The New York herald., 1921-07-31
Backed to Beat Royce Roofs.

Backed to Beat Royce Roofs.
Since his return he has shown nothing,
but there were many who believed he
would beat Royce Rools. and there were
a host Of racegoers who believed Thun-
derstorm would win. When II came to
racing there was only one horse In II.
He was Royce Roofs. He took the
track at the start and galloped along
in front all the way. to win In a canter.
Thunderstorm floundered along for
three-quarters Of mile in second place
and then "chucked' 1t completely and
Clean Sweep galloped past him and
took the second end Of the purse by
four lengths.
The White Plains lightweight Handi-
cap. the secondary feature, was won by
War Note. This was another three
horse affair. War Note, Whsk and
Quecreek being the only contestants.
AS was the case with Royce Roofs. War
Note went to the front soon after the
barrier was rung up and led all the
way. But he didn't have things quite
so easy. Whisk pressed him hard all
through the homestretch, and at the end
was only a neck away
Ny Play. the young full brother OF
the famous Man o. War, made his
debut under silks in the final race. and
he ran like Playfellow did when that
brother made his initial appearance at
the same track last year-an excep-
tionally poor race.
Because of his relationship to Man o
War and a few impressive trials My
Play was made an odds on favorite.
Kimball Paterson. the young trainer Tor
the Lexington Stable, was confident the
colt would win.
saw" he said. Hes a big. strapping
as can make him and he's had plenty
of schooling If he is beaten IL Is be-
cause he will run green"
Horse Good, Jockey Timid.
The colt was fit all right, and he was
we'll schooled, and he was beaten, but not
because ne ran green. He suffered de-
feat because of the timidlty OF Andy
Schuttinger. This veteran Jockey seems
TO have lost his nerve completely. and
when he finds himself In a tight place
he pulls up. and continues to pull up
until he Is absolutely sure there Is no
danger of getting a fall.
My Play broke well but was pinched
of soon after the start, and then
Schuttlnger pulled him up and landed
ton. When in the rear he allowed the
colt TO gallop as II he were out for
little morning exercise. Knot Grass won
the event, with venizelos second and
Schaffer third
Knight OF the Heather the one eyed
geldng which r. T. Wilson recently sold
to w. V. Casey. beat a cheap band OF
platers in the fifth race. but he had the
help Of several OF his opponents. Among
those opposing him was Snapdragon.
This old horse was drug on the mar
ket. He didn't look himself In the
paddock or going to the post, and ne
ran an exceptionally dull race. Some
racegoers blamed little Jockey Lowe
for his poor race. But the jockey
did his best Snapdragon wasn't
as good as he was In his previous races
and showed nothing. He finished poor
third. but that was because the other
horses were staggering during the last
eighth of n mile. Although Snapdragon's
race was wretched the stewards took no
action.
Indy Mother Beats sweepy.
Lady Mother won the opening event
but that was because Schuttinger did his
usual pull up" stunt on Sweepy. Sweepy
was much the best, but Schuttlnger got
start and pulled up. This gave Lady
Mother a dalt dozen lengths the best
OF II. Entering the homestretch Schut-
finger got clear sailing and started af-
ter the leaders He gained ground rap
idly, but Lady Mother lasted 10 win by
few inches. In another jump Sweepy
would have won despite Schuttinger's
timid and weak ride.
Salute showed big Improvement in
the second race and beat big neld OF
cheap platers In handy fashion. He
led from start TO finish.
The stewards visited the Jockeys room
between races and on one occasion
made n speech 1t was to Jockey wein-
or. This lad was fined 800 for rough
and foul riding a few days ago. Since
then he has been doing what he should
have always done--behaved himself. His
good manners moved the stewards to
reduce his fine frcmS1oo to $50.