The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-13
NASSAU BEST OF
MEDIOCRE FIELD
Leads Band Of Young Mudlarks
Throughout Seven Fur
long Test.
SOUTHERN CROSS WINS
Beats Little Chief and Devasta-
tion-Sequel Runs Away
Then Scores.
SOUTHERN CROSS WINS
ny HENRY ". KING.


one Of the most coveted juvenile
stakes on the American turf. was run
yesterday afternoon at Belmont Park
and while II produced spirited strug-
gle, the caliber of the contestants was
far below that OF former years. The
eight youngsters who went forth tc
do battle over the seven furlonG
course had little more class than SELL
ing platers.
Frederick Johnson's Nassau. which
was claimed out Of a selling event last
spring, was returned the victor. He
ran an exceptionally good race in the
mud and beat his opponents handily
Hc took command as soon as the bar
rler went up and remained in front to
the end. to win by length and q
half. Walter M. Jeffords's Miss Smith
finished second and Harry F. Sinclair's
Occur de Lion was third. Nassau ran
the seven furlongs In 1855
That the famous stake degenerated
into a mediocre event was not because
Of the rain which made the track heavy.
None of the real good colts or, fillies
were named overnight for 1t when the
! track promised to be dry. When several
horsemen were asked why the best colts
were not named for 1t they declared
fore the Futurity The Futurity is
worth $4,000 and the winner of the
Champagne received little more than
$4,000 The horsemen agreed, however.
that II the event had been held the
first week OF the meeting a better class
of horses would have run in 1t. even
though it wasn't rich stake.
Spot Casks Game Effort.
When Nassau darted into the lead at
the start Harry Payne Whitney's Spot
Cash. a Broomstick colt which is not
partial to a heavy or soft track, sprang
after him. and to the surprise OF the
crowd, including his trainer. hung to
the leaders, heels until turning into the
home stretch. There Spot Cash began to
founder and drop back. while Nassau
went on by himself and looked like the
easiest kind of a winner. But Miss
Smith, which had been running In third
place. finished strong and forced Fair
brother to hard hand ride to get
Nassau home in front. Occur de Lion
was outrun in the early stages, but
came with a rush in the final furlong.
The Great Neck Handicap. at one
mile, furnished a keen contest even
though only three horses competed in
II. The heavy track caused half dozen
to be withdrawn, and Harry F. Sin
clairs Little Chief. Edward Sims's
Southern Cross and Sheriff Pettit's De-
vastation were the starters.
So evenly were the weights adjusted
that 1t was one of the most open races
Of the season. The owner and trainer
of each believed their charge would win
and at one time the odds were Q to /
and take your pick.
Southern Cross won the race and
proved that he Is better colt than
most racegoers believed. He showed a
twenty pound improvement over his last
race. He took the track at the start
and after racing Little Chief into sub
mission came on and won easily by a
length and a half Little Chief, which
ran second all the way. took the second
ahead of Devastation. Southern Cross
is the colt which kicked Lucky Hour In
the head and nearly killed him.
Sequel Is n Slayer.
Al Daviss little gray filly Sequel is
certainly distance runner. She ran
away more than two mile before the
fifth race. then came back and led her
field from start to finish and won the
purse. While at the barrier Sequel un-
seated Young Martz, turned and
bolted over across the training track,
into the woods and for fifteen minutes
was out of sight Stable hands and
Leader Murray went I'm quest OF her
end after what seemed like an hours de-
lay brought her back. Just as she was
being led out of the woods the stewards
decided that she had been absent long
enough and rang the bell notifying the
starter to send tho field away without
her.
As the belling was tolling Sequel was
seen. coming across the training track
Mars Cassidy saw her and waved some
sort of signal to the stewards and
waited for her arrival. As she ran off
hundreds who had wagercd on her be-
lieved their bets we're lost. Few In the
crowd thought IL possible for any horse
to run away as FAR as she did and win
a race. AS a result her odds jumped
from TO l to 10 to 1. but even this
price seemed too small under the civcum-
stances and there we're few wagers male
on her after she unseated her jockey.
When she returned to the barrier Mr.
Cassidy gave her the rail and when he
lifted the webbing she was toe first to
dart under II. In the first eurlong she
opened up gap Of two lengths On the
field but few paid much attention 70
her. Almost all present believed she
would stop before reaching the stretch
But she didn't Instead she seemed to
run faster, and came bouding through
the stralghtaway and past the judges
q handy victor.
Among those who believed che would
win even after she ran away was Tom
Healy. 9 He said she only cantesed up
the backstretch and through the woods
and that no harm would come from II.
He added that the horses waiting for
her at the post with weight up would
suffer more than she. Tho race proved
ne was right.
When the little racing mare returned
TO the scales she was greeted with APP
plause usually accorded to a great horse
or the winner OF rich and famous
stake. The crowd admired her pluck
and speed and cheered her for several
minutes.
Opperman from the Triple Springs
Farm beat big field of cheap platers
in the opening event In gallop He
led from STRAIT to finish and at the end
was five lengths In front Of Blue Teal.
Doughnut was third. After his victory
Opperman was bid up from $4,000 to
$4,000 by G. Coburn.
Winneconne was on her good behavior
at the barrier In the second race She
broke with his field and breezed home
tho winner by two lengths. Coburn also