New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07


resents one Of tire principal three-yt
Ray Jay won, the students of form L
guffawed, for Ray Jay was the rank
Stable connections thought Ray Jay
was very good outside proposition.
Sunny" Jim sFitzsimmons said he
would be no worse than third, He fig
ured only Serenader and Oceanic had
a chance to beat his horse Figured
also, did Sunny jim. that either one
would beat hims en- the start.
Word was passed along before the
horses went to the post that J. 5. Cos
den intended TO go out with the fflly
Lady Baltimore to see how far and
fast Serenader would 81 Fitzs:ia
mons then told his friends to board
Ray Jay, straight, place and show.
They will run themselves into the
ground" said Jim, "and Ray Jay will
come on and win the money"
That is exactly what happened.
Serenader. Lady Baltimore and
Oceanic all broke together. They few
through the first furiong as one horse,
md in that furlong they opened up
IN Ray Jay and Letterman a lead Of
iaif dozen lengths. Ray Jay was
our lengths away and Lettermaa six.
Unable to Stand Race
Through the backstretch they few at
ne speed of an express train. Equine
esh could not possibly stand the pace.
erenadcr was on the inside and Lady
baltimore sandwiched in between the
dds-on favorite ard the second
,oice. which was Oceanic. Through
Aair &c ko ltoo lrct ~ ffh
,ese three raced together, first one
I'D then the others nose bo3ling in
ont Lady Baltimore was the first
crack.
About this time Ponce sat down to
ide Ray Jay. He seemed to close a
vide gap going to the far turn Then
! they shot around the bend the vista
lowcd the leaders fully four l>ngths
I front Ponce went to the whip. His
&c cunt swung wide taking the turn, but
lder a hard drive he graduall% worke d
:, inch by inch and foot by foot,
It'll at the last quartermilc post he
d come to even terms with Sore-
der and Oceanic.
1t was simply a buggy ride from
ere in. Serenader and Oceanic bath
re spent and blown. They had
acked Lady Baltimore, but in their
m cracked from the most grueling
ID nonsenslcal pace ever set ~ dis
nee race. 1t was question of three
and horses being run absolutely into
ne ground. They went away from the
,rrier as if they were in four-fur-
iong sprint.
The Greentree Stables Letterman,
Re Ray Jay, very wisely lay off the
rly pace. Letterman was two lengths
hind Ray Jay, which was five lengths
hind the other contenders. Round
the turn Serenader, Oceanic and
'dy Baltimore were so closely grouped
at no one could tell which was in
ont. Ray Jay and Letterman both
wed up skirting the turn, but Let
rman, with his customary modera
On, took such a wide swing turnn g
TO the stretch that he lost two or
rec lengths.
LAZY Baltimore All In
The race through the stretch was
netting beautiful to behold. They
the last bend with Fairbrother, on
renader, and Schuttinger, on Oceanic
ling with whip and spur. Ponce, with
y Jay, which had worked up grad
lly. made his bid as the field
Heightened out for the run home AS
nee moved Letterman moved with
n, and as they moved Lady Balti-
,re folded.
.serenader and Oceanic held en-
nelly for a few strides, then Ray
came to the outside of Oceanic
through sixteenth they fought it
:, hip, tooth and thigh. Not until
airing the final sixteenth was there
" folding, and then Oceanic quit
y Jay came on to win going away,
d Letterman, closing quite stoutly
the outside. beat the Riddle horse
ndily FOR the consolation money.
Serenader and Lady Baltimore were
,wn and drawn and dead from the
ling pace. They did not class at
weights the way the race was
4. The time was 1852 8-5 for the
lie and furlong. as against J AS
the track record, made in 1921
Grey Lag in the Dryer OF that
ar. The race was worth S7,150 te
=, winner
There was plenty of sunshine, but
track was far from fasts because
the recent heavy rains, and scratches
re numerous. The opening race was
maiden Jockeys a claiming affair
e's Chrystal Ford, ridden by Legree
red an easy vic DRY over The Pc
ian, a TO l shot, which led right
to the last furlong, where this one
licked it. Halu was close third ant
avo, the only other starter, was
5lrth.
Firm Friend Wins Easily
n the second race there was heavy
" OH Firm Friend, trained by S
,Naughton. With Jockey Chick
ng up, this one opened at even:
soon was beaten down to :. TO 5
ON the pole position Lang got his
)unt away in front and was never il
ager, winning by more than FIVE
;gths from Sedge the second choice
The Orleans Stables Hetten LUG!
8 installed a 7-to-1O favorite In the
ird race, and again the s;Uacuts o.
m were rewarded Better Luck, wltl
nde up, took the lead from Bast Love
outsider, at the halfway mark an.
IN eased UP by two leagths from