The sun., 1919-09-28
Is
EASY VICTOR In
THE EDGEMERE
Gallops Mile and a Furlong
in 1;50 and Leads Home
His New Stable Mate.
CORN TASSEL is FAST
Old Gelding, Under Restraint
in Stretch, Finishes at the
Champions Heels.
BY HENRY v. KING.

BY HENRY v. KING.
S. C. Hildreth's mighty four-year-old
colt Lucullite took an unexpected trip
to the post in the Edgemere handicap
at the Aqueduct track yesterday after
noon and 1t proved a profitable one. He
galloped all the way and won the stake.
which was over the one mile and fur
long route in easy fashion, with his
new stablemate. Corn Tassel. romping
along in second place, three lengths
ahead of w. r. Goes Nutcracker. the
only other starter.
Lucullite went to the post because his
owner feared that Corn Tassel, the six
year-old gelding, which he bought last
week from r. T. Wilson for $4,000.
would not be equal to the task. When
Mr. Hildreth bought the gelding It was
his intention to send him to the post
alone in the stake. Carrying 10S pounds
he believed he would score an easy VIC
tory But while preparing for the race
| q few days Corn Tassel ran away from
| Jockey Fator and dashed out of Belmont
Park and rem away. more than a mile
over the hard pavement When pulled
UP he was a tired horse and the skin
around his ankles was torn. Mr.. Hi
dreth believed this rampage might hurt
| the horse rather than take any chances
of losing the stake named Lucullits TO
start
1
Tassel ran as he never did before, and
there were many good horsemen at the
| tack who declared he could have beaten
the mighty Lucullite If he had been
urged to his utmost. To save weight
Oh him Mr.. Hidreth declared to win
with Lucullite and while the champion
was by no means ridden out 1t seemed
that Corn Tassel was going along even
easier at the finish.
Race Run in Fast Time.
The race of Lucullite was a great one.
He burst away from the barrier on his
toes, set terrific pace up the back
stretch, increased this lead while round
ing the bend and then galloped all the
way through the long homestretch. to
finish the route in the remarkably fast
time Of l 80. This is only three-ffths
Of second behind the worlds record
established by Harry Payne Whitney's
Borrow two years ago.
If Corn Tassel and Lucullite had not
been from the same stable 1t is almost
certain that the winner would have es-
! ;absisisssa uswswcrldla egpree Corr Tasr
sci had plenty of speed in reserve Add %
did Lucullite, and IL racing in different
4 interests the contest probably would have
furnished the most stirring finish of the
year. In accomplishing his feat Lucul-
lite carried the heavy impost Of 133
pounds.
For his impressive victory the great
son of Trap Rock received a tremendous
ovation from the crowd. AS he passed
the Judges and when he returned to the
scales he was greeted with salvos of ap-
pause
The crowd was large one. It resem-
bled a midsummer holiday gathering.
The clubhouse was uncomfortably
crowded and every seat in the stand was
N,Ir H. l., -
|. overlooking. Fred Reherberger. the
racing secretary of the meeting. said that
there was larger throng present than
on any day this season. except the
Fourth of July.
1t was the last day OF the meeting and
although the Edgemere was little more
than walkover for the Hildreth horses
. the sport was good. Lucullite and Corn
Tassel were coupled in the betting and
were at the prohihitive odds of to 20.
BarkIie Takes Chase.
Barklie, the big bay gelding belonging
to Walter NJ Jefford OF Philadelphia.
proved that he Is a worthy opponent of
the mighty The Brook In the race FOR
. the cross country championship. In the
! Greensboro Handicap through the field
he displayed all the qualifications OF a
champion. He showed plenty of speed.
took the obstacles like a bird, carried
heavy weight over the two and a half
J mile course and finished in front of two
, good jumpers galloping. At the end OF
. his long Journey he was not taking q
Q long breath. Apparently he was as
fresh and strong as when he started,
4 and thousands of experts, including
0 Michael DAILY, his trainer, declared that
he could have gone on two more miles
: at the same pace.
q Barklie was formerly W. F. Knebei-
0 kamp. Mr.. Jeffords bought him from
9 Gen. Buchanan for $1,000. When turned
over to Mr.. DAILY to train he was an
! ordinary cross country horse, but under
his expert handling he developed steadily
until now he is The Brooks only rival
for stellar honors.
He has grown q great deal and dur
! ing the last six months has developed
into one of the prettiest and safest
. jumpers in the country. He goes over
Z. the obstacles as II they were only few
; inches high and never loses his stride
. He has a good burst of speed, too. but
he doesn't get going at his best until he
has travelled half a mile or so. So well
did he perform yesterday that Mr.. DAILY
and Mr. Jeffords are thinking seriously
of sending him abroad for the big stakes
In England.
The Greensboro Is a $500 stake and
n although more than dozen jumpers
o were nominated TOT IL ohly baIkle' II
. w. Mawelrs Decisive and a. ]. Davis's
. Northwood went in quest OF the purse.
v Barble shouldered l53 pounds while
o Decisive carried 1879 and Northwood 1874.
Of The trio went away from the post to-
} gether, but Decisive had the mar early
. speed and was the first over the Initial
Jump, with Barklie second and North
wood a close up third Over the zig-zag
course Decisive stepped along in front at
a fast pace and during the first half mile
opened up a gap of four lengths. But
at that point Barklie began TO warm up
to his work. He gradually increased his
a speed and cut down Decisives lead. At
3 the end OF the first round Of the course
, Decisive wac still in front, but he was
there only on sufferance. ''Specks"
r Crawford on Barklle had instructions to
lay off the pace until entering tho home
! stretch, and he obeyed instructions to
. the letter. He took snug hold on his
Z mount and allowed him to romp along a
= length and half behind the leader and
4 far enough TO one side to escape trouble
In case the leader came a cropper.
Rounding the last turn Crawford rave