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EPINARD IN FAST MILE TRIAL Works Distance in 1:38 in Preparation for International Special No. 2 Aqueducts Monday Program Full of Thrills-Tester First in Most Important Race Disqualification in Steeplechase AQUEDUCT, N. Y., Sept. 22. For a Monday feature the offering was a highweight handicap over the three-quarters distance. It resulted in victory for the Rancocas Stables Tester with Robert L. Gerrys Cyclops finishing in second .place, while another Rancocas Stable colorbearer, Rigel, beat the Sanford Stud Farms Samaritan for third. The only other starter was Jefferson Livingstons McAuliffe. There was a disqualification in the steeplechase race when W. V. Dwyers St. Lawrence was set back for repeatedly bumping Thomas Hitchocks Elzear, the race being awarded to the latter horse. i One of the big events of the day was a public workout of Pierre "Wertheimers Epinard which showed a readiness for the best that can be brought against him Saturday, by running a mile in 1:38. Dry Moon was the only one to decline in the highweight handicap and it left five to race. Little time was lost at the barrier and Tester quickly showed in front, being rushed into a lead of five lengths by L. Fator. Cyclops was leading McAuliffe and Rigel and Samaritan followed closely lapped. There was little change in. these positions until well into the stretch. There ODonnell went to the inside with Samaritan and for an instant he moved as though he might catch the leader, but Fator was looking back on Tester and was not worrying. Cyclops was in second place and the Samaritan threat did not last long. In the meantime Maiben was hard at work on Rigel and he made up enough ground to finish lapped on Cyclops, but the Gerry colt had saved second place by three-quarters of a length. The performance of Epinard was of almost equal interest with the six furlongs highweight handicap and the way the handsome invader finished out the mile made his work the main topic for the remainder of the afternoon. IMPRESSIVE GALLOP. It was his frictionless stride that most impressed and the apparent ease with which he accomplished his task. Right after the running of the third race Epinard appeared on the track with Everett Haynes in the saddle. He did not wear the "Wertheimer silks, but was attired in a blue sweater and riding breeches. No time was lost in preliminaries and jogging over to the mile post the Frenchman was off like a streak when Haynes called on him. He ran his first eighth in :12 and the second eighth in :11, reaching the quarter in :23. Another eighth in :11 saw him at tho three-eighths post in :35. The next eighth in :11 carried him to the half mile post in :4G. He followed this by an eighth in :12 making the three-quarters in 1:11. Then there was a slowing up and an eighth in :13Mj made the seven-eighths in 1:25. A final eighth in :13 seconds completed the one mile in 1:38. SOPHY IN TIGnT FINISH. There was a hair-raising finish came out of the mile, for fillies and mares, when Jefferson Livingstons Humorette just beat home Escoba dOro from the stabel of A. Jacobus. The pair of them had it hammer and tongs practically the length of the stretch and Humorette proved the gamer. Jack Thornbys Venus was the one to take third, four lengths further back. A strict interpretation of the rules might have resulted in a second disqualification of the day for going around the turn out of the backstretch Harvey came over sharply with Humorette and piled the field up badly. No claim of foul was made after the running and the stewards did not disturb the order of the finish. There was a close finish in the one mile of the sixth race when Robert II. Shannons Sophy, F. Housmans Lockerbie and Edward Arlingtons Gladys V. finished closely lapped in the order named. Gladys V. was going faster than the other two at the end, but she Avas unable to keep up through the early stages and Maiben lost considerable ground when he had to go to the outside at the head of the stretch. Galleon took a long early lead and Dr. Dave Harrington was showing the way to the others. Gladys V. was away well, but could not hold her position and was soon a trailer. Shortly after making the turn into the stretch Galleon tired, and Dr. Dave Harrington had quit earlier. Then there was a rapid shifting of positions and Lockerbie and Sophy went into command. Maiben with Gladys V. was making up ground under a drive,, but she swerved over under punish- 1 Continued on fourteenth page. EPINARD IN FAST MILE TRIAL Continued from first page. merit and had to be pulled out. .again. Had Maiben been able to keep her