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FAST RUNNING AT SARATOGA BESOM MAKES NEW TRACK RECORD OF 1:11 3-5 FOR SIX FURLONGS. Field Mouse Follows Up Besoms Feat hy Equaling Track Record of 1:37 3-5 for the Miio in Winning the Saranac Handicap. Saratoga, N. Y., August 20. -August Belmonts Field Mouse gave a dazzling display of speed in winning the Saranac Handicap, one mile, at the Saratoga Associations course today. Two crack western racers, Wintergreen and Crystal Maid. winner o tlie Kentucky Derby and Latonia Oaks, respectively, were among the ten that she defeated. Tlie winners speed from first to last was electrifying, tlie mile being run in the track-record time of 1:372. established by Delhi August 2. 1004. Dy common consent. Wintergreen, the runner-up. was the real hero of the race. Todays brilliant jerformance was the culmination of a series of recent qualifying efforts, and an attempted conp on him failed only because of :E. Martins shortcomings in the saddle. Tlie Itcspcss three-yearrold ran on his own courage through tlie final gruelling quarter today and was overhauling the leader In a manner that brought- the spectators to their feet In a frenzy of enthusiasm. After having maintained nearest and most strenuous pursuit of the Hying pacemaker from the start, Wintergreen was running on so stronglv that it seemed almost a certainty that Ire would head her before tlie finish. Dugan rode an especially strong finish on Field Mouse and succeeded In making her last. Gliding Delle. one of the starters in this event, ran tlie race of her caieer and was timed separately in 1:38. Donald Macdonald also ran a remarkable race after getting away badly. Despite the disadvantage of an extreme outside position throughout. Chlnns gelding gained fully ten lengths on the leaders in the last three-quarters. Wise Mason, ridden by jockey Scoville. ran a bad race. It is said that his jockey had one foot out of the stirrup at the outset and., unable to hold his position, was forced to pull up. Tlie fact Temains that the half-brother to McChesnej- was never at any stage a serious contender, though backed into hot favoritism. The stake feature was not the only race attended by sensationally fast running. In the opening race, a handicap, Desom ran six furlongs in 1:11 3-5, which created a new track reconl for tlie distance. Dreamer was a good second and probably ran the fastest race of "his career. That Shannon, a two-year-old with only SS pounds to carry., could not keep up at any stage of tin; running and figured a trailer all the way, confirms the general opinion that this seasons crop of two-year-olds are below those of previous years in class. Expansionist scored as favorite In the steeplechase. Grandpa threatened to win up to the fourteenth jump, where a bad landing put him out of contention for first money. The Tompkins starter. Digot. ridden by W. Allen, ran a quarter of a mile in a false break. This unlucky cross-country jockey has fallen In races so frequently hereabouts that his nerve lias been destroyed. Attcr every failure he has declared his Intention to quit the hazardous occupation, but his employer has always succeeded in getting him to revise his plans. Little King, whose preliminary was so unpromising that it kept the public from backing him. made his opponents look cheap Trainer Durcli has the faculty of sending his horses to the post fit, despite their unenticlng warm-ups. In Anthropaida. Mrs. L. A. Livingston uncovered a crack filly in the maiden two-year-old race, which closed the card. The beautiful daughter or Armeatli, II. Missing Link, held at 7 to 10. toyed with a big hand of opixments under Scovilles leisurely and confident ride. Candleberry worked today for the Futurity as follows: 233. :Vt. 478. .1:00. 1:135, easing up. It was considered a wonderful trial. F. A. Forsythe left for Kentucky today for the purpose of sending twenty-eight yearlings to the September sales at Sheepshead Day. The Jockey Club will donate a. plate of the value of 00 to the Dowie Cup of two miles, to be run at Pimlico this fall. J. E. Madden returned from Cleveland today and was overwhelmed with congratulations, upon the unparalleled feat of his trotting queen Hamburg Delle. Y. A. Forsythe says that all of his horses will he sold at auction without reserve and that he has consistently refused to privately price any of them to intending purchasers.
