The sun., 1919-06-25
ny HENRY ". KING.

Harry Payne whitney's Dominant,
the big six-year-old son of Delhi. came
back to the races after three years on
the farm yesterday afternoon at the
Aqueduct track and displayed all of
the speed that made him the wonder Of
his age in 1915. In that year he was
considered one of the speediest thor
oughbreds on the American turf and
In the following spring went to the Ken
lucky Derby regarded as a sure winner.
During the running OF the classic he
bowed a tendon. was thrown out of
training and was not ''taken up until
this spring. The long rest mended his
bad leg and his recent trials have been
record breakers. On Monday morning
he stepped a half mile In forty-six sec
onds, and James Rowe, the veteran
trainer, said he accomplished this won
derful feat without doing his best
As a result of that trial he was made
the favorite for the FIRST race yesterday
and heavily backed at to s. AS In
his trial he stepped the first half mile
at terrific pace. So fast did he run
that all of his opponents became dizzy
chasing him.
Entering the homestretch he was
three lengths in front. and from then
to the finish Willie Knapp eased him
up to win by a length and half from
lima Frank
1t was a sterling performance. With
his four legs wrapped In bandages he
covered the six furlong route In the
fast time Of :12 1-5. II urged to do
his best he probably would have equalled
the record of Ill hung UP by his
old stable mate. Thunderer. In 1915.
Fastest Splinter of tho Year.
Dominant showed that he 10 one OF
the fastest sprint horses of the year
and he probably will win the sprint
title IL he stands up. Whether or not
he will go II distance is q matter Of
conjecture. He is bred for distance as
well as speed. but because OF his lad
foot 1t is not likely that Mr.. Rowe will
send him over a cup course.
Mr.. Rowe always has been fond OF
Dominant Year after year he has pre-
dicted that some day he would bring
back to the races the fastest horse in
America. and when Dominant galloped
home in front yesterday Mr.. Rowe. who
very rarely enthuses over a horse, was
as jubilant as a schoolboy starting on
his vacation.
The Regret Handicap was won by
Mrs. Joseph E. Davis's speedy bay filly
Ophelia- Aqueduct Is her home course
and on 1t she showed her best form.
She sped to the front as soon as the
barrier went UP. set a dizzy pace and
hung on long enough to win by q
length and half. Gffford A. Cochran's
Fairy Wand took place honors half
dozen lengths ahead of Salvestra-
ophelia sped over the one mile route in
tho good time OF as SIS.
Eddie Rickenbacher Up.
Eddie Rickenpacher won the canar-
| sic Selling stakes. but II was a costly
victory for Walter ]. Salmon. his owner
| After the colt galloped home ahead Of
| a big field of good Juveniles Sandy Nc
Naughton went into the sales ring and
bid him up from $4,000. his entered
| selling price. TO s4,l00. AS the win
| ner's share Of the purse was only 81 500
Mr.. Salmon lost S205 by his colts VIC
tory. At Belmont Park Gene Weyland
| who trains for Mr.. Salmon. bid up
Camouheur, which is trained by Nc
Naughton.
]. w. Mays Head Over Heels proved
herself a shifty little hlly In the last
| race. She sped away from a big field
OF smart youngsters and held on long
enough to beat out Monttord Joness
Thelma p. by length and half
/ Theima u. Is high class f1lly. She
| is trained by Snapper" Garrison and
was Mt to run a great race. but the
four and a half furlong course was too
short for him. While at Hot Springs
Thelma E. showed an abundance of
speed and stamina and gave Mrs.
Payne Whltney's Red. Red Rose a hard
battle for premier honors.
! After being scratched a dozen times
S. c. Hildreth's Cirrus finally went TO
the post IN the first race. He showed
nothing to warrant the belief that he