New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-23
Handicap Goes
To Gladiator
I'm Fast Time
Rothstein's Colt Shows Glass
i'm the knickerbocker;
Three Favorites in Front
By w. ]. Macbeth

Arnold Rothstein's Gladiator, tre-
mendously big and powerful colt that
many shrewd horsemen believe next
best Of the three-year- Odds to Man O.
War, won the Knickerbocker Handicap
at Empire City yesterday afternoon.
Gladiator showed real class in his win
ming effort, though he had not the stiff
| opposition he encountered in his last
previous outing, when he finished
second to H. P. Whitney's Wildair in
the Empire City Derby
The big bay son of Superman-Lota-
wanna galloped the mile and a six
teenth in the very commendable time
of 1:46 fiat over fast track or which
Just enough rain had fallen to thor
oughly lay the dust. For big, long
striding horse, such as Gladiator is, his
performance was all that could be
asked. There is little doubt that the
sharp turns interfere greatly with the
loot OF such an exceptionally big
animal. A certain clumsiness is always
found in the overgrown of any species.
Gladiator had only to beat the Kilrane
Stables Irish Dream to assure himself
the long end of the purse, for though
two starters were added after Feodor
was scratched they were evidently
shooting at the consolation end of the
purse. The added starters were Lunetta
and King Albert.
Lunetta Helps Winner
King Albert was distant last
Gladiator a very good turn. Mooney
on Lunetta went right out with the
pacemaker and gave Irish Dream such
battle through the back stretch as to
pull the cork pretty we'll. Barrett
with Gladiator laid off this killing
pace meanwhile. He moved up around
the far turn and finally nailed Irish
Dream at the top of the stretch Irish
Dream had little left when caught.
Gladiator was literally supported,
though ct odds-on.
usual throughout the intermittent
squalls and thunderstorms of the after
noon as two other choices came bob
bing down in front in the easiest
fashion imaginable. Jyntee galloped
off with the Rye Purse, at about six
furlongs, an easy winner by four or
five lengths. Jyntee never left the re-
suit IN doubt and was never fully ex
tended. It was perhaps as well for the
favorite, however, that such a weak
rider as Vida was on Allivan's back
This one finished a good second after
Vida had taken her all over the track
following poor start
Clarence Turner won the Palisades
Purse at mile and a sixteenth as he
pleased with the odds-on favorite, War
Machine. He was under wraps all the
way. Tattle was much better than
RAFFERTY,, the only other starter. This
race was run in q heavy thunderstorm
with vivid lightning display.
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, trainer of
the Quincy Stable, saddled the winner
n Nf =,
furlongs This was Knobbie, q Wrack
colt, that ran down the feet Guv'nor
about the furlong pole and pulled off
to lead of half dozen lengths
"Hot Tips" Go Wrong
There were several hot tips in the
race, chief among them Wachapreague,
of the Glen Riddle Farm, which. it
was said, had outworked Brigadier
General for three furlongs in the morn
ing. Wachapreague, which was equally
favored with Guv'nor at the close,
never had an opportunity to illustrate
his class. He was off poorly and herded
IN with the pack practically all the way
though he closed with a rueh after
getting clear at the furlong pole and
just failed to land in the money.
Charlie Sunny, the heavily played
tavorlte of the Woodlawn Handicap at
mile and seventy yards, after setting
a stiff pace to the stretch quit to moth
ing and finished outside the money.
Johnson rated Leatherface off the pace
to the home turn, and then came away
to win breezing. Albert a.. which was
well meant, closed fast through tho
stretch after getting out of tight quar-
tiers, and beat Liberty Girl for the
| place
In the opening dash of five furlongs
! for two-year-old fllies Morning Face
raced Hope Princess into submission
in the first quarter and came off to
win by herself. Thimble. which closed
with a rush, and Walk Up both beat
out the favorte for the place and show
positions, respectively.
The card for to-day, barring too
many scratches, should be an excep-
tionally entertaining one, as there is
both quality and quantity in all of the
fields. The opening race will brine out
number of the best -year-olds in
acknowledgements II, Brigadier Cen
eral, Ace High, Prodigy and Oriole
among them.