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STILL HEAVY AT SARATOGA I CONNING TOWER PROVES KIMSELF A GOOD MUD RUNNER IN BEATING CORSICAN. Receding Favorites Victorous — Fenmousc Takes the Highweight Handicap — Buckhoin in Trouble with Sickness — Death of F. W. Doss Reported. Saratoga, . v.. August 0,— The majority of todays winners scored in easy fashion iii their re-siiective races Mini. although the going atlll re-in. lined heavy, I lie racing was formful. Receding lavoritea accounted for the third and fourth race*. Water Witch ascended from evens to as good as 2 i" 1. Imt scored in easy fashion, while Lahore, in the fourth, which w-»a ■ three-borae affair, also soared up in the betting and made good easily. What seemed like the hest race of the after 110.111 Wits the tilth, contested by some fairly good three-year-olds. Corxican and All Smiles were gener ally favred. hut they both went down to defeat ■, -lore Conning Tower, which scored impressively after leading throughout. Corsicaa was under a a hard drive all the way down the backstretcil lo get to 111- leader, hut had scant ehaneo. wliili-All Smiles was always decisively outrun. In the stretch Conning Tower easily maintained his advantage and Won to a big margin with Corsica 11 jest a easily taking ari owl place over Booker Bill, Coaming Tower, alter winning over a hand of sprinter* ,n Monday, was hid up mid seeured by laink .1. Nolan, then repurchased by his former owner, Mrs, .1. Shilling, and the manner in which he Won today showed him to he a Useful alv! ill either a dry or heavy going. A fall occurred during the running of the fust laee when Aneen and Duke of Dunbar went down. The former Ktumblcd while rounding the tar tarn iml the latter tell over him. Turner, who had tin 1 Nii: on Ancoa, escaped with a shaking up. but wax Incapacitated from riding out his aften as cngageinenta. Devil Fish was the ultimate winner over lu/.y. Wu/.zy. a well-meaat good thing, fen mouse scored in tin- hlghweighl mm, map in ■•asj fashion, winning bj three lengths over the well hacked Lad Bartmrj and lolly 11. won the sixth from Amalfi. The rainy and inclement weather which has pre railed alnce the opening day has doubtless affected the attendance ami the racing, while pair 11s are longing for ileal- skies ami a fast track, which will hriag together I be many rack racers here. Tom Welsh made his app ai.inee here today, bavin,-. I11 cully Illmmd WwWm-: where In has the stable of J. E. Widener of Philadelphia. lie states thai there a*B 3,900 horses at ChaatlUy. hill it is impossible to get them out of France to the Initial Stales, else he Would have brought over twenty -nine of Mr. Widenera to race here. 11 ,-1 ossible, however, to get them across the channel to England for racing purposes under ■ heavy bond. He said there would he no racing in Prance :i- Inng as that country was engaged in war with Germany. Mr. Welsh, who Intends returning to Trance in the near future, reports that Jack Jbynet will leave for I Ids country aliout October 1. Ueurge If. Hendrie is a visitor lure and will remain for the sale of the Kdenwold yearlings toaaorow. B. W. Moore also arrived from Fori Brie tor tin- s:,h. Prank Taylor was a late arrival from New York with six hones. J. W. smith afaw caaae from the same place. Bajekbern. the Hit 4 Brooklyn Handicap winner in the K. J. Mackenzie siahle. Buffered an attack of .11 ute Indigestion last night, hut trainee Adkins teports that he is practically out of dancer. Frank Bain received a letter from California which stated that Frank W. Doss, will known west-1 ra trainer ami former Jockey, died recently at I.akei stiehl. CaL, a victim of tuberculosis. 11 was a eoincideuo, that hi- wife had died only the daj before of pneumonia. Tin- hist appearance of pom in the east waa last year in Maryland, when he was trainer for B. .1. Allison and trained the race, Harry Shaw for ihat turfman. After the fourth race Thursday Balse, the Kentucky crack, worked three-quarters in 1:18, in preparation for hi-- Stanford Memorial engagement. Work-outs at Saratoga on a stow track this morning wele: A. Ifancinl -Three-quarters in 1:23%. Ail Man Half nil!- i:i 51%. Ambrose Three-quarters in 1:22%. Big Smoke Three-eighths in 37%. Bonnie Tess I Ire-eighths in 1 :ui . Bromo •Three-eighths in 30%. Broom Mower Fiv eighths in 1:07%. Iti i/.r. -Three-eighths in 38%. Chance Half mile in ;.| ; . chich Tbn c eighths in :;!». Churchill Three-quarters in 1:28. Filigree Turee-elgbths in 37%. PloKKie Crocket Half mile in ol. Gainer - Mile in I : tv. Illll Bdge Half mile in S0%. Harry— Three elgl ti -- in 38. Ham Gardner -Three-eighth* In l . Helping Hand Three eighth- in 39. High Noon -Three eighths ,11 :v.l. lolite Three eighths in :;7-. Jawbone Plve-i igbths in 1 :13%. .toe Blair Three-eighths in 38%. Kaskaakla Mile in 1 :48 !-,. Kilmer — Half mile in 51%. bIorfhag Three-eighths in 37%. Lady vandergrifl Three-eighths in 30% Leochares Five-eighths In 1 : •" -.. Lord Mai shall Half mile in 33 -,. I. like Tiller I IgllthS ill 37%. Marse Henrj Three-eighths in 38. one Step — Three-elgbtha in 37%. Oi lin Kripp Five-eighths in 1 .ox. Presumption -Three-eighths in 38. Bey dakwoo.l Half mile in 50. Rifle Bhootei Threi eighth- m :;:i-.-sir Vivian- Half mile in 51. Skv Pilot Half nih- in 5] I Slipshod Tin, Igliths in 41%. SoCDII.V- IlVe-elghths ill 1:06%. St. Isidor — Three-quarters in 1:3%. Success Hal! mile in 52%. Supreme - Three-eighths in 40. Tin- Carniei lire, eighths in 37%. Thodghtreadei Three-eighth* in 30%. Thunderer Three • igiith- in 30. Vermont Tin-, e-eigbths In 38. Virginia M n ice eighths in ».
