New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-07
Cochran Enters
Sterling Pair
!. In Big Classic
Rancocas Stable Will Be
Represented by Grey Lag,
knobbie and Playfellow


The Dwyer Stakes, at mile and
furiong, one of the most highly priced
classics run exclusively for three-year-
olds, will feature an exceptional card
at the Aqueduct track this afternoon.
This is the race which was made
memorable one year ago in one of the
most picturesquely thrilling thorough
bred competitions known to the Ameri-
can turf--the race in which the great
and only Man O. War was forced to
break American records for every dis
lance from furlong to q mile and
sixteenth to beat Harry Payne Whit
ney's John P. Grier in two-horse
race. Grier, racing to the outside,
matched the horse of the century stride
for stride and led by neck at the
end OF mile and a sixteenth His
heart was broken when Man o War
sprang away under the whip at the
sixteenth pole.
Should the eight three-year-olds
nominated all go to the post for the
Dwyer this afternoon it should assure
has ever witnessed. The pick Of the
division is eligible. Playfellow, the
full brother of Man o. War, has been
named by the Rancocas Stable together
with Grey Lag, generally considered
the best three-year-old shown so far
this season, and Knobbie. But though
Playfellow has a pull of fifteen pounds
III the weights from both his stable
mates it is doubtful if he will start.
Trying to Turn Colt Back
The Rancocas Stable has tried to
turn back on the Quincy Stable this
colt it bought for $4,000, on the
ground that he was not sound when
purchased. If Playfellow, beaten be-
cause he attempted to concede too
much weight to older horses, races in
case in the lawsuit alleged to be start
ets would be greatly weakened.
Clifford a. Cochran has a high-class
pair in Banksia and Smoke Screen,
though the Redstone Stables Sporting
Blood will probably be second choice.
Larry Waterbury's Idle Dell and the
Quincy Stables Copper Demon will
both be held short by the oralists. Here
is a race in which every entrant has
be q real horse race. The program will
be supplemented with three eXtraordi-
narily we'll filled events for the platers,
as $1,000 will be added to the original
purse money as the result of Tuesdays
run-ups in the selling races.
Yesterdays racing at Aqueduct left
the good men all on the run, and it is
likely there will be some faces missing
from the family circle when it comes
time to settle" in the bull-ring this at
ternoon. The horses did not run exact
~ to form, if you get me. The day start
ed poorly, tolerably poorly. Sweep
Clean, backed from Is to ! to to 1,
slipped through next the rail in the last
furlong and won going away. Another
long shot, Actress, set the pace, but
blew up in the stretch. Jyntee, consid-
cred a copper-Iiveted cinch, was carried
wide all the way, but, though hard rid
den by Hummer, never had a look-ln
for the pictures.
Mrs. George Lofts Sweepment proved
himself The class of the jumpers shown
sc far this season. After the fashion
OF really great timber-topper, he
rtnlped home the easiest imaginable
winner in the Glendale Stceplechase
Handicap, with $500 added, for four
year-olds and upward, at about two
and half miles.
Crushing Impost of 1877 Por,>'9
Sweepment had the crushing
CT 1877 pounds, but one after t /
he raced all opposition into tn I'D.
There might possibly have been diff
ferent story if Earlocker had had
stronger rider than NJ. Mountain, the
veteran Of fiat racing. Earlocker
seemed q sure winner until he STUN
bled and threw his rider at the twelfth
fence. Mountain, who carried an eX
cess OF dead weight, did not appear
strong enough to steady his mount
when he came to the obstacles.
The third race, at a mile and a six
teenth, was simply cakewalk for the
8 to 20 favorite, Devastation. But the
upset of the day came in the fifth race,
at a mile, when ]. f. Davis's Quecreek
showed up Fair Gain, ! to 2 favorite.
Fair Gain, which looked a picture horse
going to the post, was straight as a
string to beat the rank outsider, Top
Sergeant, for the place. 1t was a romp
for Quecreek all the way.
A disqualification was seen in the
last race. John E. Madden's Collinga
suffered the adverse ruling after the
filly had won by a good length. This
was a schooling event for apprentice
boys. A furlong from home little Wal
tiers, on Bellatrix, tried to jam through
knothole on the rail- Collinga hit his
mount ana almost put Bellatrix over
the fence. Walters did go over the
fence, but luckily escaped serious in
jury. Worse fouls have been overlooked
hundreds of times this season. There
was long delay. Everybody was called
into the stand after Walters had laid
claim of foul. The impatient crowd
called for action for fully five minutes
before the stewards finally recognized
the claim.
The incident proved little but the
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