New-York tribune., 1921-05-25
knobbie Equals Jamaica
Mark for | lilo Miles i'm
Southampton Handicap
BY w. ]. Macbeth

y. ". McClelland's five-year- olddlorse5
Eternal set new track record for the
mile and seventy yards at the Jamaica
course yesterday afternoon under ad-
verse conditions, when he galloped the
distance in the sensational time of
1:42 l-5, to beat the Rancocas Stables
Lord Brighton and four other cheaper
handicap horses in the closing race Of
the afternoon. Eternal clipped four
!ifths of second from the old mark of
1:AS, established May 1s, 1917, by w. l..
Crosbys three-year-old Precise, under
s1inety-four pounds. And still they say
they never come back.
Until yesterday afternoon Eternal
had not been to the races in nearly two
Hears. This five-year-old horse was
last seen under silks on June 23, 1919,
ut Aqueduct. Under light impost of
z05 pounds the then three-year- won
the rich and historic Brooklyn Handi-
caps at milo and furlong. beating
Sam Hildreth's Purchase, rival three
year-old, by three lengths, and leaving
1ar behind such older stake horses ae
9oniface, War Cloud, Bondage and
Trompe la Mort.
Shortly afterward Eternal was
thrown out of training. He had q shoul-
der ailment which expert Veterinarians
diagnosed as misplaced nerve. This
caused Eternal to hitch in his walk.
though he appeared to gallop freely
enough, except under high weight He
was anything but weight carrier as
q three-year-old.
Has Fast Workout
Eternal was turned out for a long
rest. This spring he was sent to Hot
Springs. Ark, for training. Kim Pat
terson worked slowly with him and
brought him around gradually. The
horse which as a two-year-old shared
the Juvenile honors of 1918 with Com
mander J, X. l.. Ross's gelding, Billy
Kelly. and which beat Billy Kelly in a
memorable match at Laurel, Md, that
fall, seemed as sound as ever in his
life.
The two-year-old idol of 1918 was the
hottest tip of the meeting. Everybody
it seemed, had been tipped off to what
a good thing he really was. The clock
ers who had caught him in his Belmont
Park work must have talked in their
sleep. Winners and losers alike stood
poised for the oralists to declare
prices" on this curtain number, and
when odds Of to 3 were offered such
flood of paper poured in as to render
uuMD the layers OF 0ddS.
The start was fair enough, though
Shuttinger was not quite ready and did
not get Eternal off on his toes. He
was quickly beaten in the run for posi-
ton at the clubhouse turn and Schut-
finger had to take up and go to the
outside. Around the first turn Andy
gave the son of Sweep his head and
the black simply shot past the other
contenders as if they had been hitched
In the run up the backstretch Schut-
finger placed Eternal to the outside
OF Lord Brighton, which had broken
we'll from the rail position and which
1nanding lead. Lord Brighton now was
stepping along at his liveliest clip
trying to shake off Eternal. Eternal,
on the other hand, was Under double
wraps, fighting for his head; Schut-
finger was rating him about length
behind the pace and Eternal was run
ming with the rythym, grace and power
OF a Man @ War.
Lord Brighton Is Fast
Lord Brighton thundered past the
quarter pole in 0:23 1-5 seconds. Eter-
mai was simply BUCK jumping behind
him, only length away. Lord Brigh-
ton hit the half mile mark in AT fiat.
Still only a length behind and right
on ms nselS LhOnQefeQ the black
phantom. Lord Brighton, still running
strong and free, flashed up to the
three-quarters pole in 1:12 2-5. But
here he didn't hold that length ad-
vantage. Imperceptible to the eye, Andy
Schuttinger had eased the rein on
Eternal just a trife, and the black
stallion was closing on his prey.
1t was pretty race around the far
bend, Eternal to the outside and still
under restraint, Sande hugging the
rail to save every inch for the flying
pacemaker. Rounding the stretch turn
Eternal was looking into the eye of
Lord Brighton and the clever Sande
sensed the inevitable He drew whin