The Washington herald., 1922-05-04
By HAWTHORNE.

out little from a competitive stand
point. the winners, in the majority
Of instances. scoring with ease owe,
their respective fields, the two sx.
ceptLons being in the running of the
Pimlico Nursery and the closine
number. In both of these events
the issue was decided by the narrow
margin of a head. while the rest Of
the -victors won by anywhere from
one to six lengths
The Rennert Handicap. over =
mile and one-sixteenth rute, was
Carded as the outstanding feature
of the afternoons program. Instean
II developing into gruellinE con-
test, as anticipated, the contest
proved nothing other than a walk
over for Comdr. j. X L. Ross
Registrar.
Overnight nominations included
but four. When scratch time ar
rived ]. B. Dunn's ST. Quentin de-
clined the issue. leaving Ross Reg
istTar. william Fenwick's Dresden
and the Seagram stables Brilliant
Jester to fight it out for the three
portions of the purse.
Registrar Breaks In Front.
Registrar was the quickest OF the
trio to break and Turner soon
rushed him into a commanding lead
ere the first half of the trip had
been negotiated. Brilliant Jester
valiantly tried to reach the pace
maker during the early, running,
but was unequal to the task At
the turn into the stretch Dresden
wore down the firing Canadian rep
resSntative. but was still three ana
One-half lengths in back of the
winner when the judges stand was
reached.
OF secondary Importance. a four
and one-half furlong dash. styled
the Pimlico Nursery. furnished the
only thrill of the day when the
Quincy stables Frank G.. coupled
with Coral, accounted for the even.
in stirring finish over wrangle.
Frank G. was the first to show
On top with the other half of the
entry in closest pursuit. For a
time II seemed apparent that the
combination would run one-two. but
a belated rush by wrangle, while il
caught Coral. fell short a head Of
reaching the winner. The score
marked the first victory OF the
Quincy stable during the current
Maryland season.
The first race wass selling afralr
at a mile and a sixteenth for
3-year-olds and upward and
brought a fair band of platers to
the, post. One OF the conditions of
the. event was that entrants must
be ridden by a jockey who had
never won a race.
r. T. Wilson. jr.'s Vendor. with
the more experienced apprentice.
McSamee. up. was rushed into a
long early lead. while Pelsner.
astride Joan OF Arc. the eventual
winner. showed rare riding Jude-
mept in rating his mount of the
fast pace
Three Fall In Chase.
As the field rounded'the far turn
Pelsner made his move and Joan
nf Arc readily responded. easily
disposing Of her opposition in the
stretch run. Vendor had enough
left to save the place. while
Trickster ID. was the one to show.
Pelsner was rewarded with a purse
of $50 by the Maryland Jockey
Club for his first winning effort.
]. W. Hesly saddled the winner
in the jumping event. his 5-year-
old Eelding. Free State. winning
the decision by six lengths over
Last Man. Five started. but three
went down. Going to the twelfth
fence Overmatch, who had assumed
command. fell Nonus had gone
down at the same hurdle. while
Gimme was unable to clear the
ninth.
Hayes succeeded in catching his
mount after the spill, remounted,
completed the trip and took down
the small end Of the purse. Gimme
showed an excellent turn of speed
while IN the running. but set en-
tirely too fast a pace.
Edward Reale McLean's Cot
rompa earned brackets in her YER,
first start. The daughter Of Colin
Trompeuse was entered in the
third. a claiming affair for 2-year-
old maidens, and met a rather
shifty hand of Juveniles.
Josiah urged the Washington
owned entry into long early lead
and although Buddugie finished
with a rush. Cotrompa had enough
in reserve to Withstand the chal-
lenEe.
Comdr. ]. K. l.. Ross made II q
double for the day when his ster-
ling sprinter. Hildur, practican,
spreadeagled his field In the sixth
number. OutrunninE his field to
the first turn the Ross color bearer
was so far out in front that Tur-
ner hsnd-rode him throughout.
Ultra Gold. packing top weight.
122 pounds. accounted for the last
contest in a rather thrilling finish
sfrom Hidden Jewel. The winner
was In the ruck for the first part
of the journey. but came with a
-vsh during the last sixteenth and