New-York tribune., 1921-05-21
Stable
Colt Affords
Big Surprise
l2-io-l Sho, Supplies One
of Many Startling tpsets;
Mars Cassidy ON Form
BY w. ]. Macbeth

Dy w. j. NiaCpctn
The lslip Stables four year-old black
colt Ralco won the Montana Handicap
at mile and seventy yards, the feature
event of yesterdays racing at the
Jamaica track Ralco was practically
overlooked at the Betting. for his pr,ve
rose from 10 to l % - to /. Yet he
furnished only one of number of
startling surprises.
1t certainly was field day for the
oralists. Five favomtes in q row went
down to gnominious defeat. The only
choice TO earn the brackets was the
Pelican Stables two-year-old chestnut
colt st. Maurice, in the closing dash
Of FIVE furlongs.
This son of zeus Even Break proved
himself the class of the field by step
ping the five-eighths IN one minnte fiat,
This time was only three-ffths of
second away from She track record es
tablished by Royal Ensign, as two
year-old, under 109 pounds, on May 10.
1917.
Starter Cassidy OF Form
But long before ST. Maurice came
qalioping home in front with ridiculous
ease the patEonizing public had become
heartily sick of the thought of favor
ties and steered clear of the Pelican
Stabe's good colt. The boys by this
time were shooting at the moon to
retrieve their shattered fortunes.
Indeed, there is little nourishment in
playing favorites with Starter Mars
Cassidy in his present form. Cassidy
has been somewhat off color for sew
eral seasons. but never before was he
quite as bad and consistently bad as
he has been this year to date, He ap
pears to have no control over the
Jockeys or over his assistants, either.
1t has been the custom of late for
favorites to be left at the post repeat
edly. The Jockey Club owes it to racing
patronage to see that the starting is
improved upon or rather corrected
and that Immediately. AT his own
style, the walk-up, Cassidy is, or was,
all that could be desired
He should be allowed to utilize any
system that will give best results. A
continuation of the present deplorable
starting conditions would drive every
patron from the track before dog days
by breaking one and all
Though there had been three pre-
yious upsets the crowd was scercely pre-
pared for Ralco's victory in the Mon
tana Handicap. j. j. Hallenbeck's
four-year~old flly, Lunetta, was CON
literally backed off the boards. This
favorite was hammered down from 5
to to 8 to 5. The sharpshooters
could say nothing but "Lunetta.' A
few strung along with Whisk. but
principally "on the limb"
This start, directly in front of the
stands, was fair enough. by far the
best of the day. Whisk was full Of
running and little Jarvis crowded him
out in the lead in the run to the club
house turn. On the backstretch Jarvis
sent Whisk along at his best and
opened a lead of several lengths. The
soy lost all chance of victory by letting
lis mount run himself to death in
setting the pace. Whisk simply ran
himself into the ground. He had moth
ing left when challenged in the
stretcn.
Fator Bides His Time
Laverne Fator, who had the leg up
cn Ralco, was meanwhile using far bet
ter tactics than was Jarvis. Fator
rated back of the early pace and did
not make his move until rounding the
far turn, when the favorite, Lunetta.
showed signs of faltering, Lunetta had
been burned out trying to run down
Whisk Fator moved up gradually with
Ralco until, Strengthened in the stretch.
he set out in earnest for the pace
maker. Lunetta chucked it after three
quarters.
Coming to the outside of Whisk at
the stretch turn, Ralco raced up to
and past the faltering pacemaker at
the eighth pole, and won going away.
Night Raider came with rush through
the stretch, after being outrun the first
six furlongs, and beat Lunetta out of
third money.
1t was a bad start that beat Kate
Brummel, favorite for the opening dash
at five furlongs. The flly drew the
outside position in field Of eleven
and got away next to last. She had to
race around the entire field but came
like an express train through the
stretch She seemed pounds the best.
Happy Buxton, which won, saved ground
on the turn, but was doing his best to
stave off the challenge of Zenotta at
the end. The last mentioned was weak
" handled by Yeargin.
Care Free, the odds-on favoriua of the
second race at six furiongs, is pos
sessed of mean temper. He propped
at the start and was practically left
Buxton rushed him up too quickly on
the outside, making up about ten
lengths in three furlongs. Though
carefree get away out in front, he
tired badly in the stretch and Dio-
medes, never far from the pace, had
little difficulty in running him down.
Dunsandei, 12 to l shot, won the
third race. lie was off flying and made
every post winning one. Beach Star
the heavily played favorite, was Off
badly on the rail position and suffered
much interference, This choice never
had chance after the break.
Ararat and Sunny Jim were prac-
tically split favorites in the fifth race
AT six furlongs and the former won
after fchasing down Messines. Sunny
Jim was on the outside of the field Of
seven. OF badly he made up lot of
ground around the turn, but Mooney
eased when he saw there was no hope
Of overhauIing the fast flying gelding
Of II. P. Whitney