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TRAINERS ARE LENIENT WITH TURF STARS. Taking ihe..defeat of OiseAU as Ills .text, the New York Suns. Saratoga correspondent gives, his" readers this timely sermon on the disappointments" of the season growing out of the failure of. trainers to have their, stars, in proper condition before anklng hard questions of them: "The. .defeat of .Olseau adds one more to the. list Of disappointments that haw come from the equine stars since the .meeting- opened. For days back we had heard that this colt would be ready for .the fray at the first asking, and when It was found he was In with a very ordinary lot it looked as if Uie purse was at his mercy, but after llatterliig his backers for about half the journey, there was a challenge from an outsider, Cary. and defeat at the end. Without going Into details It must be said that the colt did not run within pounds of what was expected of. him,, in. fact... the oue that beat him. has never been anything lietter than a selling plater and only the other day was beaten off by a very ordinary lot. . "When Jack Martin, who rode XHsean, walked off to the paddock after the. race he mcjt Diamond Jim Brady, .the owner, and all that he said was, Jt .was too had. This tells the tale in more ways than one. ..Itjs a pity that a public.. favorite- such as this colt has always been, .should be defeated by one of the calibre of Cary. and yet it, is getting to be the regular thing to find high class horses beaten lu the first attempt. "The, regular excuse is that they are short and tha they will later ou dtqng for .these, disappointments, but these excuses do not fill. the bill. In the old days a trainer of a star ,took .good pains- to se that his charge went to the post for Jjls Initial race trained to the hour, and what Is more, they were ready. Some of our trainers today have held to the old Ideas, but. the majority, u.nfqrtunately....elth;r. cannot tft their charges without racing or they are not particular about their fate In thes,arlyraces. "Matt Allen, who trains Olseau, is one of the old pebool and this caused many to look for the colt at his best Tuesday afternoon and his defeat made the disappointment greater. Some few were inclined to put the blame on the colt alone, that is, to say that he was not the horse that he showed lu his races last fall, but there is nothing to condemn him on in": that race other than lack of condition. He .will make good barring accidents. But had he come out of hisT long retirement lit and well, the pride of his admirers, would have been enhanced and the racing .world generally .better pleased. Of course, some c-ojriplaiu. for financial reasons, but with the majority it Is; sentiment alone, that prompts the wish that these: topnotchers could be sent to the post fit to run their liest races or at least o give a performance that their, class would justify one in looking for. "Mr. Brady felt the defeat of his colt as keenly as any one, and there is no question that lie ,ex-; peeted to sec hlmjwln. The same can" lw said of trainer Allen, but the fact remains that ho did not, .and excuses must be; offered. It is a .common thing for trainers these days to baby their best horses, that Is, they do not ask of them the hard prepar- ntions that they do-of the . lesser lights in their string. Perhaps If they wonh! reverse .tactics, that Is, give the selling platers the, easy times and the; stars the hard ones, results might bo more gratify-; lug. Tills meeting has already furnished more sliat- tered hopes than any of the several that have lx?en held this year, and for this reason one hears more complaints than usual."
