The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 01, 1938, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
:amden Horse Won
Imperial Cup Race
(Uy Aldtrman Duncan)
Aiken. March 26.?F. Amt>r?w Clark'*
achclu'r Philip, an aged hay gelding,
Jk an t,Hrly l*,*d todliy and ht,w u
>r(>UKhottl thu gruelling two-mile cuuiau
> capture (he Inaugural running of AlkI,-,
11 otMi imperial cup bteeplechuse.
A i-rowd of 6.000, altting In a broiling
m, *hw Bachelor Philip, piloted by K
Uhouae. a professional rider, flash
proos the finish lino several lengths
(j.ttd of George H. ("Pete") Boetwick'a
m?k Shot, the owner up. The winner s
a a* three minutes, 311 and 3-6 seoLds.
Bo*twick, recognised a few years ago
> the world's foremost gentleman rider,
[turned to steepleohaslng after a long
y.i.if itnd forced his mount to the limit
,t the favored Bachelor Philip, whose
nu.r la llostwlok's uncle, was too good.
l,onK Shot, held In at the start by
rttwlck. made a strong bid on the back
retch of the lust lap, moving up almost
,rll uith Bachelor Philip and then tif- [
g ami fullering at the Anal turn. On |
y lust hurdle Iamik Hhot ulmost fell
i4 wus barely able to finish"' ahead of
Iglltwice from the Sandy Woods stables,
lieImrat, C.
The race wae marred by an injury to
Jr Trouble, owned by George F. Perry.
('aii.ulu, the horse brgke his leg on
e last Jump, and had to be killed, llej,s
t?ur Trouble, the also rails were
,vla Thomas and High Gun.
Another Clurk horse, Tata O'Shanter,
S(J ridden by Bellhouse, made it a dual
c'forv for his owner in the other hurdle
re, the Fermata, over a mile and a
if
Tarn O'Shanter came up from behind
el took tiie lead at the last turn after
hn Hay Whitney's Fencing Song had
own the way almost from the start,
the early stages, Gideon King, owned
Mi.?s Dale Heard of Dallus, Texas,
(tl pushed Fencing Song, but both hors|
tir.nl and dropped out of the running,
planters Punch, owned by S. A. Warnj
Baltazzl, of Westbury, L. I., and l idii
l.y M Mergler, went up to the last
[rd!.- even with Tain O'Shanter but
Led poorly and came In second. Tho
Ikeby stables' (Paul Mellon) King's Pn?e
was third.
h, Stag, 2nd, owned by It. K. Mellon,
jputsburgh with It. G. Woolfe, of Camh.
in the saddle, raced home first In
t t'razy Creek, a mile on the fiat. He
is followed in order by Trojan Racket,
hied by Miss Maude Stevenson, of
linden and ridden by Dion Kerr, Jr.,
l*:ru hurst, and by Vauxtoi, owned by
pt IMmltrl Ivanenko, of Westbury, L.
and ridden by Louis E. Stoddard, Jr.,
New York. Tapan nlso ran.
In tiie five furlong Sand River race,
ci. Lancer, owned by J. E. Ryan, of
jind* n, staved off . a strong bid by
imped**, owned by Mrs. Grace H. Biustf
Aiken and New York, in a cloe
Lb Gordon Perry's Muckle Do was
lid J. Magee, a professional, rode
> winner.
The two mile trots were won by Gad,
owned by William Post and Son of
ist Willlston. L. I., and Aiken, and
ven by R. L. Parker, of East Willis-'
1 L.vle, of PlalnAeld, N. J., and driven
Fred Egan, of Lexington, Ky.
leennd and third behind Gadfly in the
rcn horse field were Neophyte, owned
Harkness Edwards, Lexington, Ky.,
i driven by Egan, and Sir Peter Briti,
owned and driven by Mrs. L. C.
irk. of Camden. Dunbar W. Bostick's
ij>? for the Hambletonia, Primo was
t behind.
5'stwick, of Westbry, L. I., and a
Itin r of Pete, was close behind the
In.-r in the other race with his Hollyi
Robin. Rex Volo, owned by C. N.
s. Jr.. of New York. and driven by
Andrew, of Indianapolis, Ind., was
d.
RL LIGHTFOOT WILL AGAIN
? IN LINEUP AT POLO SUNDAY
[Vio fans of Camden and out of the
y will get a thrill out of the anuruement
by Captain Dick Floyd
the Camden polo club that Carl
Ihtfoot, sensationaL rider and goaliter
will again be seen on the No.
fi?-l<l?the speedy Indian to wear
; yellow of Camden Town In the
iond of the club title matches to
played Sunday afternoon.
