New-York tribune., 1922-10-26
Form Players
Run Into Upset
At Empire City
Burlew's Entry, Chased as
Sprinter, Ncgotiates Mile
and q Sixteenth Handily

Fred Buriew's IRISH Brfgadief, ably
sidden by J. Merimee. sprung . big
surprise on the talsn. at the Empire
City track yesterday by romping of
with the Lexington Handicap. foI
three-year-olds and upward over tho
nsile and sixteenth route, leading
home Frank Browns Hephaistos. Ran
eocas Stables Cirrus and John Zauner's
0vertake. Classed as nothing but q
sprinter, few thought Irish Brigadier
would negotiate the distance, but he
took the track In the first sixteenth
and made every pole winning one.
After passing the five-eighths pole the
form players expected to see him th-ow
up the sponge, but instead he just
loped along with little urging from
his rider and won we'll In hand by one
length. Play on the race centered on
Hephaistos, which on paper looked to
ontclass his company over this distance.
ite. Thomas rated the colt back of
Irish Brigadier after Cirrus weakened
expecting the Burlew colt to come back
to him, but the Burlew colt had no such
notion in his head.
After making the bend at the head Of
the stretch Thomas gave Hephaistos
his head, but the colt failed to respond.
he rode desperately to overtake the
winner, but second was the best he
could do. Cirrus finished five lengths
back Of Hephaistos, with Overtake two
lengths in the rear. There was q ru-
NOR on the lawn that Cirrus was ready
Hephaistos, but as nothing showed for
him his price scared to 3 to /. ~He
showed good speed for Ave furlongs and
then dropped back.
The crowd was doubly disappointed
by the defeat of four favorites and the
fact that Earl Sande failed to get home
with any of the three horses he rode.
Olga Virginia, carrying the silks OF
Willis Sharpe Kilmer, was returned the
winner of the opening race, claiming
affair for two-year-olds at five and
half furlongs. Rejection was second
and High Commander third. The start
was very ragged, half the field being
practically left at the post. Candida,
the favorite, made the early running,
but gave up in the middle of the turn.
Olga Virginia, which had been running
in second position, then took the lead
and went on to win easily by a length
and half. Rejection beat High Com
nander head for the place.
Thirteen Of the cheapest kind OF
Dlaters made up the field for the sec
ond event, run over the short SIX
furlongs for three-year-olds and up
ward. Coming out on the track Mon
astery tossed his by and ran away for
a full circuit of the track Good Time
apparently did not want to see him go
it alone and he ran away with him.
The result of the race was an upset for
the talent. Orcus, a neglected out
slider, closing like a streak from bad
beginning, caught the fast tiring fav-
orite, Daydue, in the last furlong and
won hard ridden b. a length and
half. Esquire, another outsider, was
third half length back.
Sophia Goldman, with Sande in the
saddle, was installed first choice in
the third, two-year-old event at five
furlongs. Sande rode with his usual
her home third. Flying Devil, 10 to
shot. after making all the pace, just
lasted to beat Sunsini nose. The lat
ter was two lengths in front of Sophia.
The form players were rewarded for
the first time during the afternoon
when Ballot Mark, the even money fa-
vorite, galloped home in the fourth.
Search Light III, 60 to shot. gave
them quite a scare by leading the pack
almost to the last sixteenth pole, where
he gave way to Ballot Mark. The lat
ter won we'll in hand by length and
half. Search Light III beat st. Isl
dore two lengths for second money.
While only three horses went to the
post for the last event, two -year-old
race at about six furlongs, the start
was one of the poorest Of the season.
Luckily for the talent, Cyclops, the
first choice, beat the barrier by four
lengths, with Shamrock about FIVE
lengths ahead of Avalanche Cyclops
set dizzy pace but tired in the last
furlong and was doing his utmost at
the end to beat Shamrock half length.
1t was the general opinion that Sham
rock would have beaten the black colt
with an even break.
Sunsini was claimed from w, S. Kill
mer for $1,850. Flying Devil was
Claimed from the Riviera Stable hv
sidney Gooch for 81, ,555.
After Orcus won the second race
he was bid up by j. A. Coburn to 50 4oo
He was retained by the owner for The
customary FIVE dollar advance. Aftar
Monastery ran away. the stewards or
oered his entry refused for the balance
OF the meeting.
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