The New York herald., 1921-10-02
GEORGIE DEFEATS
KNODBIE BY A HEAD
Rothstein's Gelding Comes
IRON Rear and 0utgames
Opponent in Stretch.
ny HENRY ". KING.

Earl sande. Americas premier jockey.
did the novice trick OF looking around
while as,rlde Harry +. Sinciair's Knob
bic IN the homestretch in the Interior
ough Handicap at the jamaica track
yesterday afterno n. and this error OF
judgment caused his mount TO be beaten
by Arnold Rotnstein's Georgie by head
in the very last jump.
u isn't often sande makes a mistake
bat twice he has erred on Knobbie in
less than a week. Last Wednesday no
tooK the colt back In The first furlong
end Copper Demon came along and out
Gamed him and won.
Yesterday he made no such mistake.
Ceoggle was hts only opponent. and az
soon as the barrier went up the great
Jockey sent knobble. which Is one Of
the fastest breakers IN training, along
az his best speed. In the first furiorg
Kno6ble opened up a gap OF four lengths
ana rounding The turn he gained two
more. Win this advantage OF six
lengths knobbIe brcezcd along at fast
pace and he turned into short home-
stretch far In the lead and looked Ike
a sure winner. But Georgie Is a bull
dog for courage and little Ma-inei.l
rode him Ike n demon. lie made his
mount fly and al the final furiong pole
T;eorgie was only two lengths back
But Knohbie was stlll racing along fast
ard smoothly and II seemed almost i'm
possible 70 beat him. But Marinelii
kcpt working on George and at the final
sixteenth pole he was at Knobhie's
heels.
Then Sande looked around and seeing,
his opponent so close began to drive
Koohbir but not as hard as he is cara
bio ~ doing He still lnbored under the
OPINION that he would win. Seventy
yards f-orn homo. when ne should have
been riding at bis nilGhtiest. he looked
around again Sncing GeorGie creeping
up on him he sat down and ph UP ono
Of his most powerful finishes. but
C''oucie was muc5 more COURAGEOUS than
Kaohhir and n" Rofhsfein geldinS got
up N the last turnp and tonk down tho
mn for portion Of tho purse.
II was Tho opcnirc day Of tho Jamaica
rnne;Inc ard a surprisingly big crowd was
rr"scni. Tho track had dried ont fast
and whnn thu first race was decided II
was hNavy only In spots. The entries
were COOL ard most Of the contestants
Woo horses OF class.
Tho initial event was the Hollywood
p'r-E" for Juveniles over the five and n
HF4I lNFtffi- TOutfs LIS WIFI " JOiiI
Sanford's <slcivaces.ard, the son Of Tho
Currach. which was bought IN at Sara
toga for Gao He nad not been 10
tn" races In n long time and few rer-
SONS wa-Hrod on hin. despite the fact
tina, he had showed phenomenal speed In
rho nui nj T:rlnire City. Hc came with
rush &, tho final frrinnC. and under n
strong ride by Tommy Nolan easily
@'~rp"d pas' Harry Payne Wnitncy's
pcni'rnt and won by two lengths.
Iohn Whaier: sturdy and consistent
| flly. Gcnio w. led homo a good a~ii In
| tho second race She fou~ht Il out All
/ tho way with Billy cibson's Ncddam
and won by a head. w'llie Travers has
wnrk"1 wonders with Ne'ldam. Wh~n no
got HIM he WAS a imam eater" and
wouldn't run rs fast as pony. Travers
who hnd watch np Royce Roofs. pam
nared Ncddam and sent him TO the pest
as tam" ne ne was two years ago. when
he was n consistent winner.
Light Tnsn vas much the best OF q.
big field Of ligh class piaters which
h7ttlcd for the purse In tho third event
She met with repeated interference. but
came with rush In the homestretch
and WOW oas''l ~ -four ienrths.
AudaciouS carried 40 pounds and ran
of with the final event the Century
rIandicap. at six furlongs. The track
was heavy and dull near the ran. but
Hummer knew this. and he also knew
that his mount didn't like the heavy
going. and rode on the outside all the
way. He lost several Iengths 5y doing
this. but Audacious did his best In the
dry going and won eased up by two
lengths. He raced Elected into sub
mission In the first half mile and then
came on by himself and easily with
stood Thrndcrclap's challenge In the
final furlone.
Crack O. Dawn won the fifth from n
small Geld OF platers. He followed Vista.
the pacemaker. to the inal furlong pole
and then stepped to the front and won