New Britain herald., 1919-05-02
DID ROSEBUD AND
!. OMAR kHAYYAM WIN
Champion Three Year Old Of 1917
Takes the Rennert Handicap


Old Rosebud, aroused 10000 race
,oors to a high pitch of enthusiasm
1T the opening of the Pimlico meet
ing yesterday afternoon. A heavy rain
storm turned the course into a veri-
II table quagmire and drenched onlOok-
ers to the skin, but they were enthusi-
astic nevertheless.
III Omar tKhayyam, who was PRACTICAL
/ ny invincible as q three-year-old in
Il 1914 made his first appearance of the
year in the Rennert Handicap, at one
mile, and defeated q high-class field
!. in sensational fashion. 1t was the
4 first, race the renowned son Of Marco
/ aud LisIna has run in two years, and
1 when he sped home nearly a length
II IN front of Commander J. K. L. Ross
1, Ronifa face, he, was greeted with a round
OF applause that lasted fully five min
4 satss.r George w. >Lofts Papp, who
II wono,the - F'uturity in 1917, finished
u sSFOnly the first and last furlongs Of
4 ystors who crowded the big stand and
4 the. club house. With the rain came
/ fog Which obliterated the field as
soon as itssYung' around the final turn
until it was well into the homestretch.
After long delay at the post because
of the Righteousness of Papp, the field
Welt away ito a good start. Papp
showed sthe most early speed and led
around the first turn, followed closely
by LErrant, with Omar Khayyam
Il third. That was the last the crowd
il saw of. them until the field came
splashing out of the fog at the final
fuTlong. post.
Responds in Final Squirt.
At that point Commander Ross
Bonifkce and Papp were fighting it
out stride for stride for the lead. But
! while they were utilizing their every
\ ounce of speed and stamina, Omar
II Khayyana- was swinging along in third
N place with Jockey Hummer sitting
n stiM sin the saddle. AS the crowd rec
n ognized the contestants and began to
II cheer for its favorites, Hummer gave
81 the .conqueror of August Belmont's
great Hourless his head and the
Il mighty Omar sprang forward as was
IF his custom while a three-year- old.
n His stride fairly ate up ground and
Il when thes final 10Th pole was reached
Il he was ain command. From then to
II the judges Hummer kept him under
II slightirestraint and won the $1,000
81 purse WITHOUT doing his best.
BonifaceL ran remarkably good
II race and SO did Papp. When Mr..
III Lofts colt pulled UP he showed signs
II of lamefess. He had been kicked un-
II der the right shoulder at the post and
II painfully if mot seriously injured.
Cheers for Old Rosebud.
ri E<hayyarn was no more spontaneous
Hand sincere than that accorded Old
II Rosebud when he galloped home an
HI easy victor in the sixth event OPP
IS posing the Appellate entry were some
high -class sprinters including Flags
1.-THE champion sprinter Of last season,
but lat no, time during the six fur
y longs, journey was the old champion
y extended. At the end he was half a
dozen lengths ahead Of Flags, which
Vas similar distance in front of Mrs
|4sRgyne Whitney's imported Peter
H. Piper.
I sI Previous to these two popular vic
y sstories the crowd was treated to a
4 i4sensational ride by Johnny Lotus on
AsSSRmuel Riddles chestnut colt Mr.
n s 3rumnel
@E Mr.. Brummel won by a nose, but it
4was the jockey rather than the horse
III who won. Louis Feustel the trainer
I Who has charge Of the string Of thor
I'll oughbreds belonging to Mr.. Riddle
sysent the colt primed to run the race
zFsof his career, but furIOng from home
she looked beaten. Harry Payne Whit
AneyS PanOply was in the race, and he
Nseemed much the best, but Troxler
& b on the Whitney colt, was outgener-
Ealled and outrdden by Loftus anC
\ II Panoply was compelled to accept sec.
Hond hOnOrS. Three times during the
Erun through the homestretch i
1 Jseemed as if Mr.. Brummel was beaten
8but each time LOTUS lifted his noun
pinto command. Five jumps from the
u 8s Judges PanOply was a full neck ir
NGront and seemed to be gaining with
n leach stride. But under the vigorous
A handling of Loftus Mr.. Brumme
acane on again and managed to carr
\ Nthe honors by the proverbiaI eve
( flash. 1t was the Jockeys first noun
fsince his suspension two months ago
34s4 Kinnoul, a chestnut colt by Pete
HQuince and Lychee Nut, belonging t.
IS Walter M. Jeffords, won the Druit
6Iill Park purse. a four-furlong dash
Tfor two-year-olds. He won by half :
"a dozen lengths. Harry Payne Whit
II ney's Amaze was second and Carman
Z dale, OF the Richard Carman stable
II the favorite, was third.
I'd Mrs. Payne WhitneY's colors wer
Tborne to victory in the Inaugural Stee
i IL plechase by her aged bay geIdin,
II Tetan. Goldilocks, owned by Genera
81. A. Buchanan, was second, with Ed
fs ward M. Yields Belle of the Sea third