New-York tribune., 1922-10-11

The victory Of Nose Dive was more
heartily received than ordinarily unde,
such circumstances, as most of the
patrons took chance on the outsider
OF the field at three at to l.. By a
peculiar twist Of circumstances in the
metropolitan racing this year such out
siders have won about four times in
every five starts.
Generally speaking the day was as
wet as the weather for students of
form, as two OF the three winning fay-
critics were held at prohibitive odds-on.
Almost without exception the winners
led from start to finish in the various
trials and none was~extended to land
brackets.
Nose Dive found the track, which
had been left part-cu arIy sloppy, to
his best liking and simply "tin canned
out in front all the way. Jockey L.
McAtee never once had to turn on full
speed ahead. but he rated his mount
with such good judgment that Nose
Dive finished the mile and sixteenth
in the excellent time of 1:46 3-5. The
race was worth $4,000 to the winner.
One of Eddie Taplin's poor rides was
probably responsible for the defeat of
Charles A. Stoneham's Virginius, the
favorite for the opening dash of six
furlongs. This purse was won by
Amber, of the Nevada Stock Farm,
which quickly raced out into good
lead and held his company safe all the
way. Taplin, who drew the outside posi-
tion,. was away slowly with Virginius.
He decided to try to get through on
the inside, but was pocketed and then
Knocked back SO severely he never en-
tirely recovered. Amber was good
horse, however, and might have been
able to hold Virginius safely in any
case. He reeled off the six furlongs in
the very clever tine of 1:13 1-5.
Fizer CIinches First Purse
w. II. Fizer finally clinched his first
purse of the meeting when in the
second trial at mile and sixteenth
his old chestnut mare Maize galioped
off from half dozen platers to win
by nearly half dozen lengths. At the
finish the field was strung out for a
sixteenth of a mile in Indian file. This
was another decided upset, for Maize
was not supported even though her
form showed superior in the mud
Winneconne and Lackawanna were the
two that commanded the play. For six
furlongs the pair ran head and head
with Orderly, and in SO doing ran
themselves right into the ground. Or
derly was the first to crack under the
pace. Meanwhile Shillick had rated
Maize off this killing pace and made
his move when he saw the others be-
gin to falter. Hitting the far turn
Shillick steered wide course and
easily picked up the early pacemakers
one by one until he was three lengths
in front turning for home. The boy
kept Maize in the middle of the track,
where the footing was best, and never
thereafter was threatened though Win
neconne held on gamely to the end
Daniel A. came from far back to beat
the others for third money.
August Belmont's Osprey, only one
of many fine two-year- the chair
man Of the Jockey Club has uncovered
since the opening of the Saratoga
meeting, had little difficulty in winning
the fveand-a-half-fur dash that
was third on the program. Osprey
ran coupled with Lustrous, a two-year-
old that won on the last outing, but
as it finished last of the five. H. P.
Whitney's Spot Cash was the only one
that could keep within hailing dis
tance of the winner.
The Xalapa Lexington Stable entry
furnished the third winning favorite
in the last event when Poe and Prel-
ude, coupled in the betting, ran one
two. But there was little nouri shment
in this victory for the students, as the
entry paid only j to a.
Led From Start to Finish
The entry had the race to itself
from start to finish. Tapln broke
Prelude in front, but Schuttinger