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MYSTERY HORSE OF 1932 L Mate, Winner of Over 00,000 in 1931, Rank Failure This Year. Victory at Pimlico on Thursday, November 1 3, His First Success in Fifteen Times Under Colors. t - f MATE AS TWO-YEAR-OLD. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. I 15 8 4 2 1 $ 58,650 1 MATE AS THREE-YEAR-OLD. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. 15 7 1 4 3 14,775 I MATE AS FOUR-YEAR-OLD. Incomplete. ! Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. V 15 1 1 7 6 $ 7,900 . With only two or three chances left him in the condition books of Maryland racing, 3 Mate, A. C. Bostwicks colt, which ranked third among the money winners of 1931 and , still is the ranking all-time money winner J among horses still in action this year, finally . won a 1932 race early in November. Re- maining sound and able to meet all engage- ments, which have reached to date the identical number in which he went to the post , both in 1930 and 1931, his failure to win earlier in the season will go down as one of the mysteries of the season now rapidly drawing to a close. . Mate has won only ,900 this year, the , result of one victory, one second and seven thirds. Last year he won 14,775, more , than any other horse except Top Flight and Twenty Grand. As a two-year-old he won , 8,650. This is the colt which as a two-year-old conquered Twenty Grand in the Walden Handicap, and as a three-year-old beat both Twenty Grand and Equipoise in the Preak-ness Stakes, and again triumphed over the Greentree star, leading three-year-old money winner, in the Classic Stakes at Arlington Park. Failing in the large number of stakes for which he was engaged this season, in some of which he was accorded the place of honor by the handicappers, and carried up to 128 pounds, his lone triumph came about in an allowance race for all ages for a ,000 purse, 00 to the winner, in which he had up only 109 pounds. However, the fact that he was in the money in his last three races, running well up with such horses as Equipoise, Tred Avon and Jack High, is good ground for the hope that Mate will not go through the season without at least one stake to his credit. He has all of Bowie and nearly all of Pimlico before him. Mate made his first start of 1932 in the Dixie Handicap during the spring meeting at Pimlico, his first since winning the Thanksgiving Handicap at Bowie, which concluded his great 31 season. There was great interest in this event, as he was meeting Gallant Knight,- the latter beginning his come-back, which was to be short-lived. Mate was assigned top weight of 128 pounds, Gallant Knight 121. The distance of a mile 1 and three-sixteenths and the weight proved too much for him, and he tired, Gallant : Knight winning and Mate finishing fourth. In the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park he was given a pound more to carry ; than Equipoise, 128 to 127. This time he 1 finished fast from a slow start and was , third to Equipoise and Sun Meadow. He 1 was ridden by his owners brother, Mr. G. H. 1 Bostwick, who had the mount on him in most of his races on the New York tracks. Mate was unplaced in the Suburban Han-: " dicap at a mile and a quarter. In this he had up 126 pounds and finished fourth to White Clover n., 115; The Nut, 110, and Sun Meadow, 119. He went to the post second L choice to Gallant Knight, which was both-j ered by a flapping hind bandage and fin-3 ished last. j Two of his seven thirds were scored in 1 5 the Sir Walter Handicap and Brooklyn Han-j dicap, in both of which he carried top J weight, 126 pounds in one and 124 in the : other. Mr. Bostwick rode him in both. Mate was then shipped West for the Ar- lington Stakes, starting first in the Stars 5 3 and Stripes Handicap, which Equipoise, ! 3 with 129 pounds up, won. Mate carried 120 ; j and finished last. Although second choice 5 to Equipoise, which was a little more than thirty cents to a dollar in the betting, Mate 5 ; was never a contender. i Again he finished last in the Arlington Gold Cup, in which only two others, Equipoise . and Gusto, started. He was permitted to make the pace, but Equipoise and Gusto ! . passed him when they pleased and he was r beaten seven and one-half lengths. , Owner Bostwick refused to be content i c with those set-backs and continued to send I i? Mate to and fro for his engagements at Saratoga and at Hawthorne. Resting up for I a while after the Arlington Cup, he went in 6 the George Washington Handicap at Saratoga and once more he was the trailer, behind Ironclad and Glastonbury, the winner. He carried 125 pounds, was about equal 3 choice with the winner in the betting, ran the race on a sloppy track and folded up 4 early. 1 Returning to Chicago, Mate made a better 8 showing in the Hawthorne Gold Cup, in 2 which Plucky Play scored "his surprising victory. Faireno was second and beat Mate by four lengths after remaining closest to Plucky Play in the early running. He beat 0 Gusto a neck for third place. In this, as in 9 his other Chicago races, E. Steffen was the 6 rider. 7 A. Robertson had the mount when Mate 1 went back to Saratoga for the Saratoga Cup, 8 but this resulted in another disappointment, 3 so far as Mate was concerned, for he was beaten off by War Hero, Blenheim and Dark Secret. He was eased up when he tired after racing a mile and a half of this mile 4 and three-quarters journey. 4 Mate was then rested for nearly a month 1 before going in the Havre de Grace Cup, 8 contested by one of the greatest fields of 1 the year. Had Twenty Grand been able to 2 go through with his engagement in this, it would have been the outstanding event of the year. Mate this time was allowed in with the light weight of 114 pounds, but this didnt seem to make much difference, for at the finish he was eighth to Equipoise, 128; Gallant Sir, 107; Tred Avon, 110; White Clover II., Jack High, Charleigh and Late Date. By this time all hope of Mate winning a race of importance had been abandoned, or rather there were few that would bet that he would, for in the Laurel Stakes, at a mile, he went to the post at about 40 to 1 and with 118 up, he finished sixth. Equipoise was beaten in this race also, the decision going to Jack High, with Gallant Sir second. His only second came in the running of the Tilghman Handicap at Laurel, at a mile and an eighth, won by Jack High. In thi3 he had up 114 pounds. When Tred Avon defeated Equipoise in Laurels Washington Handicap, Mate was third, and with only 112 pounds as his burden, he ran his best race up to this time. His winning race was run at Pimlico, November 3. He went to the; post favorite over Pilate, who was conceding him seven pounds, and won by three lengths, St. Bri-deaux, carrying 111, finished second and Pilate third. It was an easy victory for the son of Prince Pal and, under the light weight, he ran in his old-time form.
