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JACK ATKIN AGAIN HIMSELF BARNEY SCHHEIBEKS GREAT SPRINTER WINS THE FLEETWING HANDICAP. Shows His Dazzling Old-Time Speed in Beating Good Opposition and Receives Great Ovation Spooner Also Comes Back to "Winning Form. S New York, July 20. Barney Sclireibers great horse. Jack Atkin, won the Fleetwing Handicap at Yonkers today from six lightly, weighted opponents in 1:12 for this six furlongs. The other starters were Half Sovereign, Arondack, Itialto, Colloquy. Bat Masterson and Pantoutie. The cliampion sprinter of last season is once more in grand form and showed pronounced superiority to liis opposition, as well as improved form over his preceding race at Belmont Park, where lie flayed the ignominious role of second iiddle to a vastly inferior stable companion. IJarriftan. Since then he has changed trainers. John Towers has had liim in hand for several weeks. Jack Atkin was enthusiastically cheered when lie paraded past the grandstand on Ills way to the post in the big race, but this demonstration was subsequently dwarfed by the ovation which greeted the magnificent live-year-old son of Sain El Salado when he came Into Ills own in the Fleetwing. Getting away last the Missouri-bred racer forged rapidly into the lead. Notwithstanding that he had 130 pounds up, the big sprinter was timed separately In 22 seconds the first quarter. He increased his advantage at pleasure as the race progressed, until the finish found him pulled up two lengths before the runner-up Half Sovereign. The Belmont lilly made a particularly good showing and will prove a formidable factor in the fag end of the seasons sprint racing. Itialto. heaviiy played, ran below , par. Some of the layers offered as good as 3 to 1 about the winner at the opening of betting and 2 to 1 was laid everywhere for large sums. It Is said that Tom Shaw won a fortune on the success of the Schreiber colors this afternoon, and convincing proof that they are highly popular on the American turf was forthcoming. The two-yoar-old race at five and a half furlongs ranked next in importance to the stake feature. It was a big betting affair and Colinet, best backed of the six youngsters that started, won with impressive ease. Colinets defeat in bis previous race was due to an accident at the start whereby he was practically eliminated as a contender. Charlie Hargrave made a sensational closing sprint into second place and may. after all, .xace up to Jiis early private work. Follie Levys marvoifsly"fast -early pace-making was a striking feature of .this interesting contest. Spooner, after virtually a year in eclipse, scored convincingly in the third, a selling affair at six furlongs. Leinaires gelding was backed to the exclusion of almost every other horse in the race and the ring was mulcted in a big way. Shamrock, which finished second to May Florence, at odds of 00 to 1, was the surprise of the second race. This exquisitely bred Whitney castoff cost his present owner only as a yearling. Superstition had matters all his own way in the last race, the two choices, ISeauclere aud Bellevieu. trailing in the. rear of their field until too late for their respective final moves to lie effective. The jockeys on the defeated choices Taplin and Lynch were busily engaged in getting in one anothers way during the first mile of the running. McCahey was conspicuous in a jockey way witli two winners. He is coming to lie regarded as one of the best lightweight riders in the country. The fine card that was offered drew a more than average attendance to the track today. The wind dried out the track considerably overnight and the going was better than on any other day of the season so far. T. Wl OBrien Urns purchased Mellowmint for ,400 from J. It. Taylor, and the horse will be handled by Andy Blakeley in future. Fireball was cut down in bis race of yesterday, and it will lie at least some days before he will be able to start again. Keep Moving, another of Bedwells starters yesterday, was kicked at the post by Summer Night. The Saratoga Association lias issued its program book for the twenty-four days of August raciug at the Spa.
