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CUDGEL WINS NEW HONORS 1 ♦ Kings County Handicap Victory - Makes Him Public Idol. — __#. Defeats James Butlers Spur in Grand Race Before Crowd of Tremendous Proportions. N v York. May is. — Before the greatest crowd 1 that ever visited the Jamaica track. iiiiiiiIh ring : easily 12.000. Cudgel won the Kings County Handicap in one of the most magnificent struggles im-agiualilc. It was one of those exciting events that t hro.ight every spectator to tip-toe excitement. . Tiicr.- were anxious monieiii- during the running. . es|M-c i.illy for those who had financial concern in i Commander J. K. L. Uoss candidate. He yas a i follower for most of the way. I.yke just urging : linn enough to keep within hail of the fighting t loaders, which included Spur. Xtargaaer, Green i Cold. Thunderer and Straight Forward. These raced I lapi ed on each other in the early running, at times s lhr.o of them running abreast. ll was not until rounding down the hill from the • thp-- eighths post that the contenders could be discerned, when Spur took the lead and was going : fast. Thunderer rctin-d before the home turn i and pulled up lame a quarter of a mile from home. . Straight Forward loonod into a contending i« si-tion. - in fact it loaked like Mr. Wilsons h-Tse and I Spur would have the race lietwecn them. Rut t Cudgel was now under a stiff hand ride on the outside of the dead and dying. I.yke gave him I hi: 1 • id as they straightened out for home. He ■ soon overtook Straight Forward, but he had his s work cut out to reach Spur. An eighth from the B finish Cudgel had two lengths to make up and I Spur was going well, though Scliiittingcr went to i the wiiip. to which Spur r *K|M»lidcd gamely. At the f same time I.yke put in an extra effort on Cudgel 1 and gradually tin- Broomstick colt cut down the i- lead, but it was not until the last few strides that t it was apparent Cudgel would win. It was » rare treat for the crowd and Cudgel has - lx-eoine t lie idol of the east with this one race. - While the time of the race was not the best in its s history, it was Itetter than any of the winners I carrying high weights have done. Commander J. K. I., Boss watched the Cudgel 1 race willi great concern. It was the first time he had ever soon i|h- horse run in his colors. "I am i more than delighted." said lie. "and I think I • have a grand horse." Both he and Mr. Itedwell. his s trainer, were showered with congratulations from all quarters. "I should like my horse much better if he had 1 had a race or two." said It. T. Wilson, in shaking - of Straight Forward. "He is a horse that needs • lining l»cforc he is at his best." In shaking of Spur. Mr. Butler said his horse « had worked satisfactorily, "but we cant always s tell if he will run u;i to it." he added. "He seems s to lie in as good condition, if not better, than he L ever was so early in the season." The Whitney stable uncovered a fast youngster " in the opening race in Curling, a fine-looking - daughter of Peter Can-Yankee Girl, which displayed ■ a high order of sliced and won like a good 1 one. The former good racer :. M. Miller took a new-lease 1 on life today ami earned a well-deserved victory in the second race. Home Sweet Home redeemed himself today for [ 1 i — defeat on the o|M-niu~ day by winning the third 1 race in a sharply contested finish with Scorpii. «om|wtdrc scored in runaway fashion iu the fifth, while Abadano. a first-time starter, carrying the -ilks of G. 1». Widener. won the closing race in u 1 • .inter. £. E. THOMAS AMONG VISITORS. E. It. Thomas, who raced an extensive stable of lorscs here ten years ago and once was the owner of llermis. Advance Guard and many other good horses. was at the traek today. It was his first visit iii some years, having ra«-ed iu France until the war started. "I had a small stable of horses when the war began." said Mr. Thomas, "but they were two-year-olds and the government had use for them I have been wintering at Calm Iteach and thought I would run over today for a trip. This big crowd looks as if racing was on a soJid foundation iu this country and. should the war continue. I might race a few horses, but my intentions are to go back to France when things are more settled over there A stable of hordes can 1*. made to pav over there as the pursos arc good and in the fail i|iev maki-races almost for three-legged horses, so that an owner can almost, if not quite, nay expenses without betting a dollar a year. I am more than pleased to sec racing so well patronised in this country " Absolutely denying the |M-rsistent rumors that Omar Khayyam, regarded by manv the champion three-year old of 1J»17. had conic out of his last race in bad condition, trainer "Sandv" McXaughtoii. new trailer of the colt, gave out the following statement: "It is absolutely false that Omar Khayyam went wrong at Iimlico. Although In-displayed a slight indisposition after the race, he lias .ome around in first-class condition and will fulfill all hi- engagements this summer. He will probably Ik a -tarter iu the Metropolitan Handi cap." Mars Cassidy was back in the starters stand today, taking the .dace of K. Trilio. who substituted for linn while he finished out the Iimlico meeting. W. U. Midgley is sending three of the Lieut. G. A. Cochran br Imares from tin- Mt. Kisco farm to Belmont Park, where they will lie sold along with the apt. K. It. Cassatt racers on the owning day of that meeting. The trio consists of Queen of the Water. Coniicmara and The Marchioness. The last two are in foal to His Majesty. Starter K. Tribe, who substituted for Mars Cassidy the first two days of the meeting, departed for his hone- in Baltimore at the conclusion of todays raWug. Jockey T. Hiee. who will ride as a free lance during the eastern season, was an arrival from Iimlico. I.. L.vk and C. Kummer were two other leading pigskin artists to arrive from that itoiut. i
