The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-26
KREWER WINS STAKE
I'm HILDRETH'S SILKS
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Takes 0akdale, Worth 50, 700,
Few Minutes After Being
Sold for Sc,
king PLAUDIT REFUSES
Remains at Barrier While OPP
81 ponents Race Over Course
al Big Crowd at Track.
ny HENRY v. KING.


!, George odom's three-year-old colt
= King Plaudlt has developed into an ex-
\ ceptionally fast colt, but he has lost
none of his cunning or bad temper In
4 the firth race at Aqueduct yesterday
: afternoon he refused to break with his
=. field and cantered around the course a
i half mile behind his opponents. A rev
b minutes later he went forth and I'm
r trial against time galloped mile In the
real fast time of :3s 3-5.
o. The stubbornness OF the colt was q
3 great blow to big majority OF the thou
= sands of racegoers present he had
s worked exceptionally fast for the race
z and Mrs Odom announced publicly before
y the race that he was good enough to win
THE race in gallop As result almost
every one at the track put wager on
him, and despite the fact that II was
q the colts first race in several months he
was made the favorite and went to the
2 post at even money.
s. Veteran horsemen who had seen MIN
work placed three times their usual
'wagers on him To them he was the
surest thing on the turf. His opponents
were mediocre and they expected him to
take the track at the start and lead from
start to finish q
& Just before going to the post odom
decided to change jockeys. On Wednes-
y day he engaged Buddy" Ensor to ride
but just before post time he replaced him
with Fator. The trainer believed the
colt would race better for the little Slo,-
600 Jockey than he would for Ensor. and
there Is where the trainer made fatal
mistake. The youngster was not equal
10 the occasion. He was not strong
Senough to make the colt obey his com
Anands and King Plaudit did exactly
what he wanted to do. At the barrier
king Plaudh was as fractions as
green two-year-old, and after "oustihg
through" twice went behind the webbing
. and refused to get on line with nus
upponents Then when an assistant
starter took a hold on him he dashed out
with his hind feet and tried to cripple
an Of the other contestants.
- King Plaudit Refuses to Race.
After causing delay Of several
, minutes Mars Cassidy finally got his
/, head pointed up the track and on even
terms with the remainder OF the
feld and sprang the webbing. The, en-
I tire field shot forward but after going
ter yards King Plaudit propped, stuck
his feet In the ground and refused to
bulge an inch further. He stood there
Z motionless until his field were a quarter
! OF a mile ahead of MIN Then he de-
cided to walk and at snaTs pace
reached the signal man with the white
! flag An assistant starter greeted MN
there with big whip and he gave nm
a real good crack and the nagman
struck him a blow with the flag stick
The blows frightened him and he started
tc race after his Geld. But by the time
he got going at his best his opponents,
led by Jock Scot, had passed the judges
Fator realized that II was useless to
chase the field and pulled up his mount
/, and cantered in while the remainder OF
the field were weighing out. Mr.. Odom
was furious at the colts action and sent
him back to the one mile pole for
trial This time a big exercise boy
weighing at least 125 pounds, was In
the saddle. This lad tried to break
? him but again the colt suiked but the
boy proved the master and quickly got
him going. without any urging the
colt stepped the first seven furlongs
in 1 :25 and then under stout pull
finished the mile in 1 :3S S-5. AS the
= time OF the race was 1:39 rs 1t was
4 plain that IL the colt had broke with his
I Held he would have won In n gallop by
at least half a dozen lengths
bargain for HiIdreth.
Sam Hldreth struck another big bar
gain in the paddock just before the first
race. He saw krewer, the two-year-old
Gay colt OeionSIn5 W D. "' " AOOie'
warm up, and asked his owner to put
a price on him.
"Six thousand dollars" answered the
owner, and without an instant's delay
Hildreth closed the deal. He then re-
corded the sale to the officials and or
f. cered Fator TO don his colors and ride
him in the Oakdale handicap, the fea-
. ture of the programme.
:. Two hours later Krewer sped home
Nn1- w1asd
S270n for his new owner. Besides this.
Mr.. Hildreth had wager on the colt.
and with the purse and his winnings he
made more than enough to make up for
3 what he paid for the colt.
Krewer ran differently carrying Hill
dreth's colors than he ever did for M.
O"Toole. He went to the front soon
p after the start and set a terrific pace to
2 win easily by two lengths Joseph Il.
. widener's Pilgrim was second and Wal
. ter NJ. Jeffords's Kinnoul an added
starter, was third. Until last week
'Krewer was masquerading around here
as a selling platter, and time and again
while being trained by n. L. Dyer was
. beaten by q lot of cheap two-year-olds.
The stseplechase resulted in real
good contest. II went to the odds on ia
. vorite. Gold Bond. with Prince Hal II.
second and Nonsuch third Kismer, the
but neither he nor Jockey Woke. who
rode him, were injured
Gold Bond was considered to outclass
his opponents and despite the short odds
of 2 to 6 was heavily backed.
When 1t came to racing he wasn't
such a sure thing. He had much more
speed than his opponents. but twice dur
ling the contest came mighty close to
falling. While taking the liverpool the
! first time he landed badly and went TO
his knees. Bob Haynes. who was IN his
saddle, righted him quickly and raced
him along head and head with Kismer
for a round and a half in the field.
I There Gold Bond went TO the front and
Hooked like an easy winner, but when
he came to the liverpool the second
time he again landed badly, and for a
second time went to his knees Haynes
2 was alert and got him into his stride
2 quickly enough to get him going and
win the purse by five lengths. Prince
> Hal II. finished second, twenty lengths
IN front of KisIner.