Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18

horse beaten made me feel as il victory
was assured too early in the race. 1 knew I
had great horse and he showed that in win
ming the Hopeful Stakes in Saratoga that same
year.
We'll, along in the race j. Edwin Grifhth's
Canter, ridden by Clarence Turner and the
Log Cabins Chance Play. with Eddie Ambrose
up. were in the picture with me. Haste in the
meantime had stopped.
We drew out from the others with Pompey
running easily and I had not yet asked him
to give me his best. An eighth OF a mile from
the wire We were almost Tapped on each other
and 1t was then decided to give Pompey a
taste Of the whip.
He pulled away, but after getting clear he
began TO pull up on his own voition. The
finish of the Futurity is nearly a furlong be-
yond the regular finiSh and this Is undoubtedly
what caused Pompey to ease up. He evidently
believed the race was over when we passed
the judges stand, and when I felt him not
giving his btst efforts had to put up a whip
ping finish to the wire. won by practically a
length over Canter with Chance Play barely
a neck away.
Ambrose claimed that Pompey swerved and
interfered with Canter and himself. Turner
declared that Pompey did not bother him.
And anyway at the point the alleged foul
claimed to have been made had both beaten
How would you like to win approximately
then not know for fully is minutes whether
you would be disqualified?
Down deep in my heart knew there was
no just claim for a foul, but the suspense OF
waiting nearly wrecked me, and I suppose
all of Pompey's admirers. 1 never want to go
through such scene again. 1t was my
greatest race"
THE Brooklyn Handicap of 1921 was another
thriller in which Fator came home with
the bacon on Grey Lag, one Of the greatest
horses that ever drew away from the barrier
The Fators have beautiful home at No. 20
Hilcrest avenue, Jamaica, which is not far from
Belmont or Aqueduct track. Mrs. Fator tries
to attend the races frequently. She says
she gets a bigger kick out of the sport than
her husband because ne takes it in a natter
of-fact way.
Fator as q jockey is all business He ia
rather aloof and you have to know him before
he thawS out and starts talkng-and then he
dislikes to tell of his own achievements. He
is one Of the most modest famous little men
in the world.
He leaves it to Mrs Fator, who is his severest
critic, to tell OF the great things he has done
on the turf. She recalls when her husband
had five mounts at Jamaica and brought them
all in first.
The achievement is much more noteworthy
when it is known that his younger brother,
Mark was thrown and had his collar bone
broken in the first race, in which he was riding
against his brother. But Laverne did not
falter. Looking over his shoulder as if trying
to find Mark, he sent his mount Light View,
on to victory.
The greatest horse ever rode was Scapa
Flow says Laverne. He was great because
he was smart and knew what to do. The
fastest horse was Grey Lag, and ne would
have made a greater name for himself il his
fset hadn't gone back on him."
Fator's daily routine proves that the life of
jockey who takes his business seriously and
the life of Reilly aren't one and the same thing
Il have to get up at O'Clock every morning."
says the ace of the Rancocas Stables MY
breakfast consists of couple hard boiled eggs.
toast and coffee at least. You see, don't have
to diet like Earl Sande because my natural
weight is around 1913 and it requires no effort
on my part to keep at that figure"
(COpyright 1929