The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-23
0SGOOD RACES TO
FAME IN DEEP MUD
Wins Arrow Selling Stakes at
" Empire City in Impress
sive Style.
r. -
RECOUNT EASY WINNER
Runs Away From Pickwith
in Gramatan Handicap
Homely Finishes First.
RECOUNT EASY WINNER
ny HENRY ". KING.

Osgood is one of the best mud runners
In the country. He proved this yesterday
afternoon in the Arrow Selling Stakes,
the feature at the Empire City track.
Over track that was fetlock deep in
mud he beat Startling and Housemaid
In q romp.
This in itself is nothing startling, but
the way he flew over the sloppy SIX
furlong course astonished the big crowd
OF racegoers. He seemed to revel in the
going, and II Is a question of whether or
not he could have run as fast on a good
track. Surely he couldn't have raced
more impressively. He sprang forward
as soon as the barrier went UP, and IN
the first furlong opened up a gap or
more than a dozen lengthes. That was
big enough lead to satisfy little Jockey
Hamilton, and he took tighter grip on
the reins.
But a snug pull could not keep Osgood
in check. He fairly few around the
bend, and when he entered the home
stretch was nearly a sixteenth of mile
in front. There Hamilton took still an
other wrap on the reins, and by standing
almost straight in his stirrups managed
to retard his mounts speed. Even then
osgood won by eight lengthes. Startling
finished second, four lengths ahead Oh
Housemaid.
After the race Walter s. Vosburgh,
the official Handicapped. said that he had
never seen a horse run through muo
more impressively. Mr. Vosburgh prop
ably is the most conservative and reti-
cent man on the turf. He rarely COM
ment's on a horses performance ana Ills
statements usually are terse ana accu-
rate. Yesterday Osgood's race i'm
pressed him so that he enthused over It
and to friends in the paddock praised
the horses race for several minutes.
Recount n Victor.
Andrew Miller's Recount won the
Gramatan Handicap at one mile ana
seventy yards by hve lengths from w.
C.. Clancys Pickwick. Recounts race
was a gigantic improvement over his
last effort, but 1t could hardly be called
n reversal In his last start he was
beaten Off, but that race was on dry
fng out track, while yesterday 1t was
sloppy, and Recount is known to lie
twenty pounds better in the mud than
on a dry track.
Schuttinger got Recount of running.
but rounding the first turn took him back
and allowed Pickwick to set the pace.
Pickwick stepped along at fast clip,
with Recount at his heels, to the head OF
the homestretch. There Schuttinger
gave Recount a kick in the ribs and Mr..
Miller's colt bounded to the front and
won galloping.
The Cornwall purse, at one mile, went
10 woodtrap. He Is a well known mud
lark, and a few weeks ago ran Recount
10 a head over a sloppy track. AS a
result Of that race he was made an ODDS
on favorite and heavily backed at 3 to
10. Jockey Eater sent him to the front
rounding the first turn and started him
up the back stretch at fast clip At
the three quarter pole Matinee Idol
moved I'D and took command. and enter
ing the homestretch seemed like the
victor, but Fator went to work with
hands and heels on Woodt<ap and at
the final furlong pole had his charge In
front again. From then to the finish
woodtrap galloped to win by three
length.
Homely, the chestnut flly by Sea King
and Old Squaw. which formerly carried
the colors of John <. Madden. led home
a field Of young mudlarks in the last
event Homeiy is now trained by Max
Hirsch and was in prime condition for
gruelling race.