New-York tribune., 1919-07-16
Fator Pilots
Two Winners
At Empire City
Hildreth Jockey Wins larry
town With War Zone and
Scores With Who Cares
By W. J. Macbeth

Jockey l.. fator, whose services we're
purchased the day previously for SIS
900 by Samuel c. Hildreth, ploted Mrs.
c. W. Starr's War Zone to victory in
the Tarrytown Selling Stakes of $4,000,
the feature race of yesterdays pro-
gramme at the Empire City track.
Fator was as busy as the proverbial
fly at the sugar bowl. He had a mount
IN each of the six events, and though
he also won the brackets with Who
Cares in the opening race his horse
manship generally did not command
the usual attention of his admirers;
despite the fact he won two races, he
likewise took croppers with two heavily
played favorites.
The biggest spill, and perhaps the
biggest upset of form that has devei-
oped IN a coon's age, had to do with the
defeat of Sam Hildreth's Lucullite in
The Tuckahoe Handicap, at mile.
Lucullite is one of the very best horses
in training, and with a heavier.
stronger boy in the saddle the layers
would have been justified in quoting
the to Z named against the brown
colts chances
A Present for James Butler
When Hildreth put up Fator, how
ever, he practically presented James
Buffers Bally with the race. Nothing
but the inability Of the rider to hold
the horse steady can excuse the disap-
pointing performance Of the son of
Trap Rock. Lucullite was beaten
good length in 1889 2-5, decidedly or
dinary time for him. And it may be
said in passing that it taxes the spirit
of generosity and friendship to excuse
Lucullite's performance on his riders
account alone.
Lucullite, compared with the horse that
performed at Aqueduct, behaved almost
as ridiculously as Mary Maud that
trailed the field of four home, and Mary
Maud, going to the post, looked as if
she were heavy in foal. 1t was a dis
one cares to look at it-unless, per
haps, he be of the Butler kin.
The fat Mary Maud and Lucullite
raced together the first quarter of the
journey. Mary Maud decided to wait
for something softer and dropped back
to talk to Ticket Pickens laid off the
early pace with Bally. He made his
run around the far turn, and finally
Joined issue with the pacenaker as
they swung into the head of the stretch
For some reason Lucullte wouldn't
untrack himself for Fator when chal-
lenged, and quit cold, something un-
usual loI MIN.
AS to War Zones victory in the Tar
rytown, Nolan made it lead-pipe cinch
for Fator. This event was at mile
and seventy yards Nolan Went out
with Youneed. the favoritc, as if the
distance was three furlongs lIe SIM
ply raced the colt blind. 1t is we'll
known that any horse has only one
sprint Nolan made that sprint in the
first half mile. Down the backstretch
he had opened up a lead OF twenty
lengths.
Youneed was dizzy and dying when
he hit the far turns He was lucky to
be able TO finish at al. As it was, the
was only beaten length by War Zone
which Fator rated nicely off the pace
until he saw the pacemaker staggering
Big Plunge on Dorcas
The second race, at a mile and sew
enty yards, was a very suspicious look
ing affair. Not nickel showed for
Paddy Whack. the odds-on favorite
while a great plunge was made on Dor
cas- But any coup that may have been
contemplated was spoiled by Mars Cas-
sidy, who perhaps has spoiled more
races this season. than any hundred
men you can name in the history of the
turf. Cassidy was guilty of one Of the
most atrocious starts of his startling
career OF many.
Dorcas, turned crosswise of the
track, was left at the post. Kummel
took everything Dorcas had in racing
up to the front down the backstretc III
while Fairbrother sat still, canterins
on the favorite. However, in the
stretch, when Dorcas folded, the fa
vorite was able to tiptoe in as h,
pleased.
President Charles A. stonehan, Man
ager McGraw and all the Giants were
in attendance. Stoneham knocked thu
oral layers dead when his Adele beat
field of eighteen in the fifth race. a
about six furlongs. Adele was backe,
from to / down to 9 to =. Nolan go
the tilly off winging from an outsid,
position and tin-canned all the way
The big boss wanted all his hired hell
to string along with him, but the!
! listened to McGraw, who coud see moth
ing but Green Gold the favorite, ant
Fator's mount. This was off in tn,
middle of the deck and never got clear
The oral layers were given anothe
dose of sick headache when Lovely, o
the Dosoris Stable, spread-eagled tn,
field in the five furlongs curtain mum
ber This one was backed from 5 to
to II to 10. Ted Rice got off we'll
opened up good lead before the frs
turn and won as far as he pleased