New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
nv Reverie, at
10 to |, Takes
Defiance Purse
usor Gets Riding Honors,
Winning Two in a Row;
Blue and Gold Surprises
By Jack Masters

aNo ono knows how good this one
!sls
This line has become somewhat worn
and haekneyed, SO often has it been
a.sd By tipsters and trainers, but 1t
sas0ht wall be applied TO A. j. Colds
Ao,nugh,s Prince James, four-year-
IA Macs colt by King James-Isa soma.
which ralloped to victory in the Fear
rsurht Handicap at Empire City yes-
y Thss coli is undoubtedly the sensa-
,;an a the metropolitan racing sea-
snn As t3o-year-old Prince James
wsas 4 frost. and as a three -year-old
shs sajon Of royalty was unable To
earn its feed bill. Then suddenly
somsshiaS happ it was no
sns an fay, but Prince James, as a
maiden fonr-year-old won race.
Thst was at Aqueduct a few months
40.
Ii defeating the Greentree Stables
exodus yesterday Prince James regis
tssed its sixth straight victory, truly a
remarkable achievement, which ;s
made all the more astounding because
no one knows how good this cast-off
70, The King James colt has won each
Of its races with such case that there
u no telling how fast it can run.
only three started in the Fear
Taught, at q mile and q sixteenth. The
Rancocas Stable scratched Cirrus
which might just as well stav in the
barn all winter if past performances
amoant to anything, leaving Exodus
snd Z T. Wilson jr.'s Tangerine to
iace Prince James. Prince James and
Exodus opened at to s each, while
me outsider was quoted at to /.
Exodus Takes Long Lead
Exodus gave Prince James two
pounds by the weight scale, but in re-
surn received lead of two lengths.
It was an amusing start--fer those NOT
betting on the outcome. Prince James
VAS off winging, despite all that Jockey
Taplin could do to leave the barrier
IN second position. So, not to be out
done, Vapiin deliberately pulled up his
mount and waited until Exodus got up
and swept into the lead before iett;nr
Prince James get in step. Lyke. on
Exodus, accepted the honor and then
vent out to lead of four lengths.
Thus they raced over the backstretcl
and up the hill on the far turn. Here
Taplin let cut wrap and Prince James
began closing on the pacemaker. Tan
gerine was five lengths behind Exodus.
Rounding the last turn Prince James.
with few leaps, drew up on even
terms, and when they straightened out
for the final dash Exodus faded. So
great was the rush of Prince James
and he won galloping, mind you--that
Exodus was six lengths behind at the
finish. The Greentree Stable star had
y hustle to beat Tangerine for the
place, as Bell brought the lightweighted
gtlding along at fast clip and made
wa world of ground.
The time was 1:46 1-5, but Prince
James with real competition could
have beaten this considerably.
The fifth race, called the Defiance
Purse, at mile and seventy yards, was
real thriller. No less than eleven
platero faced the starter and, strange
g relate, the favorife came through.
This was Sir Galahad III, owned by
uould Dempsey, which opened at to i.
Sir Galahad recently came down from
Canada, where he had won four straight
races against rather cheap talent.
There was a big plunge on the titled
veteran by White knight, and he
was hammered down to 8 to 2 by the
big interests. Earl Sande, as much as
his mount, won this race, for in that
short stretch from the last turn to the
finish lins Sande brought Sir Galahad II
from fifth position to win by head
from Consort. Orderly, 25 to | shot,
which led on the last turn, got the
show money.
The crowd had few tense moments
after the numbers we're posted. The
lshan, who rode Orderly, rushed up
into the Judges stand and lodged a
complaint against Sande Sande stood
At attention before the officials for
about three minutes. Then the "offi :
ciaP sign shot into place The crowd
eheered Evidently our premier jockey
explained away the difficulties.
Scratches Mar Feature
What was advertised as the feature
race failed to materialize This was
the Rainbow Selling Stakes, for two
year-olds. Scratches riddled this event,
leaving only four, none of which de-
seves to be classed as stake horse.
\. I, Gsrry's Ruddy won, with Fulton
second and Forest Lore third. The
race for second place was unusually
!. Jockey Ensor stepped into the lime
light early in the afternoon, winning
the frat two events. The opener, with
uvertake, the second choice, was by no
means shock, but the second, in which
~" we 70 came to life, will be re-
msmbered for long while by the long
shot artists. Following it's wretched
performance On last Tuesday, My Rev
erie was quoted at 10 to.1, and after
racing Ten-Lec into submission won
like a to S shot.
In the last event something called
Blue and Gold, from the Madden sta
his, gent the players home in defect
cd state of mind Blue and Gold was
just that. The Ally made Il exceed.
iIngly blue for the form players and
brought gold, at the rate Of 20 to 1. to
the few who were on the inside. Sakah
vas second. and James Buffers Stella
Maris, the favorite, slipped into third
place.