The sun., 1919-06-08
CLASSIC SUBURBAN
FOR CORN TASSEL
Continued from First Pogo.

Henry Alexandra. William Loew, Rag
inald Vanderbilt and @. L. Boissevain.
The Coaching Club Oaks 10 probably
the Oldest turf fixture in America It
wao formerly the Singleton Cup. which
was first won by Kosciusko in Charles
ton in 1892. The famous trophy be-
came the property OF the Coaching Club
few years ago. The Oaks was In
augurated in 1917 and the Singleton
Cup and a silver trophy donated to II.
To get the rare old relic the stake must
be won three times by the. same owner.
but silver cup goes with each victory
rs well as $4,000 purse,
II Is a test for three-ysar-old FLIES at
one mile and three furlongs. For It
more than a score Of renowned Allies
were nominated, but only four went to
the post. They were Polka Dot and her
stable mate. Merry Princess, J. H. Ros-
siters Passing Shower and Henry A.
Porter's High Born Lady. High Born
Lady led the way, followed closely by
Merry Princess. for three-auarters Of q
mile Then Polka Dot began to move up
and entering the homestretch took
command. where she remained to win
by two lengths from Passing Shower.
High Born Lady was third
This event tended to whet the appe-
tiles OF the thousands for the better
things to come in the Suburban. For
this classic three OF tho original eleven
overnight entries were withdrawn and
left a field so evenly matched that old
timers called 1t the most open race they
had ever seen. The trainer of each was
confident his charge would win and told
all who cared to know everything about
his charge, with the result that there
were tips galore and every contestant
had a host OF followers.
Papp Led to the Post.
As usual Papp was unruly and was led
to the post in advance of his opponents
The remainder of the field headed by
Willis Sharp Kilmer's Extermlnator,
paraded past the crowd like SO many
well behaved ponies. At the post almost
all Of them became fractions. but the
start was delayed only two or three
minutes. When the webbing went up all
except Papp sprang forward in a perfect
line. Mr.. Lofts erratic colt 'propped."
and did not get Into his stride Until his
opponents were several lengths on their
journey.
Over There and War Cloud had the
most early speed and quickly opened up
big gap on Sweep On, which was lead
ing the remainder Of the field. During
the first furlong Papp displayed ire
mendous burst OF speed, and quickly
made up the ground he had lost by his
poor start
Down the stretch Over There and War
Cloud stepped along at a terrific pace
with Sweep On third and Corn Tassel
bringing up the rear. Rounding the
bend War Cloud showed the way. but
when the homestretch was reached he
began to falter and the two Coe colts
went to the front, while Corn Tassel
running faster with every stride loomed
up In fourth place. over There ami
sweep On raced together in front 10 the
hnal furlong pole. There Over There
out and Corn Tassel ranged alongside
Of Sweep On. From then to the finish
1t was nip and tuck struggle. They
were racing ia different strides and as
one bobbed his head the other poked hi.
out in front
Looks Like Dead Heat.
At the regular finish line II looked like
dead heat But the finish of the sub
urban is in front of the clubhouse ana
when the Judges were reached Corn Tss-
sci had his shiny neck in front. Both
horses were extremely tired from the
struggle. but they were not one what
more fatigued than a majority OF the
spectators who had cheered the noble
pair all through the stretch
There were two other stakes on the
programme They were the Amateur
Cup. heavyweight handicap for three
year-olds and upward to be ridden by
Amateur riders and the AmItyyiIIe
at two miles
In the Amateur Cup FIVE gentleman
Jockeys, most OF whom Just returned
from war duties had mounts. While
none OF them showed the skill OF the
professionals all performed well. Fred
erick Alpers on Joseph e. Dayis's The
Decision won the trophy by a length.
Lyle guided by A. Devereaux was Sc
cond and Marian ridden by w. Martin
third Tommy Wright was on Gex
which finished fourth and II. Tucker on
Red SoX brought up the rear
The CHASE was won by Joseph T.
Widener's Pussy Willow by four lengths.
with Trumptaor second and Belle of the
Sea third. Crest Hill, belonging 10 Nor