The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-11
OSPREY LIKES MUD,
LUSTROUS DOESN'T
Both by Fair Play and on Fast
Track Both Could Beat
Opponents Easily.
NOSE DIVE WINS STAKE
Leads Home Tufter and Sedge-
field in the Gowanus-
Elected Scores.
NOSE DIVE WINS STAKE
By HENRY v. KING.

August Belmont started two juve-
yesterday afternoon. Both are by Fair
Play. Both are high class youngsters.
On a dry track both could beat the
field opposing them in a gallop. But
He is Osprey, a fine looking colt out
of Olympia. He revealed in the sloppy
going and led home his field eased up
by four lengths. The other, a hand
some FLY named Lustrous, out OF
Luck Stone, couldn't untrack herself
in the mud and was beaten off. The
stable declared to win with Lustrous.
Because of their speed and class the
pair were made prohibitive favorites at
2 to Z, but this price would have been
extremely generous If they were mud
larks. No one knew whether they were
or not. Both had breezed well in heavy
and sloppy going, but their trainer
wasn't sure they would race well in it.
Almost any horse will breeze a quarter
of a mile or so handiiy on a heavy
track. but those not bred for it will
founder about after going about three
eighths of a mile in race
AS soon as the barrier went up Nc
Aztec shot Osprey to the front and the
race was over before the first sixteenth
of a mile had been covered Osprey
Is suffering from soreness around the
knees, but the soft sloppy track helped
them and he bounded forward like a
real good colt. He entered the home
stretch half dozen lengths in front
and fighting to so faster. Although
eased up a furlong from home he went
past the judges four lengths ahead Of
Harry Payne Whitney's Spot Cash. John
Shaughnessy's O'Corra was third.
LustrOus Beaten on.
A sixteenth of mile in the rear
finished Lustrous. She was laundering
about like a drunken man. She wouldn't
have won if her opponents had been
the cheapest kind of platers in training.
Nose Dive by Aeronaut, out of AS-
nier which used to race for George d.
Widener, has developed into a useful
horse. He won two cheap races this
fall and yesterday he went forth and
beat Henry Altermans Tufter and r. I.
Wilson's Sedgefeld in the Gowanus Sell
ing Stakes. the feature of the program
And he accomplished his job in a sem
sational way He took the lead as soon
as the barrier went up and galloped
along in front every step of the way to
win easily by three lengths. Tufter
was second and Sedgefield third. Fator
was severely criticized for the way he
rode Tufter. He held his mount far off
the pace until we'll Strengthened out in
the homestretch. There he gave his
I'D dc
after the leader and gained ground with
every stride, but his challenge came too
late. The jockey probably believed Nose
Dive would come back to him and that
the only horse he had to beat was
Sedgefield, but Nose Dive didn't come
back and while his mount was beating
Sedgefeld, Nose Dive was as. good as
home.
Elected Sprints to Victory.
Elected H.. the six-year-old daughter
OF Voter, ran her best race of the year
in the fifth event. She showed traces
of the good form she displayed last
season. She took command as soon as
the barrier went up and was never
headed. At the end she was firing and
MerlmeeA had to hustle her along to
win by half length. Leghorn finished
second ana scotland Yet was tnlrQ.
Scotland Yet ran n good race. She
stumbled at the start and lost half
dozen lengths. Rounding the turn into
the stretch she displayed fine turn OF
speed and stepped from the rear into
second place. But making up the
ground she lost at the start Slapped
some of her strength and in the final
run she faltered.
Roy Wadron sent two horses to the
post in the final race. They were Poe.
belonging to Xalapa Farm. and Prelude,
owned by the Lexington Stable. Be-
cause he was the trainer of both they
were coupled in the betting and made
odds on favorites. Poe won and Prelude
was second. But it is a question if Poe
was the better as the race was run. In
the run through the homestretch Tapln.
who had the leg up on Prelude stood
straight up in the saddle and pulled his
mount back. AS they were running in
different interests 1t Is n question If the
Jockey had n right to do such a thing
Hi ride did no one any harm because
his mount was coupled with the winner,
but nevertheless II was n violation of
the rules. and a similar ride under diff
ferent conditions might prove harmful
TO some racegoers and get him into
serious trouble with the Jockey Club.
Maize ran away from n small field of
platers in the second race and Amber
won the opener from n quintet OF ju-
veniles