The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-29
DRY MOON TAKES
THE EMPIRE STAKE
Beats Quecreek and Dernier in
Il Gallop-Racegoers Hiss
and HoOt Judges.
by HENRY V. KING.


r. r. Wilson's Dry Moon has de-
veloped into real shifty colt He won
the Ardsley Handicap. 5000 stake.
the feature of the programme at the
Empire City track yesterday afternoon.
He ran like n little champion In the
sloppy going. and beat Joseph Z.
Davis Quecreek and ]. W. McClelland's
Dernier Sou in gallop. AS he passed
the judges he was length and a half
in front of Quecreek, which was u SINH
lar distance ahead OF Dernier Sou.
Early last spring Dry Moon gave
promise of developing into a high class
colt but he disappointed several times
IN his trials, and was RELOCATED to the
selling platter class. Among the cheaper
Juveniles he won a stake and then
trained off and was beaten several
times. Horsemen said he lacked class.
But he has rounded into such fine form
within the last few weeks that race
gocrs and practical horsemen are again
pronouncing him a high class colt.
Until recently he was slow beginner.
In his previous race last Monday Buddy
Ensor got him away from the barrier
on his toes and kept him in front
throughout the journey. For his early
foot in that race F,nsor got the credit.
Yesterday he had Sande In the saddle,
and he didn't get a burst at the barrier.
Sande got him away with his field. but
the colt had so much speed that he
was clear OF his opponents in the first
seventy yards. From there to the final
eighth pole he increased his lead. AT
that point Sande began to ease him up,
and he scored in the easiest kind of
style.
Quecreek ran a good. game race. too.
He gave Dry Moon seven pounds, and
this proved too much for him. He
raced In second position throughout and
was Just as easily second as Dry Moon
was the winner.
Crowd Hiss Judges.
Tho judges received long and loud
round of jeers and Kisses after the
Larchmont Purse had been run They
placed Sweet Music first. Kashrnir sec
ond and Goaler third Sweet Music and
Goaler finished so close together that
many in tho throng called It dead heat.
Others said Goaler won. The crowd ac-
copied the placing OF the first horse with
out protest, but when Kashmir was
awarded second money hundreds gather
ed around the judges stand and called
on them TO correct the error. To almost
every one at the track IL seemed as IL
Goaler was second by ut least n neck.
Men on n direct line with the finish said
he beat Kashmr by half length. All
the veteran callers in the press stand.
the men who make the charts, called
Goaler second. and all said there was
no question about II. The judges said
they and all the racegoers were deceived
by the angle.
The rain played havoc with the at
tendance and only a handful Of regulars
were at the course. Ensor's followers
were missing and 20 was the famous
Jockey He did not return, from his
home IN Baltimore. where nc went to
see his little daughter, who was born
Wednesday morning.
Marie Antoinette. filly which couldn't
run more than FIVE furlongs at fast
clip last year. and early this season has
developed into distance runner, won
the opeing event. defeating field OF
platers over the one mile course in easy
fashion. She took the track at the start
and held command throughout. At the
end she WAC length in front OF Cue
land. which beat joe Joe eight lengths
for the place
There was an old fashioned killing in
the second race when George PeteFson's
Ieacazza came prancing~ home in front
Of a cheap lot OF sprinters. Ragazza
was backed from to 1 20 4 TO /. and
won like / to 4 shot. She took the
lead at the start and was never headed.
20 win by Ave lengths.
Sea sinner Easy Victor.
Sea Sinner made a small field of plat
crs look like carriage horses in the fifth.
He galloped in front ell the way and
won by four lengths.
Aida McGeen. a bay fly by McGee
and Ida Harrison. ran like high class
flly in the closing event. she didn't
peat anything worth while. but she ac-
compllshed her task in an impressive
way. She sped to tho front as soon as
the barrier went up and increased her
lead on Lady Algy and Sparkling. her
only opponents. all The way. Al the end
she was only n dozen lengths in front
e Lady Algy.
Frederick Johnson has sold Black
Knight. n Juvenile colt. by Celt and
Drowoc TO william Farnum. the actor.
Ed Cole, the Judge who ofiiciated at
the match race between Man o. War and
Sir Barton, talked over the telephone
with william Orpen, manager and owner
81 the Kenilworth track, yesterday after
noon relative to the $4,000 purse which
Man o. War won. Mr.. Orpen said the
delay in sending the check TO Mr.. Riddle
vas due To the time 10 took 10 change