The sun., 1919-10-07
SHOOT ON HOBBIES !. y
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TO VICTORY IN STAKE
.
Suffering From Bad Ankle,
He Displays Great Courage;
and Wins at Jamaica. ~
By HENRY ". KING.

Hobbling on three legs W. r. Coog'
Shoot On. the two-year-old son OF STAR
Shoot, won the Balmoral Handicap. the
feature at the Jamaica track yesterday
afternoon. He was much better than
the four youngsters which opposed him.
and despite the fact that he suffered So
we're pain from a crippled ankle and bad
hoof he passed the judges length and,
/ a half in front of Foreclosure, which
/ took the second end OF the purse halfupt
length in front of Bailybell. ISse
Shoot On is one of the fastest and
most courageous Juveniles on the turn
Until his hoof and ankle went back Ode
him William Karrick, his trainer. be-
lieved he was as good as any young
ster in training and believed he would +,
give a good account of himself in the
Hopeful and Futurity. -
| In his first start at Saratoga he ds+.
feated a high class field in courageous
| style Since then he has been ailing|
/ Because Of his class Shoot On opened
up the favorite, but because of his poor
ankle and hoof his friends deserted him !,
| and his price receded from 6 to to
| IL to S. !. =
Soon after the start was made Fair.S
brother shot him to the front and Ne
remained there to the end. After the
race he pulled up very lame and 1t was
with ulilCully tIdI was dpto
to ride him back to the scales. Bally.I
bell, which finished third, was claimed
by A. J. Ridell for $2,210. He carried"
Ed. Nash's colors in the race. i''s
Ultima Thule Scores. -"
The Belgrade Selling Stakes at six fur
longs was won by Mrs. r. L. Bress.er,bl
Ultima Thule. To win the race he turned
| a form somersault. In his last starts he
Il ,oI a haat tan, S.ff
Last week he went to the post with
Jockey APPEL in the saddle and threw the.
lad before he had gone a half a milef.
Yesterday Hummer was his rider. He
got him away from the barrier in front
and kept him there until he won in a.
gallop by three lengths. w. c. Clancy's
Pickwick finished second and Back Baxi
was third. voc
Ultima Thule was entered to be sold,
for $500, and when offered at auction,
was bid up to $4,000 by Frank Browrhf
This sum was not large enough. for Mr.
Bressler bid an additional SIS and led thee
horse back to his old barn.
Heavy Weapon, a two-year-old by
Uncle-Planutess which William Shields
bought from A. X. Macomber last week.
ran away from a big field of cheap
youngsters in the first race. He won ny
three lengths. with Bridge Player second,
and Thunderbird third. 20
After the race =. s. P. Randolph bid
him up from $500, his entered selling
| price, to $500. This was not enough
to get him. Mr. Shields retained the colt
| with an additional bid of IS. all
Two in Row for Albert A. ~
Albert A.. fouryear-old gelding he
| longing to Richard Cook. proved that
he is a fair sort of platter. He de-,
feated a good field in a gallop by six
lengths. lemons Bon took the second
end Of the purse, and Monomoy was
third. Whmsey set the pace for threeTt
quarters of mile. At that point
Tommy Rowan sent Albert A. to the
front and from then to the end Albert
A merely galloped. 1t was his second,
victory within week.
p. S. P. Randolphs old mare Favour
won the fifth race at a mile and six
teenth. She took command at the start
and remained in front to the end To,
win by three lengths. Kenn Jane was
second and Kilkenny third. Tony Aste's
Poilu was the victor of the last race. y
sprint for platers at six furlongs.
During the afternoon six favorites
were beaten. Thunderbrd was the
choice in the first, lemons Bon in the,
second. Ballybell in the third, Pickwiek
in the fourth, Kilkenny in the fifth and
Chief in the sixth. ~
The heavy track caused many with-
drawals and the rain kept the crowd
down to the smallest Of the meeting. rao