The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-05
STAKE RACE AT
JAMAICA TRACK
A RANK FIASC0
Naturalist Sulks and Han
nibal, Suffering From a
Hemorrhage, Wins.
LYNBROOK FOR EDWINA
Beats Good Juveniles in I'm
pressive FashiOn-David
Harum Scores.
By HENRY v. KING.


BY HENRY ". KING.
The Pierrepont Handicap. the feature
at the Jamaica track yesterday after
noon, was the worst fasco Of the local I
racing season. Suffering from a hem
orrhage and pulled UP to a walk, Rich
ard T. Wilson's three-year-old colt Han
nibal won. He took the $4,000 purse
because Joseph e. Widener's erratic
gelding, Naturalist, his only opponent.
sulked on the backstretch and refused to
race
That Hannibal was successful was no
surprise. He had never bled before and
for the contest was as At at Thomas
Healey, his famous trainer, could make
him. Besides Naturalist is a sulky old
gelding. which will not run as fast as
a dray horse unless he Is accompanied
by other horses
To make him work II Is necessary to
send several other horses over the course
with him. When sent out alone he often
refuses to break" and when he does
leave the barrier It is impossible to
make him go around the track at better
than a two minute clip.
Mr.. Healey knows this and when he
lifted Jockey Hummer into HannibaPs
saddle he instructed the lad to whip his
charge away from the post and keep
him going at his best ell the way. "Steal
sway half dozen lengths and that
fellow over there will refuse to race"
Mr.. Healey told the jockey, while point
ing to Naturalist He must have COM
pany and II you keep Hannibal away
from him he'll sulk and stop and youn
walk in"
Hannibal Takes Big Lead.
The lad followed the instructions to
the letter and everything Mr.. Healey
predicted occurred. Hannibal had
tremendous burst of early speed and
Hummer urged him to his best as soon
as the barrier went up and kept work
ing on him until he reached the back
| stretch. There he was half dozen
lengths In front With this advantage
Hummer took tighter grip on the reins
and steadied his mount down to steady
even pace and waited to see what Nat
uralist would do The erratic gelding
loped' along far in the rear until the
middle of the backstretch. There he got
It into his wilful head that he wasn't In
race at all and stuck his feet In the mud
and stood absolutely still.
When he stopped Hummer began to
ease UP the Wilson colt. but this wasn't
necessary. The terrific early pace had
brought about hemorrhage and he was
bleeding profusely when he entered the
homestretch. This caused him to stop
7 but all he had to do was gallop to the
judges to win the purse.
AS Hannibal galloped past the judges
to n hollow victory Naturalist was still
on the backstretch. He was ridden by
Fairbr other, one of the strongest and
best riders in the country. But all OF
| the Jockeys strength and skill was I'M
able to make the old gelding move. He
received slash after slash with the whir
and a hundred kicks in the ribs, but he
was obdurate and refused to go on. Al
ter lingering half mile from the judges
for several minutes a stable hand came
out and "shooed' him on his way. Their
he pricked back his ears and cantered u
the judges.
As soon as Naturalist reached tho
scales the stewards sent for Fairbrothel
and questioned him about the horse. HI
told them that he simply quit and tha
he could not make him move. The stew
ards knew the erratic fellow and dis
missed the case.
Jockey Expected Him to Quit.
After the event Fairbrother said III
was surprised that Naturalist went a
far as he did. IT thought he was goinl
to stop at the first sixteenth pole. A
soon as saw Hannibal far ahead OF M
I knew what was going to happen III
is the most stubborn horse I ever rode
He began to sulk at the barrier. Whel
sent away I took him to the side OF Han
nibal so he would not get any mud II
, his face. I realized that II Hanniba
splashed any dirt on him he'd quit Blu
I wasn't able to keep close enough to tn
Wilson colt to make him believe 1t wa
a race, and looked for him to quit an,
} minute
Thomas Welsh, the trainer who devel
oped Naturalist and made him one Q
. the best thoroughbreds on the turf, wa
not surprised by the actions Of his hors'
He expected him to quit. Before tn
a race he announced that Naturalist woul
be beaten.
!. IT would have scratched him II
/ thought It was going to be two hors
; race. I believed some OF the other horse
: entered were going to compete and
! believed my horse would win.
! when War Cloud. Star Master, Nut
cracker and Blairgowrie were withdraw
. I realized I didn't have a chance.
a the stewards would allow me I'll Scratc
. him right now. This horse never woul
run unless he had company and for seN
a eral weeks he has sulked more than eve
, He may not cover the full course"
g Karrick Saddles Two winners.
William KarricK saddled two winner
a In the Lynbrook Selling Stakes he sci
s the Oneck Stables bay ally Edwlna
h the post in grand shape and she made
4 real good field OF Juveniles look chea
In the NTH race he saddled W. r. Coe
a Star Shoot colt David Harum and SCI
O him forth to another victory.
N Edwina 10 an unsound horse. and
her last race earlier in the week was n
= herself. The heat on that day affectt
r. her and she showed none OF her gre
q speed. Yesterday she was in prime col
"a dition, but despite the fact that she g
"a away from tho webbing badly and +
a ceived a poor ride from Jockey Myers 81
won with plenty to spare. On the bac
stretch she was last and seemed hop
lessly beaten, but rounding the turn 81
- sped after the leaders. Myers lost mut
~ ground turning into the homestretch, b.
l. when Strengthened out for home she rs
70 away from her opponents. TO win east
!" by three lengths.
70 Walter ]. Salmon's My Laddie finish'
u second and George d. Widencr's Rar
bier Rose was third.
David Harum also won by display II
"a l.