The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
CIRRUS WINS STAKE
RACE AT JAMAICA
Shows Heels to Naturalist and
Sennings Park in Cont
mental Handicap.
MAD HALTER SCORES
Runs to His Top Form and
Beats Opponents in GallOp
-Audacious a Winner.
MAD HALTER SCORES
ny HENRY ". KING.


Jamaica race track yesterday afternoon.
His Cirrus. the four-year-old son OF
Tracery, won the Continental Handicap,
beating Naturalist and Sennings Park
and his Mad Halter. the four-year-old
colt by Fair Play and Madcap. beat En-
fllade, Tom McTaggart and Pastoral
Swain in the third race a condition af-
fair at one mile ana seventy yards.
Which OF the Flildreth pair ran the
better race Is a matter of conjecture.
Both ran better than they have any time
this season, and each could have
smashed the track record IL he had been
compelled to do his best. Cirrus covered
the one mile and furlong route in
:b1 3-5. two-fifths OF second behind
15xterminator's record. and Mad Halter
stepped over the one mile and seventy
yards In :43 AS. four-fifths of a second
behind the figures hung UP by Precise
In 1917.
Cirrus won by only half a length. but
he galloped until furlong from home
where Sennings Park came with a rush
and caused Ensor to shake Cirrus UP TO
keep In front. 1t was the hest race SEN
nings Park had run since he came North.
Mad Halter galloped all the way and
won by three lengths, with Tom McTag-
CART second and Enfilade third Both OF
tho Hildreth horses were favorites and
Buddy Ensor had the leg up on each of
them.
In the Continental the trio went away
TO perfect start, and as was expected
Naturalist quickly went to the front. He
was full OF running and could have
opened up a big gap on his opponents in
the first half mile, but Turner took a
4i<~1,t T. i'll. III
10 death. Until this pull Naturalist sped
along a length ahead of Cirrus until the
far turn. There Ensor challenged with
she Hildreth colt. and when Turner let
down Naturalist the erratic old fellow re-
fused to run his best and quickly
dropped back into last place. Then Cir
rus stepped along at a steady. even pace
until a sixteenth OF u mile from home.
At that point Sennings Park made his
bold bid which almost gave him the race.
Naturalist sulked all the way through the
stretch and finished ten lengths behind
Sennings Park
Mad Hatter's victory was big sur
prise to all except Mr.. Hildreth and a
small coterie Of his friends. He had not
been working well, according to the
checkers, and Il WIS reported that he
was going TO withdraw the colt.
lie thought he couldn't beat Enfilade
At tho same time II was reported that
Fnfilade. which Is owned by Morton l..
Schwartz, was never better in her career
md that she would come close to break
ing q record. The race showed plainly
that both reports we're wrong Mad
Halter Was never better IN his life and
Enfilade was never worse. He did his
best and she did her worst. He ran into
the lead in the first Atty yards and tip
toed his field all the way. Enilade
acted badly at tho post and never
showed any trace of speed throughout
the Journey. That she didn't finish abb
solutely last was because Butts Fair
brother whipped her all through the
stretch even though she was n dozen
lengths behind the leader.
Last One Day, First Next.
Episode. a two-year-oid son OF Celt,
sprang a big surprise In the frat race.
The last time he started he finished alb
eolutely last In big field. To-day
Squaw Man, which won that race. was
left at the post and Episode ran bang
up race anil Won the purse in n driving
finish by head from silence. Santa
Claus was third. Fluff probably was the
best youngster In the race, but she left
the barrier next TO last and. although
abe ran much faster than her opponents,
never had n chance of success.
lie Gaulois, the imported colt which
James F'itzsimmons bought for Johnny
Moran at Saratoga last year for $3.50
ran away from big field OF platers In
the second race. lie took the track at
the START and was never headed. At the
end he was eight lengths in front of
Edward Arlington's King Agrippa. Tom
Brooks was third. After the race both
lie Gauiois and King Agrippa changed
stables. Larry Reinheimor claimed lie
Cauiois for $1,000 and a man named
Eohler took King Agrippa for $1,000.
The Russet high weight handicap, for
all ages. at six furlonss. went TO Au-
dacious IN a driving finish by half q
length. Daydue was second and Lead
ing Star third. Audacious carried 1876
pounds. went away from the barrier
slowly. but displayed a great burst OF
speed In the stretch and got up In time
20 win the purse.
]. w. McClelland uncovered what
might turn out to be q high class colt
IN the last race. He IL Dernier Sou by
Last Coin and Belgravla. He ran 40 II
ne liked 10 run. He took the track at
the start and was never headed. Care
FREQ was second and Black Knight
fhird.
Buddy Ensor had another good day
IN the saddle. He rode three winners
Mad Halter, Cirrus and Audacious.