New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Rank Outsider
Wins Feature
From Odds-:On
Pickwick's Defeat i'm Arrow
Stakes Provides Upset;
Alphee's Victory Surprise
By w. ]. Macbeth

The racing we have been having out
at EMPIRE City this meeting would re-
qulfe the combined sagacity of a jury
of Philadelphia lawyers to understand.
horses that run like "cabbies" one day
come out the next and give stake per-
formances. We have particularly in
mind a couple that showed such form
day afternoon as to justify, nay, even
necessitate, a rigorous investigation by
the stewards.
Comes to mind what w. c. Clancy's
pickwick failed to do in the Arrow
Stakes, the feature of the entertain-
ment, as we'll as what John Sanford's
A!phee did in the fifth race. Pick
wick, which finished fourth to Ticklish,
Carmandale and ST. Allan on Friday
(these four being only noses apart at
the end) under 140 pounds, could not
work up decent exercise gallop I'M
der 121 pounds yesterday. Pickwick
was an odds-on favorite, at to 3, in
a field of four.
In his race of Friday last there was
some excuse for him. He got off badly
In a field of eleven, was in close quar-
tiers much of the way, but once free
in the stretch was running over the
others at the end. There was no such
excuse yesterday There was no con-
gested field and Pickwick was away as
could be desired from the extreme out
side. He ran like deep-sea diver in
lead boots.
Also Trains Opponent
W. C. Clancy, who owns and trains
Pickwick. also trains John Leonard's
Assume, which was one of Pickwick's
opponents. After a half mile Assume
was in the lead and looked the prob
able winner but quit to nothing to-
ward the end.
In view of the big upset in this race
it might be wise for the Jockey Club
to adopt the rules of Kentucky and
elsewhere, and couple horses prepared
by one trainer in q heat. The fact
that Assume was once SO prominent
and that Pickwick never figured
prompted certain tongue-wagging that
will do the game no good.
This feature race at about six fur
longs was won by jeff Livingston's
Major Parke, the rank outsider in the
betting. AS it was run George Peter
sons Youneed should have collected
the long end of the purse. Ponce threw
the race away in the last few yards
after setting the pace almost to the
very end. Ponce eased up his mount
too soon and looking around to his
right failed\to see Major Parke charge
down on the RAD. He was headed on
the post in the very last stride.
AS to Alphee and the Larchmont, at
a mile: In her last race, last Wednes-
day, Alphee was favorite, but quit to
nothing after five furlongs. She had
twenty pounds less up yesterday for
the mile Wednesdays trial was at
about six furlongs), but had Vida for
pilot instead of Turner. Alphee came
from nowhere, raced around the field at
the stretch turn and ran over the pack
through the stretch. Dinna Care, the
heavily played fayorite, opened up a
lead of FIVE lengths through the back
stretch, but had nothing left when
challenged inside the eighth pole.
Dinna Care Disqualified
Dinna Care, by the way, was dis
qualified after finishing second to AL
phee. The gelding carried the flly
away wide in the stretch but as he in
rerfered only with the winner the pun
ishment appeared trihe severe to the
supporters of Dinna Care. Alphee, it
might be remarked, was backed from
10 to / to to l. Natural Bridge,
which finished third, and which had no
excuse, got second money, and Lunetta
third as result of the disqualification.
1t was another tough day for the tai
emit The only winning favorites were
uncovered in the opening and closing
events, and both at odds on. J. w. Nc
Clelland's Chevallier gave plenty of
weight and a good beating to Superb
and Dolly c., the only two of seven
originally named that would accept the
issue. Chevalier, though never let
down, went out into the lead shortly
after the start and won as he pleased.
Charles A. Stoneham's Ross R., an
other odds-on choice, won the closing
dash at five furlongs, though he had to
do his best. 1t was not until the fur.
long pole that he finally managed to
overhaul George Bovee. The latter.
which was firing fast, was outeamed
for the place by Walk Up.