New-York tribune., 1920-05-18
Five Favorites
Reward Record
Monday Crowd
p;ckwick. Odds-On Choice,
Fails Backers; Wilson
Colt Wins Feature at 8to |
BY W. J. Macbeth

Thunderstorm. the four year old
.,es.nut colt of r. T. Wilson. jr.'s
..ohle. won the Newtown Selling Stakes,
.r;,h $500 added, at the Js-l eica race
.-ack Yesterday afternoon. This was
the feature race OF q rather cheap
~ which. nevertheless, attracted
sIose to 10000 enthusiasts, one of the
S.es. Monday attendances seen in ten
years.
Mo surprise of the day, but he saved a
90 Tor hemp on the hardware stores
~ Jamaica. Most of the bookmakers
wee looking for convenient rafters or
.ree limbs about the time Turner came
ont ot nowhere with thunderstorm and
Wv. Wv. stop 10 the public's picking on
+bs philanthropists OF the lawn.
This feature race proved the only
heather Of a tough day for the gentle
ms, who lay odds. Heavily played
@sror;tes won all five other races. An
o-ter -uch victorious day for the i'm
nr3vemeut Of the breed and therell
bs 10: Of stationery and pencils Cor
sale g: cut prices.
Tav1derstorm. which closed al 20
{ ;ust dropped right cut Of the clouds,
vou might say. No one seemed more
sur-risod than Tom Healey, his trainer,
when the old gold and green flashed
,bourht Thunders. not quite tight
enough for such performance, IS he
showed ard EXPIRE sci hls -l'ents
onenlv. Thunderstorm was trained y:
the North, Of course, and il was not be-
lieved he had been thoroughly fitted
Pickwick Opens Favorige
.
.;ral,y. Hea!ey included, thought W{l!-
IAN c Clancy had he NeW.own seiIing
Stshes q. his mercy. Clancy had an
snTarertly strong hand named in Pick
wics and Royal Ensign. and even after
,he latter was scratched Pickwick
or,aed .. odds or. His price rose a
hi. in spte OF q steady play. because
Of plunge or J. a. Coburn's Ven
Trump and he Groentree Staele's Lao
But :. wasn't Pickwick's day. This
feuow IS q heavy-headed horse and
.,ucggrd 20 boot, At times, and yester-
dar he decided TO slug. Ee had 10
carly speed ~ al and horse without
esrv sneed has Little chance i SIX
fu-long race At Jamaica, with its
hort stretch. Furthermore, PlcAWlch
wouldn't run straight for Myers lie
Vas u C4CSS enough iSI !lCF1s : sH-O
fore the turn into tho stretch. 10 make
IN his earlier hor.comings. but he de-
ded he liked the outside Of the course
hes1 ana almost bolted there he came
50 r.de Though Pickwick closed with
e great burst Of speed his chances had
leea ruined at the stretch turn.
Youneed. Cinderella and Elected II,
showed al the early running and for
a time as they swept around the far
turn it seemed as { the Coe Sly might
spring surprise But Cinderella
weakened under NcAtee and gave Up at
the head OF the stretch just about the
tme Elected II decided 10 chuck i,
The three early contenders swung q
BIZ wide a. the home turn. Turner
iammed Thunderstorm through on II.
ra.l, saving several lengths. and
grace Of a strong ride got TO the rout
at the furlong pole. He seemed 20
have the race won there, but Youneod,
after apparently stopping, came on
again strong and Turner had all he
could do 70 make Thunderstorm last.
The colt was very tired a. the end, and
could hardy make the last twenty-five
yards.
Thunderstorm ran the six furlongs in
1925, far enough time for track
that was not lightning fast.