New-York tribune., 1920-10-22
Premier Jockey
Puts Grey Lag
Over i'm Feature
Buddy Displays Rare Horse
manship in Winning Au-
tumn Stakes With Colt
By w. ]. Macbeth

The bitter had to be taken with the
sweet in yesterdays racing at the EN-
nire City track. but by and large it was
rather successful afternoon as fall
racing goes. A couple of long shots
scored to break the monotony of win
ming favorites at ridiculously short
prices, and both carried enough "wise"
money to start few waves of real
bliss through the stands and the lawns
Il is doubtful, however, if any one left
the track more pleased than Buddy
second in another.
Ensor. who left last night for La
tonia. where he will ride George w.
Lofts On Watch in the $4,000 Latona
championship for three-year-o to-
aorrow, is fast enshrining himself into
the graces Of the New York public No
orc, with the possible exception of
Johnny Lotus. has commanded such
universal following since the days Of
Tod Sloan's best form hcreabouts.
Many OF the regulars have thrown
away the dope books to string along ex-
clusively with Ensor's mounts.
Yesterday afternoon Ensor had a red
letter day, but it was one in which a
q Sloan. Lotus or an Ensor pos
sessed, was required to achieve the fiat
tering result. 1t is true that two of
Ensor's winning mounts were pounds
the best Of their respective fields, but
with one, because of a disadvantageous
start, Buddy was forced to drive like a
vertable Jehu through the stretch to
snatch the laurels.
Real Thriller In Feature
Best of all, the thrill of this finish
featured the star attraction of the
afternoon, the Autumn Stakes. a five
and-ahalf furlong dash for two-year-
olds. with $1,000 added Though only
five went to the post, race developed
worthy OF nlne-reel scenario, and,
thanks to Ensor, after hundred
thrills. thousand doubts and a million
misgivlngs, everything turned out right
in the end, with the favorite in front,
Ensors masterful ride in this race
proved clearly that the winner. Sam
Hildreth's woyear-old colt, Grey LAG.
must be considered one of the very top
notchers OF this seasons most incon-
slstert class
Grey Lag, with 125 pounds on his
back despite the worst of the breaks
in luck, as he was forced to take the
long journey home, sprinted the five
and half furlongs in the wonderful
time Of ] :06. This is just one-ffth
Of q second slower than the track rec
ord, held jointly by Sea Pirate and
Head over Heels. Sea Pirate carried
1l9 pounds and Head Over Heels iii
pounds.
Grey Lag was slow to break and slow
to find his racing legs. At the first
turn he was ten lengths behind the
leader The leader was James But
ler's East View, which soon opened
up gap OF half dozen lengths and
threatened to spread" the field. Null
ciber the second choice, was also slow
away but Cliff Robinson raced up
quickly on the outside, picking up Hard
Guess, Curfew and finally East View.
when the latter began to stop at the
head of the stretch.
Alulciber Is Oyertaken
Mulciber opened up long lead in
the stretch and seemed a winner to
dead certainty But Ensor, taking the
overland, finally got Grey Lag to run
nlng his best when Strengthened for
home, and he came down after the
leader like 8 real Man o. War. 1t was
we'll inside the sixteenth pole that the
70 1avorlte finally got to where he
could look Mulciber in the eye. The
!esI Was matter OF hOrSemanShlp, and
tnsor won going away.
Both with. Mavourneen, the 1 to s
favorite of the depleted field of the
opening dash at about six furlongs, and
with Elected II, 10 to l shot in the
third race at mile, it was a case of
hnsor winning as far as he pleased.
Of flying, he took commanding leads
and won as far as he wished.
In the last race, however, Buddy"
had to put up million dollar finish
with Genie w. to foil Hummer and
sweet Music the favorite, at the end.
Ienie W., which set the pace, was tir-
ing fast at the end and nothing but
Herculean efforts kept her going long
enough to nose out Sweet Music, which
closed with a rush. At that, RUNNERS
hnlsh was none too spirited
T. ii. Miller rode Liberty Girl to