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" 1 j , , , j , , , ; , j . j ; THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY BOOmJNG. Purses Larger, Horses Plentiful and Better Imffuce ments to Breeders Bring About Improvement! By Ed Cole. Saratoga, N. Y., August 14. The thoroughbrV industry is truly in a flourishing condition tliesot days. Purses are large, horses plentiful and pricesN are so high that breeders are more encouraged to expend money for the best blood. The rich are willing to go to almost exorbitant figure to ac- . quire what they desire in the shape of a horse. I Everything looks bright for the future of racing i excepting where the professional reformer and crank hold sway. If the "sport were controlled, by the government, as it is in France and other European, countries, the States would be the envy of the great est of all racing countries. It was pleasing last Saturday to see what a really good two-year-old Sua Briar is. lie met alMiut as good a hand as could be gathered up all over the country, every one of -which had been tuned up to racing pitch, and his victory was decisive and positive. Not only did lie win by a goodly margin, but he overcame early interference which, in the first eighth, threatened his defeat. Jockey Knapp, however, untangled him and settled him into his stride quickly, but hud to take him to the outside of his field to get clear sailing. At one time, a sixteenth out from the start, Sim Itriar was trailing in a rear position. Just iiow fast lie ran the quarter of a mile from the five-eighths post to the three-eighths mark never will be known, as -he made up, at the lowest calculation.- six lengths on the flying Rosie OGrady. After catching her lie ran beside her for nearly an eighth and then made her quit. Old timers expected to see the Kilmer horse retire after his extraordinary dasli and were surprised to see hiin keep on as lie did after his strenuous effort. Too Much Uncertainty About Lucullite. When the race was run it was the general verdict that no horse in training could have given him" an argument in the Saratoga Special. "With the pro- . able exception of Lucullite. he lias met and defeated the pick of the two-year-old crop. They will meet again in the Grab Bag Handicap, and if Sun Briars ringbones, of which he has two, do not bother him, he will beat them again just as easily, and probably more easily. How far he would have won on Saturday last had he been fortunate at the start, is a matter of opinion, but tlfere is little question that he waujd have finished five or six lengths to the good. Sun Briar is; unanimously regarded as the best colt shown, there being too much uncertainty about Lucullite, wliile the Kilmer horse has proved his ability and has answered every question. He has speed, can carry weight and indications point .to his going any distance in any kind of going. Sun Briar is a true son of Sundridge. Nasli Turner is fond of European .racing and as soon as things look brighter, lie will shift back to Europe. "You see I train horses and ride there and it keeps me in great condition. Here I "am just training a few horses. 1 wish sometimes that I had gone to Spain with Lucien Lyne. He is riding for royalty there and doing fine. As soon as the war is over and tilings are more settled, it is probable that I shall go back." An idea of the betting on long shots here is gathered from the fact that Tom Shaw laid forty, fifteen and six against Nepperlian in the last race yesterday and Cornelius Fellows stepped along aiid bet 00 each way, taking down 1917.sh,000 on the transaction. Ort Wells came near losing a wager on the first, race today on Grundy. A jockey named O. Wells was posted as the rider. Just as he was about to make a modest wager on him on the hunch, somebody stamped the name from the board and made it O., Willis. "Saved" was the remark of Mr. Wells, as he tore up the slip. W. M. Butler, son of James Butler, arrived here yesterday but too late to see the Cnpra race. He felt rather disappointed at her defeat, though not surprised, as he intimated she is not a robust mare. Mr. Butler will remain here for a week or two. Fred Johnson purchased Home Sweet Home from C. F. Quinn before the last race and lie and Pleasant Dreams ran in the Johnson interest."
