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ROCK VIEW HAS BAD LUCK BELMONT THREEYEAROLD FAILS TO PLACE IN SARANAC HANDICAP feature Race at Saratoga Is Won by Ten Point an anAdded Added Starter Schuyler Parsons Scores His HisFirst First Success as Racing Owner Saratoga X Y August 19 August Belmont was disappointed man after the running of the tnurth race this afternoon as lie had expected to win tlio preceding purse with Stromboli and the Karanae Handicap with Hock View Both met d tVat Stromholt a prohibitive Choice in the third was not ridden in the best possible manner by Fer ¬ guson who not only got away poorly with his mount but was no match for McTaggart when it came down to a drive through the stretch and Surprising beat Stromboll a neck The biggest disappointment came when Hock View failed to take any portion of the money in his race which in a way was due to mishap at the start lie broke well enough with his company but wliea jockey Glass tried to rush his mount past Flying Fairy LHJ chares ami Nightstick they formed a sort of wedge wi that Hock View was sharply cut off and had to be taken up sharply to prevent an accident This of course knocked him out of his stride and while lie went around the others and showed some speed in the racing to the stretch he finally tired and fell back The winner was A L Astes Ten Point an added starter which led from start to finish anil won handilyThe handily The tabled history of the Saranac Handicap is as follows Year Winner Wt Jockey ValTime 1 01 Dublin US Shaw 3850 152 3902 Ilermis 122 Hice 5150 151 103 Molly Brant 100 J Martin 5075 155 104 Dollv Spanker 115 Shaw 3S50 155 31105 Dandelion 110 ONeill S50 155 155100C 100C Gallavant llJ V Miller S50 151 1107 Vails 11 W Miller 3850 153 1908 Golconda 97 1 McCthy 50 157 157HI09 HI09 Field Mouse Ill E Dngan 1410 137 1110 Martinci 112 S Davis 2315 152 1111 Ten Point 124 Loftus 1S55 139 139No No racing in 1111 and 1012 Distance one mile in 1909IfrTranid 1909 IfrTranid thetilly that Schuyler t Parsons pur TUHSCMI for 000 during the Belmont Park meeting after she hail been bought out of the sale of the Kohler horses won her first race for her new owner when she was returned an easy winner oC the closing dash This was the initial success for this owner who is one of the leading members of the Jockey Club and who recently made his debut as a racing owner Tranid was ridden by Karrick It was the hitters lirst winning mount during the meeting meetingJockey Jockey Tommy MeTaggart who has been on the ailing list for several days was able to gallop some horses this morning hut ou the advice of his em ¬ ployer August Belmont he did not ride as Sir Beluiont wishes him to get his strength back Mo Taggart was anxious to ride both Rock View and Stromboli particularly Hock View as he handles him letter than any other boy Had he ridden lioth horses It is a certainty that Stromboli would have won and matters might have been different with Rock View ViewMcTaggurts McTaggurts brother Johnny who is in the limelight these days bocause of his skilful riding is certainly one of the most promising riders seen in years He rode Honey Bee ami Surprising to victory and was also second with Delft Hugh Penny who has the contract on the boy has his hands full looking after the youngsters mounts as he is much in demand Penny reports that the boy has been engaged for every race to be run during the remainder of the meeting with first and second call going to James Fitzsiiiunons and J P May berry and in some races three and four owners are on the waiting list in the hope that the other owners will scratch The boy has attracted so much attention that Jefferson Livingston August Belmont and Frederick Johnson have each made an effort to purchase the contract on the lad H F Carman offered Penny a snug sum today to permit him to take the boy to Canada after the Saratoga meeting is over so that he would have first call Pelmy will take McTaggart to Havre de Grace Laurel CharlestonPt Pimlico Norfolk and probably Charleston Pt y has a threeyear contract ou the boy with an anoption option for two years additional additionalAlgernon Algernon Daingerlield assistant secretary of the Jockey Club today announced to the newspaper representatives that in a day or two he would have a crocking good story for them but just what it was he refused to make public today todayInstead Instead of turning the horse Konnak over to the Canadian Breeding Bureau as he had intended W P Austin has presented him to L Illume Konnak broke down in his work a short time ago Not agoNot beinc able to secure jockey 1 McTaggart Fred Johnson today signed the apprentice rider A Wilson to ride for him himL L Jackson a wellknown layer was taken with several fainting spells during the afternoon and was transferred to one of the local hospitals in an ambulance ambulanceThe The layers complained of the late scratching cf Genesta in the opening dash Genesta was sent out as a prospective starter with K Martin H sted as her rider and she was held at 4 to 1 As good as ff to 1 was laid against Honey Bee before the ofllcial board showed that Genesta was an absentee The layers received such a drubbing yesterday that many of them did not do business This afternoon afternoonThe The ireater New York Fair and Exposition at Empire City track Yonkers N Y terminated Saturdav for lack of patronage necessitating the abandonment of iiino days of racing scheduled as one of the attractions
