New-York tribune., 1922-05-14
Il. r. Bradley's Busy American, heavily
bandaged on the nigh foreleg, whore he
bowed In Thursdays work.

u. r. BradIey's Busy American, heavily
bandAged on the nigh foreleg, whore he
bowed In Thursday's work.
G. f. Bakers John Finn was the
first to show to craning necks behind
the crimson coated leader as the field
edged It's way out Of the densely packed
paddock jam on to the lightning fast
course. The Hewitt mare, Startle, was
second. Then came My Play, full
brother Of Man o. War, which Jim Nc
Clelland figured would give the favor
Norwich
Roars and Cheers for Favorite
The pent-up emotion broke all re-
straint with the first glimpse Of the
favorite. A roar, a cheer. a boisterous
thunder of handclapping applause
rolled out at the paddock gate was
to echo and re-echo in turn to the
furthcrest reaches to the clubhouse as
this lion Of the hour came into respec-
tive views.
My Play filled the eye; a prototype
Of the illustrious and only Man o'War
in brown and not chestnut suit. He
pranced along las II conscious of fam
lily import. Busy American was full
Of running He behaved very much
like a man in the first stages Of stimu-
lation-a bit too sportive and kitten
ish. he tried to run over Norwich as
they passed the stewards stand the
first time and actually tried to break
away from Barrct on the way to the
post. Norwich, an unprepossessing ami
nal If there ever was one, from front
view at least, showed he had his mind
centcred solely on this race. There was
no false pep in his get-up; no up
stage capering. He lnbored along
with his teeth fairly crunchng the bits
he had low and pulling for his head
He was deliberate enough, cool to the
tish Surf Rider, which commanded n
mild play, was so fractious he had to
be led to the post.
There was a delay of three minutes
at the post. Norwich was irrepressible.
He wished to be off and away and was
so unreasonable it was necessary for
one of the starter, A. 3. Dade's as
sistants to take him by the head. But
when Dade gave the word the field was
off in perfect alignment.
Norwich broke on top with My Play
as his custom. Inside a hundred
yards he was clear and free and safe
guarded against any possible jam or
piling up at the stretch turn below
which the start was made. And this
race was won in the first hundred
yards.
Takes Fight Out of Everything
of pace, carried his field the Fl rst
eighth shade under eleven, and in
that fur long Norwich proved himself
the wonder horse of the day. He had
taken the fight out of everything.
Busy American hung to him under
pressure for more than a quarter, but
in doing so put his bad foreleg COM
pletely out of ommssion. Just after
they passed the judges stand Barret
within striking distance of the favor
ite. Norwich was still under restraint.
My Play, the brother of Man o. War.
took up the fight when Busy American
faltcred and. with the outsider, John
Finn, made bold bid down the long
backstretch. Nearing the far bend
it seemed as if Man O. Wars younger
brother might get to the pacemaker.
Then johnson let out wrap and the
son Of Runnymede bounded away
again like courser unleashed. 1t
was enough for My Play.
The Fair Play colt chucked it then
and there John Finn, outrun a bit
when My Play challenged, was the con-
tender as the field swept into the
stretch. most of them, barring Nor
vich, under punishment
Then Bradley's Bet Mose made his
bid: Held off the pace, far back in the
early running Burke came with a rush
through the stretch under the impulse
Of whip and spur. He never could get
close enough to hustle the favorite and
was almost two lengths behind the
mighty Norwich at the finish. Bet
Mosie, under this vigorous handling,
got up in time to nose John Finn out Of
second money. Finn. in turn, vas a
good length ahead of Deadlock, which
talled on when the real racing began.
Winner Before Going to Post
Norwich won in the first furlone. n.
was winner before he went to the
post. Nothing but injury or accident
could have stopped him. Rut no+ unt;i