Evening star., 1939-09-17
Stag Il and Tool Box
Fe||ed at Hurdles;
Wambaw Second
Whoddon Chase, Porker's
Honts and Forroeut
Bog Victories
BY ROBERT HENRY,
Star Staff CorreSpondent.

FAIR HILL, Md, Sept. 16.-Break-
ing the course record while enjoying
q five-length advantage after nego-
tiating about miles of rolling turf
and 10 big brush jumps, Emile Ptiz-
er's 4-year-old Farndale today beat
six of the best steeplechasers in
America to win the sixth running of
the FoXcatcher National Cup.
Ridden by Sidney Waters, lr., the
lightly backed third choice showed
complete superiority as he drew
away from Alvin Untermyer's Wam-
baw and L. E. Stoddard, jr.'s, Black
cock through the final furlong. Tool
Box, coupled with The Stag II, as
Richard K. Melons favored entry,
fell at the 18th fence. thus ending
Rider John Harrisons dream of WIN
ming the race three straight times.
Walter M. Jefford's Warspite one
of the feared nominees for the event,
was scratched due to an ankle injury
suffered yesterday.
Three Records Cracked.
The time, 6:0535, erased the
6:134s mark set in 1887 by Campbell
Weir's Soldiers Fate and was one of
three records made during the four
race card. Tool Boxs 1926 for Is
miles on the fiat was reduced by
Mrs. Marion Summerville Scott S
Farragut who won the Big Elk by Is
lengths in 3:2245, and the 7-furlong
mark of 80 made by Mrs. Scott's
Sable Muff five years ago was
beaten by the 1:27 of j. Brooks Park
er's Hants, easy winner of the
Lewisville.
Taking advantage of ideal weather
about 10000 enthusiasts, many of
them among the most prominent
racing fanciers in the land, were
present and cheered Justify as three
choices bounded home winners.
Had it not been for bump suf-
fered by Tool Box in the feature the
fans might have made a clean sweep
in their battle with the bookies. The
field. closely punched, was taking
the thirteenth fence, 6-foot 4-inch
barrier, and the veteran gray run
ner was making charge on the
leaders when apparently he was
knocked by Mrs Isabel Dodge
Sloan's National Anthem, second
choice. Tool Box went down hard,
throwing young Harrison heavily.
From then on Farndale, whose
Far Hill, N. j., owner purchased
him from Thomas Hitchcock last
spring with this race in mind, only
to miss it because he is in France.
gradually drew away under light
urging from his 22-year-old rider.
In the meantime Blackjack, win
ner of the Virginia gold cup last
year, and WambaW were staging
duel for the place position, which
finally was taken by head by the
latter. Court Time and National
Anthem, both early leaders, tired
badly in the final furlongs and
struggled in far behind. The Stag,
II fell at the third fence, was re-
mounted and then pulled up.
The gay crowd received its
moneys worth of thrills in the
opening number, the Fair Hill,
2 miles over brush, when eight
started but only 3 finished. C.
Mahlon Kline's heavily backed
favorite, Whaddon Chase, had little
trouble taking the lead after four
jumps and cantered home three
lengths ahead, followed by F.. Am
brose Clark's Steve Brody, which
had l0-length advantage over
The Dock, II, owned by Richard
E. Rlegel. Harrison rode the winner.
Falls Are Commonplace.
At the first obstacle, the Brandy
wine Stables Drinthorn plowed
through and fell, and Toy Maker,
owned by j, G. Leiper, jr.. lost his
rider, Johnny Magee. At the same
fence the second time around Kill
malock, owned by Mrs. Scott, and
Font, owned by N. S. Ludington.
both fell while trailing the field.
Cartermoor, owned by the Holmdel
Stable, lost his rider, Ray Woolfe,
at the thirteenth.
The Big Elk also supplied thrill
when Richard K. Melons The
Boaster, with Woolfe up fell while
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practically deadlocked with three
other horses. Woolfe was not in
jured.
The winner, Farragut backer into
8-5 favoritism, proved the easiest
winner of the day, Is big lengths
separating him from the second
horse, Escape III, which ran coupled
with The Boaster The Burnt Mill
Stables Transporter, former Du-
pont runner, fell slightly lame in
the drive home and lost the place
by half a length. Shot Up, an
early leader, tired to finish fourth.
Young Harrison, leading amateur
rider last year, gained a double
when he steered Parker's Hants
former Kentucky Derby hope of H
P. Headley, to an easy triumph in
the closing number. Harrison was
merely a passenger as his mount
shot to the front to be 10 lengths
ahead of Ambrose Clark's Link Girl
at the finish of the 7-furlong fiat