champion
The .hirtieth running Of the historic
Futurity under cold, scientific analy-
sis might rot pan out in comparison to
some OF the substituting competitions
OF this classics history. Close COM
petition Is the soul Of the thorough
bred sport. And there was no COM
petition for ann O. War Yesterday aft
er7oon. He galloped away from ten OF
the best two year-olds in training as
easily as he galloped away from any
and all fields in every and ali sort Of
gong throughout his two-year- old cam
pagn.
The race was breeze for him, and
as such was robbed of the stimulus
that attends winning effort in which
every element Of gameness, stamina
and courage has TO be called upon.
Second only to the great perform
mce Of Man o War was the admirable
ambition OF thorough bred class shown
BY Harry Payne Whitney's John P
Grier. This Whisk Broom H. colt wa:
'all comparatively green when he &C
tepted the stables trust of the stable
Jockey. L. Ambrose. AS in his thre,
Previous starts. John P. Grier broke
Slowly and was a long time finding hi:
foot. Man o. War, on the other hand
was OF running, closely pressed b
hlldreth Dominique
Miss Jern ma, former queen of The
West BIZ lately a busted phenom, also
vas very poorly, but soon retrieved
her disadvantage b. the sensational
speed Of which she is possessed for G
half mile. At the quarter Miss Jemims
Mpressing Man o War closest of all
eus still shs was length away, doing
Dor very best, while Man @ War was
Just galopins Miss Jemima soon gave
ap the chase, faltered, dropped back
aud finished in the ruck.
Challenge by Dominique
About this time DominiQue's sup
portars got p thrill kummer chal-
!aged with the Whitney colt. Dom
n!que moved up to Man O. Wars sad
de girths. Johnny LOTUS gave his
mount his head and the champion
bounded away again. Then John p
dsier, which had finally straig htened
and settled down to business, locked
Issue with Dominique.
for a furlong or more the two Tough.
me'r duel. Grier shook off Dominique
Is easll? as Alan o. War had shaken
MN OF. and had the honor all alone OF
ssaaIienlng the pacemaker. But try as
nc would, the Whitney colt couldn t
Make the least impression on Man O
vars advantage. Indeed, through the
ia't furong Man o War continued to
afaw away without the least effort. At
as lurlong pole he was length ii
nohs OF Grler; a. the wire he was two
Ssng'ns. And never once did Lotus
"'re 70 threaten with the whip.
cr rom the halfway mark John P
us!ef began to lose Dominique. He
"ss hve lengths in front of Hlldreth 8
S s.s at the finish. 1t was lucky, in
S wea,, Tor Dominique that Harry Payne
,".aNneys Upset and ". r. Goes Cleo
Ssas were both off poorly from the
h. 'Nr. These slow beginners came
,t .e wnlrlw & tho close. but came
osss.aer too late to stand any chance
,,l participating in any part of the rich
Nets s26,650 by Victory
sei ian o'Nar's victory enhanced the
md earning for the year by $26,e5O
,S s brought his seasons total we'll
davE sS3 600. John P. Grier took
Do ~n sS,lO6.67 as second prize and
Unique Sl.503.33. third money.
Il. my other widely heralded feature
49, Jockey Club Stages with $4,000
pls.a - ~ mile and half, was a com
! ss,t. Dust" 1t resulted in the second
usir .'Se 81 OF the meeting. Question
ter.s., roika Dot and Dunboyne were
Ibnraned, so that Hildreth scratched
I (. s,ec'ag, too, and let Purchase go
EiIdSUans' There was no occasion for
uuSss s =, TO race his two, as either,
nurs. 'ae rules, drew down the total
Ar =, purchase. therefore, got $1,000
exhibition mile and half
EVERYTHING FOR