New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
Debado11 Shows
Improved Form
AS Flat Racer
Former Steeplechaser Wins
Belmont Feature From
Good Field by 4 Lengths
BY w. ]. Macbeth

The Greentree Stables Debadou,
ive-year-old Broomstick geldine which
was running over the steeplcchase
courses short time ago, proved him
self just about as good as they come
over the fat by the manner in which
he won the feature event Of very
cheap card at Belmont Park yesterday
afternoon.
Debadou raced away from such
sterling thoroughbreds as Fair Gain
and Star Master at the start of his
mile race and, cutting out dizzyng
throughout the journey, raced the legs
fairly off the Others and won by four
lengths. Fair Gain was second a half
length ahead of Star Master, which
seemed to tire toward the end under
his heavy impost of 127 pounds.
AS flat racer Debadou certainly
has shown great improvement over his
timber-topping form, and he was no
slouch as across-country runner
either. At the second Jamaica meet
ing in June he made a show Of field
of eleven more or less worthy antagon-
lists in mile and a sixteenth gallop
over the fiat and romped home on the
chinstrap. He tried his hand un-
successfully as a steeplechaser,
couple of times aftcrward and then
came out at Belmont Park last FRI
day to engage real stake horses IN
brush at mile and sixteenth
Needed One More Race
Debadou was beaten last Friday in
spite of frankie keogh's hcartlest
efforts. He was beaten though not
disgraced. despite the fact that ne
finished last in a field Of four. He
finished behind Milkmaid. Fair Gain
and Donnacona, but less than length
behind the winner, at that. The flrst
three were noses apart. Mllkmald. on
shat occasion, was forced to chip a
fifth of second off the former track
record in order to get up to the flying,
paccmaking Debadou And at The end
of milc-the distance of yesterdays
race-Dcbadou led by good neck.
Those who remembered that race Of
Dcbadou, and knew he needed such
race to tighten him up after long
rest, took advantage Of one Of the finest
opportunities of the season for get
.ich- quick investment. pebadou was
quoted as literally as 10 to in a field
that vas scratched down to five.
Farhrothcr. who had the mount yes
tcrday. handled old Debadou perfectly.
The Broomstick gclding broke third
from an inside position, but Fairhrother
raced him up GuicNly until at the end
of hundred yards he had taken tn"
lead and the rail. He never lost either
and he won just about as he pleaseI
IN the very comn,cndable time of 1:37
2-5.
Though the fields were rathc- lighs
the racing was exceptionally spirited
and exciting, not to mention close.
There were two nose finishes 10Y tlrir
money, and little C. Ponce won both
of them with real Garrison finishes. He
scored with Faunus in the third race
at seven furlongs, his mount just last
ing under expert handling to beat the
favorite, Gypsy Lad, scant head.
Only three two-year- olds went to the
post in this event. Silence, the carly
paccmaker, stopped to nothing In the
stretch and was beaten off by ten
far off the pace with Gypsy Lad and
made his bid too late.
In the fifth race, at mile and
sixteenth, Ponce scored with the favor
ite, Tan II, though Pierre Ecu, the
second choice, was pounds better.
Johnny McTaggart made fine mess
of it with Pcrrc-a-Feu, which should
have rolled home the way the race
was run. The leaders swung away
wide at the home turn, but NC a@-
CART, instead of coming through on
the rail, went wide with them and
came to the outside.
Even then he couldn't have failed to
overhaul Tan II, if McTaggart hadn't
made every mistake but fall out of the
saddle in the last sixteenth. McTag-
CARTS was one of the weakest finishes
seen this year.
Quite coup was made in the closing
dash of five and a half furlongs with
S. P. Harlan's filly, Idle Dell. This
one, which was backed from 6 to l to
to 2, held the race safe from Multi
kins, the favoritc, all the way.
Another upset developed in the sec
ond trial at five and a half furlongs
when R. T. Wilson'S Light Fantastic
beat Dewey Eve, the l to 2 favorite, by
two lengths, leading ell the way.
The victory Of Faunus was a rather
costly one for the Islip Stable. The
colt, which was entered for S3,500 was
bid up and taken by the Kedgewick
Stable at $4,000.