New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
ku1nmerBrinos
Mount Through
On Rail to Win
Unusually Exciting Finishes
Mark Second Days Rae
ing at Yonkers Course
By w. ]. Macbeth

r. L. Gerry's two-yearold bay flly,
Shoal. cleverly ridden by C. Hummer,
won the Frivolity Selling Stakes of
$4,000, the feature event of the second
days racing at Empire City yesterday
The daughter Of Danger Rock, which
carried two pounds overweight, won
in impressive fashion and in fair
enough time. She sprinted the five
and a half furlongs in 1907 1-5. which.
IS only l 1-5 seconds away from the
track record for the distance and only
one-ffth slower than the record for
the event established by Clifford A.
Cochran's Hands OF in 1915.
Only five juveniles went to the post
in the feature. George w. Lofts Orm-
bel and Germa were scratched. J. ].
,Tooles Krewer broke we'll from the
second position and cut a lively pace
the first quarter mile. Shoal, which
had the outside, also was away we'll,
but Hummer very wisely laid off the
terrific early pace while rating his
mount along for position at the turn.
Romany, the favorite, and Luke's
Pet, however. were hustled right along
end around the bend had hooked up in
duel for the most advantageous place
tor the home turn. 1t didn't take them
long to cook Krewer's goose. He was
through before he saw the stretch.
Swings Into Opening
Swinging into the stretch Luke's Pet
and Romany were on even terms, fight
ing it head to head, but making the
turn both swung a trife wide. 1t left
.n opening, of which Hummer pluckily
avaled himself. The boy shot Shoal
through, saving several lengths, and
in few strides had made the battle
Il three-cornered one.
For half the distance down the
stretch it was pretty tussle. Both
Luke's Pet and Romany hung on game
ly until about q sixteenth from home.
The Pet faltered first; then Shoal out
gained Romany and won going away.
Lengths separated the three at the end.
The afternoon witnessed exception
ally spirited racing and several very
exciting finishes. Evidently the rid
ers are aware of the fact that at this
particular meeting there is some one
x. me stewards stand keeping tabs
on their antics. They are riding out
for place and show positions quite as
splrltedly as for first which, after all, ,
is the big idea in trials of speed. No
less than three nose finishes for the
big money were Witnessed
In perhaps the most thrilling finish
of the afternoon Marchesa ii got a
hairlne verdict over N. K Beal. This
was in the third race at mile and
seventy yards: Marchesa was q legit-
mate to 10 favorite, but the fact that
Richcreek had the mount prompted a
lot of the wise ones to 60 cunning for
something more literally quoted. They
had the right dope, all right.
Mishap Beats N. K. Beal
Richcreek was lucky enough to get
off favorably and sent the filly along
as fast as she could leg it. He opened
up gap of several lengths and man
aged to hold the advantage safe to the
end. But Kelsey, with N. K. Beal, kept
within striking distance to the stretch
turn. Then he came on like g streak
after the leg-weary pace maker.
There is no doubt N. K Beal would
have beaten the favorite had Kelsey
not lost his whip at the final sixteenth.
AS it was, Beal would have won in an