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CAPT. CASSATT WINS STAKE SON OF NOTED TURFMAN SCORES INITIAL SUCCESS AT SARATOGA. Famous Colors of Old-Time Stable Borne to Victory in Huron Handicap by Choirmaster of Chcstorbrook, an Added Starter. Saratoga. X. Y.. August IS. Captain K. 15. Cassatt. win of the late A. .1. Cassatt. scored his initial trituniih on- tho American turf tiNlay in the Huron Handicap. Tin- honor of carrying tho famous Cassatt ciilors to victory in a race for the first time in nineteen years foil to Choirmaster of Chosterbrook. a inaMiii throc-ycnr-old liy The Hani. There wore attendant sensational features to the betting ami running. Though opposed liy Aroiulaek, a mud-ran-" ning lilly of stake caliber, and other good ones, including .Miss Kearney. Taboo and Xcthcrmost. the " added starter and despised outsider of the ipiiutet at 10 to 1 shindy smotliered his opposition with speed. A midget named Mulligan was perched on his back, and tlie combination dominated the running throughout in thrilling fashion. Arondack. gameiiess personified, succumbed from pure exhaustion at the end of seven furlongs of fast and unavailing pursuit of the pacemaker. She finished a respectable second. Willi the remainder of the field beaten oft. Mr. and Mrs. Cassatt, who were walking alongside their colt, as he was being led through the pie-turesiiue paddock grounds to the post, simultaneously i-spieil a gleaming horseshoe in their patli and immediately accepted it as an omen of victory. Captain Cassatt secured the proverbial lucky token and presented it to bis wife. The Cassatts were tlie hap piest persons on the course and were overwhelmed with congratulations when their colt won. It is believed that Choirmaster of Chesterbrooks victory will serve to encourage Captain Cassatt to go into racing on an ambitious scale. A clubhouse layer named S. Dieniel was the oid-ltian seriously hurt by the sensational upset in the Huron. He laid one wager, presumably to Captain Cassatt. of ,000 to 00. 1909.sh00 to 04 and 50 lo 00. .lames Itutler. of Empire City track, and his family of three girls and two lioys. were all financially interested in tlie success of the do to 1 chalice and their jubilation was so pronounced tlat hundreds of occupants of that portion of the grandstand turned to look at them. The colors worn lithe jockey on Choirmaster of Chesterbrook todav were identically the same as those of the late A. .T. Cassatt. J. 15. Diamond Jim Brady used them during bis brief career on the turf.. -but renounced them in favor of Captain Cassatt last spring. The card, originally attractive and varied, was seriously depicted by scratchings. Despite the paucity of starters and the inorasslike going, interesting and. in some instances, thrilling sport resulted The California lilly. May Amelia, won the opening dash with ridiculous case, shewing the best form of her career. Iagan 15ey scored in the steeplechase like a top-notcher. Ilampart was the only horse that failed to go the course. He fell, when a keen contender, at the fourteenth jump. Up to that point the field ran in close order and tin; excitement and uncertainty as to tlie outcome were intense. The stewards lectured the steeplechase jockeys in the paddock before tlie race was run. It evidently bad a wholesome effect, for a cleaner and more satisfactory cross-country contest has seldom taken place heroaliouts. E. 15. Cassatt ordered the jockey on Little Friend to complain to the stewards of the foul riding to which he was subjected in the sixtii race. This is the second time he has taken the initiative in this resnect. Seven races will bo carded next Saturday. The extra race is named the Hallston. and is a steeplechase for gentlemen riders. The probable starters and weights are: Pompous. 142; O. K.. 105: Pin castle, 10.!: Pretty Michel, 152; Prince Hampton. 101. and "Meddlesome I5oy. 141. It will lie run as the fifth race.
