The New York herald., 1921-10-06
CHATEAU THIERRY
RUNS A H'IE RACE
Easily Beats Knobbie and
Sedgefield in the Mineola
Handicap at Jamaica.
PRELUDE LEADS FILLIEs
Lexington Stables Fair Play
Miss Beats, Good Field at
.- Six Furlongs.
ny HENRY v. KING.

In Chateau Thierry John Sanford has
an exceptionally fine racing mare She
Is a three-year-old daughter OF Ecouen
and Theresa and In the form she IL a.
present probably can take the measure
OF any filly Of her age In the country.
She proved her worth yesterday IN the
Mineoia Handicap Mt the Jamaica track
when she ran away from Harry F. SIM
clair's Knobbic, r. r. Wilson's Sedge-
.ield and II. Waterson's Crack o Dawn.
She ran a powerful race. She fol-
vowed Knobbfe's terrific early pace
closely and then when he quilt an eighth
sf a mile from home she game on and
won easily by four lengths Knobbie
au,t to almost walk when Chateau
Thierry reached his head and Sedgefield
rame along and beat him by a length
for second honors. Crack o. Dawn ran
away half mile before the race and
was never a serious contender and was
beaten off.
Chateau Thicrry covered the one mile
and sixteenth route In :46 2-s.
The Cherry Valley purse resulted in q
blanket finish with Rep the winner by a
head Gray Gables was second. half d
length ahead OF Saddle Ring. Reps vic
tory was surprise. He won because
the race was run exactly to suit him.
Sagacity and Saddle Ring cut out tho
pace together at real fast pace. while
Gray Gables stepped along In third posi-
tion with Hummer hustlinR him to Keep
tiosc 10 the leaders. Entering the home
stretch Sagacity quit to q walk and
Saddl~ Ring sped on by hlmeelf, but n
fuflony from home Gray Cables chai-
ienced and under an ererKctic ride by
K,Im,ner gradually worc down The
leader. and ten jumps from the Judges
poxsi his nose in front: but while he
Nas making this run Rcn which had
arc.ded all Of .he early pace, came With
a rush. and under slashing rinish by
Turner go. up In the last Jump and won
~ few inches. Gray Gables hung In
the final few Jumps AZ II q tritle short.
rr~suaed Makes Gooad.
Prelude. the chestnut daughter OF
Fair Pisy and St. Priscilla which dis
appointed In her previous starts ran a
magnificent race in the final and led
home a big field OF Juvenile maiden
fllies. Flying Jib. from e. Sietas's
stable. stepped away from the barrier
like rocket and led the way, closely
followed by Prelude to the head OF tho
stretch. Turning for home Schuttinger
began to drive Prelude and before the
final eighth role was reached she was
IN front. From then to the finish she
merely calloped to win easily by three
lengths. Flying Jib held on long enough
to take second honors by half length.
Thomas Monahan's Anna M. was third
Anna M. ran a great race and with
better racing luck would have pressed
the winner hard. Turner got her away
from the barrier badly and rode her
like a novice,
The old and erratic Tsng-a-Lins was
and beat home big field of platers by
a length. McAtec made him break
awsv from the barrier with his field.
Then he shot him after Star Court,
which was making the pace. They raced
together until the turn FOR home. There
Star Court quit and Ting-a-Lang came
on alone and won handily by q length.
Scottish Chief was second and L'Enjo-
leur third.
Jock Scot in Front.
Old Jock Scot led home a small: field
Of platers In the second event and
sweepy beat a big field Of cheap juve-
niles in the opener.
OF the Jamaica meeting. said yesterday
afternoon that the officials had s-vesti-
gated the running Of the mare Vista and
the riding Of Jockey Schuttinger In tho
sixth race on Tuesday. They inter-
viewed James Mcclellan. the manager
of the xalapa Stable. Kimball H Pat
terson and Schuttinger. The explana-
tion by the manager and trainer was
that Vista II troubled with ringbones.
which make her unreliable as q race
mare. She had hard race In her pre-
vious start In which she was severely
punished about the tanks This was on.
Saturday. and Schuttinger was instruct
ed not to use his whip except over the
shoulders. The Jockey claimed that the
mare was sore In the running Of the
race and that he took her up when she
was beaten. The stable expressed IT.
self, 50 Mr.. vosbursh said, az being per-
fsctiy satisfied with the way The Jockey
handled the mare.