New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-28
Leatherface
w ms Feature
From Recount
Applegate's Four.Year-Old
Gets Great Ride and Runs
Favorites Into the Ground


ace tour-year-old brown gelding by
.iestige-Langue de Chat, won the
Aofrisania Handicap at mile and a
sixteenth, the feature race of the EN-
pre- City program, yesterday after
noon In winning Leatherface proved
himself quite handy thoroughbred to
nave around any mans barn.
1T was the third victory Of Ave starts
IN the East this season for the five
year-old gelding and only once in his
hve trials did he finish outside the
money. A short time ago Leatherface
was meeting 'platers. Yesterday he
beat stake horses. Nobody had any
idea until yesterday just how good
VIII never be so cheaply regarded as
ne had been before turning in his last
winning effort.
Leatherface was straight as string
at the end of the mile and sixteenth,
and there is little doubt that Charles
A. Stoneham's Recount, which was
1avorlte, would have won in few
more strides. Recount was running
over Leatherface at the end. But
Leatherface simply raced into the
ground such good horse as J. J..
Hallenbeck's Kashmir.
A Million Dollar Ride
The victory of Leatherface was a
tribute to Workmanship, as we'll as to
thoroughbred stamina. Andy Schuttin-
ger, who had the leg up, gave the
geldlng a milliondollar ride every
yard OF the way, and a billion-doll
fnlsh. He couldn't have ridden bet
ter had the Empire City racing estab-
ilshment been the guerdon of his eff
tort. SO much cannot be said for Nc
Aztec, who rode the favorite
McAtee is fast degenerating into the
apprenticeship class. First thing you
Know the Ponces and Widas will be
giving nm lessons. During the after
noon McAtee succeeded in having three
good thoroughbreds beaten. One of
t,hese was Recount, which was weakly
handled. Almost any sort of half
way decent ride would have brought
the favorite home winner. AS
usual McAtee was pulling up Just
about the time the barrier was sprung.
lnen through the backstretcs ne went
all over the track undecided whether
TO wait Tor chance of coming through
on the rall or of going around the pace
iAC why -udllleO until Leather
lace mad stolen commanding lead that
could not be whitfield away, despite
kecount'S courageous run through the
stretch. To say the least. Kashnir
made a dull and greatly disappointing
effort 49, '''' .
1t was a mighty tough day for the
talent. Upsets developed so suddenly
and came in such regularity that by
the end of the feature the players were
pretty we'll cleaned and timorous of TAX
ing advantage of the two winning
favorltes that closed out the day.
starter Mars Cassidy was largely re-
spohs,ble for the first two upsets.
Fort Churchill, favorite of the OPEN
ing dash at about six furongs, was off
next to last in field of ten. And then,
to make matters worse, this favorite
was poorly handled by Ponce. This bow
decided to go out around the big field
instead of waiting for an opening at
the stretch turn. Fort Churchill ran
ABOUT a sixteenth of a mile further
IMAM anything else in the race, ard was
so good that, despite his many handi-
caps, he would have won in another
stride. He was just nosed out bv
r. D. Weir's Turf, which took bust
at the barrier.
McAtee Takes a Nan
McAtee was sound asleep and almost
LETT IN the second race, at n mile and
seventy yards. with Crystal Ford the
tavorlte. AS he had drawn the ont
side position he was carried away wide
all the way to the back stretch. Max
ing up this great DISADVANTAGE took
so much out of his mount that Crystal
FORD had little left with which to 20
after Chasseur, the pacemaker, in the
finger. was another one to get a run
nlng, hop, step and jump as the bar
rler was sprung and made of the re-
suit mere Formally from the very
beginning.
The Springfield Selling Stakes. for
two-year- olds, at about six furlongs,
with $4,000 added, was won by George
W. Lofts Guv'nor The route was
further than Guv'nor was accustomed
to go at top speed, but Barrett opened
up such long lead in the early run
ming the colt was able to last, though
he was folding like an accordion at
the end. The favorite, Gypsy Lad,
probably would have won had he not
been pinched off by Eye Opener at the
head of the stretch. Cotiletti had to
take up and go to the outside.
w M. Sheedy's Allivan, which was
coupled with Martha Luckett as the
to 5 choice, Won the fifth race. at
a mile and seventy yards. 1t was a
great finish between Allivan and Thistle
Queen, a long shot, but the long shot
was outgamed in the last sixteenth.
Mile. Cadeau added a little more
hahn in the cloSinJr trial at five and