Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

by tne Associated Press
IN ELMONT RACE TRACK. n. Y,
- May 25.-J. II. Macomber's Petee
wEsek a staG 61 ridden BY .yot thi
an impressive victory In winning
the Metropolitan Handicap. mile dash,
here today. Driving hard length and
q half back came e. r. Bradleys Buddy
Bauer, with w M Jefford's Bateau
third. head back. The time was lao.
and the race carried a net value of
$4,000
Metropolitan Handicap it had real class
and brought out a crowd estimated at
$4,000. Every inch Of ground was taken
up by the crowd, and when the horses
paraded to the post for the big race
all the riders and horses received big
hand.
j. E. widener's osmand, favorite, got
away to fast start, with Byrd second
and Buddy Bauer third. Petee Wrack
him long to race up to contending
position.
Osmand and Byrd battled for the
lead all down the back stretch and
around the turn, while O'Donnell, on
Petee Wrack, kept his mount on the
rail waiting for an opening. It came
just before the turn was reached, and
ODonnell sent Petee Wrack up on the
inside and held him there until the
stretch was made. Then he rushed the
colt to the front and, drawing away,
won nicely in hand by length and q
half. Buddy Bauer ncsed out Bateau.
Kilmer Entry Runs One-Two.
Maiden 2-year-old fllies performed in
the opening event, 4l2-furlong dash
down the chute, and it was won by
w, S. Kilmer's Lady Buyer. Sun Blow,
coupled with the winner, was second
and j. E, Widener's Peace third. The
field ran we'll punched to the final fur
long, where Lady Buyer came strong
and drew away to win by length and
a half. Sun Blow beat Peace a length
for the place.
Fairfield Wins at 10 to /.
Greentree Stables Fairfield, at 10 to
l. scored an impressive victory In
romping away with the Charles L. APP
pleton Memorial Steeplechase run over
the two-mile course, defeating B. War
ren's Canterbury. with E. r. Bradley's
Beelzebub third.
j. E. Widener's Paramount, a hot ia
vorite. pulled up In fifth place after
weird ride. B. Haynes, who had the
mount. made bobble after bobble on
the favorite. Twice in the running he
almost lost control of the horse. but
managed to get back In the saddle and
at the last fence he let Paramount make
another bad landing and then eased
him up. 1t was very poor ride.
Fairfield was sent to the front fol-
lowed by Canterbury. 1t was two-horSe
race for the rest of the journey and
Fairfield easily held Canterbury to
win by a length and a half. Canter-
bury beat Beelzebub six lengths for the
place.
The race was worth $4,000 to the
winner. -
Sweep Out Wins 18th Straight.
w. r. Goes Sweep Out scored her sew
enth straight victory when she annexed
the third event. 6-furlong sprint over
the main course. She carried 100
pounds and ran the distance In III AS,
exceptionally fast time. Lace finished
second and Indian Scout third.
Sweep Out was away wtnging and
Schenk, who had the mount, made
every pole a winning one. He kept the
FLY going and when Lace challenged
in the final furlong Sweep Out held on
gamely to win by half length. Lace
took the place by five lengths from In
The Harry Payne Whitney entry,
Prometheus and Frumper. ran one-two
in the fifth race. which was run over
the 4R-furlong route. Zeal was third.
The barrier refused to work on the
inside and Desert Light was caught in
1t and unseated Garner. Prometheus
was away fast and making the pace
won by half a length. Frumper came
fast and was an easy second. beating
Zeal by five lengths.