The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
Cuban Champion Runs Cir
rus Dizzy and Wins Pei
ham Bay Handicap.
WEIGHT STOPS LEN Lee
Noted Filly Beaten by Que
creek and Dry Moon--Big
Crowd at Empire Track.
Ky HENRY v. KING.

Aided by the light impost OF ninety
i've pounds. Cromwell. the Cuban cham-
pion. fairly few over the Empire City
track yesterday afternoon. In the Pei
ham Bay Handicap. the feature OF the
card. he ran az ne never did before. and
beat s. G Hgcyetha renowned Cirrus
and Richard r. Wilson's Wyoming in
cantor.
enwelFs victory wasn't any fiuke.
sAn 70 ais top form. but he was
ylng 1872 pounds and the ton of
ght he was giving to Cromwell was
ouch OF handicap for him. The
cupan champion. with little Weiner In
the saddle, went to the front soon after
the start and sped around the track at
dizzy pace With Cirrus at his heels
and being hard ridden. he stepped the
frat i've furlongs In 0 $50 3-5, continued
on at his terrific pace and passed the
seven furlong pole in a trifie better than
LIS. Still he was full of running and
went past the-one mile pole in :37 2-5.
This pace was too much for Cirrus with
his heavy weight, and he began to falter
Cromwell didn't. With his black tail
switching around like the propeller of an
9roplane he continued into tho home
stretch at an exceptionally fast clip and
gained ground with every bound. At the
Anal furlong pole he was half dozen
lengths in front of Cirrus and running
easily. while tho Hildreth colt was stag
gering, A sixteenth of mile from homo
Weiner looked over his shoulder. and
seeing his opponents far In the rear. be-
gan to ease up his mount. But his arms
were not strong enough to make him
stop abruptly. and Cromwell stepped
over the finish line four lengths ahead
OF Cirrus, which was dozen lengths In
front, Of Wyoming.
Nuns Close To the Record.
Although he was not touched by whip
or heel, and was eased up near the end,
Cromwell covered the one mile and
furlong route in / :52 1-5. This is only
one and one-fifth seconds behind the
track record established by the immortal
Roamer two years ago.
The defeat OF Cirrus was a surprise
and a shock to a majority OF the big
crowd present. The Hildreth colt was
At the short odds OF to s, hut he was
considered such a sure winner that a
host of persons who seldom wager on
odds on favorites bet on him. Cromwell
was not neglected. The public didn't
uOt Oh uItls nut ". ~ MOOTt anu ~ SIIldl
coterie of horsemen backed him down
from 20 to to 8 to I.
The day was an ideal one for the sport
and one of the largest crowds that ever
visited the little Yonkers track was
present Every seat In the big grand
stand was occupied. the clubhouse was
filled TO overlooking and thousands stood
on the lawns
Ten Lee Finishes Iaaf
Besides seeing Cirrus beaten the crowd
received another rude shock In the open
ing event when Ten Lee, the speedy fly
by Celt and Network, belonging to Mrs
Wilfrid Viau. traiied home her field She
was considered as sure a winner as Cir
rus and went to the post at 1 to G.
- The event went to Joseph E. Davis's
Quecreek. He won by a length. Dry
Moon was second, a head in front Of
Ten Lee. AS has been stated repeatedly
in THE New YORK HERALD, Ten Lee is
an exceptionally fast hlly, but she Is
not sound. She has bad legs. Yesterday
she carried 1913 pounds. This heavy |
weight did her dicky legs no good and
tended to sap her speed. She ran a |
good race. but wasn't ridden any too |
good by Hummer. He kept her Ia the |
middle Of the track all the way.
Quecreek went away from the barrier |
on her toes and so did Ten Lee Head |
and head they raced together for a fur |
long. Then Quecreek drew away and |
opened up a gap OF length. Rounding |
the turn Ten Lee made another bid for |
the lead and again ranged alongside Of |
the Davis Ally Around the bend and |
into the homestretch they raced neclxs |
apart. Both ran trihe wide and Dry |
Moon shot through on the rail and |
reached their withers Then followed a |
stirring race to the judges. Seventy |
yards from the judges the weight began |
to tell its deadly tale on Ten Lee and |
she hung. Queoreek was tired, too, and |
wanted to stop, but Mooney kept work.
ing hard on him and kept him going
until he had passed the judges AS Ten |
Lee quit Dry Moon moved up and beat
her on the post for the second end of
the purse.
Easy for Captain AIcock.
Capt Alcock. from the Quincy Stable,
took the Cornwall purse from a good
field OF sprnters. He chased Thomas
Fortune Ryan's Sea Mint to the middle
of the turn. There he went to the front
and semained in command to win
handil, by two lengths. Sea Mint was
second and Mrs. Payne Whitney Red
Red Rose. third
The third race, a claiming affair at
one mile and seventy yards. went TO II.
III CRISIS Phedoden. He allowed st.
Isadore to set the pace for three-quar-
tiers OF mile then he went 10 the front
and galloped the remainder Of the dis
sance 10 win eased up by half dozen
lengths. ST. Isadore was SECOND and
Great Gull. third.
The Sterling purse. at one mile and a
quarter resulted In head and head
nnish. with The wit earning the verdict
Challenger was second and wouis have
won in another Jump. The wit was
out to the last ounce and Challenger was
running strong.
After half dozen disappointments J.
w McClellards Dewey Eve graduated
from the maiden ranks She beat a field
OF good raidens in an easy fashion.
Jerone pu'ier'e uard Guess was second
and John r. Madden Lady Aigy was
third. Dewey Eve went 10 the front