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SWEEP REGAINS PRESTIGE JOCKEY BUTWELL. RESTORED TO FAVOR, PILOTS KEENE COLT TO VICTORY. Combination Is One That Has Not Yet Been Beaten May River Defeats Prince Gal in Seneca Stakes at Sprinting Distance Saratoga. X. Y., August 12. Swoops prosonco in tlio introductory dash :it the race course today aroused more interest ami sentiment than all of the icmaiuing races in the card combined. Jockey Rut-",vell. temporarily restored to favor, had tht- mount on .lames K. Keones crack. Tims far the combination of horse and jockey has an unbeaten record. Scoville rode the colt in his two defeats. Luckily for Sweeps backers, he was on this occasion engaged elsewhere. K. H. Rrndloy claiming his services on Coliuet. which 1mished many lengths behind the winner. Sweeps survival at the end of an extraordinarily trying journey completely rehabilitated him in the estimation of race-goers. It took j great deal out of him to prevail over and draw away from Herkimer, the steadily boring-out pacemaker for half a mile, hut his courage and stamina were put o a supreme test when the staying lilly. Louise S.. loomed up with a menacing stretch challenge. When Sweeps number was displayed as the? victor much applause was forthcoming. Many two-year-olds of note linished unplaced in this race, including Rusy, Coliuet. Angerona. Cherryola, Herkimer, Medallion. Searpia and Hampton Court. All the starters in the steeplechase excepting Grandpa and Student King were eliminated early. This left two horses of widely separate class to continue the two-mile journey and there was not thereafter even the semblance of a contest. Sim-glow was so badly Injured that he may never race again. Jockey Powers, who has been riding in extremely poor form since the opening of the Saratoga meeting, failed to take advantage of the best of opMr-tunities to break his string of defeats by getting away badly with lrince Sal. favorite in the stake feature of the program anil the consequence was that lrince !al suffered a head defeat by May River. The tabled history of the Seneca Selling Stakes is given below: Year. Winner. Wt. Jockey. Val. -Time. 1JKI1 The Musketeer. ..Ill ShaV .. . . . .Sl.SHO 1:13?. 1P02 Delagoa 10S Shaw 2.010 1:1::?. 3SMBS Castalian ..i lot! T. Hums... 2.280 1:174 1004 Divination 101 J. Martin.. 2.2.". 1 ;i::g 1!05 Incantation 101 T. Hums... 1,830 1:14 !00 Hen Han 10 W. Knapp.. l.NOO 1:15? 1!M7 .1. C. Core 100 W. Miller.. 1,805 1:14 1!0S Woodcraft ill Sweet ...... 355 1:12 lbO.l May River 10.! Creevy G7.". 1:1:: In the mile handicap. Malt hie. Dorante. Winter-green and Live Wire were among those ingloriously beaten. Danoscarns success evoked much enthusiasm, a numerous contingent from Amsterdam being present to cheer the Sail ford colors to victory. The two-year-old selling race was contested by a big lield. Inruliness at the post on the part of several of the contestants entailed a long delay. The actual break finally found Follio Levy, eunal favorite with Ostond and limp, a long shot, left at the post. W. S. Houses gelding scored in convincing fashion. An unusual number of rips were turned loose in the last race, which was for three-year-old maidens. John Florio. the hottest oik- of them all. wont lame in the running after holding a prominent position for half the journey. On complaint of other jockeys. II. Dugan was summoned to appear before the stewards after the last race. His offense consisted of crossing his lield sharply with Racing Hell at the start. Dugan was suspended for two racing days, with a warning that a repetition of his foul riding would result in the revocation of his license. General San ford said that the colt. Van Den. by Itocktou Retaliation, which linished third in the sixth race, was the highest tried yearling ever bred at Hurricana Stud. It was announced that the entry of Recruit, one of the slarters in the steeplechase that refused to go over the course, will lie refused hereafter. A notice ixisted today that all selling nice winners will In future be sold in the paddock by the presiding judge, Clarence iMcDoweli. also contains si request tliat owners of the placed horses be on hand with their charges until the sale is over. King James worked a mile today in 1:121. The indications tonight are for clear weather and ;i fast track tomorrow.
