The Washington herald., 1921-10-11
DOUBLE FALL ROBS
COSDENENTRYW WITH
|VICTORYN SIGHT
Talent Hard Hit When
Bridesman Shows Way
Home in the Fourth.
BY RAY HELGEsEN.

" the gods, became u tuIlnedgea
rIopper at Laurel, yesterday.
zen horses started in Tile Pros
Pect steeplechase. JUS half Oi that
lumber managed to check in At the
nhlshlng line approximate four
minutes later. Or the others, MusLy
an anu Glmme, J. 'S. Cosden entry.
hOenlx and Deputy Vest fell, while
Ian Oman ran OuI al the eIsnl..
hedge.
OLD Man Fate left the W.. Sc
rles long enough To stop the whesI
win Shoals number up Al: thus
mis- son of Danger Rock. aided by
lhhumerable breaks" lett the
maiden class and became one oG the
erect. Lett Fielder followed Sloal,
nhlIe Jim CoffrOIn, VINO seems ues-
Ghed To forever haunt the maiden
Grass ran third. SobEigade md
Lucky Find were the other two %
finish.
Race FurnIshe. Thrill.
FOR those who like thrills this
maiden steeplechase should cvI-
tslnly satisfy the most 1iscr' nina
Tory. -Four spills were dished Out
70 the painting thousands and, il
mat isn't enough for one race.
were open to argument
Inc failure of the Cosden Gatry,
in addition to providing one II the
thrills hit the patrons whe;e I
Hnurt most. This entry was a n savy
fayorite and UP to the twelfth
hedge seemed certain to run one.
two.
Gimme and MusIS broke well
and were leading tAeir Held at the
hrst hedge. Throughout the first
mile this pair kept the cherry
silks OF Cosden well in front,
Gimme in the lead with Musty less
than a length behind. At the
eighth jump, the beginning of the
second and last mile, Dan Dinan, a
bad last, ran out.
Hardly had the crowd Identified
this horse when Deputy Vest. get
tenth hedge. fell and rolled all over
his rider. Borgan. The jockey lay
there. apparently seriously hurt,
while someone casually called the
track ambulance. A few track EN-
ployes as casually walked over to
look at the fallen rider. but some-
now or other il didn't come into
their individual or collective heads
that the boy might need quick at
tention.
Eventually the ambulance ar
rived, but the boy had had plenty
Of time to kick of three or four
times in the meantime. As 1t de-
veloped he wasn't seriously hurt.
Gimme and Musty Fall.
At the twelfth jump Gimme and
Musty. still well in the lead and
virtually certain to run one, two.
both fell. The cherry silks of the
two jockeys, Kennedy on Gimme
and Crawford aboard Musty, took
this hedge together and fell as
one Musty apparently crowded
Gimme too much at the jump. At
kny rate, they both fell in a heap,
the two jockeys barely managing
Ito scramble to safety.
The double disaster to the Cos
|Sen entry threw Phoenix into the
lead. This son of Garry Hermann,
practically given the race by an act
Of providence, took the thirteenth
hedge cleanly, but faltered at the
fourteenth and in another second
Maloney. his rider, had also become
a member OF the sprawling jocks
club,
And thus It was that Shoal, an
ou tsider, was graduated from the
maiden class. Shoal must have
been born under a lucky star. Four
|
hand of fate. even in a maiden
race
Rocket captured the third race,
m event of six furlongs for 2-year-
olds. in the remarkably fast time
" 1:I3 is considering the condition
~ the track, which was stf1l a biz
slow. due to Saturdays rain This
,aby coupled with Cherry Tree as
the whitney entry. disposed OF
-aretaker, Sailing Along, Devonite
and Attoo with ease. and won pull
ing up
Caretaker, an alleged hot" one,
vas a bad second. while Devonite
not UP in time to save third.
Big Surprise I'm Fourth.
Probably the biggest surprise OF
,he day was slipped to the talent in
Inc fourth race, a handicap event
FOR 3-year-olds and up at one mile
such good ones as Jeg, Dark
uoyse and BY Jimmy were slipped
" ioIt of the meeting when Brides
neH a rank outsider, was the first
- sneer at the wise men, and Bas-
an an oven ranker outsider,
oLoed the sneer from the place
- Butwell managed TO save
.hjr5 with Jeg. but, the others were
10 surprised they almost forgot to
1
inish- ., l.
,,n. should never have been en-
rs5 in such company as JeE and
80 Horse. Four times Brides
-, bad raced with Jeg and Dark
| tIor.s and four times Bridesman
- bsen trimmed by anywhere
-, eight to twelve lengths
D., yesterday was different. Ac-
SinE TO Bill Martins. private
,oothsayer, this was the spot. ana anu
bs time. And the place. (BilI
-,irs the Bridesman)
Ard so Bill drops the Bridesman
,nd instead of running an
or,,inious last, where he was sup
,cssd 70 be and where a nice place
- been reserved for him, this
tahv like Fatty Arbuckle, was the
i|s ~ the party" Only with better
suIts somebody collected lot
lack. II you know the answer
10 the head of the class.
High c Pays Big Price. -.
tIigb c was the big noise in bur
aYsrace orchestra in the opener,
.iaiming event for 2-year-olds at
- furlongs High c jumped into
bs'Iead at the barrier and stringins
,,,t hi. field was never headed. High
was the longest shot of the day
n come through, paying $3.50 for
,be-bfll. Two other comparative
,,tviders finished in the money.
Then Miss Colin ran second ana
orris saved third.
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