New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
Veteran Knapp
Pilots Panoply
ToEasy Purse
Naturalist Noses Out War
Cloud After Great Drive
in Handspring Handicap
By w. ]. Macbeth

Az he cockney says. 40 as is" or
40 as gets" In this sport OF kings,
or our improvement Of the breed. as
Won would have it. the adage holds
GOOD. Take Harry Payne Whitney, for
instance. He has more century notes
than John D. has oil cans, and though
a couple of hundred either way means
absolu ely nothing in his young life
those judges simply had to place his
eolors one-two in the Astoria, the
feature race at the Aqueduct track yes
terday afternoon.
This was q sprint OF five furlongs
for two year old hllies. There was no
Doubt that Mr.. Whitney was entitled
to the big money. His good Panaply,
ridden by the veteran Willie Knapp.
simply romped away from the eight
other juveniles. But Wendy, with
Rice up-well. that was a different
proposition entirely.
There we're several hundred down
near the wire who would be willing
90 make affidavit that Wendy didn't
last long enough 10 save the place from
the challenge of Flying Flower. How
ever. they do pay off as our judges see
things.
Suffers from Dumping
Flying Flower had all the tough
luck of this particular race. Mrs
Jeffords' FLY, which had the rail, was
bumped badly by IndiscretIon shortly
after the start and forced TO take up,
being further pinched back before the
"elbow" turn. Rice. with Wendy, and
Knapp. with Panoply. next in order to
the rail, were both away well and In
the first furlong drew out to good
lead. The stable continued to run
one-two for the first three eighths,
Wendy setting the pace on sufferance,
- Mr.. Viii ney had declared 10 win
si,h Panopy.
FLYING Flower. however, began to
come with a great rush at this stage,
for Ambrose had finally got his
mount Strengthened and he came along
the rail with such foot that he was
soon giving Wendy as much as she
cared to handle. Had Ambrose made
good his final determination to get
through on the rail he might indeed
have been able to make things inter-
esting for Panoply. which drew away
readily when let down.
Ambrose was afraid to take the
chance through the "knothole"; then
elected to come between the stable
mates. He soon found himself in tight
quarters and was forced 10 pull up and
20 to the outside Of Wendy.
1t was a great finish between the pair
for the place-a whipping drive
through the final sixteenth. II did
seem as if Flying Flower got up in time
70 most of those near the finish in the
stands. Panoply, never fully extend
ed, won in the excellent time of 0:5S.
which was just one-hfth second off
the record set July last by Cobwebs,
another crack Whitney filly. Panoply.
which conceded much weight TO all the
others, galloped under 122 pounds,
while the other one toted only lis
when she set the record.
Lucullite Near Record
Quite as impressive was the vic
tory of Sam Hildreth's Lucullite in
the mile Bramble. This popular ia
vorite galloped the distance in 1886 3-5
-one-fifth second away from the rec
ord. He was only breezing through
the stretch, but still beat Sunny Slope,
the only one able TO keep within hail
ing distance. by a half-dozen lengths.
lucullite, in a pinch, might easily
have run a second faster at least.
The Handspring Handicap. at seven
furlongs, attracted only three to the
post. yet developed one Of the most ex-
citing finishes of the day. y Z. Wild
ener's old reliable Naturalist, which Is