New-York tribune., 1921-09-29
Knobbie Trails
Copper Demon
In the Roslvn
Rice 0utrides Sande i'm
Feature at Aquedact and
Beats Odds-On Choice
By w. ]. Macbeth

ScientiSSs tSASoDVesS WcFe SeFsty
,srrlsa yesterday afternoon when.
mart 1 o'eSock, q thick rumhgine.
sayr.ing sound WAS heard frcm the
ssath IN a tremor tnat gave notions of
ssrtA vibrations. even though no seis-
aorranils were disturbed. Horse low
s. eorgregsted down at the Aqueduct
,ysek remarked casually that "Sunnv
Hnr Fitzsimmons was having another
Isus6 up his sleeve. That was the bic
dssurbanee there and real disturb
sace.
Il there is anything "Sunnv Jim
;vst loves TO do il is to take the meas
ire OF Rancocas Stable steed. Sun
N jim" is the Quincy Stable trainer.
asi he had hand in selling plavfel
;ax. tie full brother of Man a War.
ID Harry T. Sinclair and Sam Hiidreth
sor 100000 some months ago. A suit
: row pending on the part Of the last
mentioned PAIR 10 set aside the sale.
,harging what the boys of the turf cali
xhxanery, or sharp practice
On a number OF occas sions since the
celebrated Playfellcw deal Mr.. Fitz-
smmons has tossed the iron into the
soul Of Sam HIldreth, but never did he
aaye an opportunity for quite so loud
gaifaw as be aired publicly after the
SlHnsAs - f~SeSAVHS <1uuSduct Iea-
mfe-
Only Two Go in Feature
Mr. Fitzsimmons saddled Copper
Demon. -year-old of little better
shsn platter pretensions, to go against
the Rancocas Stables stake colt
Eaobbie- And Knobhie, by the wav,
BAD been sold earlier in the season hy
the same crafty Sunny jim" 70 Sin
slair Hildreth & Co for 100000. Onlv
.Aese TWO thoroughbreds went to the
post for the Roslyn Handicap, at
nile and a sixteenth. with $1,000 add
Cd, which was worth $4,750 to the
winner
Laymen and students of form con-
Edered knebbie kick in the Stats and
bet accordingly at odds which opened
! to 8 but closed 8 20 TO- Copper
Demon opened at to l and skyrocket-
g to TO ;. Most everybody but
Sammy jim and his Immediate con-
sections thought ali contention had
been scratched in the Withdrawal OF
i. F, Nhitney's crack filly Pruderv
and R. 7. Wilson's colt Dimrnesdale.
These wisenheimers had a surprise
IN store for them, that's all. Copper
Demon raced like a stake horse, Knob
be eaulated the goat. There was no
excuse for the odds-on favorite. The
Rancocas colt got away from the bar
ner like trail of gunpowder; beat
Copper Demon off three lengths or
more. To most everybody it looked
more OF a procession than race.
Knoobie, with his long lead, seemed as
tesialn as tie income tax, unless he
crossed his legs.
Quincy Colt Cuts Lead
As he few around the far turn
Sande took a triple hold of Knobbie.
and Copper Demon gradually cut down
sone OF has disadvantage. Still, Knob
He nit the straight good two lengths
hont, and it seemed simply n matter
rolling home the rest of the wav.
Then Teddy Rice, after straighten-
rs for the run to the wire. cut loose
Upper Demon for the first time. Inch
N inch, stride by stride, the Quincy
aahie colt began to white away Knob
aie's lead. Sande sensed the danger
snd went to work on the favorite. But
gspPer Demon seemed pounds the bet
Ter Of the two At the furlong pole
as nailed knobbie, hung with him
lev strides and then gradually began
% draw away. Copper Demon WOE by
two full lengths as Knobbie went all to
pieces in the last sixteenth, perhaps
nseause of his heavy impost.
! real, old fashioned field of
thirteen cheap two-year-olds contested
tae opening event, which was a 6ye
iarlongs dash The heat was won by
poiiv Warden, a to / shot, which es-
csped the general crowding that char
eterlzed the elbow turn. Dolly beat
led Tom, q 20 to I shot, by a good
leEgth, while the latter led homo Pas
sorai, the favorite, by two lengths.
The Favorite Falters
The insiders took another fall in the
SET .ase when r. c. Winmiu's
sur ceas the Greentree Stables
Achican, heavily played odds-on
snyorlte- by half dozen lengths.
sarf set practically all the pace and
ven away off by himself Wood
Gsrth's imported Franc Tireur finished
y the show position ten lengths in
.faft Of Fair Mac Rhom5 and Long
trail both lost riders.
The third race at six flriongs was
smply a breeze for John Shaugh-
ssssy's Shaffer, which took the track
sas won at will This was a complete
aset of form. Bigheart, the favorite,
Rlled all the way in field of three
Hsh Chesterbrook, the second choice,
sasfnd.
Paddy Whack came to life in the
hsic fifth and in a long, hard drive
augamed Pickwick through the final
,asong. The favorite, Diomedes, had
usas foot; st. Isidore, the early pace
nsser, quit after six furiongs.
IN the closing dash of six furlongs
s.h Hollands Sweepy ont-1 med Bell
ss:x in the final drive. The favorite,