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SCARPIA WINS ADIRONDACK CHELSEA STABLES CANDIDATE TRIUMPHS OVER GOOD OPPOSITION IN STAKE. May River Wins Handicap Feature of Saratoga Card in Sensational Finish with Zienap and Danoscara. Saratoga. X. Y.. August 25. Tliif Chelsea Stables big Broomstick Ida Ford cult. Scarpia, won the valuable lAdirondaek Handicap today. Scarpia triumphed over eleven cither juveniles of good class in race-horse fashion. Although the winner was in receipt of weight concessions from every one of his opponents and his margin of victory was conipar-ativel.v small, experts were distinctly impressed by his victory and the manner of its accomplishment. Scarpia lias size, duality and speed and is believed to In; one of the best three-year-old prospects of tin? season. There were two added starters. Democrat and Joe Morris, and a singular diversity of luck attended this pair. The former was pulled up at the start and thereby eliminated from serious contention, while the latter furnished the keenest of contention throughout. Chickasaw was the runner-up and carried top weight of 11G pounds in a remarkable effort. Proceedings began inauspiciously for tliat portion of the betting public which had backed Spooner into pronounced favoritism. The start destroyed his ohances, while the Chelsea Stables hot tip, Simple Honours, favored by a Hying send-off. was never headed and scored a tluke victory. The field was large and unwieldy and Spooner had to crowd his way through to lie a close second at the finish. AVapnnoca. formerly a fast beginner, has accpiired the habit of dwelling at the start and. as on a previous occasion, got away badly. The steeplechase developed unique betting and running angles, liallacalla, on the strength of his recent victory over Waterway, hitherto considered the best juniper in local training, was made an even-money favorite in the opening betting. He was almost instantly supplanted by St. Nick, and a moment later both were superceded by Unfits, on which it was possible to place a wager at 7 to 5. There-was as high as r to 1 posted, but not laid against the last named, on which all the play centered at any price. Itufus lias a private reputation as a world-heater through the field. In the running, lie led by nearly twenty lengths. liallacalla, under a choking pull, was always second, while St. Nick and Grace Cameron retired early, Beginning the last mile the favorite evinced signs of weariness and fenced clumsily. At his second attempt of the Liverpool be lauded in the water, but was able to drag himself out and proceed unchallenged on his Journey, to vu by as far as he pleased. In nine cases out of tun, a blunder like Itufus would have entailed certain defeat, hut there was no opposition wortli mentioning. Hets were freely laid at evens that jockev Wilson would be suspended before he left the scales room. The ride on Ballacalla was ollieially described as incompetent. Wilson, who is trainer for Mr. Chet-lalids stable of jumpers, is over fifty years old and formerly rode successfully, it is said. Urace Cameron broke down hopelessly in the race. Turncoat showed a glimpse of his private form in winning the third race. The Keene cast-oil had all the good luck iiossihle in the running, while the reverse was the case with Yania, which finished a close-up and fast-going second. K. II. Davis three-year-old seems to run kindly for little Tansey. The mile handicap developed the most interesting contest of the afternoon. Mav River scoring a spectacular nose victory over Zienap. with Danoscara a close-up third. The Wilson gelding was last of his field and on the extreme outside making the last turn and it seemed hopeless to essay the task of cutting down his opponents lead, but he accomplished it successfully and sensationally with the spectators on their feet in a frenzy of excitement and applause. , More good things have materialized at this meeting than were ever known before at Saratoga, always a prolific place for that sort of thing. ilie hist race developed a coup of large proportions, with Henderson, backed from :K down to 10 to 1. as the medium. His margin of victory was so small that the issue remained in doubt until his number was displayed. A majority of the onlookers thought Zaeatecas had won. II is rumored that the fall meeting at IMmlico Will be held after the- close of the New York season on November l."i. in order to avoid a contlict of dates. Jockeys Davenport and I.each have been suspended for the remainder of the meeting.
