VOL. XX, NO. 14
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1917
FIVE CENTS
MISS BLISS ON JESSIE C,
Wins the Ladies' Cap in the Jockey Club
Races. Bachelor Comes Back on Garth
Virginia Hampton Xeadi the Tho-rong-hbreda.
Two Year Old Trot
Develops Some Good IToung-atera
RIDING her favor
ite, Jessie C., Miss
Mable . Bliss from
the Pine Crest Inn
surpassed all her
previous records in
a breakneck finish
against Miss Eleanor Abbe and
Miss Esther Tufts in the Ladies
Dash. It was one of the hardest
races of the season, and her vic
tory, which is the second con
secutive establishes her finally
in the- lead of all the girls riding
this season. These three, have
ridden nearly every race and
have become as expert as any
jockey in the stable. They are so
evenly matched and their every
race is so hard fought that the
interest and rivalry has become
intense. So much the greater
honor to Miss Mable, who leads
to date and so much the great
er venture for those seeking to
rival these three on the track.
Nat Hurd went back to his old
love yesterday and brought the
Travellor prancing home a sub
stantial victor in the Guests'
Purse. Souther challenged with
Button. Button, whose per
formance is worthy of a more
noble name established a repu
tation in the girls' races, and is
a hardy and persistent little ani
mal with unlimited ambition. He
made a good run for it, beating
the Grey Eagle hands down, and
outclassing Chief. And Chief had
as good a chance as he will ever
get, being handled in the best
possible form by Joe Bachelor
of Raleigh, who understands this
racing game.
Since the last campaign and
hard running resulting in a vin
dication of the Meadowbrook
string over the hurdles, the
steeple chasers have been drawn
in for a bit of a rest, preliminary
to a fresh start next Wednesday.
The Little Horn and thfe Whisper
Bell each have a much heralded
and closely contested victory to
their credit and Miriam H. is
back in form, eager for revenge.
Welch intends for his stables to
be in at the finish and so next
week you have your choice of
camps, with all tips equally val
ueless. 'The fast going of the day was
provided in the flat race of a
mile limited to thoroughbreds.
when the flag was dropped was
asleep at the switch.
The youngsters were brought
out in a half mile trotting race.
Silica, the beautiful little two
year old bay mare from the Rey
nold's stable, did the stunt like a
veteran on exhibition, turning
the tables on Mrs. H. N. Reeves,
last week's winner, driven by
Swinnerton. Thomas' sorrel stud
Young Billiken, made his first
appearance in a public perform
ance. He came in last, but with
out signs of having strained him
self any. It will take a week or
two of work on the track before
the real speed is developed, or
the drivers care to push these
debutantes to the limit.
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BRADY MAKING THE SEASON'S RECORD OVER NUMBER TWO
And here the Meadowbrook
string put one more panel in
their tablet. Bachelor came to
life again and romped home four
lengths ahead of Kedron on
Garth. Hurd had Kedron in good
shape, and with Whitlock in the
saddle backed him for first place.
His confidence in his perform
ance was justified. But Garth
had some unsuspected ginger un
der his girth and made it anyhow.
Tatum brought Col. Welch's
Kendelew in third, while Souther
got left at the post with Cap: am
Heck, the Pinehurst entry. Cap
tain Heck was entirely unrea
sonable in the matter. Before
the race began he insisted on
running the whole circle on. his
own, a furious pace. And then
Hatto of the Pinehurst stables
has been making such a fast
showing in the dashes, and is the
modest recipient of so much
lavish approval by the jockeys
in the paddock that today they
pitted her against the thorough
bred Virginia Hampton from
Southern Pines, in a match race
between the stables. Nat Hurd,
fresh from his victory on the
Travellor. was in the saddle, and
was supported by Souther on a
mount new to the gallery called
Miss Carolina. As in the case of
Button against Garth, the tho
roughbred, ridden by Bachelor
in his best form, headed the
bunch by the stand by about four
lengths. Miss Carolina showed
a moving disposition and a heart.
DIXON LEADS THE YAH
Plants the Winning Banner in Annual
Flag Contest of Tin Whistles
Channlng- Wells Mukfi Farthest
North In the Second
Division
THE Flag Contest
to the burying
ground. The
annual spectacular
graphic game of
the Tin Whistle
Club, wherein he
that goes" farthest goes best,
was on the cards Wednesday last.
Handicaps were arranged to give
everyone their allotted number
of strokes, and they got off ac
cording to schedule in two
classes skillfully named A and B.
All afternoon the tides rolled
towards the Club House, and
reached high water mark among
the pit falls and bunkers from
the 16th green on. The little
American flags planted down the
fairways made a picturesque re
minder of some heroic charge,
with only three survivors of
Dixon's corps up to the redoubt
of the 18th cup. Clayton L. Dix
on of Philadelphia alone passed
the home plate and bore his
colors on down the course win
ning the charge where his ball
came to rest just short of the
last bunker on the 19th fairway.
W. E. Truesdell of Fox Hills and
McLaughlin the artist sank into
the last cup with their last
breath, leaving their comrade
Danforth dead at the pin, having
given out of ammunition one
putt from home. Mementos to
the dying hopes of many sturdy
men stood all around. There
within an easy four foot McDon
ald of Lambton furled his flag,
and On the other side drooped
the banner of Weller of St. Cath-
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