The sun., 1919-08-26
ROSS'S HIS CHOICE
FIRST IN THE TROY
Air Raid, Favorite, Meets
With Accident and Is
Destroyed.
CHAsSEUR Is DEFEATED
Backed Heavily at II to 90,
q Finishes Second to Athlone
in Fifth Race at Spa.
BY HENRY ". KING.

SARArooA, Aug 25.-Commander J. X.
L. Ross's black hlly. His Choice. won the
Troy Selling Stakes. the feature of the
track here to-day. but abe wasn't the
best horse In the race. In fact It's a
question II she was second best Luck
played an important part in the result
While turning out of the back stretch
cut down while fighting for the lead, and
fifty yards from the finish r. T. Wilson's
Sirnpleton stumbled while leading the
to take the $4,000 purse by a head in
driving finish from Simpleton, which
was three-Quarters of a length in front
of Samuel Ross's Herd Girl. Air Raid
was SO badly cut that It was found
necessary to destroy him.
The accident to All Raid tended to
mar. the day's sport. The crowd was not
as large as usual. but the thousands
present pinned for the game thoroughbred
as he limped home on three legs. There
were thousands who lost all interest In
the remaining races because of the mis-
hap.
1t was a pathetic sight 70 see the
beautiful animal doing hie mightiest to
reach the judges on three legs The cash
he received was an ugly one and cut
clean through the tendon Of his right
or leg. Despite this painful injury the
game horse continued on his course until
he reached the final sixteenth post There
the crowd saw the blood rushing from
mis- wounded leg and called to Jockey
McAtee to dismount
Air Raid Ordered Destroyed.
Il The jockey feared to violate the rule
which requires him to finish, but so In
sistent were the racegoers that he Needed
their cries and walked the poor animal
to the judges There DR.. McCully ex'
afnined Air Raid and suggested that he
be destroyed Immediately.
- Only eight youngsters started In the
stake. Air Raid and Herd Girl were W.
frst to show in front and for a furlone
they raced head and head. with Simple
ton and Northern Belle running at theil
heels.
Just before the bend was reached Ali
Raid stopped suddenly. Either Simple
ton or Northern Belle had stepped or
him. As Air Raid dropped back North
ern Belle went on and led to the home
stretch.
There 'simpleton challenged and wheI
straightened out for home took command
He came tearing down the straight away
at a fast pace and looked Ike an easy
winner. At the FINAL eighth pole HI
struck the real heavy going and he began
to tire. AS he did His Choice came
through on the rail and reached hi
withers.
= Simpleton is a courageous fellow, an'
desuite his dislike for the mud struggled
on and fifty yards from the judges wa
half a length in front and running a.
strong as His Choice But with victor,
within his grasp Simpleton stumbled
Buddy Ensor righted him quickly Du
not quickly enough to win the purse 10
Sande put up a Lotus finish ana landet
,he ROSS flly a winner by a nose
The watervliet Handicap went to tn
CHECK Stables Thunderclap. with Jane
Buffers Spur second and Ginord
S,ochran's Fairy Wand third
rhundercIap Wins the Wntervliet
O. Fairy Wand led to the homestretch
where Thunderclap went to the iron
and opened up a gap of two lengths !
furlong from home Spur CHALLENGED ant
ranged alongside of h m. but in the ma
drive Spur weakened and Thundercial
went on town by three lengths.
A real big coup went wrong In tn
sfth race when the Kentucyk Stable
ehasseur was beaten by w. r. Coe'
imported bay ally Athlone. Chasseu
was considered a certain winner. an
although a favorite at IL to 20. wa
heav ly backed by his stable connection
and almost every one at the track. III
led to the home stretch where Athlon
challenged and then wore him down Il
the run home.
John E. Madden uncovered colt i
the last race which may give good &C
count os himself in the stakes to com
later in the season. He is Captain Al
cock, a son of Ogden and Mallard. H
ran an exceptionally fine race and beat
small field OF good Juveniles includin
Harry Payne Whitney's Wildair in cas-
fashion.
At the end of the five furlong journe
he was two lengths ahead OF GrayssiaI
which beat wildair half a length for tn
place. Captain Alcock displayed tire
mendous burst of speed rounding tn
turn and entered the homestretch thre
lengths in front.
From then to the finish he romped I
win easily. Despite the heavy track
travelled the distance In 1 minute.
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