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LAHORE RUNS A GAME RACE COLORS OF J 0 TALBOTT ARE CARRIED TO VICTORY IN DELAWARE HANDICAP Son of Delhi and Nora Creina Is Knocked Back in Early Part of Saratoga Feature Race but Over ¬ comes Disadvantage and Wins by a Head Saratoga N Y August 5 The Delaware Han ¬ dicap one mile for horses three years old and up ¬ ward was the feature event decided here this after ¬ noon and J O Talbotts Lahore running one of the Iwst races that ho has shown this year was returned the winner after a pretty struggle Lahore was pinched off and knocked back to next to last place after the start and as he remained in that i osition until the far turn was reached he appeared to be out of the running But then Borel sent him n after the ethers and showing a dazzling burst of sjieed hi picked them up one bv one At the furr long ost he overtook Light M Life which had wrested the lead from Spring Board and in the hard drive to tho finish Lahore stood the strain best and scored bv a head Guv Fisher closed fast in the stiHoh and finished in third place Spring Board quit to a walk in tho last furlong furlongThe The tabled history of the Delaware Handicap is given below Year Winner AWt Jockey ckey Val Time 3001 Blues 3 3 12 Shaw r I I910 10 347 47 1002 Chuctanumla 4 IKS Odom 11 2305 13S 13Sion 1103 Gimcrack 3 102 Gannon ion 2400 l4i l4ii 1004 Molly Brant 4 112 Lyne i 2535 130 10U5 Molly Brant 5 115 Knapp p 2220 130 100IJ Dandelion 4 120 Sewcll 11 1S3S 138 138man 1007 Vails 3 19 Beckman man 2220 1158JOOS 138 JOOS Bcauconp 00 McCahey ihey 530 530140 140 140iihey 1000 Field Mouse 5 58 McCahey iihey 1385 142 142Powers 1010 Sir J Johnson 5 324 V Powers 2845 140 1013 Lahore 5 112 Borel 1 2285 130 130Distance 139Xo Xo nicing in 1011 and 1012 Distance one and onesixteenth miles in 1001 1001V V P Northev eeretarv of the Montreal Jockey lub is here in the interest of the fall stakes for 4 tomorrow With Mr Northey came quite a jiTirty of Montreal folks whose particular object was to soon WIckson race in the steeplechase They backed him to a man WIckson closed favorite wen to the front on the last circuit and won eased up His owner L A Ekers former mayor of Montreal WMS In the party Wickson was purchased by Mr Ekers for 300 several years ago to run at a hunt club race The race failed to fill and Mr Ekers has had him ever since On his showing today he prob ¬ ably will win many races for his owner ownerV V P Higgs secretary of the Maryland Jockey Club came into town last night and will remain here fiir a week or more moreJockey Jockey P Ford who had been suspended by Frederick Johnson to whom he has been under con ¬ tract has been reinstated by Mr Johnson and will be seen in UK saddle tomorrow tomorrowBob Bob It the horse that Albert Simons took out of a selling race last night for 2200 bus been sold to J 0 Talbott but the terms of the sale were not made public publicAstute Astute which was a starter in the steeplechase and which showed good speed for a mile is eligible for the Harbor Hill Cup which will be run during the Piping Hock meeting this fall This event is for threeyearolds and is a valuable stake stakeItaoiil Itaoiil one of the starters in the closing dash is by the well known stallion Oiseau now belong ¬ ing to the Canadian Breeding Bureau
