New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

.r,,ek. Lang, who had the leg up
i. Firm sFriend, the heavily backed
1.rori.e, simply raced his mount into
n. vraund. as he had done before
=, Tar Lee in the second race. He
through the first quarter in
ssa.s and to the half mile in 0:48 3-5.
- a track thct was somewhat dead
-. s..,vsrsd the three-quarters in 1:14
:. rsrr Friend here was ten lengths
- ii r. Z. Browns Hephaistos,
80 ysny and Letterman racing in
..nn.ny -. 4 couple of lengths back.
'0:,,r sud- made no move with Hephais-
=. sn t;n nsar the beginning OF the far
~, yhen he saw the pacemnker
...z .ssr.,n his stride. Hephaistos came on
.v.Iy after the front runner In cir
~ 49, [ths bend and at the stretch turn
~ ..sss,rs1sd the rail. There seemed room
.aos,b between Firm Friend and the
srss % drive truck. But Lang
.wrdsd ever and slammed the chal-
issmr. almost knocking Sande over the
s-y The foul seemed deliberate
II Il would occasion littlo surprise
i Lang were set down. indeed, it was
! ysertsd oiicially later that Lang had
a.s suspended for six days.
Letterman Closes Stoutly
DESPITE the humping Hephaiatos was
much the best that he came on
,lnss. as he pleased when straight
s.d out. Letterman also closed stout
: for the place. He might have given
! s,,aaistos plenty Of trouble had Pator
NJ laid so far off the pace in the early
yasisg.
The fifth race, at mile and seventy
urds, was won by j. B. McKee's Cryg-
! ii Ford, which simply galloped ahead
ka lie field most of the way. The
arimy Stables Mystic came with D
rs,t rush through the stretch and got
IL Place. War Mask, the favorite,
+ M .ai,d.
4 isinE Madden's Bud Lerner, a bay
n son O. ihe Finn-Dreamsome, proved
h.nssa one worthy Of serious con-
diss.ion for the Juvenile champion
dip because Of the ease and grace
HA which he won the Whirl stake at
We snd half furlongs, one OF the
atusss presented yesterday by the
kpirs City Racing Association.
+ Bud Lerner, admirably ridden by
sa Sande, sported his heavy impost
il22 pounds as If it had been a
q cher, laid off the early pace to the
meteh turn and then came away to
/ n handily.
B. 7. Wilson'S fine looking Campfire
alt, Tall Timber, which suffered a
heavy attack Of influenza earlier in
the season, ran an impressive race,
though he finished behind both Bud
Lerner and the Orleans Stables Better
Luck. Tall Timber, by the way, might
have been much better handled than
10 vas BY Jockey Miller. He probably
|muld not have beaten Bud Lerner in
~ event. but with better guidance he
rely puld have accounted for second
2ley
Sande's Good Judgment
TALL Timber drew the extreme out
u. position in a field of nine. He
rsse tairly enough and Miller very
siHbly raced him along to place him
~ che rail at the first turn. Tall
hnlEr and Bud Lerner hooked up in
spirited duel, but Sande took off
he pace as he was aboard the high
ssisht Around the turn Tall Timber
1d'es away to lead of a length and
mN Miller made an unnecessarily
wide turn onto the stretch, which also
utrsd Bud Lerner away out. But it
pys the rest of the field an oppor-
Ea'y to save q lot Of ground by
sen!ng inside.
Ihs one to benefit most was Better
lack. Tall Timber tired in the final
ariSe as II still bit short, and Bud
tsrner drew of to commanding vic
ery in the very good time of 1907 3-5,
! Nthln three-ffths Of q second Of the