Evening star., 1936-09-20
GAME IN WINNING
F0XCATCHER CUP
Far Back of Field for Time,
but Scores by Head in
Stirring Finish.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS. Jr.
STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.

that an army travels on lts
L stomach, but a steeplechase
horse travels on his heart. and Frank
M. Gould's What Have You proved IL
here today in winning the third an
nual Foxcatcher National Cup after
surmounting luck that would have
shattered the spirit Of less coura-
geous jumper.
Up against 10 of the top-hight hunt
race horses in training today, What
Have You wheeled at the post as the
starters flag went down, yet he came
on in the end to win by a head in a
desperate stretch battle that could
easily have sent much fresher horse
into the sulks.
The rangy 8-year-old son OF Try
ster was galloping along far back OF
the field for the first mile, when Pete
Reid, the Baltimore amateur jockey,
finally got him running, but after that
he closed up the gap with great
sweeping strides. pulled into conten-
ton before the race was two-thirds
run, took short breather there, and
then slashed out in the final fur
longs to collar Campbell Weir's Sol
diers Fate and cinch the $500 first
money.
Proves His Mettle.
SOLDIERS FATE has always been
rated as a tough horse to beat on
turf. and when the two tied up for
the stretch duel few could believe that
What Have You would still have
enough left to cut down one SO for
midable. Nevertheless, the big, game
chestnut did the trick and Reid re-
deemed himself by the strong ride he
put up to help him do it.
In third place at the close Of the
gruelling grind over % grand national
size barriers was Benjamin Leslie
Behr's Baffler, recent acquisition
from the Hitchcock Stable, and fourth
went to Mrs. Frank M. Gould's Daniel
SCOT, one that might have plucked the
choice prize had he not gone lame
during the running.
Eight starters completed the route,
a feat which William du Pont, jr.,
considered sufficiently difficult to
merit a prize of $l00 each, regard
less Of position. One of those that
did not turn the trick was Mr.. du
Points own Red Sea, a lightweight
gray that simply could not jump the
towering fences, and the other to
fall was Mrs. F. Ambros Clark's John
Poindexter. Louis Stoddard, jr., rid
! ing his own Black Cock, pulled up in
the second mile when the horse went
| lame.
Last to Get Away.
FROM the break that set What
Have You dead last and Louis
Leith's Consumer on top. the latter
always was strong factor until the
turn for home, when he faded to
fourth trying to run on three sound
legs. Soldiers Fate was also moved
into contention early and with Baf-
f1er and the Poplar Lane Farms
Rocky Shore laid in patient attend
ance Of Consumers hot pace until
that one chucked the battle.
Then 1t was Soldiers Fate and
Daniel Scot hammer and tongs as
the beautifully matched field swept
across furlong after furlong of shin
ing green turf. In what amounts to
the back stretch Of this splendid
racing plant, Soldiers Fate worked his
way on top and his hackers among
the $4,000 tense on-lookers began to
send up a roar of encouragement.
What Have You, meanwhile, was
edging nearer the leaders, and as they
went to the fence just before the
turn for home, came boldly to them.
Even the most optimistic of his
rooters expected the killing strain
of making up so much distance to
tell at this crucial point, but they
were wrong. What Have You forged
forward, looked Soldiers Fate in the
eye two fences from home, stepped
on top and refused to yield an inch
thence to the finish line.
Two Are Closeup.
BAFFLER and Daniel Scot were
not far behind the first two, but
the others were strung out all over
the place. staggering home thor
oughly whipped by their part in set
ting a record breaking pace. The
time was 6:15.1, four-fifths of a
second less than the previous mark
While the division of the $3.50 in
spoils offered by the main feature was
the chief concern of the day, three
other well-filled tests added further
splendor to a meeting Mr.. du Pont
hopes will become the Aintree of
America.
j. c. Brady's Grooming Water won
the first of these, of miles over a
small brush course, and the others
went to Richard K. Melons Tool Box.
the best of IL that went mile and 7
furlongs over turf, while Mrs. Marion
T. Gibson's Itsaboy copped the closing
7-furlong dash by jumping the gun at
the start and never allowing the II
other starters to get look in. ANA
teur jockeys had the leg upon every
winner of the day.
FIRST RACE-Fair Hill Steeplechase; .
$500 aaded; Fifss Grooming water Water: owned
IT.; second. Plain Peggy Col a e Pierce
J; s; Harrison; third. Lord johnson. Mrs.
6an Snrs Stock BSxn sy BOB STs pazvos
and ad On G%e d.sI alsS Soi ran Godhanger. Justa
SECOND RACE-The Big Elk Flat Race.
l mile and furlongs on turf; purse. $500
added, First: Tool Box. Richard K. Mel
lon. j. v. II. Davis; second. Barberry,
Montpelier Stable c. K. Bassett; third,
Hima Hustle " .d5 p Ruthrautf: Anderson Fowler.
Sou'wester Red. Idol Another Boy. Pro.
tagonist; Ace Pot and Mannablue also ran,
THIRD RACE-The Foxcatcher National
orse Gup stssplsehass SsS sddsG miles over brush
Yl,, You, Frank N. GOULD. P D. Reid; second.
ByTne; third. Haffer BENJAMIN Leslie
Time. 6:l5.1. Preparedness The Mole.
Rocky Shore and Consumer also ran
John Poindexter and Red Sea fell. Black
FOURTH RACE2The Iewisville; 2 fur
longs on the nat: purse. $500 added First.
Itsaboy. Mrs. Marion Gibson. James &.
Ryan; second. Wizardess. Alvin Unter-
con. con Mil River Stable. 4 % Fletcher. t rime.
1872. Lassitude. I'd. Vospex. Royal
Thomas Walkedun. Decorator. Cedar Run,
Tippo Tip. Stunt Flyer. Vigilance, Tweedle-
dee. Binks and Light Music also ran.
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