The Washington herald., 1921-11-06
LEADS LUCKY HOUR
BY THREE LENGTHS:
RUNANTELL THIRD
Greatest Juvenile of Year
Easily Wins Seasons
Largest Purse.
ny RAY HELcEsEx.

ny RAY HELCEsEN.
Norwich 10 beateni Norwich q
beaten,"
The cry. hurled from the parched
lips and husky throats OF O.0oo.
lo' as OF the thoroughbred. echoed
and re-echoed through the huge
Pimlico stands as the great son Of
Runnymede-Hymir. running in third
position In the first Pimlico Futur-
lily. yesterday. appeared To faltsr
at the sin-furlong pole. The cry
was about evenly spilt-from the
lips of half the crowd IL spelled
sorrow. agony a spots; from the
other half it wa n huge roar of
exultatIon.
But the cry was short-IiveS-~
ehoked on almost before t wss
fully uttered.
For the creates. 2-year-old of tn
year and one Of the greatest NJ .si
time was merely under wraps. Ana
with johnson. his rider. rating HIM
almost perfectly he Numbered into
the lead at the head of the streteh
ana won easily by three ienerb.l
leading Lucky Hour. Of the LeSf14-
ton stable. which In turn was thrss
ehsIhs IN the van Of Runsnten.
T. Wldener's clever JuvenIle.
J. X L. Ross Spanish Maize a.
ished fourth. three Ienrtb. sh..s
Of All Fair.
Eleventh Straight Victor,
Thus the great son Of Rupny
mede captured his eleventh ,traI~h,
Victory turning back with corn
parstive ease a field which incIysea
me cream OF the Juvenile division.
an. futurity purse. s52z so. vas
.ne rlchest OF the entire year AZ 5
amount BENJAMIN Block. owner
orFieh. collects s42.75o. Lucky
encrts enriched the LexIne-
IN taoie $4,000 while Runanteu
s..SVo TO J. z. widener ana
Ross. W . ~ L
The victory OF Morvich h-o,,.
nis winnings as a 2-year ola o,
ene slIz.oo0 mark. Only three 49,
fses In the history Of Ar,e,i..
'~cIhg have accomplished This go
Ter Jim Milton got the aeln
on 10 one OF the best starts ., a.
meeting. The start was made =, ~
A'eenth pole instead II at the req
lar starting place in order 10 civ.
youngsters a chance TO Ret
ia rag tened cut before hitting m
ana thus prevent sloughine.
RunanteII In Lead.
RAISING the big club house t,r.,
rev strides from the initial fnrn
.suhantell was in front LEADING
Io.Elch by fun length. MorvirS
IN turn was half length ahead ~
SIn scans All Fair Kai Sang was
IN oy neck. The Others were
or Tess punched with the lum.
uaily finished fourth. a had t..,s 3
Runantell was stfII in the Van =,
the half. but his lead dintnI.hes
20 a half length. and Lucky Hour
Hao come up from sixth position 10
ocst Norwich from second. Th.,
Block colt was running third -here
with kai Sang still fourth, leading
All Fair by a head
Flashing past the half Jockey
Shuttinger made his bid with Lucky
Hour, evidently hoping his mount
coulo maintain the lead once he
was landed there. At the fb-ee--
quarters Lucky Hour had acco-,
plished his mission REPLACING Pun
antAll in the van. The widener
colt however. was still second. lead
ing Norwich by a length
II was here that the huge crowd
gave vent 10 its feelings. and the
roar-agony. sorrow and exultation-
intermingled-"Morvich is beaten"
broke on the hitherto hushed
stands
Norwich Answers Doubter<
/ Pof0-e the ar had echoed TIE
frzt -im5 the great Norwich. given
} us Read ~ u clever LITTLE john
en-. rickel himself from that half
4 Secor.d s.urrp and simply hreezed
rast E"na"tell and u, ky Hour. Aud
! the bUrrin- q~estion. Can Morvica
/ 10 the mi's roster" was answered.
/ IN the Affirmative a few seconds
4 alter when the Orange and Jade
-olCrs OF Benjamin Block were borEa
under the wire two open lengths
in front OF Lucky Hour. At the wire
the winner. wss under a slight pull.
And in the stands men and women
alike REDEEMED. blushed IL YOU like.
as they mentally uttered a wish
that their voices had never been
part OF that great Norwich is
hesten," roar.
Norwich and Jockey johnson were
given their just dues. when they
returned 10 the judZcs' stand for
the customary weighing out.
The wonderful colt merely pricl1ed
up his aristccratic ears. as the
huge crowd stood up and roared Us
approval and admiration. Inter
viewed Immediately after his vIc-
tory, Norwich expressed his pleas
ure over winning and lauded his
opponents In the big race. Then ne
went into a deep study. when he
emerged he asked in thoroughbred
language: How does IL happen
that they doubted me at the six
furlong pole. that some were even
happy in the thought that I was
beaten, and that after ] had won
they were all for me- I can't quite
understand it. Why" We left him
then. leaving the colored swine TO
explain the impossible.
Gnome Crosses Dope.
The Salubria Stables Gnome cap
tured the Southern lightweight
handicap for all ages at six fur
longs. the NTH event on the pro-
gram Immediately following the
running OF the Futurity.
With a real classy field in there
Gnome was almost completely over
looked. Baby Grand and Ten Lee
and Audacious. the Foreign Stable
entry. being given the big play In
the iron men"
At the start Gnome failed TO
break and was last at the half mile
pole. Keogh. however, brought
him up on the outside at the. last
turn and in the drive through the
stretch he was much the best. The
Row which bad lead the nroecz-