New-York tribune., 1920-05-19
Three Favorites and One
Well-Played I'd Choice
Win; Episode Victor
By w. ]. Macbeth

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These be great days for the r. r.
Wilson stable and Jockey C. Turner.
The combination, for the second
straight day, walked of-or rather
raced off-wth the feature event Of
the card at the Jamaica track. Mr..
WILSON'S hve-year-old chestnut horse
wyoming, clevcrly handled by the said
turner, won the Garden City Selling
Stakes at a mile and sixteenth, in the
very fine time of LAT As.
Though it was another ordinary card
there was plenty to keep the big
crowd Interested from first to last The
general public, which is a close fol-
lower of form. was able to more than
hold It's own, and three favoritcs and
one well-played second choice won
brackets, while on the side a couple
of surprises developed that tickled the
boys who shoot at the moon as a mat
ter of habit.
AS for Turner, he rode two winners
and finished second once, all in four
TRIALS He had the leg up on Wyoming.
But his most spectacular exhibition
was III the Manhattan Handicap, third
on the card and the secondary feature
of the program. In this race Turner
put over Sunnyland, a distance horse,
IN a SIX furlongs dash, and scored so
easily his mount was able to finish
galloplng in the fair time of 1:13 fiat.
Scorned at 80 TO
Sunnyland was so lightly regarded as
sprinter that his market price
went begging; practically everybody
scorned the 80 to / offered against his
chances. Turner got all that was pos
slb out of O.. G. Rasch's Dream Crepe
III the five furlong second race. Episode
was so good he won with Buxton, but
there was never doubt at any time that
Turner would finish in the place with
the second choice.
Wyoming won the Garden City Sell
ing Stakes as impressively as could be
asked, though he was straight as a
string at the finish to stall off CRYSTAL
Ford's belated challenge. Crystal
Ford had lot of tough luck To begin
with, though this colt never has been
bad actor, an assistant starter took
him out of his proper position and
away to the extreme outside. Further
more, he had firm grip on the bride
vixen the barrier was sprung.
Crystal Ford got the worst of the
start, with the possible exception of
X, KlIts IL. This one was slammed by
Thrift and almost knocked down.
Crystal Ford, off perhaps bit better.
Rad to race in an outside
position all the way to the back
stretch and probably left something on
the track trying to make up the disad-
against the pacemaker
With Wyoming, Turner made every
post winning one. This horse likes
none too well to set the pace, so far
as that goes. But Turner rated him
we'll and brought him to the top Of
the stretch in fair shape for the big
effort. Through the backstretch Rowan
made up lot of ground with Crystal
Ford and at the far turn Crystal Ford
had he had it in him.
Diversion Swings Wide
Crystal Ford was to the outside of
diversion at this stage of the journey
Diversion swung rather wide into the
Wsth her. Whatever chance Crystal
Ford might have had to catch Wyoming
was dissipated by this break Crystal
Ford came again with a great rush
toward the end and was cutting down
Wyoming's lead. The Wilson horse
vas very tired winner at the end.
Charles Stoneham's retainers, not to
mention VoX Populi, got it where the
'hcken gets the ak, in the opening
vent. This was a six furlong scramble
or maidens three years old and up
ward. 1t looked like the right spot .
or the four-y ear-old colt Sammy
[elly, WHICH squandered so much Of
he Giants earnings last year
Sammy will have to wait another
ay. The stable did aqverythng posi-,
lie to help him out of the maiden
lass, even to securing Teddy Rice to
.ulde the fortunes of ne disappoint- 7
nent. But peculiar accident to Rice
ulned whatever chance Sammy Kelly
lad. Shortly after the start one Of
he field kicked up a big clod that
1T Rlce in the left eye and blinded
i'm momentarly.
1t was not until he reached the