The New York herald., 1921-07-26
PURCHASE CARRIES
14O LBS. TO VICTORY
Horsemen Proclaim Him An
other Roseben When He Wins
Feature at Empire.
By HENRY ". KING.

| Almost every year rdceSoeis hee'
about some horse or other being another
Roseben-a speed marvel that can carry
ton of weight at a record breaking
clip. But not until yesterday did the
veteran conservative horsemen proclaim
a thoroughbred the equal to Davy John
sons once famed sprinter. They paid
this tribute to Harry f. Sinclair's Pur-
| chase after he won the Bronxville Han
dicap at the Empire City track. In
! fact. they said he was greater than
Roseben that he was his equal as a
sprinter and that he could carry his
! speed farther. A majority went SO Tar
as to say he would turn out to be the
best horse of the year at any distance
| If he didn't break down.
In the Bronxville he carried the stag
gering burden of 140 pounds, gave his
opponents from 25 to As pounds by the
scale and beat them over the short six
furlong course in a gallop In the eXcep-
| tionally fast time of :0S 2-5
At no stage of the journey was the
result in doubt. He took the track as
soon as the barrier went up. quickly
opened up a big gap on his opponents
and then galloped the remainder OF the
way to beat Dry Moon three lengths.
Dry Moon was similar distance ahead
of Dimmesdale. ST Allan and War
Note We're beaten nearly sixteenth of
mile.
MarsdaIe's Form Reversal.
One of the most disgraceful form
reversals of the season came in the-third
race when Marsdale, owned by Bert
Williams and trained by Andy Blakely,
finished bad last in four horse race.
This colt was the favorite and was sup
ported by a large majority of the big
crowd present. In his last race he
galloped home an easy winner, and pre-
vious to that he ran like a fair colt.
Yesterday he showed a little speed for
quarter of a mile and then quit to a
walk and finished far in the ruck, be-
hind Restraint, Margaret White and
Purity. So bad was Marsdale's race
that the stewards started an investi-
cation. and just before the last race
one of them announced that trainer,
owner and jockey would be called upon
to explain Marsdales somersault.
The race didn't look good. Marsdale
had vast majority Of followers but
Margaret White was we'll supported.
Restraint was neglected and so was
Purity. When the start came Margaret
White beat the gate and before the
In front half dozen lengths ahead of
her field. Marsdale was second for a
brief spell and then quit When he
faltered Restraint which had been
running along easily and smoothly in
the rear came on and catching Margaret
White firing in the stretch went on and
won going away by length.
While the stewards were paying a
lot of attention TO this reversal they also
were devoting some time investigating
several recent claims. They want ex-
plantations about Reparation, Matches
Mary, Carmentica and several other
horses which were claimed during tho
meeting. 1t Is likely that several claims
will be found Illegal and that several
horsemen will be punished for violating
the rules
Beverly BeIIe bid Up.
Beverly Belle beat big field of cheap
Juveniles in the opening race. Fifty
tltty. belonging to r. Penn Smith.
nnished second after leading we'll into
the homestretch. After the race 7 T.
Herr claimed Fifty Fifty for $4,000.
Apple Jack IT, ran a greatly i'm
proved race In the second event. He
was fifty pounds better than in his last
start and tow-roped his leld from be-
" fOTL Cnurchlll. with
little Victor Mclaughlin in the saddle.
was second. Mclaughlin Is a son of
Jimmy Mclaughlin, the once famous
jockey.
Tan III. was a different horse than in
MS last two starts. Last Thursday he
couldn't raise a gallop and was beaten
more than sixteen lengths by Nohant
On the previous Tuesday he was beaten
ignominiously by Grundy and Rock
port. In the fifth race yesterday he dis
played good burst of speed and. fault
lessly ridden by Ponce. led home a big
field. The stewards didn't like the race
and said they were going to make III.
Roseacher explain the big Improvement
in his horse.
The last race went to William
Shields's Simple Simon. He was ridden
by negro named Winton. The event
was for maiden Jockeys winton got
Simple Simon away winging. hustled
him into long lead and kept him going
at his best until after he passed the
judges. At the end he was two lengths
ahead OF r. 4. Wilson's Kirtle. which
was guided faultlessly by Il. Peters.
Entry lists for Laurel issued yester-
day show that s2s6.O00 will be dis
tributed among horsemen at the fall
meeting. The meeting will begin on
October s and end October 49,