The New York herald., 1922-06-23
KNOBBIE RUNS LIKE
CHAMPION SPRINTER
Shows Big Improvement and
Beats Big Field of Good
Horses in a Gallop.
BY HENRY ". KING.

After several bad races Harry F. Sin
clair's Knobble came out yesterday
afternoon at the Aqueduct track and
ran like whirlwind. In the Fr!ar Rock
lightweight Handicap at six furlonEs
he defeated such fast horses as Mustard
Seed. Naturalist. Smoke Screen and
Exodus in a gallop. The colt never ran
better in his career. He was heavily
backed and went to the post the
favorie at to g.
Knobbie always was an extremely
fast colt. but he lacked courage and
quit when challenged. Whether or not
he is still coward is a matter OF con-
lecture. Yesterday he didn't give his
opponents chance to challenge him.
He quickly raced into big lead and
once in front romped along at such a
fast pace that none Of the other con-
testants were able to get within strik-
ing distance of him.
At the end of the journey he was four
lengths ahead of George II. Bulls Mus
tard Seed. which beat Mrs. Payne Whit
ney's Exodus half length FOR the sec
ond end of the purse. Tie track was
slow. and over II Knobbie galloped the
six furlongs in the real good time of
1:l2 20.
The Union Selling Stakes was the
monetary feature of the program. 1t
went to II. Waterson's Brainstorm. a
castoff from Harry Payne Whitncy's 8
stable. j. S. Cosden's Bigheart was
the favorite. and for six of the seven
furlongs he flattered his supporters.
After breaking slowly Bigheart rushed
to the front and led around thc bend
and into the homestretch by a good
margin. At the final eighth pole he
began to tire and Brainstorm came with
a rush on the inside under an energetic
ride by Johnny Callahan and wen by
a length and half. Bigheart held on
long enough to finish second. half a
length in front of Saddle and Boots.
HoroIoge Improves.
Horologe, the three-year -old son of ST.
Amant and Hour Hand which Frank
Farrell bought from Frank Wallace this
spring at price reported to be $4,000.
showed tremendous Improvement over
his last race in the Arverne Purse at
one mile and beat Clifford A. Co:hran's
June Grass and the Riviera Stables
Lally in a gallop by eight lengths.
The soft track probably accounted for
Horologe's great showing. He is a noted
mudder and he was at home on the soft
track. He raced head and head with
June Grass and Lally for a quarter Of
a mile, went to the front and quickly
opened up a gap Of half dozen lengths
Entering the homestretch he was under
stout restraint, but he increased his lead
with every bound until he reached the
judges. June Grass. which is known to
dislike the mud. had a hard job beat
ing home Lally for place honors. The
time of this race was al LIS.
Nantokah little gray filly by Ulti-
mus and Sunshade, belonging to Samuel
Willets, led home a big field Of juvenile
fillies in the final race. This gray was
bred by Miss Elizabeth Dangerfield ana
was the pet of her farm. So interested
In It was she that she made the trip here
this spring especially to see 1t. Miss
Dangerfield predicted the filly would
develop into a winner and Fred Burlew.
who developed Norwich, agreed with her.
Mr.. Burlew trained the filly, but In his
absence with Norwich in Kentucky
Frank Brown saddled her
Nantokah showed plenty of speed
She went to the lead as soon as the
barrier went up and led all the way to
win driving by length. Willis Sharpe
l<ilmer's Sun Quest was second and
Harry +. Sinclair's Suweep third Su-
weep raced as II she were being edu-
Gated. SO did Three Square and Twadle
Juveniles Educated.
Eleven splendid looking youngsters
went forth in the opening event, but
fully half of them were out for educa-
tion preparatory to the Great American
Stakes, which will be decided tomorrow,
They were as fine looking lot as has
gone to the races this season. and sew
eral of them will be seen in the richest
stakes in the East later on.
Harry Payne Whltney's Goshawl. a
black colt by Whiskbroom and Dovelet,
was returned an easy winner. He broke
away from the barrier flying. and be-
fore the elbow was reached was racing
along. under slight restraint. by himself.
At no stage of the race was he in dam
ger of defeat, and at the end he was
half dozen lengths in front OF Better
Luck. Goshawk's stablemate, Spot Cash,
Broomstick colt out of Payment, was
third.
William Tell. one OF the finest look
ing colts in training and real runner,
carried Robert L. Gerry's silks home in
fourth place.
knight of the Heather. the one eyed
gelding belonging to w. v. Casey. made
show of a small band Of platers in the
second race. He broke in 'front.' was
Knocked back to last place at the far
turn. but came with a rush in the stretch
and beat George w. Lofts Halu by