The sun., 1919-10-08
HEAD OVER HEELS Is
VICTOR IN HIAWATHA
Sharp Turns at Jamaica En-
able j. w. Mays Filly to
Beat Cleopatra,
EARLY SPEED BIG ASSET
Helps Masked Dancereto Lead
Home Round Robin in
Last Race.
EARLY SPEED BIG ASSET
nv HENRY W. KING.

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8. That a horse with early speed has a
bir advantage in sprint races over the
p,t,e jamaica track twice was demon
,trated yesterday afternoon. In the
Hawatha Handicap. the feature of the
o.rd, and In the last race fillies which
possess great early speed and little
asmina led home their fields.
Head Over Heels, the CHESTNUT daugh-
tar Of Celt belonging to J. w. May. won
me stake at five and a half furlongs by
half a length from Walter ]. Salmon's
Betty J.. with w. r. Goes Cleopatra
third a length and a half further back.
In the last race Mr.. Goes Masked
Dancer beat Richard T. Wilson's Round
Robin head on the post. On any other
track both Head over Heels and Masked
Dancer undoubtedly would have been
beaten and Cleopatra and Round Robin
probably would have been the victors
Head Over Heels and Masked Dancer
won because their great flight of early
need enabled thera to skim around the
lharp turns at a terrific clip. while their
stronger and long striding opponents
we're noundering about in an attempt to
negotiate the turns at high speed.
When Strengthened out for home
Round Robin and Cleopatra found their
strides, but II was too late. The speedy
leaders were too far ahead of them and
The stretch was too short to make up the
lost ground
Cleopatra n Slow Beginner.
Head over Heels Is one of the fastest
aiies In training So are Betty J. and
Masked Dancer. But none of them ara
considered In the same class with Cleo.
patra Mr.. Goes daughter of Corcyra
Is the queen OF the Juveniles and with
the exception Of Man o. War is as good
as any Of the young colts. But she Is a
long strlding miss and a slow beginner
and on the Jamaica track yesterday
she didn't get a chance to show her best
until It was too late. Besides she tried
10 bear out all the way and at the head
Of the homestretch ran wide and car.
hed Cinderella with her.
As the barrier went up Head Over
Heels sred to the front like a scared
jack rabbit and by the time the turn
was reached was three lengths ahead
the remainder of the field. While Head
Over Heels was stepping along far In the
lead Cleopatra was fioundertng about
trying to catch her stride and white
doing so was trying TO bear to the outer
rail Rounding the turn she persisted
In hei EFFORT to bear" out but by strong
arm methods Fairbrother mana ged tn
keep her In Making the turn into the
homestretch her Jockey was unable to
keep her straight and she ran to the
middle OF the course. This cost her
several additional lengths and by the
unle she got straightened out and going
st her best Head over Heels was far
IN front and so was Betty j., which
skinned the rail and was fvine after
The leader. At the final sixteenth POLE
Head over Heels began TO quit. but her
early advantage proved sufficient to en-.
able her to stagger to the Judges the
winner Betty j. carried her speed fur
thet than usual and would have won
few more jumps.
Cleopatra came with rush IN the
hhal fhr'ong. but the best she cou'd do
was nnish third, half dozen lengths in
mont Of Northern.
Hefgoers who did not know that
faifbrother was having a hard lob Keep
"iOHill severely cTUlC1SPQ
MN Tor not keeping his mount close to
tne rail and for allowing her to run
woe at the head of the stretch.
The race did not detract from Cleo
patras greatness. and II is dellars to
eouganuts that she will beat the same
opponents In sallop on any other track
al Jamaica over a longer route.
Round Robin a Big Colt.
Round Robin Is one OF the biere.t
wo-year-ods in training. He resembles
giant three-year-old. He has an album
aahee OF stamina and plenty of speed
xhen he can get his big, long stride
lurking properly Around the Jacsica
saris Yesterday he became all tangled
Y and didn't show his best until the
WI WY stretch was reached. BY that time
uasEed Dancer, which Is a Ally of tre-
a.huous sneed and little courage, had a
,-le iehsths advantage. This was a
n1e 700 much for the big Wilson colt
~ make up in the short straight run to
ne judges
aasKed Dancer is a flly which will
s',, ~ stand rough or strong ride. She
~, ~ 10 her best when allowed to step
So"g under nice. snug pull. A tap of
Whlp or hand ride will make her
~ |h i her feet in the ground and back
William Karrick. her trainer.
It,OMs toO mis-, and yesterday he Instructed
- So Myers to keep tight hold of her
Norn on nag 10 judges.
ION move on this horse until YOU
,,ars, 81 me said the trainer, who was
,sAnalFg ~ nan fifty yards beyond the finish,
!, Az e Jockey as he hoisted him into the
hI bo, ana under no circumstances
hos Her with the whip. Keep a tight
uina uLa on her and she'll think she is rum
n away and continue to do her best
IA, MYERS followed the orders to the lot
~, ana Masked Dancer continued, car
Won .sr speed further than ever and
A. e Caledonian Handicap for all ages
OHe mile and a sixteenth was a two
ana anair, Andrew AIiller's Recount
tss housman's Lady Gertrude being
esr.oty horses to go to the post. Lady
49,. uue proved much the better, and
cn,,,, racing head and head with Re-
,rd . lor half mile went 10 the front
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