New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Fator Arlrlexes !.
Three Purses
For Hildretll
Mad Halter Breaks Track
Record i'm Taking Kings
County Stake at Jamaica
BY w. J. Macbeth

Yesterdays racing at the Jamaica
track was benefit for Samuel C. Hill
dreth. This wizard Of the thorough
bred game not only saddled the winner
of the Kings County Handicap, the
feature OF the holiday card, but he
saddled two other winners as we'll, and
saw. one of his green two-year-old colts
run bang-up second to the hottest
fayorite of the afternoon in the closing
dash.
Mr.. Hildreth's five-year-old brown
horse Mad Halter not only won the
Kings County Handicap in impressive
fashion, but established new track
record for the mile and a sixteenth
The brown horse quickly raced into the
Lead, opened up commanding gap, and
though. he was eascd bit by Fator
throughout the final eighth, reeled off
the mile and a sixteenth in the amazing
time of 1:45 fat.
This performance was Just one-ffth
second better than any previous time
for the distance at Jamaica. The old
record of 1:45 1-5 was made by Larry
Waterbury's four-year-old Sennings
Park, October IL, 1920.
= Riding Honors for Fator
Jockey Laverne Fator shared with
Mr. Hildreth the honors of the days
racing, for he had the leg up on all
three Hildreth winners, and also
brought home Kai-Sang, second to the
heavily played odds-on Good Times, in
the closing sprint, of FIVE furlongs. Lady
Lillian, which finished back in the ruck
In the mile and a sixteenth second
trial, was ridden by J. Callahan. This
tilly was one Of the outsiders anyhow.
There may have been more exclusive
crowds gathered at the Jamaica course
heretofore, but seldom has been seen q
larger or more enthusiastic one
Some $4,000 or more were packed in
the stands, on the .stairways and on the
lawns and seemed most happy even
unto the end, for no less than four
public choices ronped home on the
chinstrap, and that is liberal enough
percentage to suit the most pessimistic
Considerable Derby talk was to be
heard on the side. though the New York
racing crowd did not get it's custom ~
thrill from the rich Kentucky classic
The great difference in time, owing tc
New York's daylight saving, precluded
any possibility of hearing the Derby
result at the track. A goodly number
of oral wagers were recorded by the
speculatively inclined at mutuel prices
With New Workers the Whitney stable
was prime favcrite, though w. j
Salmon's Careful was in no wise neg.
lected.
They do say luck breaks even in the
long run. No one begrudged Sam Hill
dreth his Roman holiday. He seems
entitled to few Of the breaks wher
one remembers the hoodoo that pursued
him a year ago. His best horses al
went wrong through sickness or acci
dent; the crowning blow was the loss
OF Inchcape Immediately after he ane
Harry f. Sinclair paid Mr.. Rossetel
$l50,000 for the sensational two-year.
old colt.
Hildreth Horses Fit
But if the Hildreth cunning. which
has been evidenced in the brief East
ern season to date, is to furnish g
criterion, friend Samuel this year is
likely to retrieve the sorry fortunes
of 1920. His horses are fit. They are
pictures. They are racing machines
1t takes great horse this early in the
season to break a track record over
a distance Of ground.
Mad Halter was great horse in the
Kings County Handicap yesterday, and
he won like q great horse. Further
more, he was admirably piloted by
Fator. 1t was a rather moderate field
of five that paraded to the post, but
there was quality, if not quantity
Willis Sharpe Kilmer's great old cam.
paigner, Exterminator, showed better
turn of early speed than is customary
and he was so close up turning into
the stretch many thought he might nip
the early pacemaker.
But then Fator was seen to ease Mad
Halter out bit and the Hildreth horse
drew off again as easily as could be
imagined, In spite Of the wonderful
foot he displayed, if Mad Halter ever
was fully extended at any stage of the
journey the fact was not evident to
the best glasses.
Wins by Five Lengths
Approaching the far turn, Fator gave
his steed little breather, at which,
time Yellow Hand drew away from Ex-
terminator and Sennings Fark and
closed the gap full length. But he
had to take the overland route all the
way and the effort told. Old Exter-
minator came charging down on Yellow
Hand in the stretch and beat him a
good five lengths for the place. Yellow
Hand barely lasted to nose sennings
Park out of the show money. Mad
Halter, eased up, led Exterminator
home by more than four lengths.
The first Hildreth coup was sprung
in the opening race, when Timbrel, a
two-yearold black colt, took the favo-
rite by the head and raced him into
submission. Timbrel scored at the fine
odds of to i. The favorlte, Miles S.,
raced himself out in the first part OF
the five-eighths. Krewer, which won
the third race at five and half fur
longs, was quite as remunerative an in
vestment.
The last half of the card was clean
sweep for the talent. Following the
victory of Mad Halter the Quincy
Stables Elmendorf galloped off to an
easy victory in the fifth at mile and
a sixteenth. Good Times, another odds
on choice, bucked- jumped home in
front Of half dozen two-year-olds in
the closing dash of five furlongs.
Yale Beats Penn at Tennis
" NEW HAVEN, Conn. May Yale