New-York tribune., 1922-06-01
Cosden Colt
Cauters Home
In l:354-5
o,,or, and June Crns. Fin IN
P'iI'' ~ IN the Wake of the
New Turf Sensation
By W. J. Macbeth

through when - -
rf. -. ,hrs,-year.old colt snos Il
i'f''D- ,o,. under wraps and well
ss.''s s.~,.K all the way in the sen
Ta T.,,v accredited time Of i;SS 4-S'
ss'''.s s'.s.,.vs Of the time for time
iH''F -, ll,t,s 70 real thoroughbred
t,eifi ~ '.i,ek. dark son Of Prestige-
fss' , u. .,ovsd himself II the ealiber
lp ~. ,,rles are made. he may
q vtieA 80 height % the equine
s,si 70 1,ss not extended. nor was
,tti~ - Not once from start 20
y /" "lSbs change his gigantic stride;
-. n vent loplng over me grovnu
-. .-.,rical, tireless. inaeiatigap,i.e
= ,srs p, the tick of the split
b,ssc' 80 Of the stop watch -- as
f'f's 90 ss unvsvering.
ftlsl m heat two great thorough
SOP ,,,inr 70 Man o Wars best
Etsl -. nile. r. T. Wilson's Pil-
fseo'. AZ Won tho $4,000 Preakness,
loTy, - Clifford 4 Cochran's june
- ~. .s,.h frished third In the PIN
Gs,sh .rs.led him home In order,
l.s,,,,isr. l.s resling, drunk and all out
s~ isst ounce. In comparison 70
s,ob II vas fresh a. at toe
" ", did not appear 20 draw a
fsla ,.h a. re parsded back 20 the
org t.ss es the race had been Snoo
sane's .sh,sdlv could have run much
y 800 been pressed. The sea-
~. .,.,,ness as he cavorted BACK
q Ns~t cot amid a tSvndeT of pop
se,iarss was stamped !ndeholy
.sS.r ,ks forehead strap 49,
T..,s was hut one question IN 'he
49,, n 10. the lips OF every lover
= .ssroughhred form who vas priv
49, "a see the running o. yester-
- s. W,ters: ~Can Snob defeat Nor
- Those who gszed AZ the oileisal
. ,-. tg,r ID shook their heads
riysly. - v.-.;.A vh.n he
.,.t, up With Snob," was the universe,
,s,.s,r aCosden has bought secoho
IA. o. Waf.'
To Meet Norwich Later
-, "a. the expressed opinion of
,...sm,n who had seen Pillory win the
p-,,kress but VINO had not seen Mor-
- uin the Kentucky Derby. mere
-. ~, few Of the latter present who
IN reserve Judgment till the two great
80, ~, meet AZ Latonia IN the S5OOOO
s,ecisl or June -. .,
10, ,bev viii meet in this spocia
-s,s became an established fact shor'iy
,stsr enobs brilliant victory yester-
S,r J. s. Cosden lost little time IN
,Hr,r his John Hancock 70 an entry
5,s,i8ed bv John J. Day, the Eastern
-sr-sseria.ive Of the Kentucky Jockey
Clsh But. tneedy as he vas, Fred Bur
,,, trainer of Norwich. beat him 20 u.
Ffed fairly tumbled down stars TO
i.et m with the Wifhars winner.
.c-sb +. O. great horse" Burlew ad-
ritis5 "But if he can beat Morvich
p, has sti'i % prove ~. Our big horse
vii sisr, in fhat Special sure a. fate
AL II snob cares 20 dispute the issue
i is strictly ur 20 him.
TAtre had been some talk, nltsr
s-ah's vic,or~ In The Withers. of big
-,,ch rsce between him and the win
rr ~ the Kentucky Derby There IS
10 chance for this IN toe near iuture'
,,tordirc % ST. Burlew. -.
we have so many engagements
,sid Morrich's trainer, Gin big stake
events tha. F. would not be policy 20
consider a match race az this time.
0r- horse will bc az Latoria, where
Sob mas hook up with him in q real
;U, Of class
But later on Burlev continued.
'Snob II. o. any other mans horse'
rsn have a shot a. the horse / believe
s4ll prove himself the three-yesr-o d
champion Of the year. will be- slO.-
30 Of ny own money that Norwich can
,est snob II A. any distance up 20 the
g.rtucky Derby route of a mile and a
'lartsr. And Furthermore. next fall
ye will he ready % meet the great EN-
.srmira.or 20 q mile and q quarter al
Belmont Park. in a weight tor age
.onpetition, if,he Westchester Racing
Association will hang up a purse OF
$4,000. We will duck nobody. But
re intend 20 keep our engagements
Norwich will start where he has been
siysrtised The issue with Snob II
v!ll deve.op ell in good time, ana IN
ny opinion with only one result. i
in glsd srob II is the horse he IS X
vii make for 9 better race"
70 one with sn ounce Of brains dare
70 behind Snob lis performance IN
'ss.erdsys Withers, which was oe'
ivered with sll the grace and un-
isriable form Of a super-thoroughoreo'
What 4 the oficial clockers did get
in a second slower than the ofhcial
insr, snob simply breezed from
tart 70 finish. in this mile that was
rorth sl7.050 20 the winner.
letttrman. 81 the Greentree Stable
as scratched from the original four
oninstions This left Pillory and
uns Grass alone o. Preskness fame
. contest she issue with the latest
snsation OF the American turf. On
,e three. as they paradeo 20 the post
! plsyfully as kittens, not a mark or
lenish was discernible save for a
ght bsncsgo on Snob's hind leg. The
N of Prestige had nicked himself
in a caulk in winning the mile
through the slop al
lnsics, his only other start this sea-
IN.
P!llo-y, as usual. was slow 70 leave
e rate. Mr. Wilson'S colt had the
vi, and the angle from the stand
sde his start appear even more dis
;ysntsceous than IT really was. He
.snsd 20 get Of st LEASE three lengths
hind the others. June Grass was
? on mis- toes. 20 the extreme Outside,
in Snob lis muzzle at Frankie
sogh'- saddle girths. They hung TO-
Ither for Fifty yards: then June
Tass gradually drew away. Clarence
ummer. on the favorite, was already
oking round 70 locate Pillory. Evi-
.nuy he had been instructed 10 keep
eye on the Preakness winner and
disregard the rank outsider Of the
ED Of three.
Down the long straight Of the back
retch they flew. June Grass drawing
inch by inch with each stride until
the end OF a furlong clear daylight
lowed between him and the only colt
At may possibly make Norwich stretch
: neck. A quarter mile, which June
rass flashed in % seconds flat. had
'en covered before Pillory got 10