The New York herald., 1921-05-17

flight OF speed sent her to the front,
and with the remainder OF the field close
on her heels she sped around the turn
in command. When Strengthened out
In tho back stretch Leonardo challenged
und in a few bounds reached Carefurs
.nroatiatch. For q sixteenth OF a mile
the two ran together. with Broomspun
.hird and Tryster fourth. Then the SAL
mon fiily faltered and Leonardo went
IN by himself.
While. the crowd was yelling Look
at Leonardo I" Coltiletti gave Broom
spun q kick and the whitney colt sped
to the front. As he moved up Tryster
moved up with him and In the middle OF
the far turn the Whitney colts were
running one, two and seemed like the
winners. But before the hon"str3 en-
was reached Touch Me Not CHARGED
He displayed a tremendous flight OF
speed. So great was II that tho thou
snnos began to scr cam. Look at Touch
Me Not !" He sped past Leonardo and
into third place In n few bounds and
looked as II Re would go past Broom
spun and Tryeter In a few more Jumps.
Eu, he didn't for his gres: sp 1T wa
short lived and he slowed UP before the
final straightaway WAS reached
Into the homestretcs. al the head OF
the field, stepped the two Whitney
colts. and they remained there until the
final furlong pole was reached. Then
from far In the rear Poly Ann came
teuring along. She was fighting the
battle OF her life. She was giving up
every ounce OF speed and stamina she
had willingly. and her courageous ef-
fort was gaining her ground with every
bound. At the sixteenth pole she went
into second place. and. with only
nvlA L.. - HA~ .t. -
last desperate effort for the lead. But
try as she might she could not quite
get up and was compelled to accept Sec
ond honors.
While she was making her great
stretch run Jeg was doing the same
thing. He fairly few past half dozen
horses and was running strong at the
end.
While the time for the mile and fur
long. 80 1-b, was not even close to a
record. II was good considering the con-
dition OF the track. The first part of
tho race was fast. as the following frnc-
tional time shows: o: 20. 0:t7 3-5.
1895. / :3s as and :54l-5.
Broomspun and Tryster wore so heav-
fly backed In the mutuels that they paid
only - In the 81 machines. Polly Ann
and Jeg had a host OF supporters too.
They are owned by Maryianders and re-
ceived many sentimental bets. Polly
Ann paid 1870 for tho place and Jeg
paid IS for third.
BY his victory Brooanspun earned
$4,000. Polly Ann received 5000, Jeg
$4,000 and Leonardo $4,000
S51A--First Race = Two miles. Time
't:21 <-5. Br. g., a., by Hawkswick-Tro-
jana. Owner. J. u. widener Trainer, J,
~ Lewis. -. Skibbereen. 40 (Byers), won !;
2alA. Alsardi. 1870 (wiliiarns). second: 1897
Miss Mecigsle. f3t (Joncs), third. =. Lecy-
rrin. i3s tHowarO. also ran.
q mutusis paid-skibbcrecn. $500. $500;
Aigardi. $40.
Byers waited until last turn OF the field
before releasing skibbcreen from restraint,
and latter responded with q rush when called
OH. lie WAS taken In hand again last quar-
ter Won by fifteen lengths.
2s4A-second Race-Five furiongs. Time.
:02. Oh. T., by Ultimus--Lycia III. Own
er, r. r. whitney. Trainer. r. w. Irvine.
22iH. Second Thoughts. III Psrrinston).
won! 22iA, Prodigious, 1t2 tMountain), sec
ond 232A', Maryland Belle. 100 (Lancas-
teri. third. dei. Tom Cassidy, lis tMor-
ris) 242A'. Excuse Me. lio G. Mooney I:
ASA, Margaret c.. 100 CT. purrs, 7a2A.
sDaiton, ia tHuff), and PISA. sEilen Doug
las. 100 tsheiepets). also ran.
sMutucl field.
u mutueis psid-second Thoughts. s3.io.