New-York tribune., 1921-11-08
Ross Saddles
Three Winners
At Long Odds
Yellow Hand, Favoritc in
Feature. Is Left at Post;
Hildur Takes Monumental
Troxs . spec.ai correspordcns

yrMIICo, Md. Nov. 7.~-Rushing to
,.s front nearing the mile post, Com
rsaader J. X L. Ross's veteran cam
rsirner Boniface this afternoon won
IL Bowie Handicap at one and one~
asn miles in the most thrilling race
wifnessed at the local track since the
aneuinr OF the fall meeting. II. P.
Wbitney's Damask was second by an
e.slssh, with Gnome third. about five
hrgths back.
II was a highly profitable day fer the
Cess connections, for the stable not
oniy captured the feature, but scored
three-ply victory, as Mercutie landed
ne opener and Hildur was home in
frout in the fourth race The track
vas fast for the first time in week
and a fine crowd turned out to wit
nsxs the sport and firt with the God
h aess OF Chance via the pari-mutuel
route
Much OF the interest in the big race
snd incidentally considerably more
money was lost when Charles A. Stone
hams famous Yellow Hand was left
standing in his tracks when the bar
sier went up Although he carried an
impost of 130 pounds, the acknowledged
champion of handicap horses on the
metropolitan tart was the medium of
heavy plunge. The unfortunate oc-
rurrence was due to no fault of Jockey
I Miller. who had the leg up. The
stoneham star GOT tangled up in the
webbing.
Bit of White Sets Pace
E. r. Bradiey's Bit of White, which
: had many supporters because of re-
cent fine performances, went into the
! lead at the start and set sizzling
pace for the first half mile. Polly
Ann was second and Gnome close
third when the leaders hit the three
quarters, but few strides farther
Boniface, ably ridden by Earl Sande,
rushed up and going around the out
side pulled into first place.
Damask. which had been following
the pace Of Boniface, fell into second
place, striding almost abreast of the
Ross veteran. Bit of White cracked
when the rush started and fell back
TO fifth place, in which position it
finished.
Flashing past the mile and a quarter
post Boniface was leading Damask by
scant length, with Gnome length
and a half back. Racing into the
honlestretch, Damask. under frantic
urging from Jockey Morris, drew UP
TO the neck of the flying Boniface, and
thus the pair thundered up TO the wire
N as exciting finish as has heen see
here in a long while.
Boniface paid as good as 7 to / in
the machines, while Damask was 5 to ]
Tor the place.
lie Marsouin Wins Chase
The $4,000 Towson Steeplechase
which attracted an entry of eight fail
timber-toppers, resulted in a close vic.
tory for lie Marsouin. The horses were
ridden by jockeys who had never wor
q steeplechase, but from the manner
IN which Williams guided the big
French brown gelding this little pilot
should have little difficulty landing
honors in future.
= Inhdel II furnished the contention
most of the way over the two-mile
course, and after a spirited duel with
the leader took place money only a
neck back. New Haven, an old timer,
was the best Of the others and got
the show, although ten lengths behind
.sInhdel H.
The performance of Ross's Hildur,
BY Star Shoot-Sheiby Bella, III the
Monumental Handicap at six furlongs
was the secondary feature of the
afternoon. An absolute outsider in the
betting. this "good thing" led from
the barrier to the wire, won by three
lengths and paid as good as to l
Dimmesdale took second place after a
hard drive, finishing length in front
OF Caligula, which in turn was only
inches ahead of Serapis