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WALDO TAKES THE SPECIAL SWEEP, OFF POORLY, BARELY BEATS HER- KIMER, THE ONLY REMAINING STARTER. Field Mouse Wins the Delaware Handicap for August Belmont Bellwether Scores Over Good Opposition at First Asking: in Bedwell Colors. Saratoga, X. Y.. August 7. The Saratoga Special, for two-year-olds, one of the greatest sporting events of the American turf, was decided here today. Aside from the runny and uncertain going, conditions were perfect, anil the occasion was notable liy reason oi tlie large number of fashionable iiersons present. This was tlie Saratoga meetings fust half Iiolida of sport and was considered a test of its rejuvenated popularity. Every town within a radius of 100 miUs sent its quota of racing enthusiasts. The special excursions from Albany. Tiny and Amsterdam materially augmented the attendance. The field in the Si ial was reduced by scratclilnc to three starters Waldo, Sweep and Herkimer. .Taints It. Keene did not come up to see Ids colt rim. but C. L. Harrison and a parly of his friend!; motored from New York to witness Waldos triumph. There were at least W.0 townsfolk of the Sanfords present, feverishly interested in the outcome, and cheering for the success of their hnuie-hrcd colt. Herkimer. The nice developed into a one-shied affair lie-cause of a fiasco at the start, as a result of which Sweep was well nigh left at the mssi Ktarter .Mars Cassidy said that the dwelling of the favorite at the break was due to the treacherou-gronud suddenly giving way under his hind hctl-s. With Sweep all but eliminated. Waldo and Herkimer raced away heads apart, the latter boring out so strenuously that to avoid being carried t. the outside fence by brute force Nicol dropped back with Waldo and leisurely maintained striking distance pursuit of the comparatively slow pace until straightened out for home, when he sent Waldo into the lead and the race, so far as first mime;, was concerned, was over. In tin- meantime. Sweep was striding along within striking distance of tin other two. but scemiiigly in such laborious fashion that no one conceded him a possible chance to wi jinil little, if any. to beat Herkimer, considering tin latters commanding lead. The Sanford colt lost so much ground by his bor . iiig. tLt.Ujcies that Sweep got up and deprived him r second honofifln the last stride. When the numbers were displayed all the spectators in the betting enclosure and a majority of those located at the left of the finish believed that a mistake had been made. That Sweep got up seemed incredible. The net and important result of todays running of till! Special leaves Waldo the undisputed champion of his year. There were two other attractive stake features, the Saratoga Steeplechase and the Delaware Handicap. The former engaged nearly the best field of Jumpers that has started in the east this year, .including the great Canadian horse. Waterway, considered by some to be the best cross-country racer In training. Baliacallu won by a narrow margin from Waterway, whose showing materially strengthened the general opinion that he is a genuine crack through the Held. Reginald was left at the post, a rare happening in races of this sort. August Belmonts -Field Mouse defeated a quintette, of opponents In the Delaware. Arondack, the runner-up. was seriously interfered with by the winner while making the turn into the stretch. The ini .peding was so palpable and the consequences so costly that all close observers expected a claim of foul, but nothing of the kind developed. Speaking of fouls, there is all aftermath to yesterdays dis-qualilicatioii of Hen Loyal. Jockey Grand said he liad no intention of claiming "a foul against that nlt because his mount. Captain Swanson. had not ibeeli actually touched or impeded by him. but nwner MeGinnis forced him to make the protest. De Miind and King Cobalt raced ingloriously !n Hie opening sprint, and victory went to Bellwether, one of the outsiders, while Hold Note, at 100 to 1, llnlshed a close-up third behind Besom, the favorite. The winners pronounced improvement was ascribed to his recent transfer to II. G. Bod wells stable. J. L. MeGinnis was again active in the bidding-lip line. He ran up Little King, winner of the fifth race, from ,000 to ,000. The colt was Ivought in. James Butler, of the Empire City Association, was a visitor at the Saratoga course this afternoon. The fact that Eddie Dugan was three pounds over weight deprived him of the mount on Field Afonse.
