New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-04

non snare OF the Great American
chute, at Aqueduct yesterday aftern
the season, while the horses were r
clared the best two-year-old of the
Rowe, just did manage to last long c
nose from Harry Payne Whitney's
r. T. Wilson jr.'s Dimmcsdale. a
championship aspirant that ran coupled
with Knight of the Heather, dropped
into the show notch half length
behind Broom Spun. He would have
been outside the money had not the
favorite, A. X. Macomber's The Bohe-
miaI. fallen some fifteen yards from
the finish. Though beaten at the time
The Bohemian was only nose behind
Touch Me Not, with Broom Spun
charging like Man O. War on the out
side.
The time Of the Great American
stands as testimonial of the class
Of the fine lot of two-year- Odds out for
this classic. Touch Me Not, which was
Off fifth, like the great majority of
the others. suffered lot of interfer-
ence in the early running and which
did not succeed in getting to the front
until the sixteenth pole, still was
clicked in the very fast time of
" 90 1-o 4E4S was WlIfln IOOC-111IHS
OF second of the record for the stake
set by P. A. Clark's Bonnie Mary a
year ago.
Fast Time on Slow Track
While Touch Me Not carried only 112
pounds, compared to the 127 packed by
Bonnie Mary. it must be remembered
that the latter sprinted to victory over
fast track, taking the shortest posi-
bic rout home. The course at Aoueduct
yesterday was very muddy. The entire
field raced so wide Of the rail- TO avoid
the hock-deep mud there that most of
the thoroughbreds covered from rs to
100 yards more than they would if the
horses had kept straight down the
chute.
Tho running Of. the Great American,
which in great many ways was some
what t1uky and which developed Its
spectacular spill OF The Bohemian and
the miraculous escape of Jockey Rodri-
guez, was but one-half Of a twin
feature
The other, the Brookdale Handicap,
at mile and one-eighth, with $500
added, was won by Willis Sharpe Kill
thoroughbred as ever looked through a
bride. Exterminator, which won the
Long Beach Handicap at Jamaica.
raced to the outside of the field of
four but still covered the mile and one
1urlong IN the remarkable time of
30 Is, which was only four-ffths of
q second slower than the record set by
a. Il. Macomber's siX-year-old Boots
IN 1917. This performance of Boots.
by the way, equalled the track record
for the distance, which is held by H.
2. Whitney's Borrow, and was set
earlier in the season of 1917.
There have been few larger crowds
out at the popular Aqueduct course
than that which got thrill of horror
and apprehension as The Bohemian
went down and skidded almost to the
finish line in the Great American.
Macomber's colt certainly appears to be
running in tough luck this year. In
the Youthful Stakes, raced at Jamaica,
when he was favorite, he was bumped
by Knight of the Heather and knocked
to his knees right after the start, up
setting Clarence Hummer.
Covers Too Much Ground
The :. B 52 Yesterday had lad moth
ably was as good as anything in the
field and had he run true undoubtedly
would have won, as there is little
doubt he covered more ground than
with the possible exception of Fl. T.
Whitney's Broom Spun, which was mis-
erably piloted by Eddie Ambrose. The
Bohemian was only one of many piled
up by Brigadier General, the Light
Brigade colt bought the day previous
from the Quincy Stable by Samuel
Riddle for $500
1t was very fortunate for Rodriguez
that The Bohemian was at the extreme
inside near the rail, when he sprawlcd
and fell. Half way home along the
straight stretch, ct time when The
( Bohemian was at the extreme inside
near the rail, when he sprawled and
fell. Half way home along the straight
stretch, at time when The Bohemian
seemed to have the race at his mercy,
this colt bolted abruptly to the heavy
going Of the inner rail. Eventually
when he lost his footing, apparently
from exhaustion, he slipped over to his
left toward the fence.
Rodriguez. who shot himself clear of
the fallen animal, brought up against
one of the fence posts after rolling
out Of harms way. He escaped with
severe shaking up. The Bohemian was
cut trile around the nose. under the
left shoulder and on the right hind
pastern The injuries were all super
fetal and the good colt will be ready
for future engagements within week
or so.
Good as was Touch Me Not and i'm
pressive as was his victory, there are
many of the opinion that II. p. Whit
ney's Broom Spun Will take his measure
next time they meet Mt anything ap-
proXimating even weights. Broom Spun
suffered very weak ride by Ambrose,
who after getting clear at the quarter
pole, allowed his mount to bear out
continually till he was up against the
outside fenco at the end Broom Spun
finished out with all the resolution Of
q young Man o. War. He WAS racing
over all the others at the end and
would have won in another stride In
the last sixteenth Broom Spun made up
: four or five lengths on the leaders.
Exterminator Proves Class
In the Brookdale Handicap Extermin-
ator proved that he Is practically In
vinc.blA at his present form, for he
picked up the 1919 pounds allotted as If
~ were a feather, remained much closer
10 the pace than usual in the early
running and came away Just about as
he pleased through the stretch. The
three year~old Gladiator, which used
himself up somewhat following the
early pace of Johnny Dundeo's light
Weighted War Mask, was lightly inter
Hered with by the winner inside the
quarter pole. Cirrus, which finished
second, was in tight querters next the
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