The Washington herald., 1922-05-09
ROSS ENTRY HOME
FIVE LENGTHS IN
FRONT OF PARADE
ButwelPs Finish Astride
Superlative Furnishes
Crowd With Thrill.

racing conditions. both under foot
and overhead, served to bring out
another capacity crowd at PimIico,
this afternoon. to witness the run
ming Of the Pimlico Graded Hand
leaps. OF the seven events down
for decision. but one was over a
distance OF ground. the others be-
ing for juveniles at four furionrs
and for sprinters who fancy a six
furlong route.
In the Grade-A Handicap. Comdr
j. X L. Ross speedy Hildur, with
Lang up. suffered considerable
early interferences. but once getting
clesr practically tow-roped his op-
positlon and was running all over
the top of horses In the stretch
run His score was the easiest Of
the day. five lengths separating him
from his nearest opponent. the Sea
gram Stables Golden Sphere.
one OF the most spectacular
nnisnes came with the running Of
the Class B division. Messines. an
other Ross color bearer, had been
made the favorite in the specuIa
uon' and hattered his supporters by
remaining in a contendinc position
UP until the field was straightened
out after passing the top of the
stretch.
superistive FLASHES strong.
James Arthur's Sycamore had
Cuisplsyed a lot Of early foot and
cut out the pace to the three-uuar.
Ter pole. At his point, Jimmy But
wen. aStride Walter J. Salmon's
Superlative came from the ruck and
oVertaking the leaders, with a rush
passed under the wire a length and
a half to the good of the Ross entry.
In Class c. the spectators had
entirely overlooked F. Ambrose
Clark's Bromelia, they centering
their attention upon the Seagram
stables Lady Meave. When post
time arrived the Canadian racer had
oeen made a favorite. while Bro
meiia' which has been showing
such excellent form of late, was
quoted at II to 2.
Bromelia soon assumed command
at the turn and RomanelI never
found it necessary to urge the
Clark mare, as she won under re-
stralnt fun length ahead of the
outsider. Mayor House.
ID. c. Entry Fails Backer..
Bernard Harding's 2-year-old nI-
ly. Elizabeth Bean. again was
FORCED to take a sound thrashing.
The Wsshington-owned juvenile
had been tipped as a real good
thing. but at no time during the
running was she ever a serious
contender. The dash. which was at
four furlongs. brought to the post
but seven and on the strength of
Ter previous effort the Bean filIy
was considered as good as in, al
shough st. Valentine was not with
out supporters.
n H. Morris Jolly. with the un-
fheard-of Holmes up, outbroke his
Held by three lengths and was never
headed. Butwell made a great ef-
fort to 1overtake the Hying leader
in the last sixteenth. but Jolly had
enough in reserve to stall of the
challenge and finished a bare nose
out in front.
The jumping event went to Infidel
ii. The Moore fencer was rated OF
the early pace. but when Jones de-
ctded to make his move the win
ner forged to the front and held
the balance of the field safe for
the rest OF the route. Taking the
twelfth fence. New Haven went
down and Royal Green fell over him.
Neither horses nor jockeys suffered
from the spill.
Sea Pirate JoIts Talent.
Maryland race followers seem to
labor under the opinion that J. S.
Hyree's Sea Pirate can run in moth
Ing but the mud. In fair field the
washington entry showed enough
this afternoon over a fast track to
easily land the third event. the only
one over distance Of ground.
Closely following the early mace.
Sea Pirate came with a rush when,
called on and outfooted King John
In the last sixteenth. Two-doIlar
rnutuels paid $3.50 on the winner.
|. The form players received an
fother setback in the running Of the
fourth. four-furlonE dash for =
yesr-olds. C. Z. Halls Sogsarth
Aroon had been made an odds-on-
fsvorite over the three others which
had accepted the issue. but was
beaten out in a stirring finish by
the kentmere FARMS Prudential
by short head
Aroon broke exceedingly slow
and was fully three lengths in back
ct the field before Morris could get
him into stride. He steadily i'm
proved hiy position and at the last
sixteenth pole appeared to be .he
ultimate winner. but the ground he
lost at the break and the urging
under which he was forced to maze
n