New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-24
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Broomstick Filly Shows Glass
i'm Beating Sterling Two
Year-Olds i'm Feature
By w. J. Macbeth


Harry Payne Whitney's Crocus, a
two-year-old Broomstick flly, won the
Beldame Handicap, with $4,000 added,
at five furlongs, the feature race Of the
card at Aqueduct yesterday.
Crocus was one Of three we'll sup
ported favorites that bobbed down in
front during the afternoon to gladden.
the hearts of the students of form, In
the opinion Of Jimmy C.ewe, the wizard
trainer of the Whitne" stable, Crocus
Is just about as sweet a twc-yearold
as has gone to the faces this season.
Roe, indeed, rates Erocus right with
frudery, IT not bit better, and is Of
the opinion that the flly may be able
TO take the measure of Mr.. Whitnev's
unbeaten colt. Tryster.
Crocus, which was coupled with her
stable companion, Prudery, in the Fu-
turlty two weeks ago, in that great
CLASSIC easily beat out the flly that
everybody considered a second Regret.
Crocus on that occasion haG the worst
luck imaginable. Of ninth in field
OF eighteen, the filly under Colliletti
was subjected to stormy passage and
Crocus finished out so strongly as to
beat Prudery, which had little or no
excuse as the Futurity was run. None
of the eighteen Futurity contenders.
with the possible exception of Grew
Lag, which finished third, had worse
break or tougher journey than did
Crocus. And Crocus, despite all the
hard luck, finished fifth in a we'll
punched field.
Price Is Battered Down
Jimmy Rowe believed that with an
equal break in the luck the Ally Crocus
could have taken the measure Of Step
Lightly in that greatest of all two
year-old classics. His respected opinion
evidently percolated among the masses
at the track yesterday afternoon, as
everybody, it seemed, had eyes for
Crocus alone. There were lot of
smart two-year-olds comprising the
field of nine-about as fancy lot as
had gone to the post in any juvenile
classic aside from the Hopeful and the
Futurity. Crocus was hammered down
from to to to before post time.
1t was only gallop for the Broom
stick fllly. Crocus, under the expert
guidance of Buddy" Ensor, quickly
raced into commanding lead from an
inside position and never left the race
in doubt. The filly, hard held prac-
tically every yard of the journey, raced
the five furlongs in the commemorate
time of 0:59 As and, eased up at the
end, was three lengths in front of
By Jimmy.
John Sanford's Banksia, an added
starter, was prominent for half mile
but folded there and soon dropped back
into the ruck
Though only three timber toppers
faced the starter the steeplechase was
one of the most thrilling seen all year.
j. B. McDaniel's Fair Mac and r. C.
Winmill's Surf raced together almost
the entire two miles. 1t was not until
the very last fence that Fair Mac Sc
cured winning advantage, aided by a
of the contender.
Odds-on Choice Finishes Fourth
The biggest spill of the afternoon
was seen in the closing race when John
Jcsava. backed from to
to to 10, finished fourth. frankie
Keogh was brought over from Mary
land to ride this good thing" but
though he beat the gate couple of
lengths his mount stopped to nothing
in the stretch. Genie W., long shot
the stretch, oUtgamcd Round Robin in
a duel through the last sixteenth
keogh scored with Prince of Como,
the favorite of the opener at six and a
half furlongs. Arnold Rothstein's
Georgia spre adeagled the field in tie
third race at a mile and led home
Wyoming, the odds-on choice, by half
a dozen lengths. Charles A. Stone
hams Snapdragon II. was much the
best in the Ballot Handicap at a mile
and five sixteenths and took the meas
ure Of Sundial H., the early pacemaker
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