The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

Whitney with earnings Of $2G
Whitney Took the Lead.
The success of Wniskawav. win
ner Of the Kentucky special purse OF
S82,550. and Goshawk, victor in re-
uewals of the Great American and
Saratoga Special stakes In July and
August, gave the Whitney stable the
edge at the beginning of Septem-
b.r But. as in 1921, the Rancocas
stable finished strong, and nosed its
formidable rival out.
The consunfmate skill OF Hildreth
was demonstrated by his landing
the Rancocas stable on top without
winning any of the seasons spe-
cials Of great value The Lawrence
realization Of S21,400, won by Kai
sang was the biggest any animal Of
the establishment accounted for The
son of The Finn which, In the Law
renee realization. beat Bunting and
Rockminlster, in G:42 2-5, could not
be got ready for either the Withers
or Belmont renewal or the Kentucky
special inaugural.
Zev Has Hard Luck.
Zev, the smartest 2-vear-old OF
the Rancocas stable, failed in the
Hopeful renewal, which paid $3S,950
to Dunlin, the winner, because he
could not give that clever son of
Fair Play / 5 pounds. But he ran
Dunlin to half a length, and beat
Goshawk, Cartoorist, Enchantment
and Wilderness In the Belmont
park futurity, Zev was Unexpectedly
beaten by that surprisingly fast
young mare. Sallys Alley, but he
beat wilderness, Cyclops, Blossom
Time, Goshawk and Martingale.
An opportunity to compete for
either on the equal divisions Of the
$4,000 Maryland Futurity purse
was denied Zev. He suffered an in
jury in the Belmont Park Futurity
renewal that made training him
a:terward dangerous. One division
of the Maryland Futurity purse was
won by Sally's Alley, the other by
Blossom Time. Martingale defeated
sally's Alley in the run-off.
H!ldreths biggest money Garner
was Mad Halter, The amateur
handicappers had, at the end of the
season of 1921, thrown Mad Halter
into the racing disCards. The son Of
Fair play was fit only for stud service
Winning five races, finishing second
nine times and third twice, this IL
lustrious "has been" earned s44,250,
s26,9S7. Little Chief s24,665,
Edict's $2s,55O. Knobbie's S17,9s2
and Sweep 1882. Purchase did
not come back as Hldreth hoped
last winter he might. Neither did
Lucullite
Mad Halter in Form.
Mad Halter, as much AN iron
horse as EXterminator, himself, IN
spite of the harsh things that are
said of him by the unthoughtful who
remember only his failures when he
is backed at unjustfiably short
prices, and forget his many splendid
performances under weight, was
never better than he was last sea-
son. After winning the Kings county
handicap at Jamaica ne shouldered
129 pounds and whipped a smart
field in the Metropolitan at Belmont
park. At Saratoga he won the
Champlain and had Exterminator
humping TO beat him a neck in his
(Old Bones) fourth Saratoga cup.
Better than ever at Belmont park on
September 6, he galloped two miles
in the Jockey club gold cup renewal
in front Of Edward r. Bradley's
great 4-year-old mare, Bit of White
in 3;22 20
Hiidreth's subtIest skill was shown
in the handling of Grey Lag, the
S-year-old champion of 1921. Star
Shoot handicapped Grey Lag with
shelly feet. The British stallion
treated most of his sons and daugh-
ters that way. Grey Lag has a way
Of throwing shoes off working and
racing The walls of his hoofs
won't hold nails Grey Lag discard :
ed one plate working at Churchill
Downs in May, 1921, for the Ken
lucky derby renewal Behave Your
self won. That was why he did not
KD-h
Servant, Tryster and Prudery.
Grey Lags did not look anything
Ike a fair racing proposition at the
beginning OF the season. Neyerthe-
less, this past master OF the art OF
making the lame and decrepit look
great got the son of Star Shoot TO the
post at Belmont park in June In sucn
condition he breezed a mile in 1886
flat in front of the formidable Fri
gate. Grey Lag was beaten IN the
Brooklyn handicap, the 1921 renewal
OF which he won in fast time, but
EXterminator outlucked him, he
turned the tables on EXterminator In
the Saratoga handicap renewal
which he won in 2;O3 IS,
Had Good Jockeys.
Little Chief was hardly first class
but he looked mighty good at sara
t0ga when he was beating kai sans
IN renewals OF the Saranac handicap
and TraYers stakes and at Belmont
park in September, when he licked
ThunderClap, Brainsturm and Ga
l2ntman in the Manhattan handicap
revival.
HIldreth had the aid OF first-clas'
Jockeys, Sande and Fator were
about the most skiilful riders about
But IT was his foresight that brought
the unusual talents OF these youns
men into the service OF the Ranco'
cas- stable. other establishment
might have had them, but Hildreth is
shrewd and forward looking train
er He leaves as little as may ot
% chance
Sande and Fator will be with Hi
dFeth next season, Also. he vii
nave the pick of 50-odd homebrec
yearlings OF winning families, witt
s'year-olds OF high promise in zey
Rigel Bud Lerner, Edict, Wh!rl'
wind, and, possibly, great 4-year-old'
IN Kai-Sang and Little Chief. Hi
rivals among the first-flght trainer'
games Rowe, the elder; Thomas j
Healey, Henry Mcdonald, KAY
spence, William karricK, william
earth, Eugene Wayland, etc.-wil
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