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6 ADMIRAL GRAYSONS LUCK Accedes to Committees Every Demand, Though Nothing but Disappointment Is His Share. NEW YORK, N. Y.. Oct 20. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who passed up the Laurel Stakes, to which My Own was eligible, in order that he might meet the demands of the Jockey Club committee and have My Own at Belmont Park to meet Papyrus should he be called upon, was among the visitors to see the big race. From the beginning Admiral Grayson has aceeded to every demand made by this committee that had been named to select the defender against the Ben Irish colt and this was just one more disappont-ment of several he has had since the match was made. When My Own was ordered to New York Admiral Grayson said he thought his colt had been selected to take the place of Zev. On that supposition he invited several of his friends to be on hand to see .the running and a considerable party made the trip from Washington. He said it made him feel rather foolish and that up to this time he had not heard from the committee since he was ordered to send My Own up from Laurel. Asked if he would have been willing to start My Own over a track in the sloppy condition that prevailed, he said: "I would start him over any track, for it was an American affair. . As a private individual I might act differently and insist on conditions as to track, but I put my colt absolutely in the hands of the committee and was willing to do exactly as they decided." Another question of just how My Own would perform over such a track brought the reply that he had worked a mile and a quarter in 2:11. over such going Friday morning and that would suggest that he could run through the mud.
