The sun., 1919-06-20
PURCHASE EASILY
DEFEATS ETERNAL
8. c. Hildreth's Colt Runs Re-
markable Race in Stuyve-
SAINT Handicap.
STEPS MILE IN 1888 As
r. T. Wilson's Thunderstorm
Wins the Flight on Post
by q Nose.
ny HENRY ". KING.

BY HENRY ". KING.
With his mouth wide open and his
head swinging in the air Purchase de-
feated Eternal, Ophelis and Blairgowrie
in the ~Stuyvesant Handicap at Jamaica
yesterday afternoon. The renowned son
Of Ormondale accomplished his task In
such easy fashion that It Is doubtful n
even the mighty Sir Barton can beat
him over the one mile route. From be-
ginning to end of the mile journey john
ny LOTUS held him under a stou. rull
out despite the fact that he was never
f''let down" he stepped the distance In
the fast time of 1 :3S As.
At the end he was only half length
in front OF Eternal. but LOTUS was sit
ting straight UP in the saddle and tug
ginN Justify on the reins. There ID no
que stion but that Purchase could nave
won by Ave lengths and that he could
have made much better time. Some vet
eran horsemen went 30 far AS - say
he could have come mighty close 10 :36
II he had been urged to do nis best.
The Stuyvesans Is a 5000 stake for
three year olds and for Il nii,c Of the
best colts In training were named over
night to start, but because OF the pros
ence of Purchase and Eternal all ex-
cept Blairgowrie were withdrawn. As
soon as the Withdrawals were announced
Mrs Joseph E. Davis added Ophelia-
Purchase was the favorite at 3 to 4.
but Eternal had q host OF friends and
he was backed heavily at - to 10. To
all race goers II seemed like two horse
race, between Purchase and Eternal
Purchase was considered the better de-
spite the fact that he was carrying 12s
pounds and giving Eternal four pounds.
Th.ndersterm shows Speed.
The Flight Handicap at SIX furiongs,
the secondary feature. resulted in a
thrilling finish between Richard T. Will
sons three year old colt Thunderstorm
and s. C. Hildreth's Arrah Go On. At
the end thunderstorm vas n few inches
ahead. So close was J.. that many In
: the crowd called It a dead heat Thun-
g derstorm was slow to get into motion,
and while Arrah Go On. ridden by Lof-
! tus was stepping along in front three
lengths ahead OF Mahony. the second
horse, Thunderstorm. was in seventh po-
sition and apparently out Of the run
ming.
Rounding the bend Thunderstorm be-
gan to improve his position. and when
the homestretch was reached he was In
second place. Down the straightaway
he rushed after the speedy but faint
hearted Arrah Go On. Little Johnny
rode the best race of his career. He put
up a masterfui finish and managed to
make his mount stick his nose home in
front Of Arrah Go On. despite the fact
that LOTUS put up one OF his best Itdes
Thunderstorm travelled over the SIX fur
, long route In the fas thine of 1875.
Z. Thundersto m Is a full brother to the
: famous Campfire. which won the Futu-
:, rity three years ago. He Is by Olambala
and Nightfall, and was sbred by Mr.
Wilson at his Kentucky farm. He
greatly resembles Campfire and has a
great deal Of his speed and stamina. and
II he were a sound colt would rank with
the best
Tapageur. carrying the colors OF C. A
T.. Applegate. won the fifth race. a claiming
affair at one mile and a sixteenth. Tap
aseur is highly bred colt being by Bal
lot out OF La Venganza. As a yearling
he cost Joseph E Widener $500. Last
4. week Mr.. Widener sold him to Mr.. APP
plegate for the proverbial song.
The colors OF A. II. Diaz. the Cuban
sportsman. flashed home in front in the
last race. They were borne to easy
victory by his brown col. Grayssian. At
the end OF the five furlong dash Grays-
. sian was only galloping three lengths
ahead OF Raj PARIS Anzac. which took
the place similar distance in front
OF Walter j. Salmon's Ny Laddie. Grays-
sian made his local debut last Monday
and ran a remarkably good race After
being practically left at the post he
displayed a world of speed and finished
third behind Ira Wilson and Romany.
During the running of the second race
Jockey Kelsay was thrown from George
w. Lofts Zenith and narrowly escaped
being killed. While rounding the bend
he was caught in a jam among half a
dozen horses and knocked out of the
saddle. He landed In the path Of sew
erai horses. but rolled under the rail
before they reached him. Kelsay's
shoulder was slightly injured. After the
race Kelsay lodged n complaint against
Johnny Callahan. who had the mount
on St Quentin. He claimed Callahan
rode him too close. Callahan will be
asked to explain TO the stewards this
morning.