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FRIAR ROCKS ADIRONDACK t" GOOD BELMONT COLT HELPS FENMOUSE GIVE HIS OWNER A DOUBLE VICTORY. •i Xehtoh Takes the Steeplechase with Ease — Volant Improves and Takes His Race — Polroma Out- . stays His Opponents — Meeting H.ouse Dies. J _____ 1 I i Saratoga, X. Y.. Angus! 25. — August Betaaoata ■ Friar Rock redeemed himself by winning the Allium- ■ dack Handicap at three-quarters over ■ hand f good two-year-olds hero tub aftertooa. Ihe race, « which Iran worth si.:i2: tu the winner, brought «"it s a -""I field notwithstanding tbe unpropitious track m;. unions. T. c. McDowells Prianero, well backed, weni Into the lead In the nrst -i rl t li . lint noon gave I waj to Achievement, which was mahed to the front. In ih - homestretch Briar Block, after steadily improving his poaitfcin, went aroaad several tiring ■ lurraea on the outside and uot on in tine to win gong away. Today nraa the thirteenth miming of the Adiroa- da k Handicap ami ita li-t ••: winners ahace Its in- I stimtion in Viol is a* foUowa: Sear. Winner. wr. Jockey. Val. Tine. J 1901 Smart Set 114 OConnor ....325 1:16% B«_ Molly Brant ...108 Odom 6,375 1:13* J I ;:ii:: Sweet Gretchen . 102 Fuller 3,025 1:1516 1" M Broadcloth 113 T. limns ... 3.830 1:15% . 1905 Tangle I lO ONeill 3.-50 1:133; J l!Ka; Kalvidere 128 Sewell 3.850 1:14% Im., Beaocoup 110 E. Dugan ... 3.830 1:14 * p.,. sea Cliff 114 Notter 505 1:1".-. J IftOM Kcarpia 102 V. Grand ... 1,9251:13 IV10 Zeoa lin But well .... 4.800 1:11% BUS Little Nephew. .12.1 Killingswth. 1.025 1:15 191-1 I.. i. iv Barharj ..114 II. Sumter .. 2. IT". 1:14-. ! 1915 Friar Bdck ....116 E. Du-.au .. 1,925 1:17% No racing in 1911 anil 1912. ; Thomas Hitchcocks Kehtoh took the steeplechase in handy .ash inn over some good Jumpers. The Hitchcock jumper was rated behind the early pace- | maker ami. when railed mi. easily went into the lead , to win bj a sale margin. : Ana •*! Belmonts leninouse made a runaway , affair of the opener, leading Bae home easily. , Volant, sh .wing a return of his good form, had little trouble in disposing of the horses he was , asked t eel in tie- third, in which he led throngh- • ■lit. The sixth race went to the rei oiling Choice, I.. In. ma. which, alter passing the tiring pacemaker, Garnet, held Smoothbore safe in the closing strides. While .he meeting ahowa th,. effect of the hail weather which baa prevailed almost uninterruptedly, m. th the attendance ami speculation rrmaia normal. The ih.ni. h- scored by Fenmoatse ami Friar Rock was the Brat t" the credit .f the Bolnioat table k ill si. me tiaie. w Weil-backed bones were fairly mcceaafnl during the afternoon. The defei t of Melllo Park was the chief saint 1st. Lake A. Oaasidy, acting for J. L. Holland, today gave Eoxhall i. Keene first call mi the services ol jockey Mack Garnet far the coming Belmont lark meeting. The lad. who is riding in grand form at preaent. will surely be a valuable acquisition to the riding talent there this fall and followers and horsemen alike wish he was going to tinish out the seeaoa in the east, lie will report to the Holland stable at Lexington after the Belmont lark meeting. The stable ol W. I. Young, which includes anions others the two-year-old Balee, will i e ahipped to Lexington tomorrow. The stewards today ruled that after the tinish of races the practice of meeting horses on ponies would have t be postponed until after the riders were Weighed out. this is in accordance with a rule of racing. The J. . T:lbott stable re|iorts the loss of the sprinter Meeting lb use, which they acquired iron, lh.- Green tree Stable this summer. The horse died from lockjaw following plating. W. ■■ Preagrave will ship a carload of horses to Montreal for the Blue Bonnets meeting within a few •lays. B-sides the Preagrave horses. ;. B. Tomp-kina will semi three, including Herrmana, a Kings Plate randidate and M. Daly will send two. K. .1. Mackenzie ami Edward McBrhte will ship their atriaga t . Havre de Grace within the next ten days. Mil.iiile. who has been in the hospital since his injury in an automobile accident, will leave for Baltimore Saturday. The horses in charge of trainer A. G. Weston will entrain for PimUeo the latter part of this week. Those bound for the Maryland track will include tin Weston string and a division of the stables.! V. 1. Preagrave aid Th a-- civic. The sun m. all day following rain again last hi, hi and the track, which proved to be quite slow. dried out during the running of the races. A wind which blew up tie stretch aided materially in the drying out proci as. The following English-bred horses, the proporfv of Oscar Lewisohn and W. It. Ooe, have arrived at New- fork from England: Swift Foot, b. .-. .".: Boots, b. -. . Bunchy, b. f. 2: Lady Bdwina, eh. f, ::: i:.ss. h. t. ::: Mary Answer, b. f. 2; Benevolent, b. e. 4. and Neville, eh. c. 2. This morainga Saratoga work-outs over a slow-track were: Battery Mile in 1:40. Bellita — Half mil-- in 53%. Big Sniok — Three-qnarters in 1:18%. Carburetor— Half mile in 55%. Olaudria Halt mile in 57% i hostci-ion -Half mile in 51%. Counterpart -Seven-eigbths in 1 :::7. Dakota -Hail mile in 53. Ilau.v Half mil.- in 53% Hanb.ii — Half mile in .".:.. Hnntress- Three-quarters in 1:20. In and out Hall mile in 52. Kria Kringle- Half mile in .".::. Leo Skolny — Five-eighths in 1:06%. I.ilv Heavens Half mile in 53, I insin -Five-eighths in 1:07. I. like Half mile in 40 .. Miss Pussle I ivo-oi-hths in 1 :0r . Oriin Kripp Three-eighths in 41. Organdie— Ha f mile in 53%. oSiillivan Halt mile in 54%. Paddy Wback— Five-eightha hi 1:65. Il Inn Mover Five-eighths in 1:06. Pre sumption- Half mile in r.::. Plumose Half mile in ." 1%. Sam Jackson Hall mile in 55. servia Tin marten in 1 22. Scottish Knight Three-qnarters in 1:22- . sir Vivian Three-qnarters in 1:16. Virile Mil-- ami a quarter in 2:19 . Yankee Notions Half mile in 51.
