The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-27
BUTLER WINS RACE
AND CROWD PROFITS
Foam Carries His Colors to
Victory for First Time
This Season.
By HENRY ". KING.

BY HENRY ". KING.
James Butler won q cheap selling race
yesterday afternoon at his Empire City
track and one would believe, ere the
truth were known, that he had captured
Futurity, a Hopeful or beaten Man O.
War. In the last race Of the day his
Foam. bay filly by Pebbles and Tamira,
which he bred on his East View Farm.
led home a small field OF Juveniles in
stirring, whipping finish AS she came
pounding down the homestretch In front
she was greeted with voclferous cheers
from more than 5000 excited and en-
thusiastic racegoers.> And as she sped
past the judges half length ahead of
Jamaica Belle Ffnnegan's band struck
! up THE Wearing of the Green" while
nine-tenths of the crowd present went
through all sorts of crazy antics cele-
brating the victory. In the clubhouse
Mr.. Butler danced Jig and scores OF
his croriies Joined him. The crowd yelled
louder than 1t has any time during the
meeting and the band played stronger
and better than 1t has since the meeting
began.
Mr.. Butte has a big stable of
thoroughbreds, but none of them Is worth
| the proverbial quarter. He has started
score of them this season, but not until
yesterday did any of them flash down in
| front. In fact, almost all trailed home
their fields.
Foam hat worked we'll for the oc-
casion, and for several days M. Butler
has been whispering to his friends that
he would have a good thing before
| the season ended.
The good thing was Foam. To
I make sure she was good thing" Mr..
! Butler called in his friend Tom Healey,
trainer for r. Il. Wilson, and asked him
to try out the flly for him. Mr.. Healey
did and reported that she was a fast
l,ttle trick, capable of winning race
at five furiongs five furlong event
was on the card for yesterday and Mr..
| Butler entered her. Then he announced
| he would win the race. The tip spread
| like wildfre. All Westchester, which In
| cludes Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New
Rochelle. heard of 1t Monday night and
| hundreds who had never been 10 a race
track before made the trip yesterday.
The Band Had TIP.
Bandmaster Finnegan heard about the
fast work of the flly early last week
ana anticipating Il NlSlOiJ AASSN
! 1.-THE Wearing OF the Green" every day.
| Yesterday morning when he heard that
to-day is the day" he replied that his
men would play Mr.. Buffers favorite
tune perfectly.
Some of the uninitiated believed the
filly would be 10Q-to-1 shot and were
sadly disappointed when she was posted
as the favorite. But the fact that she
was at short odds didn't make them
4 lose faith in her. Those who hesitated
about taking short price received
word from Mr.. Butler that any price
against her was a good one. He shouted
to every one he knew and hundreds he
| didn't know to wager on her. To make
sure she would get good ride he en-
gagged Buddy Ensor. The presence or
this star In the saddle caused hundreds
TO Increase the size Of their wagers ana
at post time the ftly's odds had been
hammered down from to to : 10
and several men who lay the ODDS re-
fused to quote any kind Of price
J against her.
Ensor got her away from the barrier
flying and with jamaica Belle at her
side raced to the homestretch. She en-
tered the final straightaway half
length in front. But she hadn't won
yet. Jamaica Belle. Lady Stella and
Ravanna were at her side and they
i won was due IN great part to Ensor g
fine ride
After The race Joe Mooney, who rode
Rnvanna, claimed a foul against Ensor
and Foam, but the stewards dismissed
II without calling Ensor into the stand.
The card as whole was the worst
seen at any track this season The
fields were small and the cheapest kind
of platers competed in most OF them.
The feature was the Fordham Selling
Stakes, but tho best race was the Lex
inqton Handicap Raico beat the Grip
pled PIckwick and War Plume in the
Fordham and Recount won the Licking
ton.
Recount, Wyoming and War Mask
were the only starters In the Lexington.
Because OF hfs great speed and good
past performances War Mask was made
an odds on favorite at IL TO 20. He
went 20 the front at tho start and was
followed closely by Recount and Wyo-
ming for hnlf mile. Then Wyoming
quit to a walk and Recount continued
to chase the leader Entering the home
stretch Recount challenged. but War
Mask Is game. and the pair fought It out
nip and tuck all the way to the Judges.
To every one but the judges Il seemed
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won by few inches. That Recount
earned the purse was because OF a
sterling ride by little Weiner. He out
rode and outgeneralled Marinella and
fairly lifted his mount across the finish
line In front.
Picl<wick's defeat was a big surprise
10 the crowd. While following Ralco he
was only gallopirg. and IL was the
opinion of all present that he would
walk away from his opponents when
Robinson let him down. But when he
was let down In the stretch his old
crippled legs began to hurt and he
sprawled all over the track and quit.
Caligula. belonging to J. w. McClel-
land, 1 TO shot, won the opening
race; Montford Jones's Sweep Clean
took tho second and Mars Mouse won the
fifth, when Buddy Ensor's mount, Prince
OF Como was beaten, on the post by
head Hummer rode Mars Mouse.
DARTMOUTH WINTER CARNIVAL