Light foot did not play in the last
n games of the Creed trophy event
il was not in uniform for the opIntr
.>f the city title series. Lighti!
a great favorite with the polo
h particularly with those from
lu:;.:.ia and other out-of-clty points,
io have admired his slashing, dareiil
ruling. It was his accurate goal
t)''.atr that won the first game of
r ?'.cf-(i aeries for Camden against
- N. w York boys. The score in
i' came was 10 to 8. In the second
c.. Ww York won on Floyd's senl"'bal
goal after the whistle had
wa ihe final chukher. In the final
d (! riding game It was Jerry Smith
io .|"< ided the Issue in an extra
ukkt-r Camden fans will ever asrt
that had Ughtfoot been in the
nvU-n line there would have been
diff<-r?-iit ending to the Creed series.
L'ar! will be working with Floyd in
' came Sunday and the combinau
should really go places. Charley
iBose. another hard-riding ace will
>rk No 1 for Town and Ruthrauff
Rank, N. J., will be at No. 2.
oyd is to take cafe of the No. 3
sition and Lightfoot will be seen
No. 4.
However. Country wllh be stronger
Is week than at any time before aa
6 famous horsemen who have pla^together
for years will again be
filing the spectatoifc' with that fine
"a play that Is ?o characteristic of
performance on tne tnrr. itrrhyi
i&per at No. 1, A/ncrum Boykin, th?j
sensation last Sunday, No. 2;
4t?on Pomeroy at No. 2 and "old!
liable ' Joe Bateg^as No. 4. J
Seventeen Year Old
Boy Rode Battleship
Alutree, Kug., March 25.?My the
narrow margin of a head, the United
Btatea scored its first American own,
ed and bred victory in the 100-year
history of lite Grand Natloual Steeplechuso
today when Mrs. Marlon Scott's
Battleship, a son of Man O'War, led
35 rivals over the difQtcult four miles
and 355 yards.
Seventeen-year-old Bruce Hobbs,
youngest of Knglaud's steeplechase
riders, booted the little American
Jumper home with only the narrowest
of margins to spare over H. C.
McNally's Koyal Danielli while a
crov^J of 250,000 thrilled to the sight
of the closest finish In recent years.
Sir Alex Magguire's Workman,
nearly even with the two leaders at
the last fence, dropped far back in
the final drive but held third place in
front of James V. Hank's Colleen, one
of the favorites.
Only one other American-bred i
HOMKsnannBamMMHH
horse, Kubto, ever won the jumpiug
classic but ho curried the sllkH of an
Englishman to the front In 1908
Three other American owned horse*
?Mrs. V Ambrose Clark's Kellsboro
Jack, Charles Schwartz's Jack Horner
und Stephen Sanford's Sergeant
Murphy?have won the race but they
all were bred In England.
llobbs, son of ltattleahlp's trainer,
kept the American horse close to the
pace from the start, had him among
the first three over th half of the
journey aud then drtWW-^hlm to the
front In the last few yards. Koyal
Danlelli had faltered at the last Jump.
Battleship, a 40 to 1 shot, made only
two mistakes. The first was at
the canal turn, and the second on the
flual Jump. His fast finish, gulued
from racing several years on the flat,
made up for the last, however. He
took the lead for the first time on
the second trip over Beecher's Brook,
but lost It again at the canal turn and
trailed from there until his great
stretch finish.
In winning the purse of approxt
mutely 985,000, lluttloship covered the
distance In uine minutes, 80 4 5 aeeondt).
Mr#. Hcott was too excited to lead
llattleship Into the winner's circle
Hhe arrived ut Alntree only a few
hours before the start of the race.
Mrs. Scott couldn't be fouud until j
some one sighted her when the weigh J
'lag In was almost over. Then llobbaj
went over to her.
"I'm very, very nanny,'" ehe said us
she patted the gallant little Man OWar
offspring.
Young Hobbs, who was born at
Westbury, Ixmg Island, where his father
for 20 years trained horses for
F. Ambrose Clark, said he thought
"we made only two slight errors."
"One was at the canal turn, the second
time around where 1 lost a bit
of ground and mfcybe 1 took it a little
too easy at the last jump. I didn't
try to push the horse. I wanted to
hold him back for the dual run on the
flat."
llrucu has been riding since he wus
old enough to walk but did not be
-
come tt professional Jockey until 15
months ago.
Old-timers couldn't recall any such
father son double In the history of
the race.
