New-York tribune., 1921-06-02
Hummer Pilots
Five-Year-Old
I'm Great Race
Mark Sea by Super-Horse i'm
1920 Is Lowered by
One-Fifth of a Second
By w. ]. Macbeth


hidden by Clarence Hummer. stepped
mile at Belmont Park yesterday faster
.hsn any horse in America had ever
hefore travelled the route around turns
in competition. In beating the Lex
,ne,on Stables Eternal, the Rancocas
Stables great Thunderclap and A. S.
Woodcliffe's Veto. this son of Star
sAeos-Bold Girl whirled down to the
snish line in the Mineola Handicap, at
mile, in the astounding time OF
1855 S-5.
Audaeious clipped one-ffth second
Of the former record set by the horse
Of the century, Man O. War, in the
running Of the Wishers, May %, 1920
On that occasion the champion of
champions stepped the mile (reverse
wayl in 1885 as to beat Harry Payne
Whitney's Wildair, Andrew Millers
Hoarner ran around turns at Saratoga
in 1918 to the worlds record Of
1854 a-5 But this was trial against
time, and though the old gelding was
anaccompanied by pace Che ran away
from the relay and would-be pacemak-
ers} he was under only 40 pounds.
Roamer, on that occasion, carrying
equal weight to that which Salvador
had carried. beat Salvator's worlds rec
ord for the mile, 1885,, which had
been established over straight
course twenty eight years previously,
al Monmouth Park, n. j.
Is Not Man o. War
In thsse comparisons Of records it is
ret intimsted for moment shat the
:ive-ycar- Audacious of yesterday
ives the equal Of the three-year- Id
Nsn O. War of Il year ago at even
weights Man c. War ran his mile
practically unehallenged. Wildair at
no time was ever close enough to
yhnney TO the pride 'of Fair Play.
Through the last furlong Hammer had
Man o. War throttled down under
triple wraps and through the last six
teenth had him pulled almost TO dog
trot.
Nan @ War ran his mile or a per-
fectly still day. Audacious Yesterday
had the advantage of fifteen mile
wind that helped him two-thirds of the
distance and hindered him little In the
stretch. Audacious carried 118 pounds,
the same burden Man O. War had toted.
Audacious was a good horse yester-
Rancocas Stables Thunderclap which
was giving Audacious four pounds,
was rushed TO the front by Sande at
the start and cut out killing pace.
For mere than three quarters Of q mile
Thunderclap showed the way, reeling
IF the furlongs in this fashion: II As,
252-5, 81 as, as As, SO 3-5 and l:10 As.
But never in ali that time could ne
shake Audscious, which in the early
running kept his nose at Thande rclap's
saddle girtns. and around the bend was
leftingit cut head t6F head Straight
cred in thc stretch, Hummer soon put
Thupderflsp away but this ono had
burned himsef up in the early running.
Almost unchallenged, then, Audacious
frished his record mile. He passed the
seven -ei ghths pole in 1,23. As he
flashed over the finish in ;35 3-5 Au-
daeious seemed still to have some thing
In reserve.
Luck Against Eternal
Eternal ran n wonderful race The
. Lexingtoa Stables star five-year-old
had all the worst Of the luck. Prae-
tically left at the post Eternal. after
trailing to the turn, was forced to race
around the field. He came like a bullet
through the stretch, but too late to
get up. Thunderclap collapsed in the
stretch and trailed home absolutely in
the ruck behind Veto.
There was another startling per
formance Playfenow, the three-year-
old full brother of Man O. War, finally
broke his maiden. he beat q cheap
lot in the fifth race at a mile in the
very satisfactory time of !: :37 1-5. For
the first time in his racing career
Piayfellow ran to his works. He is
likely to be quite a handy horse in
future.
The FIRST disqualification of the year
came after Fair Mac had finished first
In the steepiechase. At the upper end
Of the field on the second turn Fair
Mac was bumped and almost knocked
on his head by Reddest, which was
coupled with Ormead The horse was
pushed outside beacon and justly
disqualified, But the stable should
have been disqualified, too.
Reddest interfered with Fair Mae all
the rest of the way and carried him
many lengths to the outside. at tho last
turn. Jockey P Brady, who had the
mount on Fair Mae, was suspended and
his case referred to the United Hunts
Association. II is said he denied hav-
ing left the course.