The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-08-11
BONIFACE BEATS
NATURALIST IN MUD
Nd CcIding Meets His Master
atm Mile in Delaware Handi-
cap at Saratoga.
nv HENRY ". KING.
rm srN AND Nsw YOnK HHnAID,

,,Ander J, ~ ~ TVS" III. -
tha' ,a W. man Joseph II. Widener's Nat
urS,lst this afternoon, IN tne DeIe"are
WsndIcap Boniface led nome tne olu
lD,SIng hlII by two lengths eased up Royce
pooIs ' the only other starter was
Oca~" T"nyy showers this morning and af-
,.rnoon made the track n veritable
mun.rmIre and wrecked an elaborate pro-
g,"9 Zane The Delaware was the feature
ssnS FOR Il eleven good handicap horses
p,,S .o named TO start. At post time only
w. W., remained. OF these NATURALIST,
,,rh iS0 pounds, was made the favorite
W., ,' BonIface had many friends, and
So,h we're backed heavily.
Tomrallst had the most early speed
,,a wos the frst 10 show in front, but
porlf,ce had more early speed than
r,nnl and was right AZ the heels during
,Io arst quarter Of q nile. In the mid
so NJ the backstrCtch Sande made a
r,oyc with BonifacG and reached Nat-
"rolists saddle girths That caused
runner ON the Widener Eelding some
anxiety and he began to ride his mount
Lo,1 Sardc realized what his oppo-
ront WAS doing and eased his mount
h,ck A bit and allowed Naturalist to
,ncreosc his lead while rounding the
nrn TO two lengths When straightened
IN, for home Sande went to work on
poniface in earnest. The son Of Trans
vail gained under the urging and at the
anal sixteenth pole took command and
quickly moved away to n lead OF two
lengths. Naturalist fought gamely, but
Bonlface was his master, and with
Sandc pulling him up passed the judges
a handy winner
Western Horsemen Score Twice.
NJ. l.owenstein, Western horseman,
took the major portion OF the purse in
the f'th race, when his bay filly Ablaze
ran away from a small field OF cheap
FLIES, she broke in front and made
every post a winning one. At the finish
she was hreeZing five lengths ahead Of
Liberty Girl, which nosed Walter j.,
Salmons Betty j. out OF second money.
After the race Ablaze was bid up 10
$1,000, but her owner bid an additional
S and led his iilly back to the barn.
I, was the second victory for the
. WCsterncrs and the followers of the
stable gave a loud whoop OF JOY when
she scored The other Westerner TO
win was Repeater, owned by the Flori-
SAINT stable He was good thing"
and was backed down from to TO
: to l. Garner beat the barrier with
him and sent him along at Il fast pace.
Half mile from home he was ten
lengths in front From then TO the
end Garner allowed him TO step along
as he pleased, and he won eased up by
length and half. Great Gull was
second and Frank Waters third.
Mrs f. Ambrose Clarks imported
Jumper Minata ran on with the steeple-
chase. Bob Haynes held him Off the
pace for turn Of the field. then sent
hin to the front to set the pace the
remainder OF the way He won by five
lggths Midas I'd finished second and
syriarya third. Surf fell half mile
from home, but neither he nor Nc
cleary, who rode him, was injured
After n half dozen disappointments,
W R. Goes Wapitl earned brackets
wNeD We beat home big field of young
sers IN the third race McAtee got him
away we'll and rode him faultlessly. He
followed the pace to the final furlong
pot where he went to the front and
sal0pad the rmainder of the way TO
win by length and n half Thorn
hedge was second to finish and Toreador
Was third.
s {. HildTeth's General Average prob
ably was the best in this race. He was
almost left at the post, ran on the out
side q his field all the way and finished
bang up fifth, After the race Paul
yonnoy claimed him for $4,01O.
Wapiti Bred In wyoming.
Waptl was bred by W. II. Coe at his
ranch in Wyoming, and is the second
OF the get Of Harmonicon to win. Har-
monicon when owned by H. p Whitney
ana raced in England, was considered
he best sNrinter in that country. He
was magnificent individual when rae
ing ana is evidently going to make good
N the stud. He is by Disguise, out OF
mp HarpsichOrd, The fact that race
noFSes can he bred in Wyoming and
,o'ner parts OF the Northwest is not new,
p1' II must be source OF qualification
70 all thos" who would like to see the
morse breeding industry flourish in every
e'a'e in the Union. Marcus DAILY proved
10 the world that both thoroughbreds
ana standard breds of the highest quail
NY could be reared In Montana, and
u''Ie Is littIe II any difference in eli
r.u' m"u' conditions between Montana and
Wyoming.
orioe is one Of the best mudlarks
uIat has raced in this country in many
!Nrs lie is actually faster on a heavy
usck than on a lightning fast one, and
"hth George Odom. his trainer, SAYS he
Is S more than a superior mud horse, he
~ not far wrong. In the last race he
''oweu ms tondness for the sloppy going
" Ueatlng nome high class field In a
.O"" lie led from start to finish, and
WAS WAS never in danger of defeat. r. T.
m"son's Sedgefeld was second and Last
tTSt t, 'nlrd. Commander ]. K. l.. Ross's
nllur was expected to give Oriole q
Haro light, but he proved a rank failure
anu was beaten off.
sporting Match for 1921.
ne following agreement made hare
~uay shows that sporting blood still
AS" The undersigned II. q. Bed
wei and Lewis Garth agree to n match
mus 'Stweeh W the now yearllng by Ulti-
SAarco Sn.'r and the now yearllng by
unep-Hlgh unepp. Flown, for the amount OF
si~puV, 5000 forfeit paid by each to j.
~ ,"'ton m Healey as stakeholder, said race
NJ, We run at the race course OF the
MAJ Na,'Isnd Jockey Club, Pimlico, Md, on
~p' iV' 1921, distance one-half mile"
t.. W. McClelland has turned over to
,,i'y carroll the 3-year-olds Univer-
N..en ~. hasten On and The Trout. These
y~U1,slng young horses will be taught
Ss aeeplechase game by Carroll, who
S a great deal Of success with Jump
ana "s, having educated Town Hall. Bet ana
NJ urs enaSers which have made good.
ato. HvCieiland will be a welcome adj
hs ~. " inc cross-country ranks. and
ne mas one OF the largest stables in The