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NOT TO PAN ZARETAS LIKING CONDITION OF SARATOGA TRACK NOT SUITABLE TO THE SPEEDY TEXAS -BRED MARE. She Needs Fast Course with Hard Surface to Show Her Best Form Tickets Preference for Muddy Going Due to Osselet On Ankle. By J. R. Jeffery. Saratoga, N. Y., August 9. It was with considerable misgiving that E. T. Colton started his good mare Pan Zareta in Mondays handicap under her impost of 142 pounds. He feared that she would not be suited by the condition of the track, which has been "cuppy" ever since the opening of the meeting. And so it proved, Pan Zareta failed to show any of her accustomed speed at auv stage of the racing and finished unplaced. She needs a fast track with a hard surface in order to show her best form and this explains why she was able to score three times in succession at Empire Citv. None of the other eastern tracks suit her so well as the Yonkers course, which was formerly a trotting track and has but little cushion. The local track was in better condition before the terrific storm of the opening day than it has been at any time since. Former Congressman George W. Lofts good two-year-old Papp is among the eligibles for the Futurity, which will be run at Belmont Park early next month. In view of his recent string of stake successes, Papp is looked upon as one of the likeliest of the many candidates for Futurity honors. . He will have to carry no more in the Futurity than he did in winning the United States Hotel Stakes last Saturday, when he had 130 pounds up. He camo out of that race in good condition and is ready for whatever trainer Max Hirsch may ask of him. , lanp is a b,K sturdy looking colt, weighing about lO.iO pounds and has the conformation of a sprinter His recent races, however, suggest that ho can stay as well as sprint. His performances have brought trainer Hirsch into the limelight. It is, conceded that Hirsch has no superior among the younger set of trainers and observant horsemen are predicting that he will surely make ..his mark. . Trainer Hirsch. Has Met with Much. Success. Hirsch received his early training as a horseman under the tutelage of that accomplished trainer, the late Wyndham Walden, for whom he rode for several years. Combining the knowledge gained in that good old-fashioned school of experience with the progressive methods of later day training, Hirsch has been successful, with horses from the time he first turned his hand to training several years ago The preference which Andrew Millers good three-year-old Ticket has been showing for muddy tracks of late, is undoubtedly due to the development of an osselet on one of his ankles after his meritorious performance in the Kentucky Derby, in which notable race lie finished second to Omar Khavyam over a fast track. As all horsemen know, an affliction of this sort does not particularly bother a horse in soft going and it is witli the hope that some of the rich races for which he is eligible here may be run under muddy track conditions that Ticket has been kept in training for his engagements, instead of being subjected to the firing iron for the correction Of that trouble witli which ho is afflicted. It is probable that lie will continue to race to the end of the eastern racing season, then he will be "fired," trainer, Goldsborough plans. The failure of the big band of French-bred two-year-olds, making up the bulk of J. E. Wideners stable, to show anything like winning form, has been a source of much disappointment to trainer Thomas Welsh. These juveniles appear to be utterly deficient in the necessary quality of speed. They all suffered severely from distemper 111 the early part of the year and it mav be that they have not yet become acclimated. They have been in America only since last fall and there is a possibility that they will make a better showing as three-year-olds than they have this Year. Of the older members of the stable, the good tiiree-year-old Pickwick is only now recovering from the effects of a racing mishap sustained during the running of the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct on July 4, in which he was severely cufdowli Baybcrry Candle Improving in Appearance. J. W. Mays high-class mare Rayberry Candle, has been thriving since her transfer here from Long Island. She has picked up in weight and improved greatly in appearance generally. When she came here she looked jailed and close observers feared she would be of little service as a racing tool for some time. But no horse has benefited more from the Saratoga air and water than she has in the brief time she has been here and good judges look for her to make a good showing when she is sent to the post by her astute trainer. Price McKinney. having fully regained his health, is devoting himself to business at Cleveland, while his business and racing partner. James W. Corrigau, is here, taking his turn at the enjoyment of the races. Mr. Corrigau extracts quite as much pleasure from the possession of the WicklilTe Stable horses as does Mr. McKinney. Liberty Loan, the best of the three-year-olds in the stable of A. K. Macomber, is once more in active training after a brief resnite following his arrival here. The other stars of the string are going along steadily, with the exception of Boots, which good racer is reported to be on the shelf. AV. T. Anderson has arrived here with his trainer, F. Kraft. His horses will not be seen in the east, having been shipped to Cheyenne for the meeting opening there shortly. From Cheyenne they will go to Reno and Tijuana. Pat Dunne, who figured so prominently in western racing when the sport was flourishing about Chicago and other middle western tracks, has no intention of re-engaging in racing as an owner, although he would not be adverse to accepting a position as trainer for some pretentious establishment, should the opportunity present itself. Mr. Dunne has been engaged of late in the contracting business at Kansas City, but would much prefer to turn his attention onco more to racing under satisfactory conditions. Before his retirement from the turf when the sport was legislated out of existence at so many western points a decade or so ago, Mr. Dunne ranked among the best of American trainers. John Powers is on the lookout for a horse or two of quality witli which to strengthen his stable for fall campaigning about New York and Maryland. The confusion attendant upon the recent French claiming rule race has led the stewards to issue an order that all horses in such races shall be in the paddock for the fifteen minutes forty-five minutes before the race, in which such horses aro liable to be claimed.
