New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Snnapdragon IL
Only Favorite
To Land Purse
Fine Ride by scl,uttingcr
Saves Backers of Miller's
Colt; George Starr Beaten
By w. !. Macbeth

terday AFTERNOON got 1t in the solar
plexus SO hard that is was calling for
She towel long before the last bell.
But then, what can you expect in these
two and three quarter per cent dog
days? e
II it hadn't been for Andrew Miller's
SnapGragon II, which won the Broom
stick Handicap, at mile and a six
teenth, the champion chapter Of tough
luck Tor the season would have been
written into the Eastern turf annals.
Snapdragon was the only favorite able
TO snow ms nose IN front at the end
of the journey.
1t took a mighty fine ride on the
part of Andy Schuttinger, not to men
ton pile of courage on tho part of
the four-yoar-o Fitz Herbert colt, to
save even carfarc from the hungry
nav of the oral layers.
FROM the very start of this race.
winch was as near a feature as could
De picked out Of an ordinary card,
Snapdragon had his work cut out for
hlm. lie was somewhat slow breaking.
speed. BY the time he found his foot
such sprlntcrs as African Arrow,
faddy Whack and Dorcas had run
right away from him. Snapdragon, at
the end Of furlong, was an appar-
entity discredited last.
Conscrves Choices Speed
But Schuttinger Immediately set 70
work to make the best of somewhat
puzzling predicament. He very wisely
rated his mount up in easy stages,
conserving all of Snapdragon's speed
and stamina for the run through the
long stretch. He trailed the field
around the bend, saving as much
ground as possible, and then, picking
lat
uead Of the stretch.
African Arrow, which had all the
carly speed. and which led to the
stretch by several lengths, began to
tire a long distance from home ana
found battle on his hands with
Paddy Whack. About the time these
two nad raced each other TO death,
Schuttingcr took hand with the ia
vorite. Paddy Whack, dizzy from the
pace, had little left to provide against
the new challenge and even resigned
when Comme CT nailed him at the last
furlong. African Arrow, however,
hung on gamey to the end and it was
not until the very last sixteenth that
! Snapdragon put away the early pace
maker and came on rather handilv to
victory.
The biggest surprise of the day was
the defeat OF Wlfrld Nlau's George
Starr in the Hamburg Handicap. He
finished absolutely last in a field of
four III the seven furlong dash. There
was no apparent reason save lack Of
heart for such behavior on the part Of
the heavily played favorte. lie stopped
almost to a walk under Hummer in the
stretch.
1t is true the speedy LErrant gave
the other three something to think
about for the first three quarters This
one fairly flew, but made too much use
Trompe la Mort, which laid off the carly
pace, Joined issue half way down the
stretch. LErrant, pounds better than
any OF the others, cinched the place by
half dozen lengths.
Whether or not it was case Of "thc
cold gray dawn of the morning after"
most OF the publlc's selections yester-
day behaved very much as if they had
been out celebrating the passing of the
"wct" era the night before. Without
exception, they hit the last sixteenth
PLAINLY staggering.
The Brighton Stables Fair Colleen
went to the post for the first race act
ing pretty sorely on her front feet.
But she wasn't half as sore as the
form players. when it was all over
Fair Colleen failed to get in the money.
1t was romp for Betsinda, the sec
ond choice.
W. R. Goes gray flly, Herodias,
which heretofore could stop quicker
than a split second watch, spread -cagled
the field in the second race. The gray
ran the seven furlongs in the excellent
time Of :24 . just two fifth seconds
off the record. And, strangely enough,
her erstwhile ardent supporters ap-
parenty were all looking out the win
dow as llcrodias went to the post a
10 to ! shot.