The sun., 1919-11-04
'TIPPITY WITCHET IS
BEST IN STAFFORD
G. w. Lofts Little Gelding
Beats High Glass Sprinters
in Stake at PimlicO.
gpecidl DespofcA to THE sun.

Special Despatch to THE SUN.
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 3.-Max Hirsch
saddled two winners at the Pimlico
track to-day Jean Bullant for Samuel
Lewis and Tippity witchet for George
w. Loft. This made four winners for
Hirsch In two days.
Jean Bullant won the first race for
two-year-olds at six furlongs by a
length and half. Tippity witchet cap
tured the Stafford Handicap. beating the
| star sprinters now stabling here over
| the six furlong course by trifie more
than a length. Jean Bu,,ant was at
the relative odds Of to 5, Tippity
Witchet better than IA to 1.
1t was Tippity Witchet's second VIC
| tory since his arrival in the South. II
was the best race that Little Tip" as
the Marylanders afrectlonately call him,
has run since early in the year, when
he beat Lucullite over the six furlongs
course at the Jamaica track Since that
| time UP to his victory at Laurel he has
been disappointment. Because he
, failed to live up to promise of the spring
| Mr.. Sanford decided to sell him. He has
| been troubled with shelly" feet for two
| him around to something approaching
his two-year-old form, when he won ten
out Of eleven races at the Maryland
| tracks.
Tippity witchet had to be at his best
! in order to win to-day. Although ia
vored by the light weight of 102 pounds
he was meeting some of the fastest
sprinters in the country, all of which
were carrying weight below the scale.
The starters were Flags, Cobalt Lass,
DR.. johnson, Ophelia. Peter Piper. Papp,
Out the Way and Tippity Witchet.
Flags was made the favorite on the
strength of his good race on Saturday.
Pacemakers Tire.
| Out the Way, Peter Piper and DR..
Johnson had a cutthroat struggle dur
ing the first half mile Each rider was
eager to obtain the lead and as result
the pace was terrific from the start. The
trio raced heads apart and drew away
from Flags an extremely fast horse.
| Tippity Witchet was last and apparently
| hopelessly beaten. At the head of the
stretch the three leaders were leg weary.
| They were SO tired by their sprintng
1 battle that they slowed down to gal
| lop. BY this time the rear division be-
gan to close and Papp doomed up as the
| winner.
But Tippity witchet was yet to be
heard from. Far out in the middle OF
the track he raced, He was booming
, along like an express train. He was
scarcely noticed except by his hackers
Suddenly out Of the bunch he shot.
Racing with his head stretched forward
to the utmost and name flying In the
breeze he came down the stretch like a
wild horse. Zip is the smallest thor
oughbred in training. while Papp and
Flagg are two of the biggest horses
racing. The little pony" ranged up
alongside of his taller opponents and a
| battle royal began. Little Tip stood
| the strain of pace better than his big
rivals and sped away from them to a
well earned victory. Flags beat PapI
three lengths for the place honor.
Jockey johnson. who was regarded as
the best lightweight rider in America
during the season of 1917. has struck his
old gait again. 1t was his mastery
handling of Joyful and his powerful fin
ish that landed her first by a neck over
! Daydue in the second race johnson
completely outrode T. Rowan and out
generated him in the stretch. Daydut
was in front turning for home, but
Rowan made a wide turn. The horse
only moved out from the rail three feet
hut II left large enough opening fol
Johnson. He literally damned Joyful
through the small space and riding with
one foot practically sliding along the tor
of the fence rail lifted Joyfuls head ir
front in the last twenty yards and kept
II there long enough to earn the Judges
decision.
Max Meadows Takes Chase.
The steeplechase furnished one OF tn,
best cross-country ctruggles of the meet
ing. Only four horses started, but Their,
was plenty of excitement. Clootz opened
up a big gap early. with Smithfleld next
while Max Meadows held down thirC
place. Byers waited on Max Meadow,
till a turn and a half of the field. II,
then took the lead and looked like ar
easy winner. But he began to tire badly
in the final run. Smithfield Joined issu,
and in a stirring finish Max Meadow!
won by a head.
Boniface took the measure of Leoch
ares in the sixth race This was prac
tically a match race between this pair
as Duke John, the other starter. wa!
completely outclassed and outfooteC
from the start to the finish. Bonifac,
and Leochares raced like a team unit
the last furlong. Then Leochares tired
and Boniface beat him home cleverlJ
by length.
R T. Wilson, Jr., scored with Simple
ton in the fifth race. Well handled b,
Buddy Ensore. Simpleton raced in tn,
first division till nearing the stretch
where he drew out and won by a length
an q half from My Dear, which closet
up, big gap after slow beginning.
Nm McTaggart, after being lame To-
nearly a year. found the soft track o
the Pimlico course suitable to his bat
legs and he made a show of the selling
platers pitted against him in the las
race. He took command soon after tn
start and racing under an easy pull, LEI