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LIVES UP TO HIS NAME Star Spangled Finishes in Front in Liberty Bond Purse War Pennant Wins Oceanus Han ¬ dicap Loan Drive Enthusi ¬ astically Proceeds New York Octolwr 10 Tin police invaded Jsi maica today Fifty uniformed men headed by their liiind of forty pieces marched into the grounds participated in the Liberty Loan ceremonies then circulated about spiling bonds siad soliciting sub ¬ scriptions to assist in gathering the 50000000 their department has pledged to Uncle Sam The fine weather sjnil attractive program drew an at ¬ tendance of holiday proportions proportionsKacings Kacings quota to the loan took another grand fornard stride Not satisfied with going over the million dollar top on Wednesday racegoers spurred on by the wonderful news from France sidded sanriOO to their Liberty I Iisin isin drive bringing the grand total to I13lMTil I13lMTilThey They havf now set their hearts on raising 1800 000 as their quota or just onethousandth of the SlMUMHtOOOO quota of the New York district Eugene I Wood Iwtter known as Gene Wood IcNcnlied by Big Hill Edwsirds as a thorough ¬ bred and a man loved by his host of friends hesidcd the list with the biggest subscription to date il the track 100000 As this announcement came following a stirring patriotic sippenl by Big Hill Edwards collector of internal revenue and sports ¬ man the crowd howled its appreciation and then rnshfd in to follow the example exampleIiixjMctor IiixjMctor McDonald of Brooklyn and Queens first called oft ra f u rs to help the police raise their qiiotu of sr U KKOUU and racegoers responded as tlHy always do dolit lit wsis followed by Judge Leach Deputy Police Ciunnisisioiur Big Hill Edvards and K J Ilynn wllile a squad of tiolict under Capt Kauff of the One Hundred sind Twentieth Precinct worked about getting pledges Among tliose who followed Mr Woods I wid were fully 00 men and there is no telling IMIW many made small subscriptions and bought Ixmds of smaller denominations for cash cashAmong Among those whol subscribed OflOO were Joe Itlilme John L MclIiersnn Ike I tndauer Fred Heck John Wsilters M S H Folger and Tom Shaw John Wallers thus brought his subscription up to 35000 inl a wild cheer went up when lie took 5000 for John Walters Jr his son who Is with the fighting marines marinesAnother Another cheer went up when John J Cavanagh the friend of everybody at the track and one of the hardest workers for the Liberty Loan committee stiltscribed S5KX for his son Robert P Cavanagh who is with our fighting forces in France FranceChas Chas Khongood brought his total for the drive to 25000 by adding 10000 while almost every man who had previously invested came back for more including James Johnson M C Lewis and Phil Katz who brought his total above the 20000 mark markMortimer Mortimer J Murphy the i opular trainer now with the American Expeditionary Force was the pur chrscr of a thousand dollars worth worthSTAR STAR SPANGLEDS GAME FINISH FINISHWith With the exception of the Liberty Bond Purse run as the third race there was little to enthuse over in todays racing All the other races were won in easy fashion The Quincy Stables popularly named colt Stsir Spangled was the outstanding public choice in the Liberty Bond purse and conse ¬ quently his victory was highly pleasing even if his winning margin was only si nose Star Spangled followed the pacemsiker Arrah Go On to the last turn where he raced into what apparently appeared to lu l safe lesid Such was not the case however as he tired badly at the end and was almost over ¬ taken by Ultima Thule With si stronger rider in the saddle Ultima Thule would probably have won wonThe The stake feature of the afternoon the Oceanus Handicap for twoyearolds at threequarters of i mile resulted in an easy win for A K Msi tombers War Pennant He was only cantering at the end sifter closely following Lord Brighton which fsivorcd by the start set the pace to the last eighth when he tired Sweep On finished fast after l eing outpaced in the early running runningMatinee Matinee Idol under Loftus skillful riding sic counted for the opener He was kept in si contending position from the start and when called on in the final quarter drew awsiy without trouble Heveler was second and Everest third The hitters rsice was not up to his last previous good performance performanceWalls Walls used poor judgment in racing Whimsy into exhaustion in disposing of Torchlwarer in the early running of the second race with the result that the Cleveland Stsibles representative sifter passing into the lead was forced to relinquish it in the stretch having nothing in reserve to withstand the illicitly closing rush of Woodtrap The latter easily lrew away from the tired favorite in the last tsixtpenth o win by three lengths lengthsPoint Point to Point never left the result of the fifth race in doubt leading from start to finish without anV serious opposition at any stage of the contest contestSix Six lengths was the winning margin that separated Thunderclap from Thistledon at the end of the concluding race of tlie day Thunderclap was away slowly and followed the leaders to the home turn where lie quickly displaced them and drew away thereafter H Myers rode the winner and it marked his second success of the day he having piloted Woodtrap to victory in the second race But for his inefficient riding of Ultima Thule in the third he might have had a clean score scoreJockeys Jockeys M Buxton and Ted It ice are victims of the influenza epidemic epidemicSweep Sweep ps jwor nice in the Oceanus Handicap marked his final appearance for the year yearH H Myers rode the winner of the sixth race with the judgment of a veteran This youngsters recent efforts lisive made many friends for him during the Jast week 0 R Richards claimed Roderick Dhu from the first race on Wednesday for 1310 1310E E Lang claimed Seafarer from the fifth race for 1002 and sold the twoyearold Austin to L K Ileinheimer at private sale saleJockey Jockey R McCrsinn has been suspended for the remainder of the meeting by the stewards for rough ridiug L Ensor has been given a like suspension by starter Cassidy CassidySt St Isidore is reported sis progressing favorably In the serious sickness that threatened him He will not be seen under colors again this year however
