New-York tribune., 1922-05-17

order named, put up one of the pre-
solstion end of the purse. The ii
The field was scratched down from
.leYen to six, such fleet ones as Au-
d..ious. Sennings Park. Galantman.
Kacbbie and Rocket declining the is.
.ue But there remained enough class
"a tie Geld to make Mr.. Loft thorough.
i, enjey the parade Of his maroon and
,sA striped silks. He and his train
~. Max Hirsch, made no secret Of their
ezre.stions.
Raneoeas Stable entry (ThundereIap
and Krercr) opened iavorlte at to
5. with On Watch second choice at 5
to-. But such heavy play developed
On Clifford A. Cochrsn's Smoke Screen
aud on H. P Whitney's feet FLY Ca
lamity Jane that the prices on all the
others went kiting. Muskalonge was
the only rank outsider at post time.
On Watch had risen to : TO 9. while
Smoke Screen and Calamity Jane were
hammered to to .. 10 which price
the Rancocas entry had risen.
Smoke Screen Opens a Lead
Smoke Screen broke on top and at
the end of furlong had opened lead
Of two lengths. But this one had not
the early foot to hold his rail advan-
tsge. Muskalonge and Krewer had
both moved up on the outside and
taken the rail from Smoke Screen at
the end OF quarter mile. Just about
that time Calamity Jane came with a
rush from behind. The four ran we'll
punched around the bend. Then it was
seen that On Watch, which broke slow
ly, had suddenly made a spectacular
run to join the merry little party.
From there to the stretch turn it
vas a real horse race. At the half On
Watch had reached Muskalonge's sad.
die girths, Calamity Jane only a like
distance behind the Colin horse. B.
Marinelli, who had the leg up on the
Loft horse. took the home turn rather
vide IN running around Muskalonge
He carried Calamity Jane with him.
frankie Keogh tried to sneak through
on the rail with Smoke Screen. but the
other three bore over toward the rail,
pinching him off ard boxing him Up
like smoked herring. Muskalonge
and Calamity Jane fought it out for
the place throughout the entire
.tretch, but the filly got the verdict
ia the very last stride. Thundercap,
cstrun through the first half mile,
tsme through the stretch like big
tssin and was simply running over
ths others at the end.
bad spill was seen in the fifth
nes in which J. E. Widener's Philoso-
phsr went down, throwing Jockey Ed
de Kumner heavily to the ground.
Luckily the boy escaped the hoofs of
the horses behind by rolling under the
,@es. The accident happened about
aah way around the club house turn,
o. fsvorite, pinched off Master Hand.
Firbrother was forced to pull up so
sAiply his mount went to his knees.
Philosopher had no time to avoid trou-
Ole; he bumped Master Hand in turn
% hard he lost his footing. Forum
atsly, Philosopher tumbled in toward
Tue rail- throwing little Hummer un-
der the fence, so that horses behind
nad time to pull round to safety. From
tnere Rose Hill went on to win as she
Pleased, Master Hand the second
ch0ice, rolled home in the second slot
dozen lengths in front of Daniel A.
with the rank outsider, Algoa, lost in
the dust clouds.
Emotion Furnishes Jarring Upset
While three favorites won there were
, couple Of jarring upsets. John L.
Madden put over the coup of the day
With his three-year-o Friar Rock
lilly, Emotion. in the second event. at
six furlonga. r. l.. Gerry's Bees Wax
and W. r. Goes Many Smiles were
supposed to have the event sewed un
between them but Sande hustled his
mount into long lead and had never
TO let the filly down. Bees Wax hung
On gamely but Many Smiles was always
outrun. Sherando, Of the Oak Ridge
Stable, finished out gamely for third
money after being bumped and shut
ded back In the early stages.
Jockey Charles ("Chick'O Lang. who
IS making just the same sort Of hit
as did Laverne Fator several years ago
will ride for J. S. Cosden in future
The wealthy oil man yesterday bought
the boys contract from Arthur James
The amount Of the purchase price was
not announced, but it was stated that
It was the highest ever paid in Amer
lea 1t is known that Sam Hildreth
TWO years ago paid $4,000 for She serv-
NO VI ~ r otOt.
Lang had the leg up on two win
ners yesterday. He brought home an
outsider in Eye in the opening dash,
OF tvs furlongs, showing the way by
two lengths to Jefferson Livingstone s
Vennie, the prime favorite. Lang also
ptoted Rose Hill. Both times he won
{ way off by himself. but never let up
with his mounts till past the finish
line. Lang also finished second in the
last race with John Z. Madden's Native
Land. This eallop of a mile and sew
eenty yards was spread for GifIord
a. Cochran's Bersagliere. and the best
Lang could ever do was to keep within
hsiling distance.
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