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: PERFORMANCES OF THE GOOD THREE-YEAR-OLD WHICH WON THE LATONIA DERBY OF THIS YEAR JL : . L Last year, when a. two-year-old, -the colt Al M. Dick, now known to horse fame as Liberty Loan, did not make much of an impression .on. patrons of racing. In fact; out of seven attemxts, he won only a single race, that being a purse at Latonia June 14, 191G, in which, -as the extreme outsider in the betting, lie defeated sucli commoners as Sleeper, Rhyme, Piraeus and Square Dealer, winning from Sleeper by a. half length at five-eighths of a mile in 1:01. There was nothing suggestive of Derby winning in this. But it is one of the delightful uncertainties of racing that an .indifferent two-year-old now and then improves beyond recognition in the transition from its two-year-old form to that of its three-year-old days. Still running as Al M. Dick., the colt made his first appearance in racing this year at Pimlico, Wednesday, May 0, in the AVoodberry Handicap, an overnight purse race at a mile for three-year-olds. In the mutueis Mr. Whitneys Tumbler was a hot favorite at 130 to 100, and the good filly, Fruit Cake, was second choice at 3S0 to 100. " Al M. Dick was an unconsidered outsider at over 35 to 1. But he won. In the light of later developments, he had much the best of the weights as compared with the highweights in the field of twelve starters. Tumbler carrying 125 pounds; Fruit Cake, 124; Ultimatum and King Herod 123 each. Although it was only a purse race, it was nsed as a public trial for the near-at-hand and valuable Preakness Stakes, for three-year-olds, which was run three days later. The track was slow and at the end of an inspiring rush through the stretch, Al M. Dick, 10S pounds, was first by half a length, with Fruit Cake second and three lengths before Kentucky Roy, 11G pounds, third. Time, 1:42. The Preakness Stakes was run Saturday May 12. It was the first race of considerable value of the eastern campaign, for three-year-olds. .As such, it was covetously considered by owners andv attracted a field of fourteen starters, they being Ivali-tan, Al M. Dick, Kentucky Boy, Fruit Cake, Piraeus, Cadillac, Nebraska, .Nashyille, Cherry Itipe, Jock Scot, Hyannis and The Belgian II., 11G pounds each. Tumbler, 121, and Fox Trot, 111. The distance was one and one-eighth miles. E. It. Bradleys Key Hindoo colt Kalitnn had raced .so well at Lexington that he was :Sent on to fill his engagement in the race, an adventure that turned out profitably. It was an .open betting race, with Fruit Cake a lukewarm favorite at 430 to 100. Getting away well, Kalitan rushed into the lead on the backstretcli and, showing the way to the finish, won comfortably by two lengths in 1:54. Al M. Dick was away badly and hampered in the early running, but came through the homestretch with a rush that enabled him to- nose Kentucky Boy out for the 1,000 that attached to second place. Kalitan only ran once after that race, then went wrong and has not been seen in racing since last spring, but Al M. Dick trained on. At Jamaica May 21, he defeated Fernrock, Dorcas and seven other useful racers at a mile and a sixteenth in 1:48. He carried 111 pounds and, by the scale, was giving weight to everything in the race. Mr. Behnontls four-year-old Fernrock, 114 pounds, was the favorite at 11 to 5 and, backed from G to 1 down, AI M. Dick was at 18 to 0. At Belmont Park May .31, he car ried 120 pounds in the Mineola Handicap, it a mile and won in 1:41, with Skeptic, 118 pounds, second and Celandra, 110 pounds, third. Daddys Choice, Flittergold, Kentucky Boy and Brooklyn running unplaced. At the same track June 5, he won a purse race at a mile in 1:42 in a canter from Deckmate, Bella Desmond and Passing Fancy. At this juncture, A. K. Macombers attention was attracted to the colt. His own costly English and domestic three-year-olds had, for one reason and another, failed to come up to expectations in racing. Al M. Dicks running had been full of promise of even better things and lie held an engagement in the Latonia Derby. So Mr. Macomber bought him for a big price and changed his name to Liberty Loan. The colt accomplished the main thing for which he was bought, so Mr. Macomber had his reward. His first start in the colors of his new owner was in the Latonia Derby June 16. This race is at the true Derby distance of a mile and a half, and so is a test of stamina as well as speed. J. W. Schorrs good Broomstick colt Cudgel, had been showing a quite remarkable measure of speed in his Kentucky racing. This resulted in his being made an odds-on favorite for the big Latonia race at GO to 100, while Midway was second choice at 395 to 100 and Liberty Loan third in favor at 455 to 100. The starters were Liberty Loan, Cudgel and Midway at 122 pounds each, Diamond, 117, and Opportunity, 119. Midway made the running for something over a mile at a fast pace, then gave way to Cudgel, but Liberty Loan came fast around the last turn and, passing him with a great rush, drew away in the stretch and won easing up by six lengths in 2:30, Cudgel finishing second and Midway third. Liberty Loan was unquestionably a great colt that day aud, had he been ridden out at the extreme, of his speed, might have beaten our American record for a mile and a half. Liberty Loan did not run again until July 4 at Fort Erie, in the Fourth of .Tilly Handicap, at a mile and seventy yards; In this he carried 115 pounds to 120 on the good five-year-old Rancher and was beaten by a neck in 1:43. Leochares, 120 pounds, was third and the unplaced ones were Grumpy. 102; Skeptic, 107; Bondage, 100, and AVesty Hogan, 110. His next arid last start was jn the Canadian Derby at Fort Erie July 11. In this he carried 125 pounds, the other starters being Skeptic, 110 pounds; Bondage, 113; Raider, 107; Waukeag. 113, and Fruit Cake, 114. The going was so deep and holding that day that the mile and a quarter of the race was run in such extremely slow time as 1:21. Under such adverse circumstances, his heavy impost told and he did well in finishing third to Skeptic and Bondage. After a considerable respite from racing, he was started in the Jerome Handicap at Belmont Park, September 3, but was high in flesh and, giving much weight, finished third to Dally and Straight Forward, at a mile in 1:38. His. record and pedigree are as follows: Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. 191G 2 7 1 2 1 3 $ 724 1917 3 9 5 2 2 0 13,995 Totals 2 1G G 4 3 3 4,7l6 . . 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