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FAIR PLAY IN FINE FORM WINS FROM DORANTE CANTERING IN HIS TRAVERS STAKES PUBLIC TRIAL Sea Cliff Breaks the Whitney Run of Bad Luck Apprentice Rides to Orders and Loses on The Wrestler Saratoga X Y August 7 Although Justice Gaynor of the Appellate division of the Supreme Court of Kings county ruled that the recording of wagers was not a violation of Hie HartAgncw iintibetting law speculation at the race track 1Iiis afternoon was conducted no differently from what it has been since the opening day There werq no odds exposed no records of bets made and Justice Bischoffs decision relating to oral wagers was as strictly lived up to as on any day since The meeting began It has been dclinitely announced that the Saratoga Association would permit of no relaxation of their present stringent betting restric ¬ tions tionsOwing Owing to the very slow muddy track numerous withdrawals impaired the otherwise good card only two of the original five entered starting in the feature race at me mile and a quarter Jhe pres ¬ ence of Fair Play and his redoubtable mudrunning iiualities seared out Dandelion Panoscara and Pins and Needles leaving only a solitary opponent in Boraiile to contest the 500 purse Todays nice was in the nature of a public trial for the Travers Stakes and Mr Relnunits great threeyearold quali Jled handsomely for that famous old Saratoga event Notters momentary Indecision as to whether he should drop in behind Doraiito on the first turn and allow the hitter to make the running nearly pre ¬ cipitated a collision between the pair as Dorante was boring over steadily ami foreing Fair Ilay into dangerously close proximity to the fence To avoid the impeding interference Xotter suddenly drove Fair Play through foreing his way by sheer brute strength past Dorante into the lead where In held sway without much effort for the remainder of the long journey Kaymoud and August Belmont Jr Decupled the family box during the running of Ihe race and were interested spectators of the struggle the former being particularly wrought up while the critical llrst turn was made Madman subsequently won the last race of the day for Mr Bolmoiit BolmoiitWhether Whether It was due to the presence at the track of 11 I Whitney an extreme raritv these days or tlie abcncv from the saddle of Eddie Ungan the fact remains that the stable hoodoo was lifted long enough to enable one of its twoyearolds Sea Iltr to win a race This first victory for the famous light bine jacket and brown cap was achieved in the Albany Handicap second on the program The winner demonstrated the M ssessIon of superior mud running qualities and beat good ones in States man Toe Madden Connaught Ranger and Schles wig wigTht Tht tabled history of the Albany Handicap is as followsYear follows Year Winner WinnerIHll AVt Jockey Val Time IHll Dixielino 111 Shaw 2700 1iU 1002 Crcy Friar 117 T Burns 2080112 10 T Cold Saint Sis II Michaels izi 1 15 1510O4 2010114JM5 10O4 Jack Lory 12O Odom 2010114 JM5 James Reildick 112 J Martin 2IO 11 OK 1000 Kddie Ware 107 J Harris 21SO lJii 1007 Jim Caffncy 125 AV Knapp 2025 l15it 1108 Sea Cliff 108 R McDanl 45 117 j R C Doggett familiarly known as Cad Dog ¬ gett formerly one of the most prominent of the clubhouse commissioners and who recently retired from that business with a fortune of 500000 to engage in the business of racing thoroughbreds bids fair to lose his easily acquired wealth by back ¬ ing them Doggett celebrated AAoodcrafts first start In Ids colors by betting heavily on his chances The new turf confederacy was not kept in suspense long for AVoodcraft retired a beaten horse early The race which was at one mile was confined al ¬ most throughout the running to Darknight and Thomas Calhoun Tlie former won and if made the third success at this meeting for the western owner W J Young Considerable YoungConsiderable local interest centered on the fifth race on account of the maiden jocktivs engaged Gallagher who rode Sir Toddington the second best horse to victory bad never ridden in a race before although he has been engaged in helping to break yearlings at the farm for George Miller Turner who was astride of Polly AAatts Is a son of General Sanfords valet Tlie Wrestler a heavily backed favorite was ridden by a diminutive lad named Murphy alert at the start and successful in beating the barrier by a halfdozen lengths but recollecting riding Instructions to wait with his mount he took him up so suddenly that at the end of a furlong the pair were next to last The zealous Murphy obeyed orders so faithfully that he never did get up although It is thought that had he been un ¬ hampered by order The AVrestler might have won by something less than a sixteenth of a mile The mileThe J B AVidcner horses have been shipped back to Sheepshcad Bay BayFayette Fayette one of Maddcns candidates for tomor rows Saratoga Special was worked five furlongs over the Horse Haven track this morning in 105 The last furlong was made in twelve which is considered phenomenal phenomenalMadden Madden is daily engaged In trying out a band of sixteen yearlings These interesting kindergartens occur every morning at Horse Haven A HavenA meeting ofl the stewards of the Jockey Club is announced for tomorrow night Officials for the coming Kmpire City meeting at Yonkers will be appointed appointedA A meeting of tho stewards of the United Hunt and Steeplechase Association will also be held the same night to consider tho advisability of changing the rules for the youngest division of steeplechasers so as to permit threeyearolds to race September 1 a month earlier than heretofore
