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ROWE SATISFIED SWEEP WILL DO. Colts Showing of Yesterday Pleases His Trainer Hopeful Candidates Get Final Keying Up. Saratoga. X. Y., August 12. Swoop found a track to his liking today, and, with 120 pounds up. won the opening handicap, running three-quarters in 1:1::. Herkimer, a colt of groat speed but unable to maintain a strong pace for over half a mile, cut out the work. Sweep broke in the middle of the bunch, quickly advanced to the pacemakers shoulder and the pair drew away from ail others, excepting Hampton Court. Hutwell, wearing the Keene colors for the lirst time since June 12, when he eased up Hilarious in the last sixteenth of the Carlton Stakes to an extent that enabled Joe Madden to almost il him on the post, was astride of Sweep. He rode with commendable judgment, eased the colt around the turn, permitting Herkimer to draw clear, and then moved up and assumed command on straightening out. lie took no chances but set tin? colt down and hand rode for three hundred yards. It was well he did so. Louise S.. carrying 107 pounds, after having avoided the eariy pace, linished strongly and Sweep had to lie fully extended to reach the goal lirst by a neck, according to the judges view of the llnish. Imise S. is evidently better than rated. It Is likely that handicapper Vosburgh will have more respect for her in future. While Sweep did not equal his work, his showing wis in nil respects pleasing to Jimmy Rowo, who said: "I watched him so closely that 1 did not even time the race. I wanted to see if he could not get away liettcr and run lietler than he did in the Special. He showed me that he could run when he had a chance. The other day lie could not stride in Hie going. I cannot tell whether I will start him in tiie Hopeful. Perhaps I will. lie will have to carry 130 pounds some time and may as well take It up Saturday as at any later time." Candleberry will start in the Hopeful. He wns worked this afternoon between the third and fourth races. Tom Healv said: "It was nice work and he will start Saturday." Harleythorpe and Ocean Hound wore wound up for the Hopeful this morning. The former displayed much speed hut tired at ho end. Ills fractionals were: lis. 225, ::t, 4US. mil, 1:07?. 1:14?. it is not improbable that he will be tin- pacemaker or right witli the pace for at least half a mile. Some dockers assert that no-IhiiI.vs two-year-old can outrun him. Other .observers of the colts work express the belief that Char lev Hughes has not done enough with him to lit him for so severe a contest as the Hopeful is extiected to be. Ocean Hound Is roadv. She did her trial well in 1:15. the lirst five-eighths in 1:00?. She pulled up somewhat sore stud moved tenderly on her right fore foot, but no worse than in her work before the Spinawav. Her admirers are confident she will outrun the colts Saturday. George .1. Long will probably have a representative iu the Hopeful. Don Antonio was sent tbree-quar- tors Wednesday in 1:14? and it is assumed that It was preparatory to racing Saturday. .May River beat a real good tiling today when he headed Prince Gal home in the Seneca. He went wide lust as he did when he woii Monday. When Pat Dunne commented on the long route Creevy took the gelding .Monday. Tom Ilealy replied: "I didnt care how far out he went so long as he did nut have to pull off other horses. He is a horse that you cannot hurry and you cannot take him back without throwing him oil his stride." Danoscara won the mile handicap impressively. She was a hot tip on work since her previous start. Dorante was well thought of by the Forsythe connections. He made a promising move on the turn but otherwise did nothing to justify the backing he received. Rome Respess held an involuntary reception in the paddock before he sent Wintergrcen to the post. Will Woodward became facetious over the gathering and remarked: "Rome, if you had not won that race yesterday not one of us would have come near yon." The jumping race was begun with thrilling, although not serious accidents, and terminated in a roaring farce. The lirst time at the water jump Mono bolted and tried to clear the left wing, which he tore down as he plunged headlong beyond. Then, at the Liverpool, directly opposite-the clubhouse. Sun-glow and Recruit came to grief. Kerniath. who rode Recruit, was carried away in au ambulance, but had fully recovered before nightfall. The other riders escaped unhurt. The second time around Croolin, after running close to the Liverpool, refused with a sudden prop and turn that provoked general laughter. After three efforts to force the horse over the obstacle the rider dismounted. An exercise boy then tried to make the horse take the -jump. Held straight and unable to shy. Creolin jumped on the hedge, dropped the boy in the ditch and then climbed back to level ground. Then the stewards sent an order for the exercise boy to stop because the regular rider was standing on the ground unhurt. Xo such order was necessary. The exercise boy had had enough and had stopped.
