The New York herald., 1922-10-04
n. L. Gerry's Colt Compelled to
Do His Best to Beat Aladdin
by Half a Length.
COUP ON BRooMFLAx
Heavily Backed, He 0vercomes
Bad Racing Luck and Beats
Opponents.
By HENRY v. KING.

There were not any good horses
in action at the Jamaica track yester-
day, but there were some good races.
Several of them furnished stirring
finishes and aroused big crowd to a
high pitch of enthusiasm. The fea-
ture was selling race. 1t was the
Lynbrook for two-year-olds at five
and a half furlongs. Robert l.. Gerry's
William Tell was the victor in a driv-
ing finish by half a length. Harry
r. Sinclair's Aladdin was second and
w. Daniels Blanc Seing third.
William Tell undoubtedly was the
best at the distance. but IL the route
had been a sixteenth of a mile further
1t is a question If he would have earned
any part of the purse. He showed enough
speed to keep up with the pace to the
head Of the homestretch. There he be-
gan TO move forward and at the final
eighth pole was in front and looked like
an easy winner. But with less than
seventy yards to so he began to stop
and it was only by the hardest kind
him in front to the judges.
AS yearling William. Tell was a
whirlwind, and Mr.. Gerry and other
sportsmen WHO saw him work predicted
he would be one of the prize juveniles
of the year. He has some of the speed
expected, but he seems to have little
courage and less stamina AS a result
yesterday found him in selling race.
Aladdin is a savage horse with a good
turn OF speed and fellow who races
as IL he could race over distance of
ground. But he is uncertain. He is
just as likely as not to stop in a race
and attempt to savage another horse
or a jockey.
Blanc Seiig is pretty shifty colt. but
he has a habit of kicking himself in his
races. and around the turns such as at
Jamaica he is not at his best. He is
a long strider and yesterday he couldn't
get going at his best until the race was
as good as over. When Strengthened
out for home he came with rush, but
ne couldn't get near the leaders.
Broomflax Pounds. the Best.
John e. Madden's Broomhax, geld
ing by Uncle out of Broomleaf. beat a
hand of mediocre three-year-old in the
third race at one mile and seventy yards.
He won driving by a length and half,
but he should have galloped in half a
dozen lengths ahead of his opponents
He was twenty pounds better than any
horse In the race and that he was COM
PEELED to exert himself was because of
bad racing luck. He was shut off three
times and finally was compelled to run
around his field to win. A. X Ma
comber's Story Teller was second and
1,tA- I'D a.
backed by Mr.. Madden. some of his
friends and a host of horsemen and
clockers who were sure the horse hadn't
done his best in his races.
The opening race resulted in a head
and head finish, with three horses Tapped
az the judges. Roseate II. was awarded
the verdict by a head, with Chile second
and Black Friday third. There was
some rough riding in this scramble and
the stewards blamed Ted Rice for it and
suspended him for the remainder OF the
meeting.
After several disappointments The
Almoner. from Henry F. Sinclair's stable
graduated from the maiden ranks. He
won by a nose, and that he was awarded
the purse was due to Sande's great finish
Sande put up one of his best rides. He
started whipping entering the home
stretch and continued to do so until his
mount stuck his nose home in front of
High Speed.
r. I. Wilson's skinny little platter
Vendor won the fifth race from a band of
the cheapest kind OF race horses. He
was an odds on favorite and won like
one. He followed the pace until coming
out of the backstretch where he moved
UP and won eased UP by four lengths.
Georgie outclassed a trio of platers
in the final and ran away from them.