| Show HOW TilE THE REAT JA JACK K ATKIN MAlE hOOD AS A ARACE RA E HORSE Nw New York D Dec ups and downs of oC the the turf which are I Were never neer bettor exemplified than aD by the of the handicap at Port b hp Barney b Jack Jaek ot of th the raen racing season E of UI B t nr ri e Both owr owner and h here M are institutions of oC t the American I Ic nn n more widely known tulman than and no more D bor horse widely i R or In n training than Jac Atkin known to an all rc rt and s of oC the thoroughbred aS the t Genil Genial and th the Master tel of Woodlands I is a of the t pha phases ot of th the racing game gam Own or er breeder and nd bookmaker For seine thin thing Ik like 20 0 years he h has owned owed a ati and campaigned R a big and nd ala ble his big breeding establishment t In Missouri I Is one of oC the larel largest and aad best In i n the bt country and his booking 11 opera operas ton lion on eyer every track in n the country 1 have bae born n on a big scale I Notwithstanding the popular u dice Iee against the honesty bal has never neyr ben been I And he be I Is perhaps the mOt moat popular turman in n tle the United States Jack ack Atkin Ia s a arnld bay hors horse b by Salado lie He was bred WI breda by and next to Sam the famous hed head of the Woland Woodlands SIR stud I 1 is the ap apple or of eye Y I In the first tb three years of et his 1 racing carfer career Jack Atkin won n In stake antI PUI purses his winner share of tit the 10 Do Dominion minion brings this seasons ont winnings ut Ul t tO abut about 11 a tota of I a about Jack Atkin I is probably the best i Ilp lt I sprinter of terent year nd succeeded teat year ol I to the th p popular ular favor of upon the r retirement or of the Train KI E I ports have given hm him al all th the elements or of except to go o a must mut distance have Te truly courage lat great re race gameness horse hors I p antI anel ability to go a distance and to erry carry weight Jack S k Atkin has h always I as bd had phenomenal speed U Ire could hard Ir be handicapped sp out of a r race bar b by I putting on weight Ii H was game welt within hi his distance But his distance was six furlongs or seven furlon furlongs s it t a a ml mile he wu was In n at Over OTer a mie mile he Wa was a joke U roDe Smie Smiles So when Jack was wa announced a 3 ft a starter tarr In the Dominion handicap at a mie mile and n a quer quarter In a of horses including the te eret great winner of the Suburban Commonweal Ut and Brighton handicap an and conqueror of such cl stars tar as Ballot Blot and Kin King mot most l end and tb those who did not nt crit I cleed Schreiber for making a fol tool of oC himself ald asid hi his great eat sprinter Of the II six starters tour four had these records at a mi mil and a quarter Olm Olam bla b ela 21 20 44 Donald bI Dnald I 1 fi 45 Quy Ouy Fisher ui t nd 11 r H 17 41 45 The Ft t Erio trad r ecord rd o was Or 05 16 TI The opening betting wll Ola bla b ela I 1 to j Donald Macdonald r S IC 1 John Reardon I to t 1 OU Fisher 6 to I 1 Jak Jack C to I 1 and Fal Fi t tr 8 to 1 1 TI The closing betting w was respectIvely f 4 to ii f I S to t 1 r 0 to 1 I to 1 li 19 to I and nd C to t 1 This s that practically every y hor horse It ithe the t he re race Wal was backe except pt jeck t L Lin kin k in inin In short bort nobody wanted Jc Jak k A I k I r M jt any t t the six ah b he w t lb t he longest lonset ant neither tl thu b non hor the pulI gave hint hIm o ba hance to win It was wa even ven 2 to 10 1 tint h he would not finish third a aad nd by way ay of contrast his hla trice price wee a I IU ao U t I In a rc race a few 4 a at Montreal Th The nf lince H Heres th the rare It et a glance Jo Archibald got Kot Iak lark Atkin off ff In tIt place rushed Ilm im to tl the at Ot oce and aad rte rated him along h itt tnt of oC s 1 field unde under slight restraint Ie to the stretch in hip InId Mac doald lonald ma math a hold thal challenge If and m in to he tired the be lest nr r JR Jack k stalled ott on the I Ilen len i enge e and nd dr drW aw Then nt JOhn with a determined ru rust that brou brought ht him u tin on terms For th the lat last 20 n yards yard U I ilie IWO 10 hor raced h head ad ant and head had hut but Jack k never ner a hairs hair had bad hil his nOl noes In front at Ih the wits Ir Il Ih the lair at ver r arld stride for a every n Oi ie WAS will lh TI Then Ut yelled ft t tI I band pi l I h Gran German a Wreath of oC r rues wet 1 on Atkins neck SAd it wal was parade on As 1 for fOI n Br Bracy acy he to a lest t I r ran an bu 1 end gasped r joy When hn hs hp gt t lie hill h he he e to dan for or a speech h II Ti the these words word It Rill suit t 1 I lie mOD money l bi DOby nobody en can 11 ever sn ny ia a t nothing hll hut ii quarter hors And nobY nobody ever r will 11 r th the ra r was wall a great r race frt ruin tarl to rii Th The mile wal was run rua In I 1 S and t u t tUm Um W was IJ which nO not only oaly tilt track record hut klok knocks a ful full sc c end nt of off the Canadian record |
