The Washington herald., 1922-05-12
VICTORIES OF SIX
RANK OUTSIDERS
HILLTOP FEATURE
Only One Favorite Man.
ages to go Over" at
Pimlico.
By HAWTHORNE.


ing was served up with a reverse
English to capacity crowd at
Pimlico, this afternoon. But one
favorite out Of seven scored. which
ordinarily Is a story all In itself
Yet that Is as nothing compared
TO the many other things which
transpired during the course of the
program that went to make the
day one of the most hectic, from
every angle. Pimlico patrons have
ever experienced or witnessed.
Right off the bat a red-hot fav-
orite in the opening number was
still a red-hot favorlte after the
race had been run. Red-hot IL
just about all. He finished second.
After that things began to happen
and happen with a rapidity tha,
left the dear old pubic in a
| dazed and stupified condition by
the time the last race was run.
Outsider Captures Chase.
High lights iof the matinee IN
cluded: A rank outsider capturing
the seasons biggest jumping event
the Green Spring Valley Steeple-
chase; Chick" Lang unable to get
1 to favorite in the picture /;
Peccant Unexpectedly bolting at the
third fence; track record being
fractured; Charley Boy staging a
hippodrome act on the backstretcn
and Starter James Milton having
one OF the worst off-days he has
ever experienced.
The why's and wherefores for all
this can not be satisfactorily ex-
planned. Chuck" Conners blamed
II on the weather. George Snow
swore the war was not over, while
Tom Lynch said that the only ex-
PLANTATION he could offer for the
general upset of things was the
presence of Lew Cassidy in the
press box.
Be that as it may, it is said that
Judge Anderson, during all the ex-
citement, overlooked the placing
of a two-dollar wager on Bromelia
that had been entrusted to him by d
friend. Bromelia paid off at $3.50.
Tony Ortell was seen sending S. o.
s. kilograms back home, Secretary
| Rigs changed collars for the
fourth time, while Steward -Handi-
capper Frank Bryan was reported
TO have regained consciousness ana
was resting easily at a late hour.
As a racing spectacle the Green
was all tHdI COuI0
be desired. Eleven went to the
post and the shifting positions of
the leaders up until the last jump,
left the issue in doubt at all times.
Sea Tale Easy winner.
Charles X. Harrison. jr's.. Sea
Tale, the eventual winner, fencing
in manner that well bespoke his
schooling. had assumed q command =
ing lead by the time the fourth
jump had been reached. with an
even, frictionless stride he was
eight full lengths out in front of
Richard Pending's Shoal.
At the eighth obstacle Raj PARIS
Ireland had moved up and was run
ming second to the winner. but fve
lengths behind. while Oceanna,
The Trout and Royal Arch. trail
ing in the order named. were with
in striking distance. At the ninth
The Trout went down. and at the
twelfth Oceanna spilled.
Ireland in the mea antime had gone
On top by a short half length. TAX
ing the twelfth fence, racing al
most as a team, the duel was then
on. 1t was anybody's race up to
the last jump. Ireland cracked un-
der the effort expended in getting
upon even terms with Sea Tale, and
the latter drew awcy in the final
sprint. winning by two lengths.
Ireland had plenty of margin
over Shoal. a good ten lengths sep
arating them at the finish, while
Shoal led Phoenix home by the
same distance. The. remainder OF
the field was never able to get
within striking distance OF the
leaders. The time for the event
was S:4s, a new track record for
the fixture
Peccant was the one most IA
vored by the spectators to win.
The Pending candidate, however,
ran out at the third fence, a trick
he had never pulled before during
his racing career
The Chesapeake and the Country
Club handicaps-the first at a mile
and a sixteenth, and the second a
sprint at six furlongs-divided in
terest as the secondary feature Of
the program. In the Chesapeake,
c. P. whitney's Lunetta, after be-
ing outrun in the early stages,
came around the -leaders-Caligula
and Quesada-on the far turn and,
| although ridden out. held her op-
| position safe at the end.