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h I a e a 1 - s f , . , ; 1 . 1 1 . . . . . 1 1 SUN BRIAR A GOOD STAYER. - W. S. KILMERS ENGLISH COLT SHOWS IMPROVEMENT IN DISTANCE RACES. Deeply-Cushioned Track Is- Also Believed to Have Been of Considerable Help in the Special Last Saturday Poor Handling lost Race for Papp. By J. R. .Teffery. ".. Saratoga. N. Y., August 14. Sun Brian the Eng-, hsh colt which carried the colors of AVillis Sharpe Ki.mer to victory in the Saratoga Special last haturday, has been showing better staving ability 111 his recent races here titan hitherto. It is thought that the deeply cushioned track is responsible to some extent for the improvement he has been showing. Sun Briar is affected with ringbones and the soft going prevailing here is especially adapted to horses with such an affliction. At that, Sun Briar was rather lucky to have won Saturdays big race, in the opinion of close observers. . AYIth more compe- tent handling than jockey L. Allen was able to give him. former Congressman Lofts good colt I app probably would have finished first instead of third. Allen got him away from the post at least a couple of lengths behind the others and, after making up much ground, the colt was cut off and knocked back on the far turn. Then he gamely came on again, but it was quite too much to expect that he would be equal to the task of overtaking the flying leaders and the general opinion was that he did well under the circumstances to finish as close up as third. A. K. Macombers wonderful English-bred fillv, bunbonnet, has improved greatly in ability to get away from the post advantageously since her earlier appearances of the season in Kentucky. She suffered defeat by the speedy Marie Miller in her first start of the season, solely because she was virtually left at the post. Her victory in the Kentucky Oaks was achieved in spite of the fact that she got away so poorly that her chances appeared hopeless in going around the first turn. The cir-. cumstances under which she won this race led good judges to acclaim her as the best three-year-old filly in America and her Alabama Stakes victory V, a " . " li,ys ilgo Iias confirmed that- idea. For the. Alabama, she got away from the post on even terms with her opponents, and. SI the. "improvement which she showed turns out to be permanent, it would seem as if the only obstacle to her championship pretentions has disappeared. Sunbonnet a Fine-looking Filly. Sunbonnet is royally bred, both her sire and dam representing the most approved blood lines of England. Her dam, Marlon Hood, is a close relative to Polymelus, the most highly regarded English stallion of the day. Mr. Macomber regrets that lie did not make au effort so secure Marion Hood when she was offered for sale last year. The opportunity which lie overlooked was taken advantage of by Messrs. Corrigan and McKinney and bunbomiots dam is now in the AVickliffe Stud 111 Kentucky. Trainer Jennings regards Sunbonnet as the apple of his eye and declares her to be tIlV,. nost lloklllK fily he ever laid eyes upon. " "ham P. Riggs, who, as secretary of the .Maryland Jockey Club, has been responsible for the introduction of a number of progressive innovations 111 racing, is here for a few days. He is convinced, after talking with prominent owners and trainers, that the action of the Maryland Jockey Club in offering such a ricli list of stakes Tor the Pimlico fall meeting, as was recently announced, will result in most of the good horses of the year remaining in training. Incidentally the other Maryland tracks will reap the benefit of the Pimlico managements liberality, as the horses that are being pointed for the rich races at iJmlico will, in the natural order of events, be raced at Laurel and Havre de Grace as a part 0 nh Preparation for their Pimlico engagements. The Laurel management has announced a tempting list of stake races, which are soon to close for entries, and there will also be some races well worth winning at Havre de Gniee, so that horsemen who patronize the circuit, will not lack for opportunities to race their better horses as often as they care to. Maryland racing has been constantly growing in importance since the introduction of the pari-mutuel system of singulation there a few years ago and it looks as if the approaching fall meetings will be even more attractive than usual. No Changes Necessary This Year. No improvements are to be attempted at Pimlico beyond the partial resoiling of the track, Secretary Riggs announces. The plant was completely modernized last year and further changes will not be necessary for a considerable time. The Iimlico management is taking the initiative in a movement to popularize the thoroughbred among the farmers of Maryland. Already a considerable number of thoroughbred stallions have been located in various parts of the state for mating with common mares and others will be placed as they become available. The results so far obtained have been satisfactory to all concerned and .have made Iriemls for the thoroughbred among the farmers in ever-increasing numbers, as the advantages to be derived from using the thoroughbred for breeding purposes, make themselves apparent. AValter II. Dupee, whose horses raced at Tijuana last winter in the name of his trainer, Juan Iuentez, is here from California to enjoy a bit of the racing. Mr. Dupee is keenly interested in all forms of outdoor sports and has just completed a magnificient home at Coronado Beach. His horses are summering in the Far West and will shortly go into training for their usual winter campaign. Edward Cebrian, who has come to the front as one of the foremost breeders of thoroughbred stock in California, is among the latest arrivals here. Mr. Cebrian, who is a member of one of San Franciscos foremost families, maintains an extensive breeding establishment at San Jose, in the far-famed-Santa Clara valley, not far from where the late AV. OB. Macdonough located the unbeaten Ormonde when he Imported that famous stallion at an expense of more than 50,000. Mr. Cebrian came east primarily to attend the sale of the yearlings by Von Tromp that recently arrived here from his California establishment.
