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HEAVY LOSSES FOR TALENT. 1 i BROADCLOTH AND GRAPPLE CARRY THOUSANDS INTO COFFERS OF THE LAYERS. j 1 a John A. Drake Plunges on Them Right Royal Wins the Amsterdam Selling Stakes Bivouac Scores for Raymond Belmont. j r 1 Saratoga, X. Y., August 27. A heavy downpour , nf rain during the forenoon dampened the ardor of i racing enthusiasts, as evidenced by the light attendance at the track, and also spoiled one of the most I pretentions and attractive cards of the meeting. 1 Withdrawals sadly depleted the majority of the : seven races. The track proper resembled a muddy 1 canal and some of the most pronounced upsets of 1 the season developed witli the defeat of John A. i Drakes pair of prohibitive favorites. Broadcloth and : Grapple. The former, carrying a stable commission ; of 0,000, as well as a majority of the general pub-Hes wagers, led oft! by running second to the long shot Bertha K. in the opening race at seven furlongs. Presumably few benefited by the victory of Thomas Hitchcock. Jr.s Paul Jones in the oross-eonntry affair that followed, the steadily receding price about him indicating that be was ignored in fav r of Maxlr millan and when the latter came to grief, the speculatively inclined public, fell with him. J. C. Core came to the talents rescue In the! third, lint, even though he appeared to far outclass his competitors, there was a tendency to play all around the Newcastle Stables crack. Grapple, at odds-on in the Amsterdam Selling Stakes, at one mile, was apparently the horse with which to recoup previous losses. John A. Drake led a misguided plunge by placing a big commission on the Metropolitan Handicap winner. The magnificent cripple Right Boyal, at long odds, took his measure in benumbing as well as decisive fash-Ion. There was not much business doing In the ring after that. The fifth was a grab bag selling affair at five and a half furlongs for two-year-old maidens. The bookmakers again had the best of the argument by laying a ridiculously short price against the highly tried winner Animus. There were seventeen 1 good things in this race, all in receipt of more or less support. It was a close thing between three ut the finish. Raymond Belmont won his first victory on the ! American turf with Bivouac in the mile and a furlong handicap. The Hastings mare was a lukewarm i favorite throughout the betting and probably carried I less money than either Yorkshire Lad or Sonoma Belle. Bivouac, lightly weighted, practically won 1 all the way and after the race experts entertained I an excellent impression of her capacity. Sailor Boys i forward running astounded onlookers who recalled his backward showing in his preceding race in the ? muddy going when "Father Bill" Daly excused the I horses bad race by explaining that he could not L run on that kind of a track. Billy Cahill rode his apprentice boy Beckman on Mortlboy in the last race and scored. The Albert colts victory cost him dear, U. Z. De Arraan "boosting" him from 00 to ,000, the owner buying him in for an extra . , Sir Bussell has been bought by Ed Gaylord, of Denver. The price was not divulged.
