The New York herald., 1922-05-27
AUDACIOUS is BACK
TO HIS BEST FORM
Mrs. Louise Viau's Son of Star
Shoot Easily Wins Hyde
Park Handicap.
by HENRY v. KING.

Audacious, the six-year-old son Of Star
Shoot and Bold Girl. belonging to Mrs.
Louis viau, is back to the form that
made him a record breaker and one of
the best horses in the country last year.
In the Hyde Park Handicap, an over
night event at one mile and sixteenth.
run at Belmont Park yesterday, he was
a powerful horse. He picked UP 1874
pounds and beat Harry Payne Whitney's s
Damask and Richard T. Wilson's Sedge-
field in a gallop.
Only for an instant was he allowed to
run his best. That was quarter of a
mile from home, when Clarence Hummer
gave him his head in order to let him
go past Damask. which was leading on
sufferance. Once in front Hummer be-
gan to ease UP, and he stepped past the
judges length in front of Sedgefield.
which came with rush and beat DAM
ask for second honors by half length.
Despite the easy way he won, Auda-
cious travelled the distance in l :43 3-5,
only two-f1fths of a second behind the
track record established by Captain
Alcock last year. If Audacious had been
compelled to do his best. it is almost
certain he would have hung UP new fig
ures. The Hyde Park was the feature
of an off day program, but to see 1t and
the other overnight events decided more
than $4,000 lovers Of the sport were at
the course.
Seven fairly good horses were orig
inally named to start in the Hyde Park
Three of these belonged to Mrs. Viau.
She had entered George and Billy Nc
Laughlin, as well as Audacious, but at
the last minute withdrew them. Harry
F. Sinclair also had named two, Knobbie
and Billy Watts, but both of them were
withdrawn. Billy Watts was entered
before he won and was claimed on
Thursday.
AudaciOus Always Best.
Mars Cassidy sent the three starters
away aligned. 1t could be seen in the
first flight that Audacious had the most
speed and his head was the first to
show in front. But Hummer took
stout hold on him in the first sixteenth
Of a mile and allowed Damask to lead
the way by half a length until straight
ened out for home. Then Hummer gave
him his head. and he bounded away
and quickly opened UP gap Of four
lengths. At the final furlong pole Kun
mer began to ease up. BY this time
Damask was a tired horse and Sedge-
field, who had trailed the field far in
the rear, began to run. and under a
peliccI rue anu Spirited HillSn Dy Ma
rinelli got UP to beat the Whitney
entry.
Mrs. Payne Whitney showed another
fast and good looking colt in the third
race. He Is well made up bay by Ul-
timus, out of Marian Casey Away from
the barrier well. he quickly ran ]. S.
Cosdens Crochet into submission, and
then went on to win easily by a length
and a half. Morton l.. Schwartzs
Golden Rule was awarded second place,
but the judges are the only ones at the
track who saw him finish second. Men
at the finish line said that John E. Mad
denis Watchful Waiting beat Golden
Rule by more than length. Watchful
Waiting finished on the outer rail un-
derneath the Judges, and it is possible
the officials didn't see him until after
the finish. Watchful Waiting received
the short end of the purse.
Old Cum Sab I'm Front