New-York tribune., 1920-06-29
Veteran Keogh
Guides Pair of
Winners Home
Reinstated Jockey Shows
Fine Horsemanship OH
1rishDream and dNancyLee
By w. J. Macbeth

Frank Keogh, the sterling veteran
of the pigskin who was reinstated this
spring after long spell on the ground,
gave a couple of demonstrations at the
Aqueduct track yesterday afternoon Of
what proper handling can do for
thorough bred. Keogh had two mounts
and he brought them both home in
front just about as 1ar as he pleased.
Needless to say -eogh's horseman-
ship was appreciated by the biggest
Monday crowd that had been out u
the races this season, for one of his
mounts was favorite and the other
heavily played second choice
There was little doubt in the public
mind (after the races) that Keogh had
fine material with which to work On
both occasions, in fact, he made a show
of his fields. In the fifth race, at a
mile, Keogh had the le@ up on the
Kilrane Stables Irish Dream, while
lite, from the Oak Ridge Stable. In
this race, as in several of the others,
the field was scratched down to half
the size named overnight Only four
of the original eight paraded to the
post
Tumble on "Good Thing"
Sea Mint was considered moral
certainty with Hummer up, and the
oralists were assaulted accordingly for
the supposed good thing. But when it
came to running, there was only one
horse in the race. Sea Mint couldn't
keep within hailing distance of Irish
Dream at any stage of the journey.
Keogh had Irish Dream in hand from
start to finish, but still in the first
quarter opened up a lead of more than
length, which he increased at will
until he was four Or five lengths in
front at the finish. Irish Dream was
pulled up through the final sixteenth.
Irish Dream was very good horse
yesterday, as the very commendable
time of 13S fiat for the mile indicates.
place; he finished ten lengths ahead
of Charlie Stoneham's Bf Bang, which
in turn led Sea Sinner by length.
Keogh's win of the five furlongs
sprint that concluded the program,
with P. A. Clark's Nancy Lee was next
thing to walkover. There was a little
more excitement to this victory, as
the field at least seemed more repre-
sentative No less than fifteen maiden
fllies paraded to the post. There was
a hot tip out on James Buffers Beach
STAR which had never started, but
which was favored in the early betting
at to 5. Nancy Lee, which opened
at to l and went as high as 7 to 2,
fnd been hammered down to 13 to
5 choice by the time the field was sent
away, and she was just about the liv-
est 13 to S choice any one ever did
pick. Beach Star was only one of some
| fourteen that never figured once the
barrier was sprung.
Favorite Away Fast
Keogh, ever aler+, upheld his reputa-
tion as a smart post boy. He was of
winging with the favorite and simply
lost the pack so far that he was able to
take the rail at the elbow and rallop
home as he pleased. At the furlong
pole Nancy Lee was ten or a dozen
lengths in front She simply cantcred
from there in. Mile, Cadeau, 80 to l
shot, finished second, with Dough Girl
third.
The steeplechasc for maidcns at
tracted the most pretentious field Of
tim bert t6ppers, so far as numbers were
concerned, that had been out this sea
son. No less than ten faced the starter
and seven managed to finish. Midas H.,
of the Ralph Parr entry, fell at the
seventh fence, where Specs Crawford
miraculously escaped serious injury.
He was badly shaken up and received
decorations of the head and face. Blue
Ladde, one of the Choices also fell,
while King Terry, an outsider, lost his
rider.
The steeplechase was won by Mrs.
F. Ambrose Clark's imported Mnata,
which was handled by B. Haynes. 1t
was a popular win, as Minata went to
the post a pronounced favoritc. Sea
Sun cut out all the early running, but
folded after mile. Haynes rated
Minata along in a good position until
the last half mile, when he started his
successful drive Minata tired after
taking the last fence and had to be
hard ridden to withstand the chal-
lenge of Valspar, an outsider
The most thrilling finish Of the
afternoon marked the biggest upset
when Claquer beat Tom McTaggart in
the third race Of mile and SIX
tcenth by scant head. McTagga-t,
which had Sande up, was backed from
twos to even, while Claquer's price
scared from twos to tives.
Clever Ride by Buxton
Buxton rode one of the most brilliant
finishes of his career to land the brack-
cts, while it appeared Sande was just
a bit too confident toward the end.
This pair fought it out all the way
and the duel through the stretch was
about as pretty as could be imagined:
At the sixteenth pole Claquer seemed
W iiduE iiOHiCl N"i iiy DN' ''S
to work with the whip and by grace
of a Million dollar finish got his mount
up just in time. Tom McTaggart was
a very tired horse, too, so far as that
goes, and like most tired horses was
bearing out at the finish A plunge
was made on Albert A. in this race,
but he finished absolutely last. War
Plume unseated j. Campbell while at
the post by rearing over backward
but luckily the boy escaped injury.
Only two horses faced the starter
for the Rockaway Selling Stakes at
six furlongs, the supposed feature of
the card. Larry Waterbury's Torch
bearer was so very good he was able
to spot W. G.. Clancy's Pickwick five
lengths at the start and still galloped
around him to win as he pleased by
four or five lengths. For a two horse
field this was one Of Cassidy's worst
starts of the season.
1t was another fine day for form, a
four choices came home in front. An
upset developed in the very first race,
however. The favorite, On Watch
which got off we'll, was slow to begin
and was bumped back on the rail and
knocked out of it soon after the start
Commander J. K. L. Ross's Constancy
won this six and one-half furlongs
sprint. Sande waited behind Leading
Star until the top Of the stretch, then
came away and won breezing.