New-York tribune., 1922-08-15

Empire City beforee coming here.
Edict is a good Ally. To say that she
Is the best of the two-year-old misses
of the season would beeunjust. Rune
lise, the full sister of Norwich. may
yet prove the best two-year-old of the
year. But Edict is mighty handy
youngster and in the final reckoning
fer FLY honors may have a%whole lot
TO say.
That this daughter of Jim4 Gaffney-
Royal Messenger is highly regarded
outside her stable connections was
quickly proved after she had breezed
the good time of 1:06 fat. Sam Louis,
the little Napoleon of the halter men,
ran up Edict $4,000 beyond her
entered price of $500. But the
Sinclair-H -Hildreth interests thought
so much of the f1lly that thereswas no
hesitation in naming the five dollar
advance for protection of property
rights. 1t is more than probable that
She Rancocas stable would have gone
TO $4,000 to protect the winner.
Whether or not Messrs. Sinclair and
she race is moot question. Usually
when this combination has q trick up
its sleeve the truth sooner or later
Is reflected in the betting ring. To-
"a day no heavy play developed even, at
Che last minute. The price against
Edict indeed receded from rs to 5
10 2. The Rancocas Ally always re-
manned equally favored with Walter j.
Salmon's Vigil, which finished third
Mr. Salmon is not betting man.
Every Post a Winning One
I. Edict made every post winning one
this afternoon. Fator broke we'll from
an outside position and his mount had
the foot to take the rail and draw off
TO comfortable lead before hitting the
bend. This advantage was maintained
10 the end. Shamrock was always the
contender. Thomas was off very
almost left at the post and the fact
that he had an outside position
prescribed an overland route that none
but champion of champions could
have negotiated. Vigil made up a
world of ground in the stretch run to
finish in the money.
- Old Saratoga is smoking up. The
largest week day crowd of the season
was on hand this afternoon despite a
,somewhat oppressive temperature. The
hot weather put unusual life in the
stAtA0NE AOAtNS anu pIONiQCu Il pdptT
!mache track for them to race close to
record speed. The Greentree Stables
Exodus, which won the Clemons Handi-
cap, fourth on the program, displayed
,fhe best mile of the meeting. Under
lKeogh's we'll timed race and also 1876
pounds, Exodus negotiated the distance
in 1885 3-5, which is only two-fifths
seconds slower than the track record
,}nade. by Willis Sharpe Kilmer's Sun
.briar August 6, 1918.
=, The race in question was as open as
any of the day, and perhaps the best
medium of speculation on the card.
'Tunderclap, Exodus, Lady Madcap and
,Frigate were all heavily backed. In
fact, none of the eight was entirely
overlooked. Exodus won like real
,racehorse, but the fine time of his per-
,formance was due directly to the early
pace Of J. S. Cosden's Bigheart. This
fine big three-year- stepped into the
lead shortly after the start and at
tempted to race the others dizzy, an
attempt in which he almost succeeded.
:, Bigheart led until well into the
stretch, where he tired from his early
,pacemaking and dropped back into the
truck. Clarence Hummer allowed the
big colt to roll along. He stepped the
quarter in "a seconds fiat and the half
in o:46 45. Bigheart few past the
three-quarters pole in 1:12 3-5. Nc
Atee, with H. NJ Howard's Fripate