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COURT DRESS A HUMMER. KEENE FILLY RUNS AWAY FROM HER COMPANY IN SPINAWAY STAKES. Mentha, Her Static Companion, Is Third Should Have Been Second Sanfara Makes the Easterners Take Notice They Want Her. Saratoga, N. Y., August S. The Famous Splnaway Stakesof 0,000 nt five and a half furlongs for two-year-old fillies was captured this afternoon by James It. Kcenes unbeaten Court Dress in Impressive style. Her opposition was numerically and in point of class the best of their age and sex that has competed in a race this season. The flying daughter of Disguise and llampton Belle ran coupled with Mentha. She only recently recovered from an aggravated attack of bucked shins and her display of speed today was of the sensational order. She went away as if shot out of a catapult and nothing even got near enoligh to her to take the kink out of her neck. The success of the Keene colors in running first and third in the important race aroused great enthusiasm. It was recalled that the great racing establishment had won thus far this season all of the big two-year-old stakes. Mentha was unlucky in losing out for second place in a close finish, the jockey seemingly regarding the persistent attentions of John Sanfords Kennyetto too lightly. Aside from the big two-year-old feature the card was composed of five overnight races. The promised appearance of Inferno, the Canadian bred horse, was eagerly awaited. There were many commissions for this widely heralded crack and a wall, loud and long, went up when the opening odds about him were displayed. The majority of his backers were firmly convinced that the ring would hold the Havoc horse cheaply. Some enormous wagers at odds;on went in on him, however. Ills owner, j. E. Seagram, who was recently elected President of the Ontario Jockey Club, was present and the recipient of many congratulations after Infernos victory. Sanfara came out of the west and vanquished good company, conceding weight all around, in the opening dash. J. J. OFlaherty refused an offer of ,000 for the fleet Ingoldshy three-year-old lcfore the race. After the race he could have sold her for 2,000. She Is entered in five stakes at the Shcepshead Bay fall meeting. Delcanta, after many disappointments, won a steeplechase over the short course. Experts said he was lucky in view of the mishandling, of Mackcy Dwyer. Jockey Dupee was hauled leforc the stewards to explain his ride. He stated that his riding orders were to hold the horse in check during the early running, reserving him for a quarter-mile end sprint. The Incident is considered closed. John A. Drakes fast horse Rebo ran off and hid in the mile selling race. The second choice Ebony was practically left at the post and finished an easy second. The Itobin Hood fiasco, in which the absence of that horses customary hood adornment, was the cause of his running such a bad race, has aroused the stewards to action and hereafter trainers must furnish the information at the time of entry as to whether their horses will wear blinkers in their races, thus holding the trainer responsible. Glamor, Toddles, Kllliccrankie and Yankee Girl-were all cut down, more or less seriously, in the stake. Watergrass met the same fate in the first race. Sol Lichtenstcln, the noted bookmaker, was taken suddenly ill early in the afternoon and was removed to his home. A man with a imcket filled with matches sat down on them and they ignited. A big Hurry ensued and for a few minutes there was plenty of excitement among the women folks in the grandstand. An unusual happening was the absence of any clubhouse betting on the first race today.
