The New York herald., 1922-10-08
GALLoPS DISTANCE
IN Rain IN 2:O3 rs
Giant Son of Fair Play Easily
Best of Field in Pierre
pont Handicap.
HULLABALOO SCORES
Beats Sprinters and Equals
Mark of 1:05-BrainStOrm
a Victor.
BY HENRY v. KING.

A driZZle which lasted all Afternoon
made the track at jamaica lightning
fast yesterday. AS a result the old
mile and a quarter figures were
smashed to smithereens, the five and
a half furlong mark equaled and ex-
ceptionally fast time made in the other
events
1t was Harry F. Sinclair's big black
horse Mad Halter which hung up the
new record for the mile and quarter.
In the Pierrepont Handicap he stepped
the distance in 2:03 2-5 two and three
fifth seconds better than the mark es-
tablished by The Southerher in 1905.
And he accomplished his remarkable
feat without the slightest apparent
effort.
To the thousands of racekoers present
It seemed as If he were Only galloping
throughout. The event wad only a three
horse affair." Mad HatterJ Richard T.
Wilson's Sedgefeld and Frank Browns
Iephaistos being the. only contestants
There was no pace in the race and Mad
Halter was full of run. Sande held him
under slight restraint for about fur
long in the hope that one of his oppo-
nents would have speed enough to set
the pace. When he found that both
Sedgefeld and Hephaistos were too slow
for his big mount despite the restraint
he gave Mad Halter his head and right
= there and then the $1,000 stake was
practically decided.
The big son of Fair Play bounded
away from his opponents and In less
than a sixteenth of a mile was winging
along half a dozen lengths in front of
Hephaistos, who was similar distance
ahead of Sedgefield. Just before round
ing the bend out of the backstretch
Sande took tight hold on Mad Halter
and gave him a breathing spell. But
despite the star Jockeys strong arm
Mad Halter sped along fast enough to
maintain his lead. Entering the home
stretch Sande for a second time gave
him free rein and running to the middle
of the track he Increased his lead until
q sixteenth of a mile from home he was
a dozen lengths In front. With the race
RS good as over Sande began to pull him
up and he went past the judges six
lengths in front. Sedgefeld finished
with a rush and took the second end OF
the purse by length and half.
HuIInbaIoo Sprints Fast.
II was in the next race that the five
and a half furlong record was equalled.
IL was Bill Clancy's awkward stridlng
three-year- gelding Hullabaloo which
did the trick. He ran away from q
smart field of sprinters in the Hunting
ton Handicap and covered the distance
In 05. the same time as that made by
Lucullite in 1919.
McAtee rode Hullabaloo and got him
away from the barrier front. Elected
and Muskallonge raced with him for a
furlong Then the son of Peter Pan
drew away into "A big lead and rounded
the turn four lengths in front. From
then to the finish McAtee held him un-
: der restraint and he went past the
Judges the easiest kind OF a winner.
Dolores, from the stable of j. II. Ros-
s!ter finished second. with Muskallonge
third.
The stews rds probably will ask the
apprentice lad Peters few questions
about his recent good and bad riding.
A few days ago he rode Transient worse
than novice. SO bad was his ride that
hundreds of race-goers groaned. but 1t
was excused on the ground that he was
en- apprentice and an incompetent. AS
result of his ride Transient finished
third behind Valentia. If not retarded
by Peters Transient undoubtedly would
have won off by himself.
Yesterday Peters was again on Tran
sient and he showed more Improvement
than any thoroughbred has displayed
for several years. Peters rode like real
: Jockey yesterday He got Transient
away from the barrier winging. rode
him into commanding lead. then
steadied him down and when challenged
In the stretch put up first class finish.
lie landed Transient home the winner
three parts of length in front of Juno.
Wylie was third.
Brainstorm Likes Any Route.
Brainstorm Is a high class sprinter
as well as n record breaker over a
distance of ground. In the Montague
Handicap he led home half dozen of
the best sprinters in training. Carrying
the light impost OF i02 pounds and with
little Snookums Bell in the saddle he
ran an exceptionally fine race. He
went away from the barrier rather
slugglshy but so as to avoid pockets
and Interference Bell topk him to the
outside and allowed him to gradually
overhaul the leaders. In the stretch
he came with a rush and at the end
was two lengths In front of Horooge.
Ny Reverie was third.
August Belmonts Amusement was
probably the best horse in the race but
she never had chance of victory, AS
the barrier went up Aladdin bolted
across the track and nearly knocked
her down. McAteo had TO pull her up
and this made her dozen lengths be-
hind the leader. When she settled down
gha ran like the wind hut McAtee didn't