The Washington herald., 1922-11-22
LOFTS STAR
SCORES OVER
CLASSY FIELD
On Watch Defeats Crocus,
Gentility, Dexterous and
Others in Tip Top Handicap
By LEONARD w. COLLINS.

hOWlE RACE TRAIN, NOV.
Tx 21.-Veteran and seasoned
- horsemen will tell you that
really high-class horse is one
that is at all times willing to go
varying distances with weight up,
maintain a high rate of speed
and overcome all ordinary OBJ
stacles under adverse conditions.
If such is a fact, then George
w. Lofts five-year-old son of the
unbeaten Colin, On Watch, is a
really high-class and great thor
oughbred, for it was under the
most trying of conditions that
the Loft silk bearer accounted
for the Tip Top Handicap at
Prince Georges Park this after
noon.
Conceding Jumps of weight to
such acknowledged sprinting stars
rs Harry Payne Whitney's Crocus,
G. /. Blackford's Gentility, Wilson
L. divers Dexterous and trio of
others Of more or less ability, the
son OF Colin overcame a three full
lengths disadvantage in the run
through the stretch and was up in
time to win the programmed feature
a
: Gentility.
/ The contest, from a spectacular
point of view, was the prettiest that
has been staged at the Bowie course
! during the present meeting. The
+ + I'D of seven broke cleanly with the
rise of the barrier and for the first
/ four furlongs Of the three-quarter
mile route looked all the world as
| being nothing other than two
horse race.
CROCUS OUT IN FRONT,
| At the far turn Crocus was burn
ing up the strip a length ahead Of
| Gentility, while the latter was three
to the good of On Watch. The rest
| OF the field was strung out in a like
indian file of varying distances
| Crocus was setting a pace that only
a great thoroughbred could hope to
| overcome.
AS the leaders swept into the
! stretch Crocus was seen to falter.
Ihe gruelling pace was beginning to
| get in its deadly work MartinelIi.
astride On Watch, perceived his op-
| portunity and going to work upon
the Loft racer drew up to the lead.
ers before the sixteenth pole was
reached. From the final sixteenth
to the wire a blanket could have
covered the triO-On Watch, Gentil-
ity and Crocus.
1t was only in the final strides
that On Watch was able to show his
mead In front and keep it there until
the finish line was passed. Crocus.
faltering with every stride, coura
geously stuck 1t out and was also hut
head behind Gentility.
CANCIIn Da NrSxr nr~,o
Those who wagered on Sancho
Pansy in the opening event were at
least given run for their money.
The Price juvenile must have been
In running mood for while going
10 the post he caught Lang un-
aWares and before the youthful
ne was sailing down the back
stretch.
Lang franticalIy attempted to take
Pansy up. 1t was just so much vast
ed effort. Around the far turn the
pair fairly flew. Lang was lust as
game as his mount, but the more he
pulled and sawed the faster the Price
juvenile ran. Past the stand they
went at lao clip and it was not
until Parade Leader Murray went
into action that a halt was called
upon Sancho's exhibition,
Then when the band Of Youngsters
were finally lined up at the wire and
were sent away by Starter Miller,
Pansy was too weak to run and Lang
TOO weak to ride. Pansy had raced
himself into the ground With the
Sweep colt out of 1t, Owasco had
little opposition and romped home an
easy winner.
HIDDEN JEWEL SURPRISES,
Hidden Jewel, notorious front
runner and just as notorious a quit
ter, when the final test comes. sur.
prised the talent by sticking it out in
the second number and was an easy
winner over the ageing Ettahe by a
length and one-half. The contest
was claiming affair. under handicap
conditions, for three-year-olds and
upward.
The Terminal purse, another con.
test exclusively for two-year-olds,
brought fairly representative
band to the post. Walter ]. Sal.
mons Vigil was the one most
thought Of in the speculation and
rewarded his hackers by scoring
with consummate ease. August Bel-
mont's Osprey was beaten for the
second portion of the purse by
Blue Hawk.
The longest priced winner of the
meeting went over in the fifth
when J. E. Davis Reparation de-
feated such good campaigners as