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VOL. XX, NO. 12
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1917
FIVE CENTS
WHERE IS BACHELOR
Can't Be Found Since Little Horn Carried
Off Holly Inn Trophy In Steeple Chase
Wanamaker Itldea Second In Hurdle
Ilace. Miriam II. Expected to
Come Hack Next Week
PR
EVEN the Great
Napoleon met his
match at last, and it
match at last,anditis
L. Sullivan finally
fought one battle
too many. Whether
this is the fate of the great little
mare Miriam H., hitherto unchal
lenged champion of the Jockey
Club track, the pride of Col. Swi
gert's heart, and the one boast of
Bachelor's life, remains to be
seen. She is all heart, and the
rest speed, as- the Irish say ,and
doesn't know the sensation of
following anything on four legs.
But she was certainly beaten
fair and square Wednesday. She
was up against a stiff game. The
Meadowbrook Stables ran their
famous jumper, the bay mare
Whisper Bell, with Rodman Wan
amaker up, generally credited
with being one of the best gen
tlemen riders in the game, and
Nat Hurd had his Virginia mount,
Little Horn, in condition. And
these two made it a travelling
perfomance.
They were slated for the mile
?nd a half course inside, the field,
for a very substantial purse, and
there is.no doubt that the Hurd
and Meadow Brook Stables had
it in for the plucky little favorite.
Bachelor's creed had been that
"They can't beat her. She can't
be beat. She can finish any race
on the cards and have enough
wind left to inflate a balloon. She
is all heart and speed."
Well, she took the lead at a
furious pace followed jump for
jump by the Red and Green of the
Meadowbrook Stables,' with Lit
tle Horn trailing, and Whitlock
letting Travellor take his time.
Passing the judges' stand for the
first round Wanamaker turned
the Whispering Belle loose, and
she climbed the hurdles in mag
nifiicent form, took the lead, and
made for glory. Bachelor hung
on and the Little Horn laid low.
Smith rode the race of his life.
That boy is a rider. The second
time around he began the sprint,
and with all the reserve power in
the world began the inexorable
overhauling. Turning the last
quarter he passed Miriam H. and
took his place alongside the Phil
adelphia beauty, and there they
little too fast for him. So they
will run it again next Wednesday,
for both the purse and what pri
ate conviction dictates and it
may be that Bachelor will once
more appear on the rialto.
The closest event of the day,
and .the most doubtful from head
long start to breathless finish was
the match between Mrs. H. E.
Bradford of New York and Miss
J. C. Yaeger of French Lick, on
Topsy and Hatto. They boiled
into the stretch as if they were
tied together, and nobody could
have said who won if Hatta
hadn't stuck out her tongue and
so obtained the decision. French
NORMAN MAXWELL
A CLOSE FINISH AT THE JOCKEY CLUB
stuck lick for lick into the stretch.
There the last ounce was called
for, and the Little Horn drew
away five seconds to the good
under the wire. The' bleachers
were astonished and electrified.
But both Swigert and Wana
maker say the end is not yet. One
beating does not make a record.
It is the first time the brave little
mare has lost since early last Sea
son, and there is too much power
behind the Meadowbrook mount
to give the palm the first trip
over an alien course in a new
country. Whitlock rode the Tra
vellor in perfect style and made
a good finish against a field a
Lick came in for all the ladies'
honors in this meet, Miss Ray
riding Rex in the girl's dash for
a victory over' Miss Eleanor Abbe
on Jessie C. and Mrs. Bradford
on Chief. However it was no
parade. There wasn't a yard
stick to spare between the first
and last across the line.
The Meadowbrook and Hurd
stables had another set to in the
five and a half furlong flat race
for hunters. Captain Welch of
Southern Pines had a look in with
a new entry, a splendid thorough
bred animal. Kendelew ridden
by Thomas and Captain Heck of
(Concluded on page Ihxrlrm)
The Young Philadelphia Star Wins St.
Valentine's Tournament .
Ned Ileal of Unloatown Showed it
of the Heat Golf and the Stoutest
Heart of the Week
Norman Maxwell,
the young Philadel
phia star that made
his debut on the
Pinehurst links last
Tuesday, hit the
strong legion of the
first division iii the St. Valentine's
Tournament on the rebound, and
made his slashing way into the
championship. It was all done in
his heralded form, somewhat of a
surprise after his indifferent
showing in the medal round. In
that round it took him at least
two streaks of luck to qualify at
all. His 88 was good for a bare
chance for a place in the Presi
dent's division only by virtue of
W. E. Truesdell's withdrawal of
his 83. And even at that he h;id
to play off a tie with Tom Kelley
of Southern Pines and Donald
Parson the Youngstown expert,
and made his hole only by virtue
of prolonged putting practice in
dulged in by Kelley.
But thereafter he played golf.
At the very first turn he was
pitted against Gardner White,
whom he had met last in the final
round at Lakewood. White had
him two down at the turn, trav
elling steady as a church in par.
But the Aronimink star squared
it all on the twelfth, took the lead
on the 13th, made a winning
Eagle on the 15th and won his
match on the 18th, two up.
Dixon gave him a hard battle
in the second round, but suc
cumbed on the 17, and then
he sailed into Seggerman, .the
Englewood champion and medal-
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