The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
COSDEN Entry
FLASHES FORM
DOWN STRETCH
Paul Jones Routes Whitney's
4, Overwhelming Popular Bet,l
Prudery, In Race to Wire.
By LEONARD ". COLLINS.

By LEONARD W. COLLINS.
n OWE RACE TRACK, Nov.
X 20-Paul Jones, i've
year-old gelding by Sea
King-May Florence and winner
of the Kentucky Derby OF 1920,
flashed q performance in the Ben
nings purse, this afternoon that
resulted IN q complete rout Of
Harry Payne Whitney's over
whelming public choice, Prudery.
Rated of the early pace set
by Tufter, Slippery Elm and
Prudery, the only other starters
in the feature, Paul Jones did
not make his bid until round
ing the far turn and then pro-
ceeded to race his opposition into
the ground in the drive through
the stretch.
At the end the Cosden silk bearer
enjoyed a margin of a full length
over the so-called Whitney star, and
had little "Chick" Lang. who had
the mount. 20 elected. Paul Jones
could have won with still more yard
age to spare. Prudery held Tufter
safe by two and jne-half lengths,
while Slippery Elm did nothing more
than to clutter up the track.
At the rise of the webbing Paul
Jones was the quickest to begin,
with Tufter, Prudery and Slippery
Elm following in the order named.
Going to the first turn Lang took
Paul Jones under a stout restraint
and allowed the others to cut out
the pace.
PRUDERY MOVES UP.
As the field hit the back stretch
Tufter was still out in front, but
Prudery had moved up and displaced
Slippery Elm as the runner-up. Lang
still had a choking pull on Paul
Jones, and the Derby winner was
over three lengths in back Of the
pacemaker when the quartet passed
the half pole.
On the far turn Lang let the son
of Sea King down and in a few
strides Paul Jones was running
neck and neck with Tufter. while
the Whitney filly had assumed COM
mand by the narrow margin of a
half length. The trio maintained
these positions until the turn into
the stretch was reached.
Once Strengthened out Lang
brought the lash across Paul Jones
TANKS. That one lick was enough.
In another twenty yards the race
ceased to be a contest. Paul Jones
had raced Prudery completely off
her feet and at the end Lang was
hand-riding the Cosden colt.
UPSET IN PRISCILLA PURSE.
OF secondary importance on the
afternoons program was the run
ming of the Priscilla purse. a one
mile trip fashioned exclusively for
fillies and mares. On the strength
of her effort in the Prince Georges
Handicap OF last Saturday Montfort
Jones' Fair Phantom was backed
into favoritism.
Like as has occurred upon two
other occasions during the current
season when the odds were just
long enough. Spalding Lowe Jenkins
erratic Polly Ann came along and
upset the calculations. 1t is strange.
but true. that the Jenkins filly
seems unable to run a race unless
she is practically neglected in the
speculation.
Fair Phantom. like the good and
consistent little filly she Is. raced
INTO an early IedQ ana nelu sway
almost to the very end 1t was
only In the last few yards that
Polly Ann. under a most vigorous
ride by Callahan. wore her down
and won the decision by a nose.
Twp-dollar mutuels on the winner
returned s39.10.
PLAYERS FARE BADLY.
The afternoons racing. as a
whole. left a most disagreeable taste
In the mouths of those that had
turned out to enjoy 1t. In the first
place but one favorite of the seven
was returned the victor. To make
matters still worse. Starter George
Miller experienced one of the most
vretched afternoons he has had in
many moons.
Try as he might. Miller found 1t
almost next to impossible to dis
patch the bulky fields which faced
him in anywhere near perfect align
ment. His effort in the first was
amateurish in the extreme, while
the start Of the second was so bad
as to be almost ridiculous. Unfor-
tunately, IN both instances. heavily
played horses were the ones to suf-
fer most