New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Buxton Outrides McAtee,
ON Eye Opener-Hil-
dreth Saddles 2Wihners
BY W. |. Macbeth

bS w u.
=. Is fikely to be a long time before
~. New York racing public sees more
nrilIing sport than that which de-
~.lopca so unexpectedly at the jamaica
rack Yesterday afternoon. On paper
ne rrogram locked anything but at
.-s,.ivc. To begin with the fields
we're light and confined exclusively to
,,r;n+s; there wasn't single trial Of
,snre than SIX furlongs. And the class
- .horoughbreds named wasn't any
thing for an eXacting metropolitan
crowd 10 rave over.
srht TO the hnish-the kind that brings
he crowds 70 It's feet and keeps it
rootinr long after the winner has
ressad the Judges. Almost without ex-
rention the competition among the
riders at the end was as keen as among
tbe thoroughbreds engaged Thern were
no fewer than three head-to- heal
fnjshes an exactjng caller might have
termed them noses insteadl. while in
the feature event the winner lust got
ID in time 70 win by good neck
A. P. CoouTn's AlcGtraz was the win
ner Of this feature, the Montauk Sell
inr Stakes Of five and one-half fur
longs. with $500 added, for two
vear-olds Buxton, who had the
mount gave a very good account of
himself TO beat out the favorite, Eye
Opener.
The latter had every advantage
McA,ee beat the gate by a couple Of
lengths and sent the imported colt
right along. opening up lead of more
than two lengths II the first furlong
McAtee took the shortest route home
with The favorite and coming into the
stretch seemed 10 have the race won.
Favorite Runs GameIy
Rounding the home turn Buxton
made his bid with Altacraz. 1t was D.
hard ride Tor HIM all the way in Al
Opener hung on gamely. The chal-
lenger finally got up 10 even terms
a. the furlong pole L was a battle
from then on. Fifty yards from home
Alca,raz seemed to be winning easily,
but Eye Opener. which stood the whip
gameiy all through the stretch, was
coming on again at the end.
Acatraz, Eye Opener and Walter J.
Samon's Superwoman were all heavily
played. Superwoman, however ran Ike
very contrary miss VIII he say. She
refused to take the turns properly and
lost SO much ground before she was
finally stra ghtened in the stretch she
va lucky TO get up in time to beat the
rank outsider. Hard Guess, for the con-
ISOLATION end Of the purse.
The most thrilling finish OF the day
came in the closing event. 4. II. Djaz
cred a fine two-year-old colt in Gen
eral J NJ Gbmez. This son of Hessiar
Expressing may be real credit tC
his sire Gomez simply ran away from
William karrick's Frizlet, the favorite
which was backed from s to 5 to even
But he had TO be q real horse to win.
Turner, on James Buffers East View
threatened to spreadeagle the field
For three furlongs or more this chest
nut colt emulated Man O War of 1919
H simply los his field sprinting
around the turn. 1t is probable that
Turner made too much use Of his
mount al the start, for a the furlong
pole East View was flying the distress
signal. For three furlongs Frlzlet kept
in close company 10 General J. NJ
Gomez and then cracked.
Fine Finish by Murray
Murray put up 4 wonderful finish or
the Hess.an colt. Through the las
sixteenth he t&lrIy rode over the cal ~
pacemaker Murray first decd ded tc
skim through on the rail seventy yards
from home, but was pinched of anc
had 10 come around on the outside
He got up r the very last stride.
/. was q perfect day for Sam Hill
dreth. who won brackets with the only
TWO he saddled Laverne Fator rode
both the Hlldreth thoroughbreds. The
Clarendon Handicap a five and a halt
fur.oHgs, worth upward of $1,000, fell
% Lord Brighton. l. was only a breeze
Brighton was bumped and almost
knocked 10 his knees rounding the
stretch turn. Fator had to take him tc
the outside then but he finished under
triple wraps "a the fast time Of I:05 81
-taree-dfths Of a second away from
the track record Old Koenig raced re
markably we'll for i've furlongs, bat
seemed short lie was nosed out Of the
place by Tcklsh
Hlldreth's Sunfash II won the open
ing dash of SIX furlongs. Fator rated
ms mount of the pace to the stretch
turn. He made his run in the stretch
ind won han@ily Enhlade, the odds-or
iayorite. 1u- for the first time. showed