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A. L ASTE ENCOUNTERS BAD LUCK Nono of His Ton Horses in Training Able to Face the Barrier Expects to Race Them Next Fall. By Ed Cole. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., August 7. After Old Rosebud had won his race, hid trainer Frank Weir gave hira his customary lump of sugar. "He always looks for it after a race," said Weir, "and if It was C0 a pound he would get it. I always put two lumps in my pocket, he gets one I get the other. We dine together as it were, after he runs, no matter whether , he wins or not." Alex Moore, who has been a turf follower for many years, threatens suit against the Saratoga Association, to show cause why he was not favorably passed upon by the committee on membership, when he applied for club house membership. He has not been barred from the club house, having all privileges at the usual admission fee. A members badge costs 5 for the season. A. L. Aste has met with considerable bad luck with his horses this year. He has had ten in training and up to date not one of them has made himself acquainted with the starter. "They have either bucked or gone wrong in some other way, so that they could not be entered. They are still at Gravesend and I expect to send some of them to the post at Belmont Park and Aqueduct. When a stable gets out of luck it is tough medicine, but one must not give it up as things right themselves in time. I shall pay more attention to breeding in the future and sell all the yearlings I can raise. Mr. Thomas Monahan purchased the Golden Maxim Lily Mac colt for 2,000 at the Murphy sale. Mr. Monahan always fancied Golden Maxim as a race horse and the colt bore such a resemblance to him that he could not refrain from putting in a bid. Like all other hor3es he is interested in, .the colt will more than probably race in the name and colors of Mr. Andrew Miller, who for j years has been a partner of Mr; Monahan in horses. "I like the Golden Maxims." said Mr. Monahan, "as they can run in any kind of going and if he is ; as consistent as his sire, he will afford me much pleasure in watching him ;race." j James Villepigue, who for years catered to the wants of the race going public, but is now retired, Is spending the season here. He is the mascot of the Congressman Loft stable, according to his ideas, and never allows one of the Loft horses to go to the starter without support from his modest wager. i I . ! j . I i j
