New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-10

field Of handicap horses IN TIE Cenl
Under the skllful handling Of La
verne Fator Grey Lag. after laying Of
the early pace, came on through IN
stretch with an Irresistible rush 20 the
easies. imaginable victory he was only
ealloplng throughout the last turlongl
and turned the mile in the sensational
time Of 1886 fat
Only once before this year has a
faster mile been shown. That was
Snob lis 1884 s-5 in the Withers,
which tied Man O Wars record for
she stake. The time for the mile has
been beticred bat once az Belmont
PARK. the Foreign Stables Audacious
having raced In 1884 So, under llo
pounds. the afternoon Of June l last
year.
No one knows how fast Grey Lag
might have run that mile yesterday
afternoon. From barrier rise 20 finish
Laverne Fator always had a snug hold
Of the great four-year-old. Such was
the null II the pilot tina. the horse
down the backstretch appeared 20 be
climbing. Grey Lag lay 20 the outside
OF u y. Howa rd's Frigate. which broke
on his toes. for a half mile or more
spirited ride by Jockey {. Lang.
Grey Lag Takes II Easy
Grey Leg was simply laughing along
beside him. As they swung into the
stretch the paccmaker, Frigatc. was
still showing the way. but By a neck
only now II was here that Fator
eased the relns q bit. In a few giant
bounds Grey Lag shot away from the
contender tin open daylight showed.
Then Fator went under triple wraps
again % lead under the wire by two
lengths or more.
Frigatc. good, game rolding. gave
the very best he mad % Lang all the
way. u was an effort that would have
beaten almost any other horse in
training. save. perhaps. Snob II and
Morvich-or Exterminator, under fair
weight. As q matter o. fact. after
Grey Lag's victory many unbiased
judges expressed regret that Handi-
oappcr Nosburgh had given the Ran
cocas Stable star such pull in The
weights over Extern inator in the
Brooklyn Handicap. Exterminator, top
weight go l05 pounds, must concede
nine pounds % Grey Lag.
Aside from Frigate's game effort
there was nothing in the field that
could keep within gunshot Of Grey Lag
yesterday afternoon. though he was
carrying the weight he must shoulder
In the renowned Brooklyn Handicap. at
O mile and q fnrlone. Clifford A. Coch-
rams Bcrsaglicrc. the second choice
was badly outfooted all the way and
staggered home five lengths behind
FTigatc
The talent split the card with the out
sidcrs Grey Lag was perhaps the best
investment Of the year. But the wise
FISH" stcercd clear Of him. as none Of
the "wise" money showed till the very
last minute. Grey Lag. indeed. looked
i TO g shot all over and when the
oralists whispered 4 20 3 the good lads
Just naturally figured something wrong.
Not so. however. with Clifford 4.
Cochran's June Grass, three-ycar-old
that finished third TO PillOry and Hea
in the Prcakncss. June Grass was
thrown in with a cheap lot-Horo-
logue. Prudish and Lcocharcs land
should really have been 1 % 10. The
onle reason they didn't back this one
Oft the boards was because o. the play
on II. =. Whitney's FLY, Prudish. The
tip was out that this feet FLY had
fully recovered from an illness that
kept her in the stable all year. She
needs half q dozen veterinaries.
The crowd got IL right between the
eyes by way Of good night when Willis
Sharpe Kilmcr's entry Sunferencc and
Sunsi (sOns Of the great Sunbrar)-
failed TO squeeze in the money. Every
body thought Sunfcrcnce a fond en-
brace and the ontry's price was ham
mered down from 20 2 20 20 B.
J. s. Cosdcn's Martingale was an
other that commanded the attention Of
the sharpshooters. while Lord Granite
was By no means overlooked. But when
IL came 20 running there was nothing
| in the field Of fourteen Juveniles but
Jefferson Livingst0n's Newmarket, out
for the first airing. He came down the
five fuTlOugs chute straight as an
arrow under /. McAtee, and won in
romp by three lengths in the fine time
Of 30 seconds fat And everybody, in
GLIDING George Odom. appeared TO be
looking out Of the window, for the win
ner's price skyrocketed from los 10
20s.
With the least bit Of luck Tom Healy
would have saddlcd two winners yes
terday afternoon. Kirklevington should
have won the seven furlongs Richmond
Selling Handicap by the length OF the
stretch had b. Marinclli not been away
in a tangle and got caught and herded
in the feet. The boy did not work his
way out until well down the stretch,
where he simply ran over the field.
None but the judges knew whether or
not he nipped the favorite, Routledge,
in the last jump.
Vendor experienced much the same
fate in the fifth race, az a mile. In
field ridden by apprentice boys little
Bell was plnched of and herded IN most
OF the way but was running over Win
neconne onee he got clear. Mrs. Viau's
Vice Regal, the favorite Of this race,
which drew the post position. was elm
mated az the start. He was practically
left az the post.
The death Of Henry T. Oxnaord. who
was q member Of the Jockey Club and
prominent breeder OF thoroughbred,
brought all the flags at Belmont Park
20 halfmast yesterday. OXnard had
been interested largely in breeding for
a number Of years and his Blue Ridge
Stud at Upperville, in Virginia, was eX-
tensive.