The New York herald., 1922-11-03
i, lARYLAND CLUB TO
La DOUBLE RICH PURSE
Each Event to Have Added
Value of S40,000-Winners
to Race for Gold Cup.
RECORD FOR OCEANIC
Samuel Riddles Black Colt
Beats Good Field, Includ-
ing Lucky Hour.

Special Dispatch 70 THE New YORK HERALD.
attained a new level to-day when the
mar yland Jockey Club announced that
owing to the extreme size of the
Pimlico Futurity field next Saturday
the race would be split in two parts,
and that instead of adding $40 900 for
one race, in which he horses would
have to form two lines at the start,
$4,000 would be added to each event.
On next Wednesday the four money
winners in each Futurity event will be
asked TO meet again over the mile dis
tance to decide the question of cham
pionship. For this event nothing
more thar gold trophy will be Of
fered. SO that horsemen will be repre-
eented in real sporting event.
The Maryland Jockey Clubs generous
policy was established in 1918 when the
Frealness field for that year promised
to prohibit the running of true race
and the event was split, so that two
purses, each of $4,000 instead of the one
that had been originally advertised. were
raced for. These events were accounted
for by A. X. Macomber's War Cloud
and w. T. Appegates Jack Hare, Jr.,
but the races were run so late in the
meeting that ii was impossible to decide
their respective merits by a run off.
The association voted It's new offer
fng with the realization that next
Wednesdays run off must affect the
quality and numbers of the field for tie
Walden, another - it's rich prizes,
which has been scheduled for next FRI
day. over the same mile distance. Com
potitors in the futurity run off will
scarcely be able to run three one mile
races within week.
l Record for Oceanic.
Tho decision quite overshadowed the
brilliant racing which was offered and
had distracting effect upon the quail
ity of Oceanic's victory when that
black 3 year old son o. The Finn and
veuve Cliquot proved that his recent
Washington hadicap victory at Laurel
was no fluke by taking the Pimlico
Autumn Handicap and reducing the mile
and quarter track record one-fifth
of second and showing the way to
Medina. Hepsiastos, Lucky Hour and
Rebuke.
Oceanic was perfectly ridden by Mari
nelli and led throughout. He was kept
under stout restraint through the early
stages. with the evident intention OF
making the heavily weighted Lucky
Hour provide the pace. The latter was
ridden with different instructions to-
Gay, despite the recent declaration OF
the Lexington Stable that he would not
subinit to placing Schuttinger kept "a
tight hold on his head for the first
quarter. At that juncture Lucky Hour
was asked to move toward the pace
and failed. Schuttingers cavalrylike
posture dropped and he was soon lean
ing over the big bays neck asking for
his best. and that was heartily given. 80
that he stayed within a length OF
Oceanic until the final eighth was
reached. There he collapsed changing
stride four times within the last elk
teenth. while Medina and Hephaistos
came on to deprive him of the shorter
end of the purse
Horsemen were quick TO acclaim
Oceanic. His owner 5. d. Riddle. was
delighted with the result. and announced
that the colt would start in both the
Bowie Handicap, the mile and half
event which is set for next Tuesday.
and for the Pimlico cup. the two and
one-quarter mile test which VIII be run
on November II. the last day of the
meeting. when he will be asked to meet
Extcrminator and Prince James. among
other high class cup performers. Lucky
Hour showed the effects of his strenu-
ous racing and training campaign and
may not recover from to-day race be-
fore the racing year has ended In the
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