Evening star., 1931-06-14

Colt Earns Recognition as
Greatest Since Man o. War.
Jamestown Poor Third.
BY ALLAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

/
IN ELMONT PARK, N. Y, June
* 13.-Bearing down the
IL stretch with the speed of a
runaway locomotive, Mrs.
Payne Whitney's celebrated bay
col, Twenty Grand, today abruptly
settled the battle for American 81
year-old honors with a smashing
victory over Jamestown, the 1880
juvenile king, in the historic Bel
mont Stakes.
The winner of the Kentucky Derby
romped kcme a good eight lengths in
front and whipped jamestown SO
soundly that George D. widener's colt
faltered and was nosed out for second
place by the only other starter, Mrs.
Katherine E. Hits Sun Meadow
| Twenty Grand, after allowing James,
town to set the pace for most of the
! first mile, came with such sensational
closing rush that the brilliant son of
ST. Germans-Bonus set new record
for the Belmont classic.
! The winners time for the mile and
a half was 2 minutes $685. seconds.
1 This knocked seconds off the record
| OF 2:3135, set year ago by the combi-
nation of Earl Sande and Gallant Fox.
/ Twenty Grand's performance under a
| fine ride by young Charley Kurtsinger
! fell less than second shoft of the
| track record OF 2:284s, set by the re-
/ nowned Man o. War in 1920 and just
second shy of the American record for
mile and half. set by Handy Mandy
at Latonia, KY, in 1927.
Victor Toted I26 Pounds.
Twenty Grand, however, toted 1875
pounds this afternoon. whereas Man O.
War packed 118 and Handy Mandy
only 100 in the other record perform
! ances for the long route.
Coming on top of Twenty Grand's
I record-smashing triumph in the Ken
lucky Derby. in which Mrs. Whitney's
colt set a new mark of 2:O145 todav's
victory stamped him not only as the
undiSputed king of the 3-year -olds of
1881. but in the verdict of most critics
as the greatest race horse since Man o.
War.
Twenty Grand went to the post an
odds-on favorite at 9 to TO- jamestown
closed at IL to 10, the second choice
The margin between them was so
startling at the finish that there was
no comparison.
jamestown not only failed altogether
to give Twenty Grand any contention in
the stretch run, despite the urging of
Jockey Linus (Pony) McAtee, but yield
ed the place TO the outsider, Sun
Meadow, quoted at from 10 to ! to
is to /.
$5S,77O Goes to Winner.
The victory was worth the substan-
tial figure of $58,77O to Twenty Grands
owner, boosting the colts tctal earn
ings to Sl64,075. Sun Meadow took the
second money of $500 and James
town the consolidation end, $4,000.
A crowd estimated at close to $4,000
turned out for Americas greatest s.
year-old test in expectation of a thrill
ing duel between the twin favorites.
only to have Twenty Grand extract
most of the anticipated excitement by
running away with the race in the last
half mile.
Mrs. Whitney's strapping colt was
just galloping at the finish of the most
one-sidsd contest for the Belmont
stakes since Men o War. over dis
tance of a mile end three-eighths,
romped away from Donnaconna in
1920
Over racing strip that was fast
but not of the lightning character of
Churchill Downs on the last derby day.
1 Twenty Grand turned in q truly
magnificent performance
Twenty Grand off Slowly.
Slow to get away, as usual, the big
colt was last as they swept into the
first turn, with Sun Meadow holding
slight advantage over jamestown.
McAtee quickly moved jamestown to
the front. however, and the son of st.
James bounded along comfortably in
front Of the back stretch only to fade
when challenged.
Twenty Grand's first move was
checked by Sun Meadow, but Kurtsinger
again made a bid rounding the far
turn and they were head to head in a
beautiful picture of racing flesh for
100 yards. At three-quarters, Twenty
Grand was a head in front and going
away. The Whitney ace added five
lengths in the next quarter mile and
three more lengths in the final quarter.
Kurtsinger used his whip only once,
coming into the stretch. All he needed
to do after that was sit still and let
the colt run.
1.-The horse was just galloping," said
KurtSinger afterward. He could have
run another mile without breathing
hard"