VOL. XXI, NO. 4
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1917
FIVE CENTS
YREDENBURGH'S DAY
Wins the Girls' Parse at Pinehurst
Christmas Races
Utile Horn King- of the Hurdle
Molly O Falct on the Flat
Honalle Takei the Trot
AS DRY LEAVES be
fore the wild hurricane
fly, even so, beating the
thunder of their own
hoof beats, careering in
to the broad stretch
came four ponies bear
ing four daring riders.
From' rail and stand
and bleachers the encouraging and de
lighted roar of a thousand voices urged
them on, to where old Glory waved
above the wire that marked the finish
of the race.
They were the girls of the Cottage
colony, riding for the Ladies purse in
the Christmas meet of the Pinehurst
Jockey Club. Miss Mabel Bliss and Miss
Esther Tufts, champions of old and chal
lengers on the Turf, were lined up
against two horsewomen unknown to the
racing game, but not to the horses. All
doubt of their skill was dispelled at the
first frantic jump. Mrs. E. P. Spencer,
the first of these, had the misfortune of
a faulty start and a pas seul around the
track in headlong career. The other,
Hiss Eleanor Vredenburgh, made her de
but on the track by driving Rex to an
instant lead with the abandon of a cow
pwher after a rustler, and keeping one
f-trained foot to the good of Miss Tufts
on Topsey every mortal inch of the way
to the yelling finish. Miss Bliss and
Mrs. Spencer brought up the immediate
rear in perfect squad formation. The
whole run . resembled the premeditated
and perfect flying formation familiar
among the Canada geese, going South.
Melon Meet hi Match
Again we say ''All Hail the Little
Horn." The veteran Pinehurst jumper,
wlo has so often proved too fast for
the Meadowbrook best, once more elec
trified the crowd and justified the swell
lnS claims of her backers. Matched for
he second time this year against the for
midable Melos, winner of the Southern
Derby at Richmond, generally credited
ith being one' of the fastest mounts to
e found going over, the hurdles in the
East, she played the game like one of
the King's colts at Ascot. Ridden by
Smith, who understands the power in a
slow start and an even pace, she started
off at a steady gait, took the first barrier
like a greyhound on exhibition, and set
the pace for the performance, while the
crowd settled back breathless to watch
the battle develop. As steady as a
tandem these two, followed by For
Johnson of the Pinehurst Stables covered
the round. They were each rolling up
the ground without giving away their
strength, and each clearing the hurdles
in faultless style, watching for the final
break. So steady were they, and so even
in gait and Action, that as they came into
the finish still in this position there was
nothing by which the casual spectator
could guess that it was not so arranged
no indication of the terrific speed and
strain they were working under. Not
anothej inch could the leader gain. But
where, a four legged animal that expects
to outrun Kinderlou, Hatto- and the fast
mounts from the Tabb stables has got to
make up its mind to travel. And this is
exactly what this Molly 0, this white
legged speedway of Lee's did that day.
She flew. She took the lead, and she
held the lead, although the bunch went
after her like mad. Hatto could hardly
hold the pace; Lucille, that wonderful
mare whose later exhibition was a star
in the program, had finally to yield, and
as they strained into the stretch the im
mortal Kinderlou last of all gave ground,
and panted in at about sixty miles an
hour, a length to the bad. Molly O has
revised the odds of the Flat races at the
Pinehurst Jockey Club
Arittle': lhtlo4ihy
A pacing beauty with a classic name
and a Roman nose, Smith and M. C. Kin-
CHECK AND GREGG
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not a hair of the span between could the
great Melos make up. Not a hair. And
so as they ran the course,' so they passed
under the wire, the Little Horn still mas
ter of the Pinehurst Track. As for
Johnson, he ran a good race after this
fast field, and will be heard from yet.
noli j O MprlngrN a Surprise
G. T. Lee, meanwhile had a surprise up
his sleeve and was laying in wait for the
thoroughbreds. Next to the Steeple
chase the countryside assembled along the
course and in the jitney stand rise to
their greatest pitch of excitment and
interest when the bright colors and the
prancing horses herald the. coming of the
running horses. Kinderlou from the
Pinehurst stables, ridden and groomed
and backed by Thomas himself was
granted easy money by the sideline pro
phets before the race. No matter v here
she is bred in Old Kentucky or other-
ney's Aristotle, driven by Predmore,
without any ado about it at all went
twice around the track like a mechanical
device screwed up to make a record, and
took both heats and. first money from the
best we have to offer in the 2.14 pace.
Reeves drove King Charlie furiously for
a good second, beating Glass 's Farm Boy
and Are Amm Bee by a small margin.
A Head Heat
Meantime Mrs. Reeves Rosalie, whose
last year's successes as a colt gave great
promise, proved her worth in the 2.15
Trot. In the first heat Ed A, C. A.
Shepard's horse gave battle so convinc
ingly that there was not a soul in the
grandstand hardy enough to attempt to
say which finished first he or Rosalie.
They boiled under the wire as even as a
team hitched to one chariot. The de
cision was in favor of Ed A. Dr. J ames '
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Low Score and Win Hall
Prize in Four Ball lledal Round
Uunlap Tabes Trophy for the
lBet Net Score of the May
In Tin Whittle Tournament
THE TIN WHISTLE
Club scheduled a four
ball match Thursday,
the 22d. Partners were
selected by lot, and the
match called for . the
best combined score in
medal play, club handi
caps. The arrival of
many members from the North aug
mented the ranks and made a fast field.
There was W. E. Truesdell, fresh from
championship honors in the Metropolitan
district; J. R. Goodall from St. Louis,
and Statzell wielder of the Aronimink
niblic. The line up found T. J. Check
of East Orange paired with W. H. Gregg,
Jr., both come just in the nick of time
to clean up the whole outfit.
These two made home with a net of
162 strikes for their two balls over tho
difficult number two course. This looked
like easy money until that veteran team
Magoon of Oakmont and Phillips of
Pinehurst rolled in to tie the score.
Check had an 87 and Gregg a 75;
Magoon an 83 and Phillips a 79. Be
tween them these four well nigh monopo
lized the honors of the day.
Gregg's 75 was the best net recorded.
But on the play off he and his partner
did Magoon and Phillips out of the main
prize, and under the salubrious ruling
that no man can have two prizes at
once, the award for the best net fell to
the second best score, tallied to the credit
of G. T. Dunlap's 78. Incidentally
Phillips' 86 was th lowest gross card
turned in that day.
C. L. Becker of Ekwanok playing with
that other old steady G. M. Howard gave
the closest battle to the triumphant foiii
making the round with a net return of
165.
The summary, showing all gross and
net scores and all team scores was as
follows.
Played on Number 2 course. Four
Ball Medal Play, combined scores.
TIN WHISTLE FOUR BALL MEDAL PLAT
December 20th, 1917. Combined scores
Partners by lot. First and" second prizes
and prize for best individual net score.
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