New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-26
CocIaran's Horse, Which
Won Race Wednesday,
Beats Classy Field at Spa
By w. 7. Macbeth

SARATOGA, Aug. IS. Clifford A.
Cochran's Smoke Screen proved himself
real racchorse to-day in winning the
Huron Handicap, at a mile and three
sixteenths. He ran the distance well
within himself every inch Of the way
in the commendable time of 1:5S Is,
and had Sporting Blood, Bit OF White,
Tryster and Flsmbette, which finished
in the order named behind him. all
drunk and dizzy at the end OF mile.
The big Disappointment of the race
was Harry Payne Whitney's Tryster,
the favorite Once again he gave sound
being outrun all the way by the win
ner he CURED up and quit outside the
final eighth pole.
Another disappointment was ?. A.
Clark's FLY Flam bette, which beat Bit
Of White in the Latona Oaks Flam-
bette finished absolutely last She was
the rank outsider In the betting, per-
haps because she had not been to the
races since the Latonia meeting, though
she was credited by The checkers with
mum Der of sensational workouts for
to-day's feature race.
Smoke Screen was an added starter
in the Huron to-day, which was worth
$4,000 to the winner. Trainer jim
Evans told every one he saw that he
would win sure, but most Of his friends
gave him the merry hal ha. Yester-
day Smoke Screen won sensa-
tional race at mile from Lady Ger
trude, Belsolar and Routledge in the
fast time Of 1877 2-5.
A Good Thing Passed Up
Supposedly sound judgment held no
matter how good Smoke Screen might
have been, that race Of yesterday would
leave him III no shape 10 beat such
speed as faced him to-day.
Evans, however, maintaining that yes
terday's race was nothing but an exer-
else gallop for his horse, declared he
had added him only because OF the fact
that Smoke Screen was as playful q
kitten in his stall this morning and
that he figured a race to-day would give
line on the colts chances in the J.ato-
ME Championship this fall. And s.,
while Smoke Screen was the best tipped
horse Of the day, the wise ones all went
to Tryster, Sporting Blood and Bit of
. White and left the good Cochran colt
all to his lonesome.
There was nothing to the race but
another exercise galop for Smoke
Screen. This horse, until very lately
regarded as nothing but a sprinter,
could have gone on all afterno Don APP
parently- Everything in his field took
a crack at him, and every one was laid
away in JIG time. Of the others sport
ing Blood, running for the first time ir
the colors Of Bud Fisher, showed the
greatest stamina and heart, for he hung
on doggedly to the bitter END.
1t is true everything in the race, par
ticularly Tryster and Sporting Blood,
was cling away great deal OF weight
to Smoke Screen, but it is more than
likely the disadvantage was counter
balanced by Smoke Screens race OF
yesterday. At any event, Evans seemed
Indifferent as to the weight his horse
carried, for he would not let Clarence
Hummer reduce to the weight the colt
accepted the three pounds overweight
that Hummer might be strong. He
wishedsthe jockey to have no excuse, for
he had no alioi for his horse.
Opposition Is Killed OF
Shortly after the start Hummer
rushed out to the front and soon
opened lead Of couple of lengths.
Bit of White and Tryster were racing
in coming up the backstretch. Bit of
White first went out, but she was raced
into the ground inside quarter mile.
Then Tryster took up the cudgels. He
worked up almost to the pacemaker as
they hit the turn 20 the far bend.
Hummer let out q link and inside
furlong opened up lead Of two lengths
again on the Whitney colt. He rated
Smoke Screen in front then clean to
the finish. Smoke Screen, though never
extended. killed of his opposition one
at q time. Sporting Blood was the
last to make try Tatcr had lain off
the pace and came like an express train
through the stretch, but never was
able to get close enough to extend the
winner
It was another bad day for the talent.
as only one favorite got to the finish
first. This was K. T. Wilson's Dimmes-
dale. which broke kindly for Fator and
held the race at his mercy all the wav
through the seven furlongs of the sec