New-York tribune., 1919-08-16

is / $50 nat, ana the gong to-day W;
Cudgel ran one of the gan1est and
finest races of his honorable career;
likewise LOTUS rode one of his mas
terpieces. None can ride better than
Johnny when his heart happens to be
in the mood.
The Hudson Handicap is not on the
list of the top notch classics for the
older horses, but preliminary to sew
eral of them, and as such furnishes q
rood line on the respective abilities of
the competitors. So it may be said
without fear of contradiction that Cud-
gel from now on, will command due
respect. He has come back with a
vengeance.
Cudgel Carried 130 Pounds
Cudgel toted his 1870 pounds over the
long journey to-day as if it were
feather, and was running stronger at
the end than at any other stage of the
Journey He closed through the
stretch like comet. Until the very
last jumps it seemed impossible that
he could win. James Buffers Spur was
five lengths in front at the sixteenth
and apparently going strong. Spur
stopped to nothing in the last fifty
yards.
Cudgel might have won with another
Jockey, might even have won more
80 spectacularly LOTUS outthought the
other boys. He lay off the killing pace
with Cudgel, whose propensity for
coming from behind is we'll known.
BE allowed Nalor and Orestes and
Spur to kill themselves off in turn.
Though still far back as they swept
into the home Lotus had the
extreme confidence in his mount to 20
away wide, out into the middle Of the
track, where the footing was best
suited to such stamina as Cudgel pos
sesses The move cost couple OF
lengths. but it foreclosed the mortgage
On % victory. for in the heavier going
Cudgel could not have reserved such
burst as that which carried him over
victorious through the final sixteenth.
There were lot of crestfallen horse
admirers after the finish of the Hudson
Handicap. 1t had been reported of
Cudgel that he had been simply flying
in his works, so that in the opening
line he was made an 8 to favorlte.
But it was whispered round that he
had not been tightened for his best
against a field of such tried speed, and
most everyone shied clear of the idea
Of playing a horse so long from the
scared until at post time he was quoted
at 4 TO |, without takers worth men
tionlng.
Valor Sets the Pace
For the first half-mile and more
Valor set the pace, closely pursued by
Orestes and Spur in turn. At the half
Valor was two lengths to the good, the
others, Spur, Orestes and Cudgel, in
order, being strung out each couple
of lengths from the other. Beaver
kill always was outrun. He broke bad
ly, propping as the webbing was
sprung.
At the far turn Hummer, on Spur,
went out to get the pacemaker The
Butler horse raced up quickly until at
the head Of the stretch he had moved
up TO even terms. 1t didn't take Spur
long to pull Nalor away.
Meanwhile Lotus waited with Cud-
gel, though he sent him along bit
around the far bend. At the stretch
turn he carried away out to the centre
Of the track Then he went to work
Spur was leaving Valor with every
jump, and for time Cudgel, run as
he would. seemed TO make little i'm
preston on the fine advantage of But
ler's horse. But at the sixteenth Spur
began to tire and falter from his early
and then the mighty Cudgel, strong and
relentless as ever, rushed up by and
away with the speed of an express
train.
The opening dash of five and half
furlongs once more called the public's
attention to the inability or indiffer-
ence of officials in charge of Eastern
racing. To say that the ride of Jockey
{. Fairbrother, on Kallipolis, was poor
is an insult to the intelligence of the
horse. 1t was not only an incompetent
ride but it was one of the most sus-
picious loking rides of meeting re-
plete with suspicious carvings on.
Shoot On Wins Queer Race
W R. Goes Shoot On, long shot,
beat kallipolis by a nose on the post.
Shoot On was very heavily played by
the stable connections and friends.
kaillpolis was neglected in the bet
ting. But the "nigger in the woodpile"
was the fact that Fairbrother is w. H.
karrlck's jockey, and Karrick trains
the Coe horses.
Fairbrother could and should have
won with Kallpolis as far as he
pleased. This flly was under a pull
to the stretch turn, where Fairbrother
palled up everything and ruined an
excellent chance to romp home. Shoot
on was winging out in front to this
stage, with Super running second.
Falrbrother made as if to go through
on the rail, then went to the outside
and was carried still wider. He put
up anything but good finish. Even
then 1t looked as if Kallipolis, which
IS game, whip flly, was going to
WIN, but she hung in the last fifty
yards, and Fairbrother made little eff
Tort to rouse her. If Pilgrim had been
worth nickel he could have got all
tne money, for he saved several
lengths when the others swung wide in
-"e stretch. The best he could do was
to finish third.
ever there appeared to be boat
race this season, the same was this
nfst event. Racing, as conducted in
.he East this year, is steering fast to
the rocks of disaster. At least, the
soions should make some slight pre-
'ehce OF interest in the games fate.
Favorite Wins Chase
crest Hill, the favorite, had an easy
victory in the steeplechase, principally
because of the fact that most all the
opposition fell down. The only diff
ccuity Crest Hill experienced was from
toppy Nix, which took a spill at the
iar side of the field and insisted on
keeping riderless with the field. Ken
neoy very wisely kept his mount out
IN front and clear of Toppy, so suffered
no interference.
hhomb, which was beaten off dozen
lehgths, was the only other of the field
4i .; hve to stand up. They succeeded
IN catching King Fortune. the long