New-York tribune., 1919-10-14

Although the scheduled feature. tho
Columbus Handicap. $4,000 added, for
three-year-old and upward, at one
mile and furlong. the fourth event
On the card, was robbed of expected
thrills by the scratching of an entry
Of six down to two starters. the SEN
sstional brushes in the majority of
the other races more than made
amends for the disappointment. In
four contests the results were in doubt
until the final stride.
The Columbus Handicap went to NJ
/. Schwartz's Star Shoot-Bold Girl colt
Audacious. which galloped to an easy
victory over James Buffers Spur, the
only other starter. Much was ex-
pected from the original entry Of Han
nibal, Over There, Bally and Blairgow~
rie. besides the two named, but the
heavy track probably accounted for
the Withdrawals.
Real Race for Awhile
Audaclous sprang away from the
barrier in the van, with Spur in close
pursuit. Clarence Hummer, on Spur,
raced his mount alongside of Audacious
going to the first turn, and for the next
fhree-quarters of mile the pair raced
down the backstretch on even terms.
Reaching the turn, Happy" Buxton
gave Audacious his head and began to
pull away. Thereafter the result was
never in doubt, and Audacious won
pulled up at the fnsh.
Large fields in the other five races
gave the onlookers much for specua-
Zion. There was somewhat of q sur
prise in the running Of the Lecompte
Purse, third race, at about six fur
longs, when Willie Shea's Ormonda
outgamed Mrs. r. L. Bressler's Ultima
Thule BY head at the finish. The
pair swung wide coming into the
stretch and, avoiding the mud near the
rail, shot to the front. Oddly enough,
Tommy Rowan managed to outride
Clarence hummer
Flags. handy winner at Jamaica
last Saturday. was the favorite, with
Old Rosebud the second choice. Flags
was never serious contender. while
Old Rosebud showed flight of speed
until the stretch and then stopped,
Flags encouraged his hackers for half
the distance, when he seemed to hang
and could do no better than third
Ormonda was backed down from ) to
to Z to 2
Form Students Start Well
The form students got off on the
right foot IN the opening race. when
Sea Mint. once regarded as good as
Man o War, tow-roped the field of
eight starters. The Oak Ridge Stable
entrant leaped away to two-length
lead, never to be threatened, and finally
Won by tive lengths. Armistice, the
Coe candidate. gave hot chase. but
could never improve on second posi-
tlon, although gaining on Sea Mint at
the finish
However, a favorite went down with
thud in the second race, when Ed
wilma, we'll supported, was beaten
mead By Lunetta. 1t was a case of
Jockey gcneralship between Hummer.
on Lunetta, and Fairbrother, on Ed
wlna. Both horse3 fought it out from
practically the swapping of the barrier
until the finish.
Head finishes also marked the last
two events. In the fifth, Crystal Ford
won IN the last jump from Thistle
don, when little Myers got more out
OF his mount than Carroll, on Thistle
uon. The latter swung into the home
stretch three lengths in the van and
appeared certain winner, only to
nave Crystal Ford get the verdict in
the final strides.
=, Jack Mount. the favorte, sent home
the spectators with a smile. His vic
tory was due directly to the hurri-
cane finish by Butwell Belle Roberts.
10 to l shot, looked as if she would
spread eagle the field. but Butwell,
choosing the straightest course home,
managed to rouse his mount in time to
UP Belle Roberts at the wire.