New-York tribune., 1922-05-27
Audacious l.
Easy " inner in
Feature Event
Only Two Other Starter, in
Hyde Park Handicap: Frig-
ate Provides Only Upset
By W. !. Macbeth

content They mad been ,sken ever
the jumps, as is tbeir wont 70 take the
unwary They had been hammered
and hit and made TO like it. and, one
and all. they were preperei to bite
ten-penny nail in two with the non
ohalance they MUNICH tender lamb
chop
Belmont PARK Yesterday afternoon
was a bit different from the day be ore
when society was cut In .oice~ Net I'd.
VAS a Belmont PARK that night have
graoed almost any thoroughbred occa
sion. 1t lacked IN quantity on,y--uOt
n quality. Society WAS ogt soliciting
r the interest OF the "poppl fund
stunt for disabled soldiers and sailors.
Anybody who had the price paid tos
flower supposed to bring good iUcs
Evidently the oralistlS had "dsh-rocks'
in their pockets. They GO the dr55-
bing.
Five favorites traipsed down in front
during the afternoon. Each one Of
them was exceptionally well played.
There were few short prices for VIA
rers, but not so short as 70 scare away
good men with reasonable pawn noney.
Taken all in all. It Was = sort Of
cneap card that Racing Secretary 4.
Me-. EarIocbcr had arranged But
ther today IS another dag and Mr..
Earlocker cannot be condemned for
keeping his powder dry against the
holiday sortle.
A Galop for Audacious
The feature event yesterday was
worth only $500. Selling platers in
Maryland and Kentucky run for richer
prizes This feature event was the
Hyde Park Handicap at ml,e and
sixteenth, and it was only gallop for
Mrs Louise Niau's Audacious. From
seven the field was scratched down to
three. Audacio a 9 to faVorlte,
,aas rated of the early pace. Clarence
Hummer allowed Morris, on Harry
Payne Whitney's Damask, TO set the
pace through the long back stretch run,
and when ready Hummer let the favor
lite down to Ms best pace
Around the turn for a quarter mile
the pair raced head 10 head, with
Audacious or the outside Turning
int the stretch D2mask chucked it and
Audacious forged out TO lead Of
length. It was a hard drive through
the last quarter mile. Sedgeiie.d, the
outsider, that had begun slowly and
had saved every possible inch Of
ground began to make his presence
felt, when the field Of three straight
ened for the run home. Marnelii
hustled him up along the rail and
through the final furlong actually
raced Damask into the ground. The
Whitney colt hung in the final six
toenth He had run his race, but was
badly blown.
J. L. Prices old Gum Sab simply
toyed with the field of nine cheap
platers in the opening dash OF slA
furlongs a hundred dollar bill prob
ably would have claimed the whole
Ar-t.
case of whether or not he would stand
up under mile run. He had knee
IS big as his head, but it didn't seem
TO bother him greatly until after the
heat had been run It required the
services Of several swipes 10 get him
of the track, but in the spongy going
he was a law unto himsclf. He rated
of Fudmans pace till half way round
the bend and then he came on and won
just as he pleased The populacc was
for it, Cum Sab had been backed from
to 3 TO 3 to ..
Only Upset OF Card
The only startling upset occurred in
the second trial, at q mile. when II. Nj
Howard's trigate outgamed the favor
ite. Max Hirschs Flying Cloud in an
exciting duel through the full length
Of the stretch. Flying Cloud and
w nlSk commanded ali llC play W NtSh
sras off badly and ran wide for the
entire trip. never figuring Frigate, on
the other hand, saved ground every
inch of the way from start to finish
and was able to ease up to within
striking distance by the time the
stretch turn was reached. From there
home II was a race fit for the gods;
Marine!li and Parke came bobbing all
through the stretch, the lead alternat-
ing with each stride. Frigate's nose
was down at the end.
The csgey Scott Harlan cut real
melon In Canaque In the third race
This was dash at four and 8 half
furlor This two-year-old colt from
the tree Stable had outworked
Che repeatedly. The good men
expe TO get l to ? for Their invest
ment on Cansque, but wild tip got
the rounds on J. s. Cosdeu's Crochet
Crochet was hammered down from
to to to s and CanaQue scared from
evens to Z TO s. When it was all over
the wise ones were looking for the
needle. CanaQuc was under wraps al
the way and simply tow-roped the field.
TIE good thing, Crochet, finished out
side the money.
Maxie Hirsch put over "a most lus-
cious citrus in Finality, that won the
fifth race at SIX and a half furlongs
This one was knocked down from to
to II TO 5. Marinell traiied the
field to the top Of the stretch, then
came away for an apparent romp. But
Finality tired in the last sixteenth and
barely lasted to Win over Doughnut.
which closed with sensational burst
of speed through the stretch. Avjspa,
which was also heavily played and
which finished outside the money, was
of poorly and ran wide all the way
The ancient and honorable Jimmy
Butwell landed the brackets with Vic
tor S, the fayorite. in the closing dash
of SIX furlones. The winner went to
the front after turning for home and
won in common gallop. Copyright
vas much the best of 'he others, and
Sande had little difficulty IN landing
the place with him. A lot of money
was thrown in on Bill Block, which
was prominent for the first quarter.
but Happy Buxton and his steed went
all to pieces before the bend was
reached and finished outside the
money.
TIE Charles +. Appleton Memorial
Steeplechase at Belmont Park to-dav
has attracted thirteen OF the best
jumpers in the country, TIE timber
toppers are out in force for the hand
some old English cup presented by Mrs.
Payne Whitney, as much as for the
monetary value of the stake.
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