Evening star., 1923-11-04

shortly after $3.50 pm. the sky was
cold and overcast. and a drizzling
rain which started three hours be-
track lightning fast.
The horses were at the post a little
more than a minute when William
Hamilton. the starter sprang the bar
rier. In Memortam shot into the lead
for the first few strides. with Zev.
Rialto and My Own right at his
tanks. The flying horses had not
gone far before the colors worn by
Earl Sande. riding Zev. flashed into
the lead. Zev was fully clear at the
half and under the skillful handling
of Sande clung to the lead until the
mile and a half was reached.
Zev leading by three lengths and My
Own running second. started to close
the gap as the flying band flashed
past the mile-and-a-half post and
turned into the stretch. Coming from
behind, Jockey Garner snatched the
lead as the field started for the wire.
jerking his charge into the COM
manding position and sending him to
the front with all the speed he could
muster.
Garner. laying his head close to In
Memoriam's neck. kept his horse hug
ging the rail and steadily increased
the gap between the fast-fading Zey,
crossing the wire with lead of six
lengths. .~
My own. OUTRAGED and tiring, strug-
gled into third place. eight lengths
The fractional time of the race
shows that zev flashed past the frst
quarter In "a 2-5, the half in 4s 1-5,
the three-quarters In LA a-5. the
mile in 1.41, the mile and a quarter
in 208 LIS. and the mile and half
in 2.S4 As, where he lost the lead.
-s.-. sande Praises Winner.
Jockey Sande, who rode Zev to vic
tory In the Kentucky Derby and In
the International race two weeks ago
against Papyrus and also has been
that In his opinion In Memoriam is
the greatest three-year-o in the
II reachd for my whip and went
after Zev in the stretch, but he
seemed to falter. In Memoriam went
aiibis to offer. The best horse won."
In Memoriam. known as three
year-old capable of running any dis
tance, has been in special training
for today's race since he finished sec
Chacoiet in the $4,000 Kentucky spe-
cial three weeks ago. The turf ex-
perts said he possibly could have won
that race If Jockey Barrett had not
been 50 busy watching two other
COnIenQerS OH ZIG
that he could not see Chacolet speed
ing along outside.
Since that race Trainer Gilmore.
acknowledged as an expert IN the
ecience of conditioning race horses,
has been nursing In Memorium along
regarded as likely winner of the
Kentucky Derby last spring. but he
finished training slightly off edge and
did not make very favorable show
Ing. His chief victory this year was
the capture of the $4,000 Illinois
Derby in Chicago. but he has won
several other races ana won them I'M
pressively.
The result of the race, in the opin-
ion of the turf experts, proved moth
ing except that neither Zev nor MY
own is invincible. and that In Me-
morium Is a fast and game colt. The
experts, however. regard that the
controversy that has rageo around
the merits OF Zev and My own ever
since Zev was named to race Papy-
Zev finished eight lengths In front OF
Admiral Grayson's colt.
Gr.yson Disappointed.
Admiral Grayson said: IT still have
faith in My Own. but ! have no ex-
cuses to offer for his snowing 1ooay;
still a great race horse and will con-
tinue TO Improve. I still want chance
to meet Zev In a match race"
Mr.. Sinclair, as we'll as Admiral
Grayson, were among the frst to
reach Carl Wiedemann, owner OF In
Memoriam, and offer him congratula-
tions on his victory.
"A horse race Is q horse race with
me. but I still think Zev Is the great
est horse in the world" said Mr.. Sim
clair. "If that challenge from France
to meet their champion. Epinard. Is
Perhaps the most disappointed mem-
her of Mr.. Sinciair's party was Col. w.
J. Zeverly, an Oklahoma oil operator,
after whom Zev had been named.
There was just a trace OF tears in his
aves when he saw the defeat Of Zev.
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