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PREDICTS GOOD FUTURE FOR ENFILADE M L Schwartz Believes Daughter of Ramrod May Prove to Bo Champion ThreeYearold Filly FillyNew New York July tj Since her victory in tlic Knickerbocker Handicap many turfmen are pre ¬ dicting that M L Schwartz Ramrod La Rille filly Enfilade will prove the champion of her sex in tho 1918 threeyearold division Thoy bass their estimate uppn the fact that she slidwcil con ¬ siderable speed and a decided liking for the route M Schwartz himself is one that shares jn this opinion opinionI I dont know of any threeyearold filly that can take her measure said he after the race Roslq OGrady has broken down and there appears noth ¬ ing of moment left in this section ot the country unless it is Eyelid or Lady Gertrude Enfilade i bred to go a long route and a mile1 in 139 in preparation for the Knickerbocker convinced us that she was capable of doing it itThe The poor showing of Papp in the Knickerbocker was a keen disappointment to Max Illrsch hi trainer Hirsch declared ho knew the son of Peter Qnince was not on edge bnt believed he had more than a good chance to win winHe He worked a mile iu 140 at Aqueduct and on that showing I thought he would easily dispose of the horses he was asked to moet It might not be called good judgment to have started him but the spot looked so soft I could not figure him to lose loseHirsch Hirsch is still confident Papp will roturn to his twoyearold form and bo a contender for honor in the threeyearold division divisionMuch Much regret was expressed after the race that trainer Weir did not send Jack Hare Jr to thr post Though the Marathon colt would have to pick up 13G pounds there is little question but hc would have given a splendid account of himself himselfJack Jack Hare Jr picked uy a threepound penalty for his victory in the Empire City Derby said Wolr and on this account I tWcidod to send him to the post in the Fleetwing instead of the Knicker ¬ bocker It looked like it was asking too much of him to pack 130 pounds poundsThere There have been several form reversals at Empire recently caused mostly through rough riding anil jostling at the start Some of it might also be attributed to poor riding of horses Many an entry has been badly ridden and so closely have the horses lioon matched in many instances that the slightest interference has had a decided bearing upon the result