straight when he began the stretch run she would undoubtedly have." been first home, but the others beat her by a narrow margin. At the end of the card there was a five-eighths dash for two-year-old fillies, and it resulted in an easy victory for Harry Payne Whitneys Swinging. H. W. Maxwells Brown Betty raced into second place, earning that part of the purse from the Rancocas Stables Barbary by a narrow margin. From a good start McAtee lost no time taking Swinging into command and she dominated the running throughout Lightship was racing in. second place, with -Barbary third and Brown Betty not far back. Inside the last eighth Lightship- was cut off slightly, and it ruined her chances for a share in. the purse, then, under a drive, Brown Betty outgamed Barbary to take second place. After Humorette had piled up the others and found her Svay to the front Harvey swung her .over to the inside rail and Venuj chased her until Escoba dOrb took up that task in the last stretch run. . The pair were closely locked in that . gruelling run, but Humorette proved the gamer. -Vulcain Queen came out of the running decidedly lame. At all stages Haynes had a stiff ljold oi Epinards head. Rounding into the- stretch, ho tapped the c.olt liglitly. on the nose tc keep him on the rail, but at no. time did he urge him to run. It was a great finish came out of the three-quarters for plater juveniles when William Daniels John T. D. just nosed oui G. C. Winfreys George De Mar after a stretch drive, while Robert L, Gerrys Diet Whittington was three lengths further away. CORRECTION OF MISTAKE. Then, after the finish, the placing judges made the mistake of awarding second tc A. J. Cohtcntos Flying Al, instead of George Do Mar. The mistake was corrected before the official confirmation was hoisted, but not until Chris Cornehlsen had visited the stewards stand. . There was some. . delay at the post, bul when the barrier arose the horses were in good alignment, while George De Mar was the one to show the way and was hustled right out by Steve ODonriell, but Zero Hour was right after him and kept him exceedingly busy. Dick Whittington. began from an outside position and he was forced to race out there. Swinging into the stretch there was a general closing up behind the leaders and Dick Whittington moved into contention, but ho lost considerable ground when he had tc circle around. George. De Mar was coming again and John T. D. had come into the picture prominently. Little George Cooper rode a particularly vigorous finish and John T. D. proved the gamer to beat the Winfrey . colt in the closing strides. Dick Whittington tired when hard driven and, while he saved third readily enough, he was well beaten by the first two. There was a disqualification came out of the running cf the short course steeplechase, when W. V. Dwyers St. Lawrence, after repeatedly fouling Thomas Hitchcocks El-zear, was set back and the prize went to the Hitchcock three-year-old. The ruling put Mrs. Edward Arlingtons Corn Products in second place and J. S. Wards White Ash third. The only other starter was Joseph E. Davis Hornsea, and he went down at the fifth jump, breaking a leg. He was later destroyed. AT A DISADVANTAGE. Franklin contributed something to the fouling that brought about the disqualification of St. Lawrence, but Franklin was at a distinct disadvantage when he lost a stirrup leather in the running. It did not give him a proper control of his mount and Elzear bore over slightly, but through the front field. The last turn of the course Kleeger had St Lawrences head pulled sideways to crowd him into Elzear and he bumped the three-year-old repeatedly. Both boys were questioned before the ruling was made by the stewards. The start was a good one and Hornsea was going well until he came down heavily at the - fifth fence, breaking a leg, as has already been told. Cheyne rolled clear and for a moment was knocked out, but he was up shortly and walked from the field. At the sixth fence White Ash refused and Smoot had to take him back twice before he could make him take the jump. It was there that Franklin lost his stirrup leather and it was also there that it .narrowed to a two-horse race. Franklin drove Elzear furiously to keep in step with St Lawrence, and the latter looked a sure winner until the bumping in the front field when Elzear was going so well and Kleeger had gone to a hard drive himself. Right at the end Franklin, when he saw he was beaten, did not abuse TSlzear and there followed, the claim of foul arid the ruling. Corn Products tired badly, but completed the course successfully, and he was well before White Ash.
