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BLUE THISTLES AMSTERDAM i TAKES THE STAKE EACE AT SARATOGA WITH SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON SECOND. J I Ij Hauberk Spoils a Coup with Kens Passing Fancy V s Runs a Tino Raco in Winning After being Loft at tho Post. " of j r I i By .T. L. Dempsoy. Saratoga Springs, X. Y., August 21. The Am- Kterdam Stakes of ,500, under selling conditions, y was the most pretentious offering on this afternoons card and went to II. C. Hallenbeeks Blue Thistle, with Sir William Johnson in second place v and Jesse .Jr. third. Lady Teresa was tli only t other starter. Blue Thistle was a pronounced choice and had to he ridden hard near the end. Ho was j entered for SI .500 and was hid up ly II. Fink to i 2,505, ut which figure lie was bought in. The Amsterdam was run for the fourteenth time today and its history, briefly summarized, is as t follows 1 Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Aal. Time. , 3001 First Whip ... Ill Rullman ... ,780 1:40 1002 Cionmell 3 ill Shea 2.135 1:42 J 1003 Virgin Soil ...3 SMS II. Callahan 2,300 1:42 , 1901 Ie Roszke 5 101 Hiidebrand 2,785 1:411 1905 Canteen 4 nil ff. Knapp.. 2,220 l:3tHf. j 1005 KiKht Royal ..I lori Sewell 1.01" 1:412 1007 Grapple 5 Of. Goldstein .. 1,085 1:30 100S Purslane 4 105 Musgruve . . 425 1:41 1900 Nimbus 4 10S C. Grand .. 855 1-.3S 1010 Mary Davis ...1 05 Kstep l.r.r.O 1:30 1013 Klla Bryson ..5 105 .T. McTagt. 855 1:30 1014 tt rover Hushes. 5 110 F. Koogh.. Sl!5 1:30 1015 Lady Rotha . .3 100M. Garner.. 855 1:42 ! 1015 Itlue Thistle. ..7 115 A. Sehugr. 1,050 1:12 Distance 1 mile and 70 yards in 1G01. No racing : in 1011 and 1012. ! Threatening weather, coupled with a bad track, . was responsible for a slump in attendance and a somewhat ordinary card. The sport, however, was interesting, some of the finishes being of the close variety. Passing Fancy showed a sterling performance in the opening dash, winning after her chances appeared hopeless on account of practically being left at the post. She was much the best, for she wore dewn the others steadily and won easing up. Otto Floto furnished the upset in the steeplechase by boating Ormead and Racebrook. His victory was assisted by the repeated blunders of the latter pair. Hauberk upset what was intended as a gigantic coup when lie landed in front of Kens. The latter showed a high flight of speed but tired in the stretch. Startling, the favorite of this race, finished far back. Hussy enabled trainer Henry McDaniel to make an auspicious beginning for his new employer, Willis Sharpe Kilmer, as she won with great ease over Sunflasli. At a meeting of the Saratoga Associations directors all the old officers in all departments were reelected. The directors also voted a five per cent dividend on the stock. This is the first profit taken sine 1007, and it exceeds former dividends by i.hree per cent. The seventeen yearlings bought from .1. P.. Joel by A. K. Macomber. have reached New York according to word received at the course today. The juveniles will be transferred to Kentucky and broken there. Andrew Millers Roamer was worked a mile and a quarter after the iirst race. The trial was in preparation for his start in the Saratoga Cup, to be run next Saturday. All the horses in the Gifford A. Cochran stable, with the exception of two, were shipped to Itelmont Park this morning. According to report the purse increases for this track next year will be liberal. It is said that the minimum value of any purse will be 00. Jockey K. Campbell sustained grave injuries this morning while working the colt County Court on the Oklahoma track. He was taken to a hospital and, in addition to other injuries, lias a broken collar bone. John W. Schorrs horses were shipped to Louisville tonight and will be rested there until tho opining of Lexington racing. There were seven racers in the consignment, including Harry Kelly. In the same consignment went the horses owned by II. Perkins, including Hob Henslcy. There will be a special train leaving here for Belmont Park carrying ten carloads of racers. All the available stall room at the Belmont Park track has been spoken for. The English importations and the seven Uncle i yearlings that Mr. Macomber now has at Louisville will be shipped to Charleston S. C, later and will be wintered there, returning to Louisville in the I spring to begin the racing season. George M. Odom iinnouneed after the sale that he would open a public training stable. Kd Garrison, Marse Henry, Glory Belle and Yellowstone, which it transpires were bought for Theodore , Smiths account, will be in the Odom establishment. The horses of W. T. Anderson will be shipped I to Windsor Tuesday to await the opening of the new track at that place. R. F. Carman has bought Trial by Jury at privat sale from Capt. E. B. Cassatt. Longfellow, which came to this country in the . English consignment bought by Jefferson Livingston i two years ago, scored his first American victory when he romped home in advance of the others in i tin; sixth race. Passing Fancys victory in the opener cost her r stable 05 to retain her. She was in for ,700 and was bid up to ,005 by Harry Fink. The stewards representing the National Steeplechase and Hunt. Association have suspended J. Cohen and denied him the privileges of the track, pending investigation, and his case has been referred to the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association. He is charged with pratices against the best interests of the turf. The following work-outs took place at Saratoga today: America III. Five-eighths m 1:0j. Bac Seven-eighths in 1:33. Brave Half mile in 31. Ronnie Witch Half mile in 54. Bubble Half mile in 51. Burlesque Half mile in 50. Backboard Half mile in 51. Capra Mile in 1:40. Colaudriu Three-quarters m l:20-;3. Coquette Three -quarters in 1:10. Defense Five-eighths in 1:05. Felicidad Five -eighths iu 1:07. Fenmouse Mile in 1:33. Frizzle Three-quarters in 1:22. Flittergold Mile in 1:57. Genesis Half mile in 1:00. Gibraltar Three-eighths in 38-;f,. Golden Rod Five-eighths in l:0o. Indiscreet Mile in 1:34. . Illuminator Three-quarters in 1:2.. Ivory Black Quarter mile in 2.i. Jack Mount Five-eighths in 1:04. Tern Mile In 2:00. Killanna Half mile in 54. Continued on second page. BLUE THISTLES AMSTERDAM. Continued from first page. Koh-i-Noor Half mile in 53. Kultur Half mile in 58. Lady Little Three-quarters in 1:21. Lena Misha Three-quarters in 1:19. Leonie Half mile in 1:00. Mannchcn Half mil" in 52. Marie Odile Half mile in 51. Meteorite Seven-eighths in 1:1! 1. -Moonlighter Half mile in 50. Mont dOr Mile in 1:54. Old Miss Half mile in 53. Owaga Half mile iu 55. Paddy Dear Five-eighths in 1:07. Paddy Whack Three-quarters in 1:18. Pennant Seven-eighths in 1:45. Phocion Five-eighths in 1:07. Pickwick Five-eighths in 1:05. Rae B. Seven-eighths iu 1:40. Raconteuse Half mile in 54. Regret Half mile in 55. Reprobate Three-quarters in 1:27. Sand Marsh Three-quarters in 1:32. Sedan Three-quarters in 1:20. Superintendent Three-quarters in 1:21. Stnrfineh Half mile in 51. Straight Forward Five-eighths in 1:0173. Jranby Half mile in 53. Vixen Three-quarters in 1:21. Wenonah Three-quarters in 1:22. Wistful Three-eighths iu 37. Xylon Half mile in" 31. Yankee Witch Three-quarters in 1:23.
