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TURF IDOL MEETS DEFEAT Metropolitan Turf Followers See the Popular Roamer Beaten George Smith and War Cloud CloudFinish Finish Ahead of Him in the theEdgemere Edgemere Handicap New York September 28 President Wilson ami the Liberty Loan were favorites at Aqueduct today Admiration of tiie presidents speech and prelimi ¬ nary arrangements for a concerted Liberty Loan movement overshadowed the pleasure of a wonder ¬ ful mild autumnal days racing largely attended The wellrounded card provided plenty of thrills There was a general disappointment over the de ¬ feat of the popular Roamer in the Kdgemere Handi ¬ cap the main attraction of the day Andrew Mil ¬ lers great gelding was warmly applauded during his preliminary gallop and the big crowd cheered madly when the turf idol flashed into the lead on the stretch turn Roamcrs lead was however of Short duration both George Smith and War Cloud passing him in the final eighth Tiie wise ones centered their big guns on George Smith and while he gave his backers several anxious moments ih the early running during which he was badly outpaced he came to the outside on the last turn and rushing into an easy lead in the final eighth won by a comfortable margin War Cloud was kept under restraint in the early part of the race caught the popular Roamer tiring in the last eighth and se ¬ cured a hairline decision over him for second honors honorsThe The fifth race an all aged handicap at one mile jiroved to be the best contest of the afternoon from a racing standpoint and brought the crowd to its feet during the long stretch drive Barry Shannon was returned the winner after a si ectacular stretch duel with Smart Money and Minto II The finish was so close between the first three horses that the spectators had to await the official placing before being sure of the result Barry Shannons victory was well deserved as he successfully withstood two strong challenges first by Minto II and then by Smart Money Less than a half length separated the first three horses as they flashed past the winning line A rousing reception was accorded Schuttinger on his return to the scaled for his powerful finish on the winner winnerThe The first race fell to Snapdragon II after a sen ¬ sational stretch struggle with J K Maddens Irene the latter tiring at the end while the Frenchbred colt was drawing clear clearTrumpator Trumpator with Vincent Powers in the saddle easily accounted for the steeplechase feature the Queensboro Handicap after his stablemate Brand aa added starter had set the slow early pace Bet running kindly and jumping in improved form over the long course had little difficulty gaining place honors The well supported Brooks considered only second to The Brook was the disappointment of the nice niceAn An inferior field in the third race provided a good contest run in exceedingly slow time Madam Byng was the public choice and she scored by a nod over Wondennan on which Frank Robinson rode one of his characteristic finishes finishesFIFTH FIFTH EACE A THEItLEE THEItLEEAnother Another thriller came in the fifth race of the day when Herodias Was awarded a close decision over Phantom Maid a first time starter from Un ¬ stable of J W McClelland Incidentally the victory of Herodias marked the first success scored by any of the get of the famous English stallion The Tetrarch in this country countryW W C Edwards racing secretary of the Metro ¬ politan Jockey Club announced that tine purse each day at the Jamaica meeting will be naid in Libert v Loan Bonds of the fourth issue This patriotic act on the part of the Metropolitan Jockey Club was decided on by W II Reynolds and his asso ¬ ciates as one way to stimulate the sale of bonds at the track during the meeting of two weeks Racing has been behind no other sport in doing its bit in this world struggle for democracy and lovers of the sport are sure to respond this time as they have in the past Every provision has lieen made for the sale of bonds at the track and the committee iu charge has set its heart on turning in a big total totalGodfrey Godfrey Preece arrived here from Havre de Grace this morning and rode Irene in the opening race raceRacing Racing Secretary Edwards is all prepared for the meeting at Jamaica I thought we would In short of horses said Mr Kdwards but you will fins the fields will be well filled and in the cheape sprint races there will surely be an overflow overflowThe The sale of Lieut G if ford A Cochrans horses lias been scheduled for October 10 10Many Many expressions of regret were heard upon the announcement of the death of Albert Agermann who has l een a familiar figure on the lawn for several years yearsIrving Irving H Wheatcroft visited Aqueduct today for the first time in several seasons He said his horses in Australia and England were all doing well The market in Australia is good said Mr Wheatcroft
