New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Robert Oliver
Only Favorite
Take Purse
Jumper Helps Out Talent in
Day Of Upscts at che
Aqucduct Racccourse
By w. ]. Macbeth

Yesterdays racing at Aaueacct mEs
as uncertain as the weather. Il WIS TN
afternoon Of sensational. surpits.a.
| Upset followed upset with such .sur,-
ton regularity that the good mcn, sne
and all, were throwing chicken fsnl
into the market after thu texture race.
The feature, by the way. vas lnc of
the striking upsets OF the tuntu..zi.g 4
entertainments
This feature, .he Beldame uarAican
for two-year- hlles at five furionss,
with $4,000 added, was won by Mont
ford Jones's Thclma L. The.nla 4sns
thlrd choice. Most everybody tho1si..
Harry Payne Whitney's Truly Rulal
was as safe an investment as Liberty
bonds. Even Mrs. W. NJ. Je.YorGs's 3
Flying Flower the second choice, was
scorned by those anxious to embrace q
cinch. Truly Rural was quickly ham
to 10-at post time.
There was no excuse for Truly Rural.
Rice got the filly away well enough
from an inside position. He raced to
the elbow of the chute within striking
distance Of Game Chick, an added
starter and long shot, which set the
pace for about half the distance But
Truly Rural wasn't just there when the
pinch came. 1t may have been the
weight; she conceded many pounds to
all of the others.
Winner Last to Break
Theima t., which drew the outside
position, broke last, but Hummer saved
all the ground he could by cutting over
toward the elbow in behind the leaders.
He picked an opening soon after strik-
ing the bend and crowded up quickly.
1t didn't take Thelma f. long to race
! Flying Flower, into Submission. Mrs
Jefords's Ally stopped to nothing in
the final furlong.
Game Chick shot her bolt in the first
quarter and tailed off quickly to the
ruck. At the furlong pole Thelma Z.
was no stopping Hummer and his
charger. From there nc came away to
the easiest sort Of victory, and. eased
up, had all advantage of more than a
length at the end.
But for Raj PARIS old reliable Rob
crt Oliver it would have been a more
calamitcus day than any that can be
remembered in this fervid season OF
surprises. The good old timber-topper
saved the face Of form in one event, at
least when he won the stceplechase
uHuulCdp Al aDOul TWO llllcS just aDOul
as he pleased. Robert Oliver was well
played, too-about as heavily support
ed as anything of the day.
Syosset H. an aged chestnut gelding
belonging to Miss A. NJ. Fraying
made his first appearance under silks
in more than two years. His past rep
utaton commanded plenty Of respect
so that he was a we'll regarded seconc
choice. The old chestnut gelding need
ed race or two under his belt, how.
ever He fenced beautifully anc
showed fine burst of speed on the
turf for about mile and half. Then
and dropped back, finishing absolutel ly
last.
Easy for Robert Oliver
Borgan meanwhile rated Robert Oil
yer superbly, and after passing the
stand at the end of the first lap crowd
ed up and took command. He had The
race at his mercy all the way. and fin
lshed an easy winner, with his noun
we'll in hand. Corps Corps. an out
slider, hung on gamcly to the very end
and cinched the place when Jaybird be.
gan to show signs of weariness in the
last quarter.
II. 2. Whitney stable. Whitnev's Dam.
ask, which had suffered ali the tough
luck in the world it's last start, was a
hot favorite for the opening dash of
six furlongs. This particular colt is as
green as grass and is not ashamed OF
it. apparently Damask was again
sloughed all over the course in the
early part of the going, and was unable
to get started properly before the heat
had ended. Damask closed stoutly
enough, but could not Improve on a
fourth position.
1t looked for time as if Fred Bru-
LEWIS Irish Dream was going to get the