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WALDO BEING RESERVED FOR SARATOGA. New York, July C. The reason Charles L. Harrison did not start his good colt. Waldo, winner of the Juvenile and Laureate Stakes at Belmont Park sllid the Manhanset and Tremont at Jravesend. in the Great Trial at Sheepshead Bay Saturday was that the son of Ilanudes is in temporary retirement. Mr. Harrison declared on the eve of the running of the Tremont that whether the colt won or lost he would be laid by until the Saratoga meeting. He is adhering unswervingly to that determination. Mr. Harrison wants Waldo to get to the Saratoga races in first-class condition, because he is acutely anxious to win the Saratoga Special, a race in which it seems reasonably certain that James R. Keene will start kis crack Ben Brush colt. Sweep. The sportsmanlike character of the Special appeals to Mr. Harrison. He will regard such a race a fair test of the qualities of Sweep and Waldo, because tiie two colts will carry scale weight if they meet. Neither will be penalized tor earlier successes. James Gaffncy, the .friend of Mr. Harrison who purchased Alfred Noble from him recently for 5,-1100, would like to own Waldo, but Mr. Harrison does not care to part with the two-year-old. Mr. Harrison, who is a breeder of thoroughbreds, realizes that Waldo has a future in the stud. And if the Ilanudes colt, far and away the best son of bis sire that lias yet come to the races, makes a first-class reputation as a three or four-year-old. he will lc especially valuable. Alfred Noble is a good horse and a tine individual, but when he is through racing lie will be valueless. He is a gelding. Alfred Noble is to have one more race at Sheeps-liead Bay. The big Garry Herrmann horse will start next Saturday in the Long Island Handicap at one mile and a furlong for three-year-olds and over. If Alfred Noble makes a creditable showing in this rr.ee he may start at Winkers iu the Empire Citv Handicap, a ,000 race at one mile and an eighth that will attract the best handicap horses in training.
