The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-19
NEDDAM SCORES N
BABYLON HANDICAP
Son of Ormondale Runs Great
Race and Wins Stake
Herodias First by a Nose.
ny HENRY ". KING.

BY HENRY ". KING.
Neddam, the two year old son a,
Ormondale which John Z. Madden bred
and sold to Willie Booth last spring 10
more than an ordinary colt. He Is onlv
point or two below the great Man 4.
War. Carrying 119 pounds he won the
Babylon Handicap at Aaueduct yester.
day without doing his best and left soma
real good youngsters staggering far IN
the rear. He get the pace all the wav
and won easily by two lengths from
j. ]. O'Toole's Krewer. which took tho
place honors on the post by a nod
There was a strong wind blowing I'D the
homestretch. but despite this Neddam
stepped over the course in the good
time OF :12 2-6.
After the race turfmen heaped praise
on the colt and declared that It is a
question II any youngster In the country
with the exception OF Man o. War is his
superior.
1t was Neddam's seventh start and h,s
fifth victory and every time he faced the
starter he showed plenty of foot and an
abundance of courage.
AS a yearling Mr.. Madden thought
highly of the colt and Of the hundreds of
youngsters on his farm picked him out
as the best and named him after him
He is entered in the several stakes in
Maryland. and X he retains his present
form will be a hard horse to beat.
Krewer which finished second. Ia a fair
sort OF a colt. too. He has been mas
querading as a selling platter and time
and again was beaten of by inferior
horses Last Monday he came out a
new horse and beat a cheap bunch Of
platers In easy fashion. On that occa-
sion he was backed heavily and his
owner and friends reaped a harvest on
him. Yesterday he was backed to finish
In the money. He raced in third place
until the final eighth pole, when Padraic
swerved. and he came on to take the
second end of the purse.
"Gray Ghost" Is n Victor.
Herodias, the "Gray Ghost" belonging
to w. R Coe, won the Roamer Hand-
cap. He displayed all Of his great speed
and after running his opponents dizzy
in the first half mile staggered on long
enough to earn the purse by nose on
the post.
Herodias won because all the Jockeys
on his opponents used bad Judgment and
ran their mounts tired during the first
half mile. The race was run in ;3S AS,
and there were several horses In the con-
test which were capable of covering the
mile in better time. but their Jockeys
were afraid the Gray Ghost was steal
ing too much of a lead on them in the
early part of the contest and hurried
their mounts with the result they had
nothing left when Herodias began TO
stop in the homestretch.
Herodias stepped the first half mile in
the remarkably fast time OF IS seconds
and walked the second half in SO As.
When Herodias won many horsemen
branded her race as a reversal. In her
last start she showed the same early
speed quit in the stretch and was beaten
off. But in that race her opponents did
not chase her at their top speed and
when she died" In the final furlong they
came on and beat her easily.
Toto shows Improvement.
Frank weirs Toto came to life in the
first race and beat a high class field Of
sprinters in gallop. In his last half
dozen starts he was beaten. Yesterday
with ia pounds on his back he dis
played a world of speed and leading all
the way won eased up by four lengths
S. c. Hildreth's Out the Way was second
and Panaman third.
came in the fifth race, when Lawrence
Waterbury's Ticket was beaten by two
OF the cheapest platers in training, Sun
nyland and Sasin. The race was at one
mile and five-sixteenths and Ticket was
considered n sure winner. He was made
a favorite at to and heavily backed
at that short price But he ran dis
appointing race and was compelled 10
accept third honors.
Sunnyland and Sasin finished so close
together that many in the throng be-
lieved Sasin won. but the judges were
right when they said Sunnyland passed
them a nose in front.
Carnarvon disqualified.
A disqualification came in the third
race. While making a bid for the lead
In the homestretch Service Star was
bumped out Of his stride by Carnavon
and lost several lengths. Carnaron
went OH and chased The Wagner to the
Judges and was only a few inches be-
hind the victor at the end Harry
Payne Whitney's Damask finished third
and Service Star fourth When Fair
brother returned to the scales he lodged
a complaint of foul against Carnarvon
and II was allowed Carnarvon was Dis
qualified and Damask moved into second
place and Service Star was awarded the
third end of the purse. The foul was
glazing one and for their ruling the
judges were'-commended by a majority
of the crowd
The second race went to Woods Stock
tons Dr. Rea. He was ridden by little
apprentice lad named Harry Swart and
won by length and half Swart is tiny
youngster, weighing only eighty pounds
He is a Brooklyn lad, 16 years old II
was his first victory and for his fine
jockeyship Lewis Garth, his trainer, re-
w'arded him handsomely. The lad has
fine seat and good hands and plenty OF
grit He gives promise OF developing
into first class jockey.
BETHLEHEMS VS.. MORSE TEAM
Fresh from It's conquests abroad, the
Bethlehem football team, premier soccer
club OF America, will play its first game
since returning to the United Sites on
Sunday. September 2S. when 1t meets
the Morse Dry Dock team, New YORK
State champions. at Morse oval, foot OF
Fhty-second street. Brooklyn. The KICK
Off will be at Il. NJ