The Washington herald., 1922-05-06
WINS STAFFORD
HANDICAP FROM
REBUKE BY NOSE
Lang Stars With 2 Firsts,
2 Seconds and 2
Thirds.
By HAWTHORNE.

By HAWTHORNE.
BALTIMORE. Nd. May 5.-Balmy
spring weather and an excellent
card served as the magnet to at
tract an almost capacity crowd
to Pimlico's historical. old hilltop
course. this afternoon. weii-bai-
anced fields paraded in. the major
ity of the events. favorites scored
with regularity and the caliber NJ
racing was such as to keep the
enthusiasm Of the crowd at fever
height throughout, the afternoon.
Little Chick" Lang. the youth
full ,pigskin star. celebrated his re-
turn to the saddle by registering
with two frsts, pair of seconds
and two thirds out of six starts.
That Lang still retains a larger
following than any other Jockey
now riding In Maryland was shown
by the way in which the specula-
tors supported his mounts.
The feature OF the program-the
Stafford Handicap-resulted in as
spectacular finish as has been
staged at the Pimlico course dur
ing the present meeting. r. T.
Wilson. jr's., Sedgefeld after en-
joying a comfortable lead over his
opposition . the top of the stretch
barely earned the decision by a
neck from Thomas Monohan's Re-
buke.
Lunettn Away In Front.
At the rise Of the gate the ever
alert Lang had Lunetta away
winsing with Se6gefeld. Slippery
Elm and Rebuke trailing in the
order named. Callahan's unpre-
paredness at the barrier together
with an exhibition of poor judg-
ment as the field turned into the
stretch was in a large measure re-
sponsible for Repuke's ultimate de-
feat.
BY the time the first turn had
been reached Lunetta was setting
dazzling pace with the rest of
the contention fioundering about in
the heavy going trying to nnd their
sea legs and get settled into their
strides. Rebuke was counted out
by many ere a quarter of the route
had been negotiated.
As Lunetta and Sedgefield passed
the half-rile post the pair were
racing stride for stride with heads
nodding in unison. while. Rebuke by
noble effort had moved up TO
within striking distance of the two
flying leaders. As they rounded the
far turn Lsunetta cracked under the
gruelling pace and dropped back.
Rebuke at this stage. was seven
lengths in the rear OF Sedgefeld.
With a gap on the rail bis
enough to drive mule team
| through. Callahan passed up an ex.
cellent opportunity OF saving mucf
ground. Instead. he elected to gt
to the outside of the fast-tiring Lu
netta in an effort to overhaul
Sedgeheld- The move cost hi,
mount more yardaGe and probably
the race.
After going around the winfre,
entry Callahan went to the whip
Rebuke responded in couraSeou.
style. and the manner in which HI
was cutting down the leaders lead
through the final sixteenth fairl,
held the crowd spell-bound. with
every stride he was gaining fast
but Callahan's poor Judgment wa.
to prove the deciding factor.
Mooney. astride Sedcefield, Sc.
verely punished the Wilson colt ir
the last sixteenth in desperate
effort to offset the challenge of Re.
buke. As the two passed under
the wire hut short neck was the
margin by which Rebuke had lost
| out in his game effort. The Mono
ovation upon his return to the sad
ding ring.
Juvenile Event to Lank.
Two-year-olds. as usual. contest
| ed in the opening number. Thoma.
Monohan's Juvenile. Lank. which
had created quite a favorable i'm
preston through previous start
scored over Be Trueman after
stubbornly Contested stretch drive
| Robinson, who had the mount OIL
the winner, rated him well off tn,
early pace. and when he made hi.
| move. Lank responded with a burs
of speed which could not be denied
Raj PARIS fencer. Esquimau. wa!
made the center Of a well -directe,
play by the spectators in the jump
| ing event and rewarded his sup
porters by dominating the runninc
throughout the emile trip. TIL,
winner fenced in fearless fashion
and displayed lot of carly speed
He had to be shaken up. however
to Withstand challenge on tn,
last turn by The Trout.
Many there are who believe tha
in Champlain. G. w. J. Bissell ha,
most formidable Preakness can
didate. All during the current sea
son he has shown remarkable form
and the impressive manner il
which he has scored in his las
three starts has created consider
able talk among horsemen.
This afternoon he was asked I,
try conclusions with the Pelicar
stables Oil Man and the Salubri,
stables Hea. The ease with which
he scored over this pair of speed
merchants sent his Preakness stocl
rapidly upward. Assuming com
mand soon after the webbing wa,
sprung. he continued to make al
his own pace and won under re.
straint. Oil Man placed. while Hes
was third. The rest of the fielc
were always outrun.
The fourth number. a four ant
| one-half furlong dash for 2-year
olds. proved nothing other than &
walk-over for Samuel Louis Lad.
Boss. The Louis filly was easil,
the class of the field and Lant
practically hand-rode her the en-.
tire distance. Patchwork was the
one to place. while Insulate tool