New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07
Whitney Colt
Almost Equals
Track Record
Big Chestnut Gives Every
Evidence of Ability to Go
Distance Under Weight
By w. !. Macbeth

By w. J. Macbeth
John P. Grer, the best three-year-
old in the stable of Harry Payne Whit
ney, won the Sir Walter Handicap at
a mile and sixteenth, the feature of
yesterdays program at the Aqueduct
track. This Whsk Broom I'd colt,
never once fully let down by Jockey
Clarence Hummer, galloped the dis
tance in LAS ID under 1875 pounds.
This was only one and a fifth seconds
slower than the record for the dis
lance established by Willis Sharpe
hllmer's five-year-old gelding, Exter-
mlnator, a week ago last Saturday.
Exterminator carried only 1875
pounds, and there IS little doubt if
anything in John P. Grier's field had
been able to extend him as Extermi-
nator was extended the great Whitney
tnree-year could have eoualed the
flve-year- ODDS performance at less.
John P. Grier's performance of YES
terday relieves somewhat a three-vear-
old situation that had become distress
ing. Before the Whisk Broom I'd colt
showed such class in the running Of
the Sir Walter Handicap there was
none outside Trainer Jimmy Row who
would concede any three year-old the
gnost OF chance against Samuel Rid
dies great Man O. War.
Rowe Makes Prediction
:, Jimmy Rowe has maintained stear-
ny since the opening Of the season
mat he would take the measure Of
Man o War. Doubtless he had John
r. Grler in mind when he talked that
way, as we'll as the $4,000 DIVER
Stakes at mile and furlong to be
run Saturday, in which Man o. War is
to make his next appearance.
John r. Grier, handsome big chest
nut--almost as handsome and power
Unlocking S Man O. War himse elf
gave every evidence yesterday Of abil-
lty to go on UNDER weight for almost
any distance. It was this ability to
give away weight to older horses and
Inen laugh his way home that made
ms race so very impressive None
VINO has seen Man O. War in his East
ern races is foolish enough in the head
to back Grier against the super-horse
II the pair were to meet at ANYTHING
=
But Grier on Saturday will have a
pull Of eighteen pounds-108 to 1926.
"elgnt, so they claim, will bring all
horses together. The Dwyer will be
the frst time this season when Man
War has not gone to the post prac-
cally assured of a walk over.
There is this to be said of the Sir
Waiter Handicap. W. r. Goes Natural
Bridge, the -year-old that figured
to give him whatever battle might de
vvelop, was eliminated at the start by
Mars Cassidy, whose work of late has
been particularly bad. Natural Bridge
was as good as left at the post. He
never had a chance. John P. Grier
broke on his toes and la Man o. War
raced the others dizzy in the first fur
long, though Hummer never once set
n NJ, down 1t was procession rather
than race all the way.
Sunny jim" Fitzsimmons, who trains
for the Quincy Stable among others
saddled two mighty luscious ones for
Immy Johnston. And the sad part Of
IT all Hype lgoe, who always trails with
Sunny JIM" was nowhere to be found
The best of the two good things was
put over IN the five-furlong dash for
maiden two-year-old FLIES that closed
out the card This was won by Joan
Marie, which had been backed from
80 to 1 to ~ to /. Joan Marie ran
like good tilly; drew out in the last
turlong, and won going away under
hand ride by Teddy Rice.
Noses Out Crystal Ford
The other Quincy good things was
Elme ndorf, which nosed out Crystal
Ford in the second race at mile and
q sixteenth. Laverne Fator's handling
of the favorite, Tom McTaggart, was
anything but satisfactory. Elmendorf
which always races we'll along the rail
had speed enough to take the rail from
McTaggart in the first hundred wards.
Mooney opened up commanding lead
before the stretch was reached and put
up an excellent ride when challenged
by Crystal Ford. The latter closed
very strongly and would Undoubtedly
have won IN a few more strides
The Woodhaven Selling Stakes for
won by R. T. Wilson jr.'s Dry Moon,
the favorite This developed a finish
almost as exciting as that between
Elmendorf and Crystal Ford. Dry
Moon and Guv'nor fought it out all the
way, the Wilson colt outgaming the
other at the finish
Arnold, under the heavy impost of
1877 pounds, set fast pace all through
the first trial at six and a half furlongs.
and though he weakened badly in the
last sixteenth lasted just long enough
to foil the challenge OF Nightstick, the
favorite, by whisker. The Glen Rid
die Stables Dinna Care, the odds-o on
choice of the fifth race at a mile,
simply tow roped the field after Kun
mer set down the gelding in the stretch.
Harvard Gets Football Trophy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July 6.-To-day
the Harvard A. A. received from the
committee of the Tournament of Roses
at Pasadena, Calf, 4 large silver foot
ball. the trophy won last January when
the Crimson football eleven beat the
University Of Oregon.