The Washington herald., 1922-06-11
SNOB II IS BEATEN
OVER TWO LENGTHS
In ANNUAL CLASSIC
Winner, Last at Break,
Makes Bid at Half and
Wins Going Away.
By w. ]. MACBETH.


NEW YORK, June Io.-An idol of
the turf was shattered and a new
one born in the running of the his
toric Belmont at Belmont Park to-
day. Snob II. the great J-year-old
colt for which ]. S. Cosden paid
John Sanford $s5.0O0 recently, was
beaten by r. T. Wilson's Pillory by
more than two and a half lengths
over the mile and three furlongs.
The race of Snob IL was a sau
disappointment, il not a rude shock.
to the 30.000-odd enthusiasts on
hand to get a line on the merits of
this erstwhile jim-dandy challenger
for the laurel wreath worn by the
unbeaten Norwich
Bad Ridef on Formf
There seems no way OF accounting
for it, unless, indeed, it was a
sample of bad riding on the part of
Jimmy Butwell, who had the mount.
or that Snob II was far from his
best for the big test today. With
L. Morris in the saddle Pillory an
nexed the Preakness from a classy
field; was winning away of by him.
self until he SHE'D from a wet spot
in the stretch. Under c. II. Miller
NSNoy AAAOAg ChOO IL CHcdp
by comparison. II may be, of
course, that Snob is only a miller,
but. again. the pace was anything
but killing one and Snob set the
pace himself. Certainly. bar Pill
lory. there was nothing In today's
Belmont capable of making Norwich
stretch his neck.
There is a possibility that Snob
was not at his very best and this is
not said by way of any alibi. He
went TO the post in heavy hind
bandages and appeared sore on his
hind feet. All the others were sleek
and trim and clean as fancy could
picture.
Pillory Last at Break.
Mars Cassidy broke the field in
perfect alignment Almost i'm
mediately Snob darted off into the
lead. which he increased to three
good lengths rounding the first
turn. Ray Jay. Tapped on Hea fol-
lowed. with the slow beginning Pill
lory trailing by a length and
half.
In the run through the long back
stretch Ray Jay and Hea closed up
to within a length of the pace MAX
er, every one thought Clarence
Hummer was simply rating in front
Up to this time. C. II. Miller, Mr..
Wilson's new Jockey, had made no
move with PillOry. At the half mile
pole Miller reused his mount and
Pillory charged down on the others.
He swept to the outside on the Tar
turn, then waited till Strengthened
for the run home before making
a move for the pace maker.
There stunning Pi1lnrV'S
rush. First he put away Hea (for
Ray Jay by then had dropped into
the ruck). then he collared Snob.
For hundred yards they hung to-
gether. then Pillory drew away to
an easy victory. The fractional
time was O:9i 3-5, o:44 As, l:15 2-5
1:4l As, 2:O6 rs, 2:1S As. The
course record is 2:16 As established
by Grey Lag last year the first time
the Belmont was run over the main
course.
First Race-Six furlongs; 3-year-
olds and upward: Overtake. liz
CKeIsayJ, to l. to l. even; The
Peruvian, ll2 (Johnson, to 5.
TO 3: Tikeh. los (MarinellD, . to l.
Time. 1:l2 20. Arnold B. Nugget.
The Sphinx. Futen. Jocose. Annie
Rooney, Confusion, Astrolite, Jaune-
par " elCOIle Stranger SUPERVISION
and Irene Delsa also ran.
Second Race-TwO miles: steeple-
chase; 4-year-olds and upward: Roi
Craig. IA (POwers). to ., out. out:
Quecreek. 13s (Pierce), to 3. out:
Wisest Fool, 1913 (Byers), out. Time.
1856. Only three starters.
Third Race-Five and one-half
furlongs: 2-year-olds: Cherry Pie,
lis Uyke). even. to 5. to s;
Cresta, l22 (Penman). . to !. even;
Canaque. lis (Thomas). to g.
Time, l:05 2-5. Mckee. Sally's AL
ley. Vigil. New Hampshire ana
Sandy Hatch also ran.
Fourth Race-For 3-year-olds;
one and three-eighths miles: Pill
lOry. 126 (Miller). to l. to 5, out;
Snob ii. 125 &C. Kummer), out. out:
Hea. 126 (Keogh), out. Time,
2:lS As. Letterman and Ray Jay
also ran.
Fifth Race-For 3-year-olds and
up; one mile: Excuse Me, 14S CAL
pers), TO 5. out, out; Arrow Of
Gold, $50 CSmith). out. out: Dady,
l42 (Belmont). out. Time, 1:41 3-5
Only three went
Sixth Race-For 3-year-olds; one
mile: Chateau Gay los Uang).
to /. to l. even; Canyon, Ill CFair-
brother), ? to 5, l to 5; Buxom, 9S
(MarinellD, even. Time, 1888 4-5.
The Post, Mount Hope, Bullet, Dew
onite and Zealot also ram