The New York herald., 1921-10-15
LAST STRAW TAKES
JAMAICA FEATURE
Under Sterling Ride by McAtee
She Beats Elected I'd by
q Head.
BY HENRY ". KING.

Under sterling ride by McAtee. Last
Straw. the game but crippled daughter
OF Ultimus and Broom Flower won the
Cosmopolitan Handicap. the feature at
the Jamaica track yesterday afternoon
She carried 126 pounds. gave away
weight to a trio of good racing mares
and standing long. hard drive all
through the homestretch, earned the
major portion of the purse by head.
Elected II. took second honors and
Ten Buttons was third. Lady Gertrude
brought UP the rear.
McAtee broke Last Straw In front.
but she didn't have enough early foot
to remain In command and before the
first sixteenth of a mile had been covered
Elected and Ten Buttons were stepping
along as a team, a length In front cf
her. Entering the homestretch Ten
Buttons began to falter and as she did
she ran wide just as Last Straw was
making her bid and carried the Wideper
filly wide with her.
When Strengthened out for home La st
Straw started after Elected. which was
two lengths In front and racing smoothly.
Foot by foot the daughter of Ultimus
cut down the ground between her and
the leader and at the final eighth pole
she stuck her head in front. In the
next few strides she increased her lead
to neary length.
But a sixteenth OF mile from home
her heavy weight and her crippled
ankle began to stop her and McAtee
was compelled to put up his best kind
Of a finish to keep her in front to the
judges.
The day waa IDEAL for the sport and
one of the largest crowds of the meeting
was present. All the regulars who quit
the sport for the world series were back
and the clubhouse and lawn were filed.
The sport began with a race at one
mile and a sixteenth, for army officers.
1t didn't furnish much of contest. but
the crowd enjoyed 1t nevertheless. At
the finish the six starters were stretched
out In Indian file all through the stretch.
Capt Hartwell Temple. riding his Katie
Canal. won by ten lengths. with Col. l..
NJ Hathaway, on his Birdman, similar
distance ahead Of Lieut.. r. p. McComb.
on his Easter Day. Major Charles L.
Stevensons Madelle and Jessie, the IA
vorites for the event, broke down during
the running and finished far in the ruck.
Sagacity led home seXtet of platers
in the second event. She followed the
pace to the head of the homestretch.
where she went to the front and won
handily. Scottish Chief was second and
Orderly was third.
GrlSelua, uauBnter OIL WTdcK ana
Votes, belonging to Max Hirsch, was
much the best of big field of juvenile
fillies which started In the third race.
She had bad racing luck. but came with
a rush at the end an dgot up in time to
win by half length. Pretty Lady was
second and Spinning third.
Mademoiselle Cadeau, carrying Samuel
Riddles silks, ran away from a trio of
the poorest horses In training In the
fifth. She followed Domingo to the
stretch. There she sped into command
and galloped the remainder of the way
to win. eased up by three lengths. Do
mingo was second dozen lengths In
front of st. Patrick. Royal Jester. the
other contestant. was at the eighth pole
as the winner stepped past the Judges
Joseph II. Widener's Comic Song beat
9. small field In the final. Phantom Blue
was second and Tangerine third.