New-York tribune., 1919-07-12

For the gallant old Roamer accom-
plished one of the crowning events Of
his ancient and honorable career by
winning this Domino in the most
c-editable time of /: 1:12-only a second
off the record for the distance-under
track and wind conditions that justified
the difference.
Roamer took the measure of Willis
Sharpe Kimer's imported Sun Briar.
the sensational four-year- colt and
presumably one OF the very best thor
ouehbreds in traning-a colt which a
year ago was credited in private trial
OF having shaded by four-ffths of a
second the worlds record, set by
r amer at 1884 45 week earlier.
Has 16-Pound Advantage
It is true that Sun Briar gave away
+: awful lot of weight to the aged geld
r.. Sun Briar picked up 1870 pounds;
: amer was in at ia And weight.
! say, is a leveler of all class in
setiesh. 1t is also true that Roamcr
r. this creditable victory showed an
IS onlshlng somersault Of form. In
l,5ht before several times this year the
grand old gelding ran like a lob.
Roamer belongs to Andrew Miller.
who is one of our best known stewards.
and it is not chubby, in our set, for
stewards to bear suspicious one against
the other. 1t may be we'll for good old
Roamer's racing future that one of our
potentates pays for his oats.
But getting back to Roamer's race
(form reversal, notwithstanding he
carried his light weight as if it were
a feather and ran courageouslv. and
gamely as he used to run under the
most heartbreaking imposts.
Sun Briar, of course, with Johnny
Lotus IN the saddle, was a heavily
played odds-on favorite He broke
away with the lightweightod L'Errant
and to the bend and around it the pair
raced at breakneck speed like a team.
schuttinger on Roamer meanwhile laid
back off the pace. Lotus out
LErrant away shorty after they hit
the long stretch and had visions of
breeze 10 the wire
Fine Duel in Stretch
Hut Schuttinger, once Strengthened
for home, moved up with a great rush
on Roamer and at the final quarter
had pulled up to even terms with
Sun Briar. 1t was a battle all the way
from there home. Lotus went to the
whip. He also roughed it bit with
the challenger. But Schuttinger tat
tight for a hand ride and old Roamer
Fcgan to show his real class.
The weight and the early pace
feemed to have taken something out
Of Sun Briar, for about the sixteenth
he began to falter Roamer. we'll in
hand, then drew away to victory BY
,hree,quarters of length.
Again. in the Myrtle Stakes, at a
mile, the advertised feature for "get-
away LOTUS had to be content with
the place. He was up on Commander
]. K. L. Ross's Damrosch, another odds
on. R. F. Carman's Startling, which
never before displayed any propensities
Tor distance greater than six fur
longs, sprinted out to lead of six
lengths rounding the turn and romped
nome. Startling's somersault was even
more startling than that of Roamer.
Our stewards tall justice to them
randed down one disqualification. But
fnls referred 10 John l. Day, winner Of
the fifth race Of July = John l. Day
was placed last. Sunny Hill first, Mill
race second and Lucius third.
Disquaiify on Errors
The ruling affects only the division
Of the purse. An wagers had been
settled in oral play on July and
by the time Of rushing to press no
conscience" resolutions had been
noted; It appears John l. Day was five
pounds shy in weight; he carried 108
pounds instead of 1l3. A typographi-
cal error, as it were, in the programme
There may have been some reason
for the stewards overlooking Rich
creeks ride Of the favorite, Poor But
terfy, in the mile and ive-sixteenths
third yesterday. This one could have
won by quarter OF mile. Richcreek
kept taking back throughout the jour
ney He was taking up under the
judges noses at the finish It seemed
a case where a little fellow scared to
death was doing his best 20 keep from
falling off
The stewards should discipline Rich
creek by sending him back to kirder-
garten. The child labor act should be
enforced against the employment OF
such riders.