Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
.61-2FURLONG MARK
IS SET BY BOOJUM
Covers Distance in 1:17, With
Which One Landing Second
and CaruSo Third.
BY ORLO L. ROBERTSON.


~ARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, Au-
gust 3l-The light blue and
brown topped colors Of Harry
~ Payne Whitney hung high IN VIC
tory over Saratoga today as
Boojum and Which One rose to heights
never before reached by a 2-year-old
thoroughbred to run one-two in the
rich Hopeful Stake.
Leading the field of IL of Americas
greatest Youngsters over the six and
one-half furlong jaunt was Boojunn, but
only a neck behind came the f1ashv
Which One, challenging the right OF
his stablemate to rule the juvenile en-
pire. And with the victory OF the
powerful Whitney duo there went
$60.750 to their owner and the honor
Of being the first one to see his entry
Hopefu!s history.
Cuts American Record.
In making a show Of the smallest. but
one of the flashiest. fields ever to face
the barrier in the Spa feature event,
Boojum literally flew around the racing
strip in l:17 to cut one fifth of Sec
ond of the American track record. The
old mark of 1:l7ls was hung up by the
4-year-old Audacious, under lib
pounds, at Belmont Park in 1920.
Hailed as the ranking 2-year-old of
the year long before his appearance at
Saratoga, Boojum did everything that
can be asked of champion. Together
with Which One, he broke slowly from
the post, but when Sonny Workman
gave the word the race was over as lar
as the Whitney entry was concerned.
At the head of the stretch the sharp
tones of Workman and Pony" McAtee,
ND on Which One, broke above the
gathering of the hoofs on the hard. but
faet IVA NpIIpd
Come on" and come on" the Whitney
pair did.
Clinging to the inside rail was Boo
jun, but by his side taking stride LOT
stride as they rushed through the pack
was Which One.
In a few long strides the long shots
were left behind. then Caruso, the bet
ter half of the w. r. Coe entry, sue
cumbed and finally the Sycamore stables
The Spare. which set the pace to the top
of the stretch, fell before the determined
finish.
Stirring Stretch Drive.
Then came the drive that brought the
crowd of more than 10000 to its feet,
yelling for one of the most popular
entries that ever trod the Saratoga
turf. Gradually Boojum moved into
the lead but hanging on ike a
leach was the brown son Of Chicle. and
that is the way they went under the
wire as the rank and file as we'll as the
elite of turfdom rose to their feet IN one
tremendous ovation to the speedieSt pair
Of colts in Americas turf history.
Five lengths back, badly beaten
colt. but still game. came Caruso, while
half length farther to the rear was
the fast-tiring The Spare. Then fol-
lowed Sarazen End. Gold Brook, Breez-
ing Through, Swinfield. Black Majesty.
Desert Light, Jim Dandy and Mokatam.
Mokatam, an added starter by the
Rancocas Stables after 1t was decided
to scratch Pericle. went to the post the
second choice in the betting. but found
the top weight of 100 pounds too much
to fight. He finished poor last.
Boojum and Whichone faced the bar
rier at the prohibitive odds Of to a
the shortest in the 25 years of the hope
fuls history-while Mokatam and the
co-entry ruled second choice. But even
at such short quotations the Whitney
duo had plenty of hackers.
Chase Goes to Huffy.
Preceding the running of the. juve-
nile feature, the Walter j. Salmon's
Huffy put in a bid for jumping honors
as he won the Saratoga steeplechase
handicap and $7,450. With the scratch
ing of Bangle, the Greentree Stable
Fairfield went to the post the faVorlte'
but fell by the wayside on the first lap.
when he sliced the tee shot on the
sixth hedge. The time for the 2l2 miles
was SOB Ruler was second and Arc
light third.
Diavolo, bearing the Wheatley Stable
silks, further asserted his claim TO
handicap honors of the year by winning
the Saratoga Cup-a gallop OF a mile
and s furlongs for 3-year-olds and up
ward that was worth 1880 to the win
ner. After trailing the field to the
stretch, Johnny Maiben brought Diavolo
I'D with a rush to defeat the Howe
Stables Double Pay by 2 lengths. r.
T. Wilson, jr.s. African, was third,
Dali fourth and Pink Lily fifth and last.