New-York tribune., 1921-09-09
Whitney's Colt
Finishes Ahead
By Two Lengths
Dartmoor, Added Starter,
Unplaced; Knobbie Sec
ond; Crea, Race in Chase
By w. ]. Macbeth

The Jerome Handicap, at mile, for
three-year-olds, the feature event of
yesterdays rather cheap racing at Bel
mont Park, was won by Harry Payne
Whitney's colt Tryster. black son of
Peter Pan-Tryst, which won as easily
as to make the attraction more or less
of joke.
Racegoers expected to see real con-
test in the Jerome. but what promised
something worth while was robbed of
all its interest when the Rancocas
Stables Grey Lag was scratched The
race, had the two great colts met,
would have given an excellent line
toward the award of the three-year- -old
championship.
While there has been altogether too
much scratching of horses at this
autumn meeting, there was very good
reason for the Withdrawal of Grey Lag.
This colt pulled up very lame after he
had run second to Touch Me Not in the
Lawrence Realization last Saturday
afternoon. He bruised his heel in the
$4,000 stake race in which he beat
Black Servant by nose at Windsor in
July. Grey Lag has never been at his
best since then, though until the very
last moment Sam Hildreth was hopeful
ne might start in the Jerome.
Dartmoor an Added Starter
About the time Hidreth scratched
Grey Lag Harry Payne Whitney added
partmoor to help out Tryster, though
as it turned out Tryster needed no help.
The Whitney pair were engaging only
the Ranocas Stables Knobbie and the
Oneck Stables Frigate
1t was a romp for Tryster, who gal
loped in front all the way and won by
two lengths. For more than half a
mile Dartmoor ran second, with Knob
bic trailing. Fator made a move with
Knobbie rounding the far turn, but he
never could get close to the pacemaker,
which was eased through the final six
teenth Knobbie beat Frigate three
lengths for the place. The race was
worth S2,375 to the winner.
One of the greatest two-horse steeple-
chases ever witnessed thrilled the pa
irons in the second. j. H. Lewis's
Crest Hill, the ultimate winner, and J.
S. Cosden's LIE Marsouin raced as a
team for almost the entire distance.
Many of the fences they took together,
appearing across the field as one mount
They took the second to last jump to-
gether; then Crawford, with lie Mar
souin, pulled away to lead of couple
of lengths. 1t seemed all over for the
odds-on favorite, Crest Hill, but Byers
went to the whip, and when Crawford
slowed down to assure a safe jump over
the last obstacle the favorite again
caught his rival.
head to head. Crawford had to depend
q ctr u ND ,-;L ~ h ! l.,
his whip. They were so close as they
swept past the judges that a dead heat
decision would have satisfied every one.
Close Finish in Fifth
Another thrilling finish characterized
the fifth race, at mile, which was won
by M. D. Suggs's Walnut Hall. This one
and w. c. Clancy's Phalaris, the favor
ite, had the race between them all the
way. Phalaris lay off the early pace,
but moved up in the stretch, and at the
furlong pole got on even terms. The
pair kept stride for stride for six
teenth. Phalaris then drew slightly
away, but just when he had victory
cinched he bore out sharply with La
verne Fator, as tired horses invariably
do, and Zoeller got the brackets.
Mavourneen, B. A. Lanes speedy
black filly, which was practically neg
lected in the betting, soaring from to
2 to 8 to 2 at post time, furnished
Coltiletti with the first of his two win
ming mounts. Mavourneen rushed
quickly to the front from an outside
position and set the pace all the way,
but was lucky to escape disqualification.
Esquire and Vista were knocked out
of contention when Coltiletti crossed in
front of them at the turn. Both Calla~
h nd oh nj y,
neither would have profted by a dis
qualification. The stewards put it up
to the patrol judge of that beat, but he
had seen nothing to merit drastic ac-
tion.
Swart Quits Apprentices
N. Swart, who has done considerable
class when he piloted home the
favorite, Fair Virginia, in the opening
race. This flly raced Last Girl into sub
mission and drew away to q lead of
ten lengths at the end. Little Swart
was still riding a sixteenth past the
Judges. Harry Payre Whitney's Cherry
Tree simply galloped in front of Pavia,
the only other starter, in the last race,
at six and half furlongs.
at is fortunate" said Major August
Belmont yesterday, in referring to the
prospective size of the Futurlty field
tomorrow, chat we have q straight
course for the decision of such race.
The event was born to be run over q
straight course and all the years of
its decision at Sheepshead Bay it was
contested over a ground that insured
q fair chance for every starter. There
was slight bend in the Coney Island
Futurity course, which initiated to a
slight degree against horses that had
an outside position
"Here at Belmont Park we have q
course that is as straight as q gun bar
rel, and the best horse ought to win