The sun., 1919-07-19
MORE REVERSALSAT.
EMPIRE CITY TRACK
Bally, Mistress Polly and
Fairy Wand Turn Somer-
saults in the Mud.
By HENRY ". KING.

There were two glaring form revsrsals
yesterday afternoon at Empire City
track. In the Claremont Purse Jamet
Buffers Bally, the horse which beat the
renowned Lucullite q few days ago.
couldn't raise a good sallop and was
beaten of by Fairy wand and Rose
Dor. In the Gfth race II. Neusteter's
Mistress Polly. which ran like a dray
horse a few days ago. came to life. ran
like a stake horse and beat q high class
field Of platers in a romp.
Both reversals earned the wrath of tho
stewards as well as the public, but the
trainer Of each offered an excuse which
pacified the officials. Dick Miller. trainer
Of Bally, said his charge was not at
his best in the mud, and Newsletter ex.
planned that Mistress Polly was twenty
pounds better over a sloppy track than
on cuppy one such as that over which
she raced on Wednesday.
While the excuses satisfied the stew
ards they were not approved by the race
goers. They pointed out that Bally
should not have been started yesterday,
and that Mistress Polly should not have
been sent to the post on Wednesday.
Fairy Wand Leads All the Way.
Fairy Wand's victory in the Clare
mont was somewhat of a reversal too,
but 1t was expected from her. She is'tht
meanest and most erratic thoroughbred
In training. She usually does dlametri-
cally opposite to what Is expected
Three times this season sh. has started.
and on each occasion her owner and
trainer were confident she would win
and she was beaten of. Yesterday they
placed little confidence in her and she
took the track Immediately after the
start, made every post a winning one
and won eased up a length and a half
In front Of Rose Dor, which took second
honors three lengths In front of Bally.
Before going to the post Fairy Wand
carried on like wild horse. While be-
Ing walked around the paddock she
tried her mightiest to kick groups of
racegoers standing around the outer rail
She missed one group by only n few
Inches. Her hind legs struck the board
railing against which they were stand
ing and splintered IL. For this wild
lunge she suffered a severe cut on the
right hind leg. At the post she tried to
kick all her opponents, but when the
barrier went up she forgot everything
but racing. She raced to the front in
the first nifty yards. swung around the
turn at terrific pace and entering the
OF her opponents. From then to the
end she stepped along at fast but
steady pace and never left the result in
doubt.
Mistress Polly Scores,
Mistress Polly raced King John into
submission in the first five furlongs. then
drew away and won galloping by three
lengths from John /. Day.
The White Plains Handicap also was
| big disappointment to the crowd. II
was won by the Allies Stables Masda,
| with w. c. Clancy's Pickwick second.
Pickwick is one OF the best mudlarks in
the country. was considered n sure VIM
| ner and made an odds on favorite at I
TO 2. Masda. in her last race in the
| mud. could not untrsck herself and was
beaten of. This led Z. T. O'Sullivan, her
| trainer. to believer that she was not fond
of the going. and he advised all OF his
friends not to wager on her But when
It came to racing Masda ran like a veri-
table mudlark. while Pickwick performed
| like horse which preferred fast track.
The investigation of the running OF the
Mount Vernon Handicap has not been
completed. The stewards had Henry Nc
Daniel and Johnny LOTUS before them
yesterday. but were unable to reach n
decision. The officials said that there
was one more point about the race which
| they wanted to clear up before issuing a
verdict.
Mr.. Mcdaniel admitted that he told
LOTUS TO take Sun Briar of the pace, but
explained that he instructed the Jockey
to take a snug hold on him and not to
pull him as far out of 1t as the Jockey
did. Lotus admitted to the stewards
that he might have ridden a bad race,
but added that II such were the case II
simply was a case of poor judgment.
! II was a miserable day at the track
Rain fell all afternoon. and the paddock
| track and paddock were ankle deep in
mud Three odds on favOrites were
bowled over, but three other first choices
\ won.