New-York tribune., 1920-10-24

- EXHIBIT A-Folowing telegram
2 sent night before last to every turf
writer and sporting editor Of greater
New York:
Third race, Empire City, Satur-
~ day. st. Isdore. Stalking my repu-
ic tation.
ri (Signed) "JIM M'DONALD."
x EXHIBIT B-Form chart, to be found
, elsewhere. full measure page. Direct
ing hand points to race three. St. Isl
dore second. Jim McDonald's reputa-
tion nowhere. But of such is the
breed and it's improvement.
All but One Hard Hit
Getting down to brass tacks, yester-
day was day of disaster up at the
Yonkers merry go-round. Disastrous,
By and large, for the layers. Disas-
trous also for the players; at least the
= regulars whose faith in form has not
been shattered. But not SO disastrous
to the tyros that come out in force
only on Saturdays and holidays.
o About the only things right at the
base of the big reservoir was the
crowd, the weather and "Slim" Moore.
The weather could not have been i'm
proved upon; the crowd scarcely could
have been improved upon in a plant
Of limited capacity, and Slim" Moore
cut a couple OF juicy melons.
- Throughout the first four races form
suffered more contortions than an
amateur trying to pull off onA Of
Foudinis stunts. Long shots dropped
down out Of the skies like the first
ra1, drops of Noah's celebrated shower.
AnI, judging from the applause that
( greeted several unexpected victories,
the transents were not toying with
short prices For the first time in the
memory of the oldest habitue the days
disasters embraced the overthrow of
two favorites held in such high esteem
Tas / to 7.
r, One of these upsets developed in
the feature race, when "Slim" Moore
filed the first notch on his blunderbuss.
This feature was the Pelham Bay
Handicap for three-year-o and up
ward, at a mile and an eighth. Mr..
,,tor rather Mrs.) Moore's four-year-old
gelding Cromwell, which accounts for
race every once in while at long
odds, beat out Sam Hildreth's four
Foar-old stake colt, Cirrus, by nearly
half dozen lengths. Cirrus was held
1Gst ! to g. Cromwell was hammered
down from 20 to / to 8 to 1.
Sande Fails With Odds-on
,srThe much vaunted Cirrus raced for
Earl Sande, Hildreths new stable
jockey, after the fashion of a goat
that has dined copiously on dried ap-
l. les and rain water. Cirrus was con-
sidered by every one qualified to have
an opinion just as sure thing as the
renting agent on the first of the month
Cromwell was the outcast of the field
Of three. 1t was figured he wouldn't
be able to exercise R. T. Wilson'S
five -yearold horse. Wyoming.
tioi But, when 1t came to racing, this
same outsider made the much vaunted
Cirrus look like selling platter. Under
his heavy impost of 1872 pounds the Hill
dreth colt seemed anchored. Cromwell
IN at 50 pounds, was sent right along
by Weiner from the barriers rise. For
"a quarter of q mile Cirrus hung on
eamely, racing nose to nose with the
lightweight. But the early pace was
TOO much for him, and the colt began
10 falter and drop back off the pace
Already, at this early stage, Wyoming
was badly beaten horse. He was
more than two lengths behind the pace
makers and doing his level best
Up the backstretch Weiner, witt
Cromwell, continued to draw away from
the odds-on favorite. Even here il
t4SVuiu easily De seen the pdCemaker mac
plenty in reserve, while Sande was
driving. Cirrus was straight as
string. Cromwell simply broke thu
heart Of Cirrus by stepping the frs
seven furlongs in 1925, wonderful time
around the turns of Empire City.
nnf Stops Near Far Turn
1t was going up the hill to the fa7
turn that Cirrus seemed to crack com
pletely and to chuck it, Here he begar
to switch his tail, the surcst sign of r
resolution. Weiner then rated Crom-
we'll we'll in front to maintain his ad
vantage, and he held it to the very end
Indeed, as he swept past the judges tn,
second time Cromwell was a good fou1
lengths in front Of the staggering Cir
gus. Wyoming was beaten for the plac,
% by twenty lengths or more.
Though Cromwell covered the mill
and an eighth In the good time o
:52 Is, he was we'll within himself a
the end In case of necessity b.
could have run even faster.
f- st. Isidor? No, we have forgotte,