The New York herald., 1922-10-18
RUNS GOOD RACE BUT
NOT LIKE CHAMPION
Forced to Do His Mightiest to
Beat Tom O'Brien's Sham
rock by a Nose.
HEPHAIST0S A WINNER
Comes Back After Hard Race
With Tryster and Wins Key
stone Handicap.
by HENRY V. KING.

Robert L. Gerry's Cyclops won the
Hartsdale Stakes at the Empire City
track yesterday afternoon but he
didn't run like a Juvenile champion.
He was doing his mightiest to beat
Tom O'Brien's Shamrock by a nose.
The black son Of Heno didn't race as
IL he were a distance runner. He dis
played q keen burst of speed and
showed the way from beginning 10
end.
When Strengthened out in the home
stretch it seemed as if he would win
easily He was two lengths in front
and apparently running as strong as
any horse in the race. He stopped
badly in the final furlong. Whether
he tired or McAtee eased him up is
matter of conjecture. But he wasn't
being eased up through the final six
teenth. Shamrock was running faster
than he, and to get home in front Nc
Atee had to put UP one Of his strong
est finishes.
Cyclop's race was not one whit better
~Aitu s9idlAANIh >. Al Ntit dNt haQ bNti
over the full six furlong route there
isn't a doubt but that Shamrock would
have been returned the victor. Cyclops
went away from The barrier winging.
while Shamrock left the starter slug
rishly. In the early part of the race
the O'Brien colt was outrun. but when
Strengthened out for home he came with
a rush. and racing on the outside. sped
past all or his opponents. except Cy-
clops. which he would have beaten In
few more strides. John +. Madden's
Best Love was third. She ran a good
race. furlong from home she looked
like the winner but she faltered at the
final sixteenth pole. and finished two
lengths behind Shamrock.
Miss star Disappoints.
The disappointment of the race was
Victor Vivadous Miss Star She showed
a flash of her great speed. but quit
badly in the stretch and was beaten off.
Cyclops covered the short six fur
long route in :09 Is.
Frank Browns Hephastos has de-
yeloped into a sterling three-year-oid.
This son of Vulcain and Neva w. forced
Tryster to hang up a new one mile
track record on Monday to beat him.
and within twenty-four hours after that
gruelling race he came back and bea I
Slieveconard and Emotion in gallop.
III lllt iNtHStOHt iAdHOlCdp ai one ullte
and seventy yards he ran like high
class colt He followed the pace set
by Slieveconard until just before en-
tering the stretch. There Sande gave
him his head. and he bounded to the
front and increased his lead with every
stride until at the end he was three
lengths ahead OF Slieveconard, which
beat Emotion by half a length for the
second end of the purse. Hephaistos
ran the distance in 1:H
George Odom had a gala day He
saddled three winners. In the first race
his Arrow of Gold. belonging to r. Penn
( Smith, beat home a big field of good
platers; his >Cycops won the Hartsdale
and In the final Bees Wax which he
trains for Robert L, Gerry, led home a
field OF three-yearold hllies. McAtee
rode all three Of Odom's winners.
Arrow of Gold was much the best in
the opener. He followed the pace set
by East View to the head of the home
stretch, where he stepped to the front.
Once in command he galloped the re-
Inainder of the way TO win eased up by
four lengths. East View was second
and Daydue third.
A Test for FiiIies.
The final was a test for the ,dllies. 1t
was at one mile. A X. Macon1bers
story Ieller was the IaYorlte. Bees
Wax won easily, but it is a question II
she was the best in the race. She was
better than story Teller and Mary
Patricia. which finished Immediately be-
hind her, but My Reverie and Bonus
met With bad luck Ny Reverie was cut
off and showed back half dozen lengths
in the first rush for positions and Bonus
was shut off while making bid for the
lead entering the homcstretch. Merimee
attempted to sneak her through on the
rail He got her half way through. Then
story Teller. which was leading, closed
In on her and Merimee was compelled
to take her back.
Adventures led home a small field Of
cheap two-year-olds in the first race.
That he won was due 10 n great ride
by Sande. His jockeyship enabled Adj
ventures to beat Rork In driving FIN