The Washington herald., 1922-04-11
St. ALLAN TAKES
old VIRCINlAPUR
In EASY FASHION
Whitney Scores Double
Win-Lang Fails in
Six Attempts.
BY HAWTHORNE.

NP'Ni AV--ouI pElsSs 6aAOES
marked this afternoons program at
Prince Georges Park. Favorltes
Fwere bowled over with sIckening
regularity. Jockey Louis Morris
piloted three winners, the powerful
Whitney establishment scored a
double, and, to cap the climax.
Chick" Lang failed to put a win
ner across in six attempts.
The biggest surprise of the day
came with the running OF the Old
virginia Purse. the carded feature
OF the program, when st. Allan was
returned a winner. F. II. Smiths
The Archer and W. A Bucks The
Lamb had drawn the bulk of the
speculation. with the Smith entry
carrying slight edge in favor
itism
But I'VE had been nominated, and
when POST time arrived none had
oeclined' the issue. With the break
OF the barrier The Lamb was hus-
tIed into an early lead, with Tom
McTaggart In close pursuit. As the
held Strengthened out in the back
stretch, st. Allan had assumed
command. with Tom McTaggart,
me Lamb. Gain de Cause and The
Archer trailing in the order named.
SchWartE had The Lamb under a
stout pull all through the early
stages.
Rounding the far turn into the
nome stretch, the relative positions
~ the two leaders remained un-
changed. but Lang, through deter
mined urging, had sent Gain dc
Sause into third place COney and
sehwartz made efforts to shake
uhelr mounts up, but neither The
Archer nor The Lamb showed any
inclination to respond.
st. Allan Three Lengths Ahead.
ST. Allan flashed under the wire
three lengths to the good Of Tom
McTaggart. while four full lengths
showed between the LAWN color
bearer and Gain de Cause. From a
racing standpoint the race was a
most highly unsatisfactory specta- :
Of secondary Importance on. the
card was the Fairfax Handican. a
"ash at seven furIongs for 3-year-
o!ds. Harry Payne WhitneS's
hashmak went to the post an odds
on choice and rewarded his hackers
by scoring with ease over Die.
Deadeye in the last furlonR. Yash-
max broke slowly and was blocked
on the turn. yet came through cas-
llLE and won hand ridden.
The nrst Whitney score cam. in
the opening event, one fashioned
or maiden e-year-olds at four fur
longs. Woodland, like his stabI.
mate, Hashmak, was made the ia
orite at almost prohfbitiye odds
Stirling rushed the whitney entry
into an early lead and never left
the issue in doubt.
On the strength OF recent morn
ing workouts. Alex Hamilton at
tracted the most attention in the
second and was the center of a we'll
directed play by the spectators, but
ran most dull race, The Decision.
however broke well, displayed pIen-
~ OF speed and dominated the run
ming throughout. having enough In
reserve to Withstand the belated
rush of The Nephew.
Ultra Gold Takes One,
The Sunnyland stables Ultra Gold
proved easily best of a band of SIX
to face Starter Miller in the third,
Morris rated his mount behind the
pace during the early running and
ultra Gold. when called upon in the
stretch drive. responded with a
burst of speed that could not be de-
MED. King John closed resoIutely
Iland took second money away from,
Ithe fast firing Apple Jack End.
Another repeater of the meeting
burned up in J. ]. FarrelPs Clean
f'nns IN the sixth number. Well
handled by Morris. the son of o.
anI6ala did not make his move until
1.-THE last furlong, when under slight
urging he went to the front and
WAS going strongest OF all at the
rnish. Lang made his best effort
towards riding a winner In this
rae. With Sister Flo he set the
pace over the greater part of the
distance. but his mount was unable
20 withstand the challenge of the
wilmer
T1- fongest-priced winner Of the
az came In the night cap. which
aisS turned out to he the most spec
| tsCular finish of the afternoon. NJ.
II. Pon's Amaze, which had received
hut slight consideration in the ma =
cLiIes. in a gruelling stretch drive,
managed to outgame Smarty, the
pubic choice, by a head Two dol
LAT mutpels paid $3.50 on Amaze.