New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13
MelrOse Stakes
Taken by .Valor
La Easy Fashion
Outclasses His Field i'm Beat
ing Lunetta and Sweep
Clean; Dry Moon Winner

Sam Hildreth's old campaipner
'eealor, romped off with the Meirose
Selling Stakes, the feature of the card
at Empire City yesterday. J. J. Hal
!enbeck's Lunetta was second and the
Gold Apple Stables Sweep Clean an
ished third.
Ihe victory was not very profitable
one for Hildreth, as he had to stand
boost to keep the horse. valor was
entered to be sold for $4,000 and Sam
Louis sent him up to $1,000. Hildreth
came through with the customary SIS
and retained his useful platter.
Valor so far outclassed his company
that the spectators accepted to s
and counted it a liberal price. When it
came to running it was Valor all the
way. Sande broke the horse in front,
and, after getting him in his stride,
took nice hold on him and just LET
him race along at his own pace.
Coming to the head of the stretch
Sande let out link and the old horse
From there to the finish it was Just a
gallop.
Sweep Clean, penned in against the
rail from the far turn to the eighth
pole, lost the place money in the last
few strides, Lunetta just getting up.
Had Sweep Clean been out where the
footing was surer ne would have been
an easy second.
Smoke Screens Poor Showing
The running Of Clifford A. Cochran's
Smoke Screen In the third race was by
far the most disgraceful exhibition
colt wore colors he outran such horses
%
In this event he ran the frst six fur
longs in 1:10, which helped Grey Lag
set worlds record for mile and q
furlong. The race previous to that
one he showed the way for Audacious
Sennings Park and q few other good
ones, but yesterday he could not raise
a decent gallop and finished a poor
last in field of five.
The stewards questioned Kennedy, who
rode Smoke Screen, and after listening
to the boys story they were satisfied
that the colt would not try. The race
resulted in victory for C. A. Stoneham'
Dry Moon. The Redstone Stables Vice
Regal took second money and John
Sandford's Chateau Thierry, third.
Vice Regal, we'll supported by the
stable connections, started out to make
runaway race of it and led the fielG
to the last sixteenth pole, where the
effort told on him and he tired. Dry
Moon, which had been laying in nice
position all the way, came on and Won
going away by three lengths.
Vice Regal lasted long enough to beat
the fast coming Chateau Thierry half e
length for the place. Smoke Screer
finished two lengths back of Last Straw
the other starter.
Sailing Along Beats Tulwar
H. P. Whitney's Sailing Along, thu
public choice, won the opening race il
terrific drive from J. E. Madden's Tul
war and the Quincy Stables Maggie
Murphy. Coltiletti sent the filly to thu
front soon after the break and opened
up gap of four lengths, going to thu
far turn, which she maintained unit
Strengthened out in the stretch.
There was a general closing from tn
rear passing the eighth pole and Coltil
ETH was forced to draw his whip. A
Tulwar were Tapped on Sailing Along
with all three riders working like de
mons, but Sailing Along responded to the
punishment and got home a scant halt
length in front Of Tulwar, which beat
Maggie Murphy like distance for the
place.
The second race also resulted in a
ding dong finish Sunny Hill just getting
up in time to win by a nose from Epi-
sode the pacemaker. Gloomy Gus was
third, four lengths back.
On the strength of fast workout,
Cydonia was selected to win the fifth
race and the selection proved good one
for he made show of his company
winning by himself. Grass Tree was
second and Hilldale third. Copper
Demon, the favorite, captured the clos
ing event. Lord Brighton was second
and Genie W. third.