Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
WH|TNEYS HORSE
8 LENGTHS AHEAD
Simply GaIIoping at Finish.
$4,000 Hopeful Stake
Is Won by Tick On.
BY ORLO ROBERTSON.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

- ARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y,
~ September 5. - LAUNDERING
down the stretch like
runaway locomotive, Mrs.
Payne Whitney's Twenty Grand
today administered a sound whip
ping to Willis Sharpe Kilmer'S Sun
Beau in the fifty-first running of
the Saratoga Cup.
Sun Beau, king of the older
horses and leading money winner
of the world, ran game race, but
met his master in the big bay
from Mrs. Whitney's Greentree
Stable.
At the end of the grueling mile and
S furlongs the 6-year-old veteran from
Kilmers Binghamton, N. Y, barns was
eight lengths back of Twenty Grards
flying hoofs, while the Beiaid studs Sir
Ashley, the only other starter, finished
a half length back of Sun Beau.
The race, figured to be a duel be-
tween the two kings OF the turf, was
merely a rout for the winner of the
Kentucky Derby. the Belmont Stakes
and co-holder of the 3-year-old title
wicks Mate Sir Ashley was out in
front for TIE first half mile, but as the
trio flashed past the grandstand for the
first time Linus Pony McAtee sent
Twenty Grand bounding out in front.
Easily Increases Lead.
AS II sensing the triumph of the
3-year-old champion, which was a
2-to-5 favorite in the betting ca
pacity crowd of 10000 let out mighty
yell Answering the cry of the thou
sands Twenty Grand further Increased
his lead as he swung into the back
stretch. with McAtec endeavoring to
hold him back
Charley Phillips, riding Sun Beau
with all the power in the 6-year-old
legs OF the son Of Sun Briar. made his
move midway in the back stretch, but
the gap only widened. They turned for
home and the cry of the multitude grew
louder and louder as it witnessed a
great horse being defeated by an even
greater horse. Without so much as
touching the son of st. Germans-B Bonus
with the whip, McAtee galloped Twenty
Grand past the judges stand eight
lengths in front of the Kilmer ace.
The time of SOL is was s is sec
onds of the track record set by Mrs.
John D. Hertz's Reign Count in win
ming the 1923 renewal of the race. but
the racing strip was far from being its
best.
The victory worth $3.50 to Mrs
Whitney, increased Twenty Grano's total
earnings to S219,825. Second place net
ted Sun Beau $1,000 and sent his earn
ings soaring to S356,-44.
Big Stake Is Demand
Financially the $50, 900 Hopeful occu-
pied the top place on the closing days
card. but the interest was in the Twenty
Grand-Sun Beau race.
The Hopeful, feature of the final day
at the Spa for 81 years, went to Tick
On, an 8-to-l shot. from Mrs Louis M.
Kaufman's Iona Stable. Nineteen of
the turfs ranking Juveniles started the
battle over the six and one-half :ur-
longs, but when they flashed past the
finish line Tick On was two lengths
in front of Mrs. Crab Fair Vanderbilts
Sweeping Light. another outsider. with
1OlOIldloc, OLlC-CLlHQ VI Tic w. ~ SOc
entry, another length back in third
place. Stretched to the rear of the
three leaders were such prominent
championship contenders as Goes Os-
culator. Victor Emanuers MORTAR. J. J.
Louchsheim's Economic and the highly
regarded Greentree entry of Espinca,
Curacao and Semaphore.
Tick Ons victory. which only further
complicated the 2-year-old champion,
ship situation. was worth S45.950 to Mrs
Kaufman. 1t was the first important
victory for Mrs. Kaufman's small stable
since Twink carried her straw and red
silks to victory in several of the rich
juvenile features three years ago. The
little black colt stepped the distance in
100 3-5, nearly four seconds off Boo
ium's record. established in winning the
1929 REVIVAL of the historic race.
Third honors Of the day went to C..
v. Whitneys Beacon Hill. which won
the Saratoga steeplechase handicap and
$3.50 when he finished the two and
one-half miles so lengths in front of
Mrs. Robert v. McKim's MeSsmate. Sec
ond. the only other jumper of the orig
inal fed of four to complete the course.