The New York herald., 1922-07-07
PONCE'S PATIENCE
Big FACTOR IN RACE
Rates Mount Along in Rear
While Best Horses Run
Themselves Dizzy.
LETTERMAN Is SECOND
Oceanic, Serenader and Lady
Baltimore Together for
Half a Mile.
LETTERMAN IS SECOND
By HENRY v. KING.

BY HENRY ". KING.
Ray Jay won the Dwyer Stakes at
the Aqueduct track yesterday after
noon. This son Of Aseagaj and Ro-
mayne is pretty nice sort of a colt,
but he isn't topnotcher. nor as good
as at least two Of those which opposed
him.
But paradoxical as 1t may seem he
gave them and his other opponents
from four to nine pounds and beat
them home in impressive style. 1t
wasn't luck that gave him the racs
1t was bad judgment on the part Of
three of the jockeys-Lang, Fair
brother and Schuttinger. They raced
John Sanfords Serenader, Samuel
Riddles Oceanic and j. s. Cosden's
Lady Baltimore Off their feet In the
early stages and when they were
staggering like drunken men from
fatigue in the final quarter Of mile
Ray Jay came along and won handily.
Letterman. tie other colt to be
rated off the pace came strong when
the pace makers died away and took
the second end of the $4,000 purse a
length behind the winner.
Oceanic was third. five lengths ahead
OF Serenader Lady Baltimore stopped
TO walk at the head of the stretch
and was nearly a sixteenth of q mile
behind the winner at the end.
The track was slow from the recent
rains. but the time wasn't good. 1t
took Ray Jay I :52 3-5 TO cover the one
mile and furlong route. This IL 8 2-5
seconds slower than the record figures
established by Man O. War when he
beat John p. Grier in sensational style
in 1920.
Although the stake Is only years
old 1t has become turf fixture and at
tracts the nominations Of the best three
year-old colts and FLIES in the country.
1t is at one mile and furlong and has
an added value Of 5000. Sixty-six
three-year olds were nominated for it at
$50 each, but only six were in good
enough condition and ready~to race in
II. f f @
Serenader Favorite.
Serenader. the English bred son Of
Bachelors Double and Golden Harp,
was made the favorite and backed so
heavily that he went TO the post at
j to 2. Oceanic, who is by The Finn
and Veuve Cliquot, was the second
choice. He had worked phenomenally
fast for the event and with 16s pounds
on his back Louis FeustA. his trainer
who developed and trained Man o. War.
said that he would walk of with the
race il he would run to his work.
1t was Feustel's first appearance at
the track since he was striken at the
Jamaica meeting and sent to the hos
pftal. He looked well and was confi-
dent his colt would win.
This clot Is as fast as Man o. War,
but he isn't as good. He is unreliable.
He is just as likely as not to climb
during the race. But he can rum and
II he meets with no Interference think
he will win. He did everything asked
him to do, which included breeze of a
mile in / 49,"
Holly Hughes, trainer Of Sesenader,
was even more confident than Feustel
lie said his colt was In prime condition
and that he could run fast and he could
run far. Old Billy Garth said his filly
was as fast as f1lIies come. He said he
didn't know whether or not she would
beat Serenader home but he felt sure
the Sanford colt could not out run her.
Scott Harlan, trainer of Letterman,
made no predictions. He said his colt
was as good as hands could make him
and that IL his opponents made any
mistakes he would beat them home.
Jim Fitzsimmons, trainer Of Ray Jay.
said he didn't believe his colt could beat
Serenader or Oceanic but that he might
beat Lady Baltimore and Letterman.
He also added that IL those fast horses
go out there and run their heads off
in the first half mile his colt is likely
to come along and beat the whole flock
of them
Fitx Figures 1t Right.
And what Fitzsimmons suspected
came. Serenader. Lady Baltimore and
Oceanic dashed away from the barrier
or, their toes and started off as IL they
were running i'm a quarter mile race.
And at the end of the first quarter of
mile they were racing almost head and
head and their jockeys were doing their
~ ;ghtiest to make them go faster.
While they were stepping along at
a terrific pace, almost abreast Ponce
was allowing Ray Jay to rate along in
fourth place. ten lengths back. and Eator
had Letterman at Ray Jays heels.
Rounding the bend the leaders began
to back up. The terrific pace under
such foolhardy riding had sapped their
ereed and strength and they were dizzy.
AS they began to faltcr Ponce gave Ray
Jay all the rein he wanted and without
urging him the colt made up q half
dozen lengths before the homestretch
was reached.
There Ponce took him to the outside
and after steadying him bit sent after
the leaders He had no difficulty catch
ing Lady Baltimore but Serenader and
Oceanic held on little longer and II
was not until the final furlong pole that
ronce was able to get his mount in
command. And then he had no time to
leaf along for when he was making his
run Fator also was making de-
tcrinined bid with Letterman. But Ray
Jay had enough speed In reserve to
stall off Letterman's rush until he went
past the judges a length In front.
Letterman was running strongest at
the end and probably would have won
II the race were n sixteenth OF a milo |
longer.
Although the face was slow and SEM |
nader and Oceanic were beaten off IL |
doesn't necessarily mean that they are |
not real good colts. Only Man o. War |
could go on after racing at top speed |
for three-quarterS OF mile without n |
breathing spell. II the race were run |
differently Ray Jay probably would \
have been third.
w his victory Ray Jay earnsd $500
The Campfire handicap for juveniles.
Of five furlongs. brought n quartet OF /
good ones to the post. The Orleans |
stables Better Luck won. with Walter |
J. Salmon's Mark Twain second and |
Joseph II. Wideners Raffles third. Bet
ter Luck ran like nice colt. Mark l
Twain ran like green colt and un-
doubtedy will improve. He was seven /