New-York tribune., 1920-10-29
Sande Scores
On Dry Moon
In the Feature
Robinson's Poor Handling
Beats Dernier Sou: Sweet
Music Winner by Inches
By w. ]. Macbeth

Rather easy TO realize the metropoli-
tan racing season is drawing 70 rapid
close. visit to the Empire City track
viii convince. The sure thing" BOYS
are operating. They gave the layers
such a drubbing yesterday afternoon
thai the oralists were reeling and dizzy
by the time the fourth consecutive
odds-on choice romped home in the
concluding trial
Two of these last four winners scored
in races that were rather "boaty."
TO put It mildly. Cliff Robinson's
handling of Dernier Sou in the feature
WAS so raw as 30 merit rigid investi-
cation. If Scotch Verdict tried a lick
in the fifth race every expert at the
track was badly fooled.
Owing to the heavy rains of the
night and early morning the card was
pretty Wei shot to pieces by the blue
pencil. Only three two year-olds went
to the post in the feature, the Ardsley
Handicap. At about six furlongs, a
stake worth $4,000. As the race was
run i was only 4 ronp for r. 7. VII
sons Dry Moon, the to . choice
Ear Sarde. who scored his only win
with this colt, beat the gate by
length or more and never left the re-
SUI IN DOUBT \JuSCfSRh asONe OF lnc
other TWO was able 10 keep within
hailing distance OF the pacemaker,
which was eased up through the last
fur.ong.
acted as If he had the Xalapa Farm
colt out for educational purposes only.
Robinson never once gave the colt
chance 20 run. And Dernior Sou has
some reputation as q mudark. The
time for this race, lilo 2-5. was nothing
sensational, even when the condition Of
the track is taken into consideration.
There was some excuse for Quecreek
which carried The heavy impost Of 12o
pounds j. f. Davis's colt, as well as
Mooney. NJ least appeared TO try.
Sea Sinner Wins Eeasly
The ffth race. at a mile and seventy
yards WAS another darby and tizzle
from several angles. Joe Mooney went
our with Sea Sinner, another odds-on,
opened big gap in the backstretch
and Won buck Jumping. The Wit was
The only one that seemed to take this
lorr lead seriously, for Obert kept to
his knitting every inch of the way with
this outsider and cinchod the second
money at the end. As TO Scotch Yer
diet, The second choice this gelding
was sent out apparently stiff as poker.
Scotch Verdict, in the ra position,
was of to d most advantageous start
but he didn't have speed enough to hold
his advantage TO the first turn. Mari
nelli took back to avoid jam. and
never aftervard was able to get into a
conterdiug position. The start, which
was before the Well + ed stand, was
ruined by W. c. Ciancy's Tinga-Ling
The old eelding propped and wheeled
Tie wouldn't even Try to start. He
tried to bolt over the inside fence after
buck Jumping I'D toward the judges.
One Of the greatest races of the sea-
son was furnished by the three thor
oughbreds that went to the post for
tre Larchmont Purse, al mile, which
was the third event. None but the
judges or those right at the lire coplt
call the finish. so close were the three
at the end. They were inches apart
Disagree Over Placing
Most Of the crowd around the finish
disagreed with the placing OF Goaier
the outsider, third. 1t did appear as if
he beat kashmir by a good head, if not
neck. The crowd showed its disap-
prcval by hisses, boos and catcalls.
But few doubted Sweet Music the odds
on favorite, was entitled to the lions
share OF the purse.
This was q race in which every ele-
meIt among the supporters OF the three
starters mad Its thrill; and each Of the
three was literally supported at the
odds. so skulfully had Handicapper
Nosburgh brought the trio together
that either kashmir or Goalor might
easily have won further away than did
Sweet Music with the least break in
the luck.
Indeed Sweet Music, W. r. Goes
thIec-y -year-old which had big pull in
the weights over the older horses.
barely did last after mailing Kashmir
the carly nacemaker inside the six
teonth pole With Just a little bit
further TO go Goaler would have got all
the money.
Goaler might have scored anyhow had
ne been handled better. c. H. Miller
lost lot Of ground by going wide at
the first turn, where he dropped
Goaler's head and zigzagged back and
1orth across the track Then after
stra ightening out, he lay too far off
the pace. He timed his final run lust
a triae late. He came home through
the stretch like a thunderbolt, running
over the other firing pair
Sande Is q master at nursing a tir-
IT horse. But in this race it did seem
tne clever Jockey was a bit too CON