The New York herald., 1922-08-10
$4,000 RUNELISE
OUTFOOTS FILLIES
Handsome, Rugged, Game and
Trained to the Hour by
Johnny LOTUS. 7
30 MCMILLAN in FRONT
30 MCMILLAN IN FRONT
Wins Sanford Memorial Stakes
Over Six Furlongs Route on
Heavy Track.
ny HENRY v. KING.


SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, Aug. 9.-A
full sister to the once mighty Norwich
made her debut in the last race here
this afternoon and she displayed some
OF the great speed. that made her
brother world famous. She is Rune
lise two years old. Although she is
by Runnymede and Hymir. the same
sire and dam as her illustrious brother,
she is different color. She is beau
tiful chestnut, while Norwich is an
ugly brown. She has not any bad
knees either. Neither has she any
other defect.
That she has speed galore and is
rugged racing mare she proved be-
yond a doubt. She ran away from
pretty good lot Of fillies and covered the
five furlong route over the worsst
track Saratoga has known for s5verai
years in the good time OF :0s * little
slow to get going. she was third behind
Kindred and Silk Tassel for about
seventy yards. Then she got her stride
and in about five more Jumps she was
In front by two lengths. Before the
first furlong had been covered she was
four lengths ahead of her field ana
running easily. Rounding the turn
Cliff Robinson gave her breathing
spell and Silk Tassel reached her heels.
Entering the homestretch Robinson took
her wide to get the better footing This
cost her several lengths, and made SILK
Tassel look like a dangerous contender.
But when Strengthened out for home
Robinson gave her her head and she
flew away. and in the final furiong
she was eased UP to win by three
lengths.
Although 1t was her first start,
Johnny Lotus. who trains her for
Thomas Fortune Ryan. had her in tip
top condition. He had worked her on
Sunday afternoon on dull track and
she had shown him wonderful speed and
endurance. She worked a quarter in
0:22, three-eighths In 0:34 2-5 and eased
up. covering five furiongs In 1:o2.
Johnny was in the saddle, too. while
three veteran clockers held watches on
her.
Runelise is a high priced youngster.
Because she was the full sister of Nor
vich several sportsmen went in quest
of her when she was offered at auction
at Adolph Spreckels's sale. but Mr..
Ryan got her at $12.500
Bo Mcmillan First Home.
The Sanford Memorial Stakes was the
feature of the program. 1t is stake
for twolyear-olds at six furlongs. In
this event In 1919 Mario War met his
first and only defeat of his career when
Upset beat him home. There was no
surprise in the race to-day. No horse
stood out like Man O. War did. II was
an open race. with Harry Payne Whit
ney's Spot Cash. who was coupled with
Mrs. Payne Whitney's Moonraker. the
favorite at to /. r. 7. Wilson'S Tall
Timber and Forest Lore were second
choice at Z to 2.
30 Mcmillan, who was sold to T. ].
Pendergast OF Kansas City. Mo. by
Max Hirsch Saturday for $l2.0OO was at
4 to /, and he won in sensational style.
with Dan +. OSullivan, Western colt
belonging to Montford Jones, second
and Tall Timber third.
Bo Mcmillan ran an exceptionally fine
race and L. Smith rode him faultlessly.
He followed the pace in fourth place
until the home stretch was reached.
There Smith took him to the outside.
where the track was in fairly good con-
dition. and began to give Inn hard
ride The colt responded gamely and.
making up ground with every stride,
went to the front a sixteenth of mile
from home and won easily by length
and half.
Tall Timber set the pace until fur
long from home. There Spot Cash, who
had been running in second place. made
n bid for the lead and reached Tall
Timber's saddle girths. Butwell used
his whip freely on Tall Timber and the
Wilson colt responded long enough to
make Spot Cash quit. But Just as Tall
Timber seemed the winner Bo Mcmillan
began his challenge on the outside and
Dan e. OSullivan began to finish with
a rush In the heaviest going on the rail.
At the final sixteenth pole Tall Tim
Der, Bo Mcmillan and Dan e. O'Sulli-
van were aligned. But Tall Timber fall
tered in the final drive, while the other
two seemed to run stronger than during
the early part OF the race.
The track was in such wretched con-
dition that It took the winner 1:1s to
cover the six furlongs route. The slow
est previous time for the race was five
years ago, when Papp won II on heavy
track in / :15 3-5.
Another Winner for LOTUS.
Runelise was not the only winner
Johnny LOTUS saddled, for the young
trainer sent Northclff forth to win the
second race. He had this chestnut son
or Sea King In prime condition and he
galloped home ahead OF Mrs. Il. B. Ca
salts Chesterbrook and John II. Mad
denis Broomflax. Northcliff led from,
start to finish and won eased up by
three lengths. After this race a dozen
veteran horsemen proclaimed Lotus a
real good trainer. Several OF them said
he Is just as good trainer as he was q
jockey when he was the leading rider