The New York herald., 1921-06-15
BENNINGTON RUNS
LIKEAG GOOD COLT
Beats Dartmoor in Fast Time
Off the Slow Work of ! Al
yellow Hand Wins.
BY HENRY ". KING.

Bennington. the blk son of Fair Play
and Roxane which Ed Nash bought at
Saratoga two years ago for $4,000.
showed yesterday In the second race at
Belmont Park that he might develop into
one of the topnotch three year olds Of
the year He beat Dartmoor. Harry
Payne Whitnoy's three year old son OF
Whiskbroom. vver the one mile route In
impressive fashion. Dartmoor isn't a
champion. or even a near champion. but
he's a good colt and he might have been
short yesterday, for 1t was his first start
OF the season. Nevertheless Bennington
showed class in beating him. He stood
long. hard drive. was carried out en-
tering the home stretch and fought on to
win by length. He covered the one
mile route. running two-thirds of the
way against a strong wind. in the good
time Of 1888 3-5. A host of practical
horsemen said his race was as good as a
] :37 3-5 mile.
And Bennington accomplished his feat
off of I :47 trail. He Is not work horse
at best. but for this race he did prac-
tically nothing. So fast did he run that
his owner feared he might have over
raced himself. In Nash's opinion he is the
most courageous horse In training. He
says he has not yet reached the top OF
his form. that he will train on and before
the end OF the season will race much
better
The progeny of Fair Play have a way
of improving with time and seem to
campaign forever. Stromboli and Sands
of Pleasure are two examples OF this
quality in the get Of the fine son
Of Hastings and Fairy Gold.
Yellow Hand to the Fore.
After several disappointments Yellow
Hand, the four-year-old gelding which
Charles Stoneham bought from r. T..
Wilson last autumn, won stake. He
took the Hyde Park Handicap. the fea-
ture of the programme. and defeated
some fair horses, including Harry
Payne Whitney's DR.. Clark, p. A.
Clark's La Rablee and George w.
Lofts Donnacona. He carried only 109
pounds and won by half length from
La Rablee. but whether or not he was
the best horse in the race Is matter
of conjecture.
La Rablee. which finished at his sad
die girth. did not run her best race.
She switched her tail and sulked sew
eral times and ran her best only in
spots.
Dr. Clark, which took the third end
of the purse, received weak and ILL.,
judged ride from Coltiletti. The young
Jockey raced him head and head with
Courtship for half a mile and then when
he took command. rode at breakneck
speed without giving DR.. Clark a chance
for breathing spell. A furlong from
home the Whitney colt quit badly and
Yellow Hand quickly earned a lead Of
three lengths. But DR.. Clark came on
again and was running faster than
either Yellow Hand or La Rablee at the
end.
But he wasn't running nearly as fast
passing the judges as was Donnacona.
This handsome colt, belonging to George
w. Loft, ran a remarkable race. He
was practically left at the post and at
one time was nearly hundred yards
behind the leaders. But he fairly de-
voured the ground during the last half
mile and in another jump would have
taken the third end of the purse. With
an even break he undoubtedly would
have won by himself. Yellow Hand COW
cred the one mile and a sixteenth route
In the good time of "a 1-5.
Apprentice Riders DO Well.
The apprentice lads had another
chance to show their skill in the open
ing event Eight of them had mounts
on as many cheap juveniles. A youngster
named Thomas from J. e. Widener's
stable rode a good race on r. t. Will
sons Kirtle and landed his mount win
Ter by a length. Thomas made only
one mistake. He appeared trifie timid
at the starting gate. but got his mount
off, winging. and when several horses
bolted the track soon after the start he
pulled up and grasped an opportunity
to keep his mount straight all the way
His only mistake came a furlong from
home, when he went to the whip. When
drawing 1t he looked behind and came
near dropping his horses head. He was
a nervous lad both before and after the
race. When he settles down he is likely
to give much better account OF himself
In races.
George D. Widener's Doves Roost.
ridden by lad named Walters. finished
second. but he was disqualified for foul
ing. Wreckless, with Swarte as pilot,