New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-15


- Johnny LOTUS. in his time one Of
heyday of Tod Sloan, and this year
given his first trainers license, really
Featured the somewhat dull card by
scoring a double -barrclled victory in
one race. LOTUS trains for the Oak
Ridge Stable, owned by Thomas For
tune Ryan. He saddled pair that
ran one-two In the third race, which
must be considered the feature, If by
any stretch of imagination there was
a feature.
Nancy Shanks, admirably ridden by
Laverne Fator, took the Fairview
Purse at mile with ridiculous ease.
Irish Confetti, with Chick Lang up,
which was stablemate, beat Prelude
for the place money by full length.
This was probably the best betting
race OF the day, as there was strong
support both for the Oak Ridge Stable
and for Prelude, the respective COM
binations closing equal choices at 3
to 2. The Stable was knocked down
from to l.
Track in Tricky Shape
Yesterdays tack was tricky and
deceptive one. Despite the deluge of
Friday dust was flying on the outside
of the course before the conclusion of
The racing entertainment. But beneath
the going was sticky and holding, as
well as treacherous. This was shown
clearly in the time required for the
mile route Of the feature. Nancy
Shanks was clicked officially in
i:44 2-5.
Shortly after the. start which was
good, it appeared as if Prelude would
win off by herself. Thomas was wide
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mount into a commanding lead round
ing the club house turn. Nancy
Shanks was many lengths back and
next to last. Fator was content to
make up ground gradually and hitting
the far bend was in fourth position
Then he made his move, stepped up to
the pacc-maker, raced Prelude into
the ground so badly as to make her
quit. Irish Confetti, Nancy Shanks's
= stable mate, which trailed the field for
the first half mile, worked up with her,
and though swinging away wide in the
stretch turn was easily able to clinch
second money from the tired and
blown Prelude.
Lady Zeus, backed from 5s to 3s,
made a show of Cum Sab, the odds-on
favorite of the fourth race at a mile
and seventy yards. Martz trailed with
the winner to the far turn, then moved
up fast on the outside and simply ran
over and past his field. Up to this
stage Hard Guess and Rainbow Boy
81 had alternated in the lead, but both
quit when challenged by Lady Zeus.
There was jam at the stretch turn,
which Martz avoided by coming wide.
Cum Sab held on till we'll inside the
eighth pole, but Rainbow Boy, which
finished third, quit almost to walk
and was ten lengths behind Cum Sab
3 at the end. Lady Zeus won going away
by almost two lengths.
,,s CyclOps Takes Opener
r. L. Gerry's high class colt Cyclops
took the opening dash of five and half
furlongs from J. K. Madden's Donlin,
though many expert judges viewed the
victory in the nature of f1uke. Cy-
clops outbroke his field and once in
front McAtee kept him there, steering
wide in the stretcS where the footing
was best. Donlin had to come even
wider to avoid the Doggy footing. DON
lin was wearing down Cyclops at the
strides.
ii Little McNamee, Tom Healy's ap-
prentice boy, was badly shaken up in
the second race, when he was bumped
off his mount, Jocose. 1t was said that
Babin, who rode Spugs, which won at
10 to I, was responsible for McNamee' S
fall. The humping occurred shortly
after the start, while the field of thir-
teen was closely punched.
Mrs. w. M. Jeffords's Bravo stole a
long lead in the early part of the fifth
race, at mile and furlong, and
though firing badly toward the end
held the argument safe against the oft
disappointing favorite, Lord Herbert
The latter was weakly ridden by w
Pool and kept in the heaviest going
H. Researchers Bessie Leighton fur
nished E. Martz his second winning
1 mount of the day. AS with Lady Zeus
in the fourth this little boy came
around the field for the advantage of
the best possible footing. The favor
lite. Rork, tired after setting the early