New-York tribune., 1919-09-30
Irish Dream
Only Favorite
ToLand Purse
Odds.On Choice Takes Last
Race at Aqueduct; Mad
Halter ins Mineola
By w. !. Macbeth

The opening day of the fall race
meeting Of the Metropolitan Jockey
Club at Aqueduct yesterday afternoon
was chapter of sensational upscts.
Not until the very last race was a
favorite returned winner and this one,
Irish Dream, was at such prohbitivo
odds-on that few Of the dry cleaned
regulars had the nerve to take a
chance to get out.
Before Irish Dream romned off with
his field of four. five public choices
in row-two of them at odds-on-
were forced to take the count. The
feature Of the card, the Mineola HaNdi-
cap with $4,000 added. at mile and
sixteenth was just one of the many
breaks that made the good men sit up
and take notice This was won by
Sam Hildreth's three year-old colt,
Mad Halter.
Hildreth, who is fast acquiring
corner on the best handicap horses,
was SO sure of Mad Hatter's ability
to take the measure of this particular
field that he scratched his three year
old gelding, Thundcrclap, in favor of
the solt. w. r. Goes Over There;
r. T. Wilson, jr.'s, Thunderstorm and
A. X. Macomber's War Kiss al wcrc
scratched, too, but Wilson added Han
nibal, so that lve Went to the post
Excellent Ride by Fator
Mad Halter was very much the best
Of the lot snd Laverne Fator handled
him excellently. Wilson's Hannibal,
which was favorite. took the track
rounding the first turn and through the
backstretch opened up a lead Of a
couple of lengths or more on Auda-
cious. Audacious was doing HIS best
to keep within striking distance OF
the pacemaHer as they swung around
the far turn, but Fator had Mad Hat
ter we'll in hand all the WHILE rating
him off the pace.
Up to this stage of the journey it
looked as if Hannibal was running
we'll within himself. But when Fator
and hooked up with Hannibal in turn
short Hannibal tired fast after hit
ting the stretch, so fast that Nudacious
beat him out for the place by half
dozen lengths. But it was romp
for Mad Halter once Fator called upon
him. He raced Audacous into sub
mission in no time and went to the
front with hardly any effort, being
pulled up through the last sixteenth
Hildreth had to be content with
second money in the Cosmopolitan
Handicap for all ages at six furlongs.
He scratched Lord Brighton and Out
the Way, pinning his faith to Nalor
A ,o,'~ yoli
his very best races, but just did man
age to beat Nalor by d head on the
post.
Misses Chances to Win
Nalor might indeed have won had
around the turn. He could not got
free until too late. Nalor closed with
wonderful rush and was overhauling
Hollister at the finish. Holistcr was
up much closer than usual from the
start and stood hard drive gamcls
Eniiade, the favorite, did not have the
early foot to shake Oft Eollister, and
they raced head to head for almost
a half mile. As usually happens when
something looks her right in the eye
Enilade gave up the struggle At the
stretch turn and had to be content
with third money
The closing race. at five and a half
furlongs, was only romp Cor Irish
Dream. Armenus. the second choice,
was pounds the best of the others and
furnished whatever contention there
was. As a matter Of fact the race was
a procession from START TO finish, the
horses being strung out q ~iXteenth Of
mile.
Buddy Ensor, who handled Hannibal
IN the Mineola and finished i'm the
money with him, rode two winners and
finished second once. lie put over
Shillelagh II in the opening dash Of
five and half furlongs aud finished
second with Dragon Rock, a - to /
Shot, in the mile and seventy yards
second. Ensor rode Grundy. the win
ner OF the mile and a quarter race