The New York herald., 1922-05-07
LEADS HOME THREE
REAL GOOD HORSES
Sennings Park Second, Auda-
cious Third, While Yellow
Hand Brings Up Rear.
GALANTMAN A WINNER
Finishes in Front of Letter
man, a Stable Mate-Big
Crowd Sees Contests.
GALANTMAN A WINNER
BY HENRY v. KING.

BY HENRY v. KING.
The turtles have a new title for
Mad Halter. the big six-year-old brown
son of Fair Play and Madcap belong
ing to Harry Sinclair. They pro-
claimed him the champion spring
horse yesterday afternoon at the Ja-
maica track after he led home a small
but select field of handicap horses in
the Kings County Handicap. Such
title is befitting the big horse. for
every year since he was a three-year-
old he has come out of winter quar-
ters in the spring and made all of his
opponents look cheap.
Yesterday was no exception. With
Charles E. Stoneham's Yellow Hand
champion of last season; Mrs. Wilfrid
Viaus Audacious, who hung up a
worlds record for a mile last season,
and Lawrence Waterburys Sennings
Park, the fast son OF Jim Gaffney and
Irish Queen as his opponents it seemed
as if he would have a hard job to win.
But he didn't. He won as he pleased
by two lengths, with Sennings Park
second, half dozen lengths in front
of Audaciops, who was similar dis
tance ahead of Yellow Hand
Samuel Riddles three-year-old Freak
ness candidate, Oceanic. was the only
one 70 refuse the issue. Although it was
Yellow Hands first appearance of the
year. Jack Goldsborough, his veteran
trainer. said he was ready to run a good
race and was heavily supported. 1t was
Mad Hatter's first time out, too. He
was the favorite. but he had few friends
and receded in the oral market from
4 to to to 5. Audacious and Sennings
Park had had one race each and their |,
trainers were sure they would race well. |
on to Fine Start.
1t looked soon after the start as If it |
were going to be real horse race. Mars
Cassidy sent the quartet away to a per-
feet start. but Audacious had the most !
speed and was the first to show in front |
He quickly opened up gap of two
ngths on Mad Halter, who was follow |
:. and stepped along az a terrific pace.
tddering the slow condition of the
:k. Around the bend and down the
horse and Il seemed as If his onponsyts
would never catch him. But while maxi
ing the turn Mad Halter moved UP TO
Audacious and the thousands present
yelled as one person. Here comes Mad
Halter ~ But the yell was little
premature. Audacious had little speed
left and in the middle OF the bend again
increased his lead to two lengths.
When Strengthened out for nome Mrs.
ATfott'a fn falter Clarence /
Knumer. the veteran jockey who rode
him. realized it In a jiffy and went to
the whip. Audacious is courageous as
well as fast and bounded forward as
Hummer laid on the lash. Five times
Hummer struck him and five times
Audacious bounded forward. but each
time a little less resolutely. Hummer |
then realized his task was useless and
refrained from furnishing him further.
Mad Halter was beside him-by this time
and Sande was merely clucking to him.
The big brown was apparently as strong /
as when he started, and as Hummer |
gave r. the task Mad Halter fcw to the F
front and then galloped the last furlong |
TO win eased up.
Sennings Park ran an exceptionally |
good race. He was cut Off just before
entering the backstretch and ran on the
outside all the way. In the hemestretch
had little difficulty beating Audacious
and Yellow Hand.
Yellow Hand In Heavy Going.
Yellow Hand showed a spark of his
championship form for seven furlongs
and then quit. He ran in the heaviest
going next the rail as far as he went.
The race will do him lot OF good. but
IT will probably take two or three hard
races before he will be ready to carry
even weights and give Mad Halter
beating.
The Kings County was at one mile
and a sixteenth. and Mad Hatter's time
was :2s-real good considering the
track, which was heavy-undcr the top
soil
Yellow Hand carried top weight OF
1eg pounds; Mad Halter shouldered 1876
one more than Audacous and eight
more than Sennings Park. This time
last spring Mad Halter was carrying 1872
pounds and giving at least ten pounds to
horses liz Audacious and Yellow Hand
lie probaly could have done II yester-
day
Two OF Mrs. Payne whitneys Freak
ness candidates. Galantman and Letter.
man. showed that they have plenty OF
speed and are capable OF giving
good account of themselves against any
horses as far as they will go.
They finished first and second In the
third race, sprint of six furongs for
three-year-olds and beat Frank Browns
Hephaistos. Harry Sincair's William A.,
John Il. Madden's Native Land and r.
+. Prices Doughnut.
But they were doing their best at the
end. Galantman was driving to beat
Letterman. Letterman probably was
the better OF the two. n Lyke had gone
about his business instead OF riding
Hephaistos wide all the way his mount
probably would have beaten his stable
mate easily. AS IL was. he finished a
length behind Galantman and similar
distance In front OF Hephaistos
Run First and Second.
Gsiantman broke In motion and
quickly opened MP big gap on his op-
ponents. which were led by Letterman
They ran first and second all the way.
Hephaistos ran a bangup race. He
showed speed and good courage. m he
mad not been carried wide during the
entire journey he might have won
William A.. Preakness and Derby
eligible, showed nothing except flash
e. speed in the stretch. IL was by no