The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08
ON WATCH SCORES IN
MINEOLA HANDICAP
Carries 128 Pounds, Rams Like
q Champion, Beats Krewer
and Sea Mint.
ny HENRY v. KING.

George w. Lofts brown colt On
Waech is probably the best three-year-
old In training with the exception OF
Man o. War. He has improved greatly
within the last month and IS now at
the top OF his form. SO we'll did he
race yesterday In the Mineola Handi-
cap at the jamaica track that II Is
likely he could give weight and beat
such good horses as John r. Grier, Up
set, Gladiator and Donnacona. He won
the stake in a canter by Ave lengths.
beating S. G. Hildreth's Krewer and
Thomas Fortune Ryan's Sea Mint with
ont the slightest apparent trouble. He
carried 1928 pounds. gave nineteen to
krewer and twenty to Sea Mint, and
gailoped over the one mile and six
teenth course in l AS 3-5, only two-fifths
of q second behind the track record
established by Bonlface last spring
Only the three horses named above
started and there was never any doubt
about the result. Before the race Max
Hirsch said his colt would win. barring
an accident He was at the short odds
OF / to 3, but these odds seemed good
TO q majority OF the raceyoers, and
they wagered on him Krewer had a
world o. early speed and so did Sea
Mint. They raced away from the bar
rie- together and ran like a team
around the turn and all the way down
the backstretch, with On Watch two
lengths back. Hummer. who had the
mount OF On Watch, kept "a tight hold
on his horse until The middle OF the far
turn. There the two leaders began to
show signs OF a fatigue. while On Watch
was fighting TO go faster Hummer
gave his charge free rein and in less
than twenty bounds the race was "a
n,, tnl ft,a
front and without doing his best in
creased his lead all the way to the
finish line.
The Gramercy Handicap, the second
airy feature. was won by ]. J. Hallen-
beck's imported gelding Sunnyland.
That he was returned the victor was
due to an accident 10 James Fitzsim-
mons's Ballet Dancer at the start.
While at the webbing Ballet Dancer,
which was heavily backed favorite,
was kicked on the off hind leg by Pas
toral Swain. The kick was q severe
one and left big deep cash In the
filly's leg.
Despite the pain from the wound Bal
let Dancer ran good. game race She
rout 10 the front 1T IN start ana fought
fSea Sinner and Sunnyland stride Tor
stride for the lead for three-quarters OK
a mile. Then Sea Sinner quit and she
and Sunnyland had 1t out between them
until furlong from home. There Ballet
Dancer showed the III effects OF the KICK
and began TO falter. while Sunnyiaho
went on and scored by two lengths.
Pastoral Swain came with rush in the
final furlong and got up in time TO take
second honors by half length.
Ocean Swell. an imported Ally by Sea
Sick, led home "A big field of cheap
49,. Inc AZ
awav from the barrier well and taking
the lead soon after the start made every
most winning one and won eased UP
h1 two lengths from Bud Fishers Hold
Up. Ravanna was third
Frank Regan's aged mare Dorcas won
another purse in the second race. AS
was the case on Monday she merely had
70 gallon TO win by length from Phe-
OGDEN. Lola was third.
Locust Leaves. the three-year-oid
chestnut FLY belonging to II. L. WILSON,
sprang another surprise In the hfth race
She seems to be the surprise horse OF the
year. Less than fortnight ago sne
cane out and heat o big field of piaters
easily after Thomas Healey, her trainer,
ana Mr.. Wilson had given up hope or
ever winning a race with her
yesterday she met a better field and
gain her owner and trainer believed
she had no chance of scoring. Among
those oprosing her was Round Robin. a
colt which Mr. Wilson recently soid 10
Hver. While Round Robin and Locust
Leaves were in the Wilson barn Ropin
could run rings around her. He was
in prime shape yesterday ana MI Mr.
Healey and Mr.. Wilson SAID their "u
horse was sure winner and that Locust
Leaves probably would be trailing the
Acid al tie end Round Robin finished
fourth, nearly a sixteenth OF mile De-
hind Locust Leaves.
THAT the colt was beaten PROBABLY
xyas que 10 the way he was ridden. He
is hard horse to ride and Will not DO
mis- best unless he is allowed TO race
along as he pleases. toucn ., wnip
In the race Happy" Buxton had the
ier No on him and he whipped the colt
for n quarter OF a mile. Under that
punishment Round Robin refused 10 race
sn fne air ALL the way.