The New York herald., 1922-11-05
$4,000 SEE TWO
THRILLING RACES
Sally's Alley Breezes the Mile
in 80 Is; Blossom Time
Wins in 1 :39 As.
AL JOHNSON RIDES BOTH
Leaders Will Meet on Tuesday
to Decide Championship
and Take Gold Cup.
BY HENRY v. KING.


BALTIMORE, Nov 1.-Two fillies Won
the Futurities at the Pimlico track
this afternoon. One is Blossom Time,
belonging to e. r. Bradley of Ken
lucky. representing the West, the
other is Sally's Alley, an Easterner
through and through. She belongs to
Willis Sharpe Kilmer Of Binghamton,
n w. and was bred at the New York
sportsman's farm.
Blossom Time is real high class
tilly, and better than most of the
juvenile colts. and Sally's Alley is
more. She is champion. The queen
of her age. And she is worthy
monarch. In the opinion of the 30,-
600 racegoers who saw her win the
second division of the 100000 stake
she Is the champion of champions
She just breezed away from the best
colts in the country and won in a
gallop.
She hasn't been crowned yet. Because
os the division of the rich stake the
coronation was of necessity postponed.
But there isn't a doubt in the minds of
any of the vast throng that saw her
perform that she is vastly superior to
Blossom Time. whom she will meet in the
coronation ceremony event next Tues
day, when the four which finished in
each division will race for the gold cup
emblematic of the championship.
TO veteran horsemen she is more than
tho uueep pf haf them Snp is
unquestionably the best filly raced in
this country in the last decade and in
the same class as the im-cortals Artful,
Tradition, Beldame and Ragre:.
She won the Futurity at six furlonGs
in New York in September like cham
pion. Her performance to-day at one
mile was just as good. She was in
front from start to finish and If the dis
tance had been twice as far she prob
ably would have won just as easily.
Great Colts stagger Home.
Behind her. staggering from fatigue,
" ere such renowned Juveniles as j. S.
Cosdens Martingae Admiral Cary
Grayson's My own, Harry Payne Whit
ney's Rialto and Picketer. Walter SAL
mons Vigil, August Belmont's Osprey.
f.. Bradley's Betty Beall and BOYS
Believe Me. Y. j. O'Brien's Shamrock
and Mrs Payne Whtney's Moonraker.
Nt the end of her mile journey Sally's
Nlley was eased up length and hait
IN front OF Martingale. which was two
~ ,tngths ahead of My own. Rialto was
a length further back and the remain
der OF her opponents were beaten Off
S,he carried 1l6 pounds and breezed over
tle one mile route in ;39 l-O.
Blossom Time won by "A length ana
n half and had little speed in reserve
at the end But II is doubtful IL she
was the best in her race. Sandy Nc
Naughton's little Celt, which finished
third behind j. y. Wand's western
colt. Donges, ran as II the best. lie
had the worst kind of racing luck. He
was held by an assistant starter at
tho most and got away absolutely last.
Founding the first turn he was inter-
fcred with and lost several lengths and
was compelled to run wide most or
the way. But he fought on and during
the run up the backstretch, around the
last turn and down the home stretch
he ran like wild horse and at the
end was running over his opponents.
with even racing luck II Is almost GER
tain he would have won.
August Belmonts renowned filly, How
Fair. left the barrier next to last and
met with interference too. She didn't
get TO running at her best until round
ing the bend for home. Then she fairly
few and finished good fourth.
Blossom Time carried ia pounds and
covered the distance in 1899 As, three
ffths of a second slower than Sally's
Alley time.
johnson on Both winners.
While sally's Alley and Blossom Time
were making turf history so was Albert
johnson This great race rider rode
both winners and like Mr.. Kilmer's filly
outclassed his opponents including the
renowned Earl Sande sHe rode fault
lessly He got each of his mounts off
on their toes. used excellent judgment
throughout and in Blossom Times case
probably got the second best horse home
In front. Seldom. IL ever. has a jockey
rode such stake winners in one year
rs has Johnson this season. lie prac-
tically swept the boards. He won the
New York Futurity on Sally's Alley.
the Kentucky Derby on Norwich the
Brooklyn Handicap on Exterminator
and cup races on Exterminator i'm New
York Saratoga. Canada, Kentucky and
Maryland For his victories he earned
q fortune lie told the writer after he
dismounted from Sally's Alley that he
had earned $4,000 this year and that
every cent OF IL was deposited in the
bank
After telling OF his earnings he dis
cussed the Futurities at length. He
said Blossom Time was a nice filly.
that he could have gone to the front
with her any time he wanted. and that
she had something left at the end.
Talking about Sally's Alley he be-
came extremely enthusiastic. lie said
she Just breezed all the way and that
she could have won by n dozen lengths
II he had let her run as she wanted to.
This conversation made II plain that
he believed her much better than Bios
som Time. but he wouldn't say so.
81 rode both. I'm fond OF both Mr.
Bradley and Mr.. Kirher and wouldn't
Continued on Pago Four.