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KENTUCKY TO RESPONSFUL WILSON FILLY OPPOSED IN SARATOGA FEATURE ONLY BY GLEN HELEN. Queen Marguerite Disqualified Under Peculiar Circumstances After Finishing First in Opening Race Favorites in Eclipse. Saratoga, N. Y., August 2.1. With the solitary exception or the Kentucky Spiling Stakes, which had only two starters Itesponsful and Glen Helen big fields ruled at the Saratoga Associations course today. The two-horse feature developed keen con-teutlon. with the result in doubt until the liiial sixteenth, where the Wilson lilly, by virtue of the superior horsemanship of jockey Creevy. drew out. The latter "kidded" his diminutive opponent. C Miller, to such an extent that the latter got rattled and failed to bring out the latent sliced still left in Men Helen. The latter was running strongly at the end and was only beaten a scant half length after having controlled the pace for more than a ball mile. Queen Marguerite, the dominant factor in U12 opening dash, at a mile, was disiiualilied on a fold committed under ptKMilIar circumstances. Comedienne and Footpad were both imiKded by the winner, but the former, stopping badly in front of Footpad, invited the interference. Jockey Butwell. who was riding Footpad, called out to Upton to pull out and let him through on the inside. Leibert. on Queen Marguerite, immediately sent his mount across the pair into -the lead, and came on to win with impressive ease after crowding Comedienne over in front of Footpad and causing the latter to pull up at a critical joint in the race. The running or the steeplechase was marked by several thrilling spills and the elimination of the two heavily-played public choices. Commodore Fontaine and Sandy Creeker, at the fatal Liverpool in front of the grandstand and in plain view of the spectators. Both came terrific croppers at the same time, when speeding away from the other horses. The favorite. Commodore Fontaine, was so badly injured that it was considered advisable to shoot Itlin to end his sufferings. Million, his jockey, was knocked senseless and was at the iioint of death tonight. Examination at the hospital showed that the unfortunate lad sustained concussion of the brain. There is slight hope of his recovery. Dupee, the other fallen rider, miraculously escaped unhurt. The mixup enabled Sunglow to steal a long lead on the others, hut he. too. came to grief later on and this left Bobbin Around. Student King and Xparker to tight it out. The winner. Bobbin Around, is tho most promising steeplechase prospect that lias developed this season. The handicap, at a mile and an eighth, was the outstanding racing feature of the card. Despite two conspicuous absentees in Moqnette and Maltbie. the field was made up of an evenly balanced and classy lot of horses. The start found the favorite. Sir John Johnson, unprepared and he cut no serioip ligure in the running. For a quarter of a mile lie was securely pocketed behind a solid wall of horses, and his only chance of obtaining clear sailing was to jump over them. The winner turned up in the skillfully and patiently ridden Rio Grande, carrying seven pounds, including overweight and a tive-pounds penalty, more than his handicap allotment of ninety-seven pounds. Both Miss Kearney and Zienap displayed astonishing improvement over their previous races In finishing second and third. That improvement was expected from the juggled Schulte pair was foreshadowed by the betting." Big and unwieldy fields of horses contested tho fifth and sixth races. The start probably determined the result in both instances. Each was marked by a successful betting coup. Aunt Jule and St. Dciiiiol being the mediums. General MacGregor, quoted in spots at 100 to 1, was a sensational runner-up in the lust race. Aunt Jule was hid up from 00 to ,000 by U. G. Bedwell. but was bought in by her owners. The famous Pat Meaneys colors were seen for the first time in several years on Spotlight, a starter in Ihe sixth race. Barney Schreiber, who arrived this morning from his Woodlands Farm in Missouri, was a visitor at the course this afternoon. Mr. Schreiber intends to remain in the east until the end of the season. .1. E. Madden is in receipt of a cablegram containing the information that Plaudit will leave for the United States in Septembers He will again be placed in the stud at Hamburg place in Kentucky. Italeigh Colston, trainer of Waldo, states that the colt was not seriously injured in the United States Hotel Stakes last Saturday, although bits of his skin and hair are still on the fence rail into which lie was crowded. Colston also added that Fauntleroy did not Interfere with Waldo at any stage of the running, but that Shannon and Chickasaw both had a part in it. He blames Nicol for punishing his mount unnecessarily, after he saw that he had no chance to win or run second. Nieol stated positively that it was Chickasaw and Shannon that were responsible for fouling Waldo. "Fauntleroy was so far in front that 1 did not even see him until I leached the stretch," exclaimed the jockey Page, the jockey who rode Chickasaw, said that his horse whirled at tho start and was nearly left, and that he lid not get alongside Shannon and Waldo until the second furlong. Comedienne bled slightly from the nostrils after her race today. G. It. Tompkins suffered an attack of illness during the afternoon and was taken to the hospital for treatment. Oaiidlelierry. It. T. Wilson. Jrs Futurity candidate, worked today as follows: 2:!;. 35S. -18J. 1:01s. 1:142. easily. Lothario went three-quarters in 1:1S and seven-eighths in l:33i. pulled up. Other works: Glennadenne. seven-eighths in 1:32. -pulled up: Scar phi. three-quarters in 1:178: Mary Davis, three-eighths in .Mi!, and pulled up a half mile In 47?.. laiaroita, five-eighths in 1:02. breezing; Turncoat. 23?. 35ii. 47?. 1:00H. 1:13s, 1:20;. l:io;. Jockey Leibert has been suspended for the meeting for foul Ihling on Queen Marguerite. H. G. Bedwell ships to Fort Erie tomorrow.
