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SELECTMAN HIGHER TRIED THAN HILARIOUS Saratoga X Y August 3 Hilarious showing in the United States Hotel Stakes was impressive and clever judges now rate him among the top notchers of his age He made his debut on Thurs ¬ day beating a lot of maidens In that race he was cut down behind and at first it was feared this might mean a setback but the cut healed rapidly and today he ran without a bandage the cut being covered with some cotton and an ad ¬ hesive ointment It did not affect his running In the slightest for he beat a real good field as easily as he did tlid maidens coming lo the front ln thici inal staesot tu Journey with a rush that was little short of dazzling dazzlingJimmy Jimmy Rowe who trains the pair still has great faith in Selectman In the morning he can out ¬ run and outstay any of the twoyearolds in the stable but when lie comes out Tvlth the colors Tip he cannot be Induced to do his best Saturday however especially at the finish he was thor ¬ oughly settled down to business for la the last quarter he came from far back in the ruck and with another sixteenth to go might have made it interesting for his stablemate He is a good looking colt and this fall is pretty certain to make amends for some of the earlier disappoint
