The New York herald., 1922-05-19
BEATS GOOD COLTS IN
IMPRESSIVE STYLE
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OvercOmes Bad Racing Luck
and Covers Mile on Sloppy
Track in 1889 3-5.
EARNS OFFER OF 100000
j. S. Cosden Wants Him at
That Price-From Great
Racing Family.
EARNS OFFER OF 100000
BY HENRY ". KING.

Every time .hree-year-old runs d
good race this season there will be
racegoers who will proclaim him the
almost always made against a cham
pion. They We're made a dozen times
against Man O. War. Yesterday after
noon at the Jamaica track those
who always want to down a champion,
had good reason to name his con-
queror. for John Sanford's French
bred colt Snob II. ran a remarkably
fine race in tie Stuyvesant Handicap.
Carryings117 pounds over track that
was sloppy on top with good bottom.
he met with severe interference. was
nearly knocked to his knees. ran ten
lengths further than his opponents and
yet came on to defeat high class field
of thres-year-olds in a common canter.
At the end he was four lengths in
front of Mrs. Payne Whitney's Gallant
man. who beat his stable mate. Pirate
Gold. two lengths for place honors.
Letterman shows Speed.
snob covered the one mile route In
1:39 3-5. For five minutes this time
seemed phenomenal because cf the
sloppy appearance of the track. But
then Mrs. Payne Whitneys Letterman
had public trial at a mile over 1t. and
he stepped the distance handily Il,
40 l-5. That took some of the sensa-
ton out of Snob's time, but his race
was exceptionally good nevertheless
1t made those who question Morvich's
greatness declare Snob the best of his
age and the superior to the Derby win
Uer and 1t made conservative horse
men. sportsmen and other students o.
the sport say he was the colt which
would make Mor.ich stretch his neck il
the champions neck is to b. Stretched
this year 1t made Tom Healey, tile
veteran trainer who won the Preakness
with r. T. Wilson's Pillory. declare that
he would prove dang srous i'm any race
I'm glad l got my basket full in the
Preakness before this fellow came out"
he said. II don't know anything about
him except this race and those / saw
him in last year. But this race is re-
markably good and l think it will take
champion to beat him."
After his victory J. s. Cosden offered
$4,000 for the colt. Holly Hughes. the
: young trainer in charge of Mr. San
ford's thoroughbreds, cabIed the offer
TO Mr.. Sanford. who Is in Europe, but
added that he didn't believe Mr. Sanford
would let him go for twice that sum.
There Is no doubt but that Snob III.
is a real good colt. He showed II In
several races last year and in his train
ing this season he has displayed nearly
as much speed as Norwich. He can run
three furlongs in S3 seconds and judg-
ing from the way he galloped home
yesterday he can travel over any dis
tance of ground. He was not raced much
last year and Holly Hughes gave him
plenty of time to get ready this season.
Snob is a brown colt. not very big
but well made up. He Is by Prestige out
of May Dora. Prestige is the son of
Pom Pom and was owned for a short
period by the late William X. Wander
bilt. Mr.. Vanderbilt sold him at auction
in France for $4,000. Then he begot
Sardanaple the Man o. War OF the
French turf and he became one OF the
most fashionable sires in France. Like
Sardanaple. Prestige was never beaten
May Dora, the dam OF Snob was bred
in this country. She is by imported
1sldore, the big chestnut son OF Amphion
( and Isis. whose dam was the English
Derby winner. Shotover
Eight colts a majority of which are
candidates for the $4,000 Belmont
Stakes which will be decided at Bel
mont Park next month. made up the
field for the Stuyve3ant
Rain Changes Favorite.
Half nm hour before the race Clifford
"a. Cocl,ranes June Grass was the favor
fte and considered the winner, with
strongest opposition expected from Snob.
But ram came down in torrents before
post time and this changed the COM
plexion of things. June Grass is not a
mud runner, and as Snob is good on
any kind OF a track the Sanford colt
was MADE the public choice.
Mars Cassidy sent the field away to a
good start. but in the rush for positions
there wes a lot of crowding and pushing z
and Snob was the greatest sufferer.
While rounding the first turn he was
nearly Knocked to his knees and before
he got going again he was next to last,
while Mrs. Whitney's Pirate Gold was
stepping along in front at a real fast
pace. followed by his stable mate. Gal
Hntman.
Sandc was on Snob and he held his
mount In check until Strengthened out
on the backstret III ThAre he gave him