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DORANTES TRAYERS STAKES HOLDS KING JAMES SAFE AT THE END OF A LONG STRETCH DRIVE Far West Takes the Handicap Court Lady in a aClose Close Finish Frequent Showers ShowersAffect Affect the Coins Saratoga N Y August 11 Rain fell at the right moment for Dorante anil the converted track conditions enabled the battered and crippled son of Iessara Lady Augusta to defeat some highclass threeyearolds in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga today The lield named overnight was reduced by the withdrawal of Stamina to a quintette of start vrs all colts of considerable excellence including King James which would have been a champion in any but a Colin Celt and Fair 1lay year Dbraiite which not so long ago started a favorite for the Realization in which he was1 considered such a for ¬ midable quantity that rumor credited even Colin and Celt with dodging him Bar None the highest tried maiden of his age Sir Johnson a recent near record breaker and Blauconp whose claim to con ¬ sideration was his well known prcdelictlon for the mud mudThe The opening betting saw John R Maddeus can ¬ didate installed as the public choice at 7 to 5 King James price receded steadily until it reached the Jiigh water mark at 11 to 5 when a reaction to 2 to 1 took iplace The inackct about Dorante was unexpectedly firm at about G to 1 despite the con ¬ siderable weight concession he was compelled to Kive every one of his opponents With the other two liar None and Sir John Jobnson in steady de ¬ mand the Travers of 100S will go down in history us one of the best betting races of this or any other year yearThe The start which took place in front of the grandstand was both prompt and good Sir John Johnson drew out at once and showed tha way witli the hardheld King James in close attendance Beau coup and Bar None were close np the latter under a choking pull and Dorante the eventual winner a trailer and seemingly under pressure to keep up This order was maintained for six furlongs when there was a general closing up King James and Dorante improving their positions fast Maddens wit had established a comfortable lead when begin jiing the final three furlongs and seemed all over 1he winner until midway of the stretch where Dorante loomed up quickly and ranged alongside In Uic punishing close drive which ensued King James succumbed for lack of condition to the well veasoned Dorante which drew out a victor in the last halfdozen strides of one of the truest run races seen this season Bcancoups mudrunning qualities were emphasized by his outstaying the otber two horses for tiiird honors Bar Nonp appeared a mag ¬ nificent specimen of the thoroughbred hut his snow white sinkles were discolored by a liberal coating of iodine iodineThe The Travers Stakes is an ancient fixture first run in 1801 at one and threequarter miles Its distance was reduced to one and oneeighth miles in 1901 since which the tabled history of the race is shown below Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1001 Blues 120 Shaw 0750 l5iis l5iis1JM2 1JM2 llcnnis Ill Rice i7r 0 154 fc 1903 Ada Nay 100 ONeill S150 157 157IHU IHU Broomstick 12f T Burns 5850 2 0 i I05 Dandelion Ill Shaw 8350 208 1905 fiallavant Ill W Miller 5800 2OSi 1907 Frank Gill 129 Nottcr 1800207 3008 2012One Dorante lit J Lee 5SOO 2012 One and oneeighth miles in 101 1902 and 1003 1003The The big race was run in a drizzle intermittent light showers prevailing all afternoon The opening race began with an upset but Sanguines victory was not a clear cut one as he indulged in a pro ¬ pensity for boring to the inner rail and all through the stretch preventing J C Core the favorite from winning Notter neglected lodging a claim of foul against Sanguine because he never does that sort of thing but prefers to get even iu another way The running of the race following was marked by a pleasing form vindication in the success of Far West the oddson favorite favoriteCourt Court Lady was awarded the decision in the third race by what must have been the narrowest margin K ssible since a big majority of the spectators thought that Arondack had won The Wrestler boat Sir Toddington by nearly a sixteenth of a mile today In the recent previous meeting between these two The Wrestler finished a good second secondAugust August Belmonts Rostrum vanquished a big band of twoyearolds including a number of halfbrothers to distinguished runners in the closing juvenile dash Lighthouse i halfbrother to Cairngorm carried a big stable commission So did Bird of Flight 11 i halfbrother to the famous Kings Courier Thomas II Williams started a halfbrother to Major Dainger lield in Mi Derecho and Rostrum the winner is a full brother to John Bodeiis fast filly Rose Tint TintAlanda Alanda lashed out with her heels in the paddock caught a spectator on the hack of the head and nearly killed him Fortunately the blow was a glancing one and the injured man felt all right after the ciJt had been closed with a few stitches stitchesEd Ed Wray Barney Schreibers starter in the sixth race lurched at the start jud threw jockey II Sbreve over his head with n injuries injuriesPeter Peter Wimmer takes charge forthwith of the Sen orita Stud in Kentucky1 Kentucky1Entry Entry blanks for the coming Toronto meetings fine array of ten stakes were Issued at the track this afternoon afternoonJack Jack Atkin will be shipped to Yonkcrs tonight The great horse is an intended starter in the Yonk ers Handicap on the opening day dayJames James R Kcene will be here tomorrow to witness the running of his twoyearold Ilelmet in the United States Hotel Stakes
