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SPRINGS BIG SURPRISE Comstockery Defeats Vander Pool, Kincsen, My Dandy. Greentree Stable Long Shot Gets Up as Campfire Colt Falters Sun Mask Is Victorious. MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 20. Comstockery, the six-year-old son of Chicle and Prudish that races for Mrs. Payne Whitneys Greentree Stable, furnished a rare surprise at Hialeah Park this afternoon. In a wonderfully game finish he dropped his nose down before William M. Moores Vander Pool. This came in the running of the seven furlongs of the Boynton Handicap and the winner was least considered of the four that raced. Back of Vander Pool came F. Carreauds good mare Kincsen, a recent winner in track record time, while My Dandy was last of the company. It was generally agreed before the running that it was a two-horse race, between Vander Pool and Kincsen, and the odds against Comstockery were almost 59 to 1. With a return of delightful weather there was a big crowd out for the sport, but the tracks was still muddy from the recent rain, though there was a firm bottom, as was attested when Comstockery raced his seven furlongs in 1:24. No time was lost at the post for the Boynton and as the four left the stalls My Dandy and Vander Pool at once jumped into the lead and while Kincsen was third away she almost at once surrendered that position to Comstockery and dropped back rather a distant last. MY DANDY SETS PACE. My Dandy carried Vander Pool along at a rapid pace, considering the condition of the track, but Malley had the son of Camp-fire under restraint as he galloped alongside the Chicago sprinter. Comstockery was five lengths back of them, but he was racing strongly along the inner rail, where he is best suited, and it took Kincsen a long time to find her racing legs. Before the turn out of the back stretch was readier! Vander Pool had shaken off My Dandy and Malley permitted him to open up a lead of a couple of lengths. But in the meantime Comstockery was steadily making up ground on the inside and at the head of the stretch he had become a real menace. Then Vander Pool changed stride in that run home and as he faltered slightly Comstockery had slipped up on the inside to be close alongside. In the short run to the line the son of Chicle, never faltering, wore the four-year-old down. Kincsen, in the meantime, had closed with a great rush and she was almost on the heels of the first two, with My Dandy beaten off another three lengths. Though beaten, it was an excellent race for Vander Pool, when it is considered that he was attempting to give away eighteen pounds to the winner. WALLS MAKES DEBUT. The six furlongs race for platers, first on the card, proved easy for Mrs. V. M. Duncans Glenside, sent to the post by Will Travers, and with Pete Walls making his Hialeah debut in the saddle. It was Mrs. T. R. Queens Angry Plume that raced to second place, with A. Ketchums Batty saving third from Mrs. J. M. Franklins Fervid. From a good start, Glenside quickly raced his way into command and romped away until well clear of the others, where Walls steadied him, and he was never afterwards threatened, to be home an easy winner by eight lengths. Angry Plume was just a bit slow leaving her stall, and she was beaten before fairly in a racing stride. W. C. Weants Wise Ann, the juvenile daughter of Wise Counsellor and Zillah, which had a certain amount of schooling in a race at Tropical Park, graduated from the maiden ranks in the quarter-mile dash for non-winning juveniles, which was the second offering. This was confined to the fillies, and it was Willis Sharpe Kilmers Mintwina, a half-sister to Sun Edwin, which raced to second place, and J. F. Richardsons Transen was a close third. A double for the W. C. Weant silks was recorded when Coady was a comparatively easy winner of the third race, a claiming affair that only brought out four starters. W. L. Johnsons Braggadocio was second and G. Preeces Torealong was third, with Ward and Burtons Dedicate, considered as the surest winner of the day, before the running, finishe da bad last. C. E. Hamiltons Sun Mask proved best of Continued on twenty-second page. SPRINGS BIG SURPRISE Continued from first page. the cheap ones that met in the mile and a furlong of the fourth. Showing the way from the first turn, he was at no time in serious danger of defeat. W. F. Yergasons Silvery finished second, and J. Spencers Red Face had no trouble saving third from Big Bo. Jimmie L. and Silvery went after Sun Mack, which took the lead at once, but Jimmy L. tired when the stretch was reached, while the mare circled around and, under a long drive, closed some ground to be at the heels of the Hamilton gelding, and she was five lengths before Red Face, which had steadily improved his position. Druggist, which was raced wearing blinkers, was slightly pinched off in the early running, and after being rather a bad last through the back stretch, closed a considerable gap. Another odds-on favorite went down to defeat when Bacciocco was beaten in the sixth race. With four straight winning races to his credit, and the fact that Mills was in the saddle, Bacciocco looked like a good wager, and the favorite players got down accordingly. At the post one of the assistant starters had to hold off Bacciocco in an effort to keep him straight, and when the barrier was sprung he was slow to leave. Ellice, quickest away, bounded to the front and set a terrific pace. She went to the quarter in :22, and was racing head and head with Panetian. At the turn out of the back stretch Mills was in behind the pacemakers, and when he attempted to go through between them, was blocked and forced to pull up. Rounding the far turn, Panetian shook off Ellice, and Bacciocco moved up on the outside. He made a bold effort just before swinging for home, but Panetian had a little too much in reserve, and in the final furlong the Widener racer drew away to win at the end by two lengths and a half. Ellice was a tiring third, beaten five lengths for the place. The winner ran the six furlongs in 1:12, fast time, considering the conditions of the track.
