The Washington herald., 1922-04-20
JOCKEY LETS DOWN,
LOSES SECONDARY
FEATURE BY NOSE
Sedgefield Slips Through
On Rail and kills" g.
Length Lead.
By HAWTHORNE.

HANRE DE GRACE Mo. April
1s.-Favorites were bowled over,
with regularity at Havre de Grace.
this afternoon. but two public
choices getting down to the wire
ahead Of their FIELDS In the majority
of Instances. however. those carry
ing the. bulk Of the speculation par
TALLY rewarded their supporters by
placing. The changing conditions OF
the track, due to steady drizzle'
was not the only contributing cause
for the reversals suffered by the
talent
In the running Of the Page Brook
Purse the secondary feature of the
afternoons program. the spectators
were treated to as incompetent and
negligent a ride as has ever been
witnessed at the Hartford course.
Clarence Turner astride Comdr. J.
X l. Ross Registrar. after having
the event as good as won. tossed II
away In the last fifty yards through
failure to ride the race out.
The Ross silk bearer had been ac-
corded confident support In the ma
chimes and had gone to the post
heavily-played favorite. Ere half the
journey had been traversed the koss
entry was seen 10 have the foot OF
his field. Rounding the far turn into
the stretch. Registrar enjoyed a
three-iength lead over Our Birth
Cay. who. in turn. was two lengths
out In front OF St Allan.
As they passed the sixteenth the
relative positions of the first four
had not changed. but Registrar had
increased his lead over Our Birthday
and ST. Allan who were firing under
the fast pace set by the leader Al
this juncture Turner ceased riding
altogether and Registrar slowed
down to almost a canter.
Turner @ExpIains- Negligence.
Before the warning shouts from
the spectators could rouse Turner
out Of his lethargy. Marinelli on
sedgeRald had slipped through on the
rail and snatched a deservedly-
earned victory from the Ross entry
by the narrow margin of a nose.
Turner was booed and hissed upon
his return to the unsaddling ring.
In explaining his failure to ride
the race out to the stewards. Tur-
ner stated that when Our Birthday
moved up on the outside at the top
of the stretch he gave no attention
to the rest of he field. figuring that
just as soon as he had shook on
the winfrey entry he had the race
won. The explanation seemed to sat-
isfy the stewards as no action was
taken.
Rough riding, Intentional foul
ing. or any other action whereby an
entrants chances OF winning are
enhanced are punishable under the
rules Of the Maryland State Rae
ing Commission. Gross incompe-
tency or neglect should likewise be
punishable Had Turner .fouled. his
mount would have been disqualified,
and he would have been set down.
And the public would have paid the
freight. As II was. the public. or
rhat part of II which backed the
Ross entry. paid the freight. but
Turner Is at liberty to ride again
whenever he chooses.
IL the stellar attraction of the
day-the Aero Handicap-W. L. OIL
verrs Dexterous. after being made
an odds-on choice, was forced to
bow to defeat to A. Swenke's Irish
Dream. The event. dash of six
furlonEs. brought out high-class
band OF spriners. although interest
was somewhat diminished when the
ROSY and whitney entries were
wi ..
wins I'm stretch