New-York tribune., 1920-10-27
Foam, Odds-On
In Sixth, Brings
Joy to Magnate
Band Also Gets Chance to
Play Favori,e Song for
the Empire City Owner
BY w. ]. Macbeth

For the first time this season Of ths
close Of the last race at the Empire
City track yesterday afternoon. New
York race followers were treated 70
hearty rendition of that soui-stirrjnp
tune, The Wearin' O. the Green" The
band put lot of soul, as well as lung
power. into the air; also a few dis
cords which may be forgiven, in view
Of the fact it may have tired of re-
hearslng 1t had waited patiently Stree
July Il last for the opportunity.
This rendition of The Wearin' o. the
Green had absolutely no significance
to the Irish situation. AS matter of
fact, it was once upon time an old
standby of New York tracks, and par
ticularly OF Empire City. In those days
there were no diScords The varioi,e
bands had an opportunity to perform
in public periodically. For it was the
bands idea Of a proper reception to a
winning horse from the stable of
James Butler. who controls the Empjre
City racing plant.
In the old days, before he paid so
much attention to his butter and eggs
and staples OF the grocery trade, Mr..
Buffers white and cherry silks prsced
many q winning effort on the part Of
the thoroUghbreds. But Mr.. Butler
this season had to wait until October
2S, or until four days before the close
Of the metropolitan season. to see his
colers IL front on an Eastern course.
Winner an Odds-on Choice
All things, they tell US, come to him
who waits. And Mr.. Butler has been
very almost as patient as the
band One might expect, after so long
wait lto make a better story os it
ally that the steed of the long disap-
pointing stable would finally roll home
or the chin-strap at such juicy odds
as, say. 20 or so to l. But such was
not the case.
1t was his two-year-old bay FLY
Foam that finally broke her maiden
and also the Butler hoodoo in the clos
ing dash Of the day, at five furlongs.
This filly was the favorite, and about
the best played favorite of the after
noon to boot She was backed from
s TO to to 5. She had the services
Of that wizard of the pigskin, Buddy"
Ensor. but Foam had all she could do
to make good at last on that "Wearin'
O. the Green stuff
Indeed. for some minutes after the
boys ha weighed out it looked as if
there might be Joke on the band as
well as the supporting public. Foam
tried to bear out with Ensor all the
way. and coming into the stretch
where she drew off to a lead, carried
Ravanna very wide. Joe Mooney claimed
a foul against the winner, but, after a
long debate. the claim was disallowed.
Foam was stopping at the end and had
to do her best to stand off Jamaica
Belle, which finished out strong.
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vorites Of the day. The other, J. W.
McClelland's Caligula, at the prohibi-
tive odds of l to 4, spread -eagled q
field Of five two year-olds in the open
ing dash at about six furlongs. The
other four events developed upsets,
much surprise and plenty of pain
Sande Only Double Winner
Earl Sande, the only boy to win two
races, took the feature-the Fordham
Selling Stakes. with $500 0added, at a
nile and a siXteenth-with the Islip
Stables Ralco. He beat W c. Clancy's
Pickwick, the odds-on favorite, by more
than length after leading all the way.
Cliff Robinson had the time of his life
to beat Pickwick He took his mount
all over the track and sat up straight
as an English squire following the
hounds
Charles A. Stoneham's Recount, at
the generous odds of 13 to 5, spilled
the beans for another heavily played
odds-on IN the Lexington Handicap, at
q mile and a sixteenth, fourth on the
program Weiner rated Recount off
the early pace and did not make his
run until Strengthened for home He
caught War Mask at the furlong pole.
From there home Weiner outrode
Marinelh. r. T Wilson'S Wyoming,
the only other starter, was always bad
y outrun.
The Madden connections made a big
killing In the second race, at a mile,
with Montford Jones's three year old
colt Sweep Clean. which furnished
Sande his first winning mount. Such
a heavy play was made on P A. Clark's
La Rablee, which closed at to 2, that
the price on Sweep Clean Originally
hammered down from to to II to s.
receded to to l at post time.
Sande waited with Sween Clean to