J. H. Snow's Delachanco, ono of the
choices, was the only other of the live
Amorlcaii-ownod entries to finish. He
wound up fifth after setting the pace
in the early part of the running, til.
T. Hunt's Hud Knight 2nd was sixth
Arthur Suinsbury's favored lllue Shirt
seventh and H. A. Slllery's Hopeful
Hero, eighth
Then came la>rd Derby's Underbid,
Hank's Bachelor Prince, Mrs. S. H.
Creagh's Lough Cottage, Mrs. J. Do
Selincourt's Provocative and 11. O.
Tlghe's Drlm.
Mrs. Scott will sail for the United
States on the Queen Mary Wednesday.
Maintains Camden Hon***
Wilmington, Del.. Mar. 86.?Mrs.
Marlon Scott, owner of Battleship,
winner of the Grand National, is the
former Miss Marion DuPout and the
daughter of the lato Mr. and Mrs.
> HI .-cr.A.i.. Jl*J. TTl 1 ..irTTTTT --! I
William DuPont, of Wilmington.
8ho is a sister of William DuPont,
ownor of Hie Koseinont and other famous
horses.
Mia. Scott married Kandoli>h Scoit,
movie actor, about two years aKo, after
her flint marriage to Thomas H.
SomervlUe muled in divorce. Tlu
iScotts have homes in Camden, S. C.,
and Mmitpelier, Va.
Twisters hit ia Illinois, Mlssoiul,
Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi
and Iowa on Tuesday, and
preliminary reports gave the list of
dead in the several states as totaling
sixteen persons. The heaviest U)3s of
| life reported Wednesday was at Belleville,
Illinois, where seven persons
| were dead. Scores of homes, a church
j and a school were destroyed in the
vicinities of liakervllle and Wardell,
I Mo., with three deaths reported, in a
storm that cut a twenty mile path. A
{negro woman was killed at Domopolis,
Alabama , and a man was electrocuted
when he touched a high tension
wire at Guutersvllle, Ala.
i
IRACESn
THE CAROLINA CUP
I SPRINGDALE COURSE I
CAMDEN, S. C.
SATURDAY, APRIL 2,1938
About Three Miles over a Timber CouHse
I BOO, 2nd
SUN FAUN.
INDEPENDENCE BOY
SWEEMUP
DORETTE
TERRY'S WINNER i~
OSTEND
ALL SATIN
CORN DODGER
I' I The Camden Plate |
One Mile on the Flat
IFINLACE
LONG SHOT
THE BOASTER, 2nd
NAVARINO
CROONING WATER
ROYAL THOMAS
SINGING WATER
VICTORY LIGHT
MUCKLE DO
IRISH LANCER
GAME RUNNER
FAR NORTH
KHAMAIN
OUR MANAGER
RENEE'S PRIDE
TRANSPORTER
CHAMPFLEURY
TOOLBOX
BALLYKNOCK
TROMPE BAR
PALM SPRINGS
KINCSEM
STAMPEDE
ALLAMUCHY
:
II The Baron DeKalb I
One Mile and a Half over Hurdles
I VIGILANCE
THE DOOK, 2nd
SINGING WATER
I LONG SHOT
KINCSEM
I BROOM TOPPER
I TAM O'SHANTER
TOOLBOX
ROYAL THOMAS
COPPICE
TRANSPORTER
ITSABOY
HERRORO
nThe Kershaw Steeplechase I
Two Miles over a Brush Course !
hasty pudding
itsamaid
tam o'shanter
top rock
war port
SEA CHIEF
HIGH GUN
SAILOR'S KNOT
DAY LETTER
BALLYKNOCK
nThe Wateree
One Mile and a Half over Hurdles
COPPICE
LAND OF RHEIMS
FENCING SONG
LONG SHOT
STRAW BOSS
KINCSEM
KILSKYRE
MESA RICA
SEA CHIEF
GIDEON RING
SAILOR'S KNOT
DAY LETTER
BROOM TOPPER
SWEEPEMUP
MAY BOY
FAR NORTH
TRANSPORTER
THE BOASTER, 2nd
THE DOOK, 2nd
SINGING WATER
KING'S PARADE
TAM O'SHANTER
nThe Springdale Steeplechase I
About Two Miles and a Quarter over a Brush Course
I LITTLE COTTAGE, 2nd
CABIN FIRE
TODGE
CADEAU, 2nd
THE STAG, 2nd
WILFRID G.
BALLYKNOCK
CROONING WATER
LITTLE HURD
BACHELOR PHILIP
OUR TROUBLE
BLACKCOCK
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