The New York herald., 1922-06-07
BY HENRY ". KING.

Humid weather failed to affect the
activity of Trainer Max Hirsch and
Jockey Earl Sande during the course OF
q listless afternoons sport at Belmont
Park yesterday. The busy young
trainer saddled New Hampshire. winner
In the Bouquet Selling Stakes. and On
Watch, who accounted for the Baldwin
lightweight Handicap. while Halu. the
stables only other candidate, saved third
in the Brsomstick Purse.
The heavy morning rains played havoc
with the course. and with the attendance.
which was one of the slimmeest Of the
season. What had appeared an unusually
attractive program on paper was re-
duced almost to the commonplace after
the blue pencil had registered its deadly
work.
The Bouquet, which enjoys the dis
tinction OF being one of the oldest SELL
ing race fixtures extant. was having its
twenty-fifth running. New Hampshire
was installed favorite and proved him
self an unusual son of the young sire.
Granite, by taking the lead from j. S.
Cosden's homebred flly Brilliance after
the pair had disputed with Black Monkey
for the first two furlongs of the Ave
furlongs running. New Hampshire.
though carrying top weight of III
pounds, drew out handily as they passed
the elbow on the dash down the
straightaway, but gave his supporters
some worry when he gradually bore
toward the outer rail through the 6nal
run.
Sande Rouses Colt.
Sande was compelled to rouse hi-
several times through the closing strides.
but at the end he had length and
half to spare over Brilliance. while
Anonymous, a handsomely built, evil
IDENTIFY uneducated French gelding by
Maintenant-Valentin who ran coupled
with Raffles as one Of the j. K. Widener
entry, closed stoutly on his own courage
and snatched third from Black Monkey,
The latter was evidently handicapped
by the going and would have been dis
placed by Raffles in another STRIFE.
Black Monkey and Hughie, who finished
sixth, are two of the smallest Juveniles
in training.
New Hampshire's evident class more
than his real mud running ability VOL,
for him, as it did $4,000 for his Owner.
Hirsch The colt slipped and slid
through the final quarter. according 70
Sandes statement later
On Watch, son of the unbeasen Colin,
gave some of his confident hackers who
had accepted prohibitive odds against
him. a considerable scare through the
closing yards of the Baldwin, when he
shortened strides after having been per-
mitted to loaf through the stretch rur
The withdrawal of Reprisal Exodus anu
Caligula robbed the event OF most OF
it's original attractiveness when the
field was reduced to a trio.
Kelsay sent Bud Fishers Muskaiionge
to the lead in the opening strides while
Sande was content to keep the George
W. Loft candidate within striking dis
tance. about length back. Mystic, the
Quincy candidate. soon indicased that
he would not prove at home In such
exalted company by fading out OF II.
On Watch carried his lao pounds TO
an easy lead entering the stretch, upon
Sande's call. A furlong out 1t seemed
that he WAS cantering. but the overcon-
fidencc of his rider almost brought aus
aster because the mountainous weight
caused him to lag and Muskalionge got
within a half length Of him at the end
of the six furlongs, run in IA 1-5.
The final. which attracted eleven. the
biggest field Of the day. enabled the
Oak Ridge Stable to establish an unu-
sually capable juvenile filly named Con-
tact daughter of Sea King-BambL
The John e. Madden connections were
sanguine that Cheapside and Pay Dear