The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-02
FAvORITES RUN IN POOR FORM
 AT AQUEOUCT
Tramp La NOrte Gives Trainer Happy Surprise = George Starr, However, Comes In Last.

AQUEDUCT, July 2.---Trompe La Mort ran far better than Tom Welsh, his trainer, expected, while George Starr ran far, far worse than Sandy McNaughton, his trainer, expected in the Hamburg Handicap at Aqueduct yesterday.
 | The Metropolitan Handicap winner of 0 year ego came from behin'd and won in impressive fashion, running the seven furlongs in the fast time of 1924 1-5. George Starr, on the other hand, the strong favorite, chased the pace for six furlongs and then stopped so badly that he finished last---a really disgraceful last.
 Before the race Tom Welsh was doubtful and uncertain. He seemed to feel that the huge horse, probably the biggest in training, might go lame in the running. He Is always fearful that the legs of this good horse will not stand the strain of car rying his massive frame. Ee was forced to turn him out at Saratoga Springs last summer for this reason, and he is forced at all times to han dle him with the greatest care. After the race he was all smiles, and with reason, for Trompe La Mort has rarely SuOWh to better SlQVdnIdBe.
 Before the race Sandy McNaughton appeared to be as confident as man could be who knows the uncertainty of racing. He encouraged those who sought his opinion and said his horse was never better. After the race he was so full of cha grin that those who had been slipping near-beer looked on with envy.
 As George Starr finished it looked to some as if he was lame, but in coming back to the stand and in walking away later there was no in- dication of ''nodding'' He may have wrenched himself during the running, and that is the only excuse which can be offered for his stopping so badly half way down the stretch, just when 1t looked as if he would come away. l L'Errant, which made the early running in the Brooklyn Handicap, ran back to his form of the day be- fore and finished an easy second. In fact he was a sharp contender until well inside the last sixteenth pole.
 Ina Franks race was quite as dis appointing as that run by George { foot and struggled in many lengths { back of the second horse.
 The other races had little to boast in the way of quality, but the compe- ution was keen, so that the racing furnished some good sport.
 i Miss Beatrice Sou1e was at the track to see her Paddy Whack race, but this one-time good horse disap- pointed for the third time. He shows enough each time to encourage his : followers that he will improve, but improvement is slow to come ] Snapdragon IT. came from far back to win this race. He looked 1 hopelessly beaten at the turn for : home, but closed with a great rush. j Ivy must be commended for his | consistency. He has been second or third now in the last five races. l Goldsmith's Deserted Village" was never more lonesome than the bar | in the club house. One white coated | individual was on hand to serve sar- saparilla or the 2.75 per cent brew, but he did not suffer from overwork. | Several trainers were heard to l complain of the condition at the l training track at Belmont Park. They say water is needed and more | care. One even went so far as to in sist that his horses were being set | back by working over it.
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