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GOOD SHOWING OF WESTERN HORSES Holding- Their Own in Competition with Representatives of Eastern Establishments at Saratoga. By J. R. Joffery. Saratoga, X. Y., August 23. The ctables from the west that invaded Saratoga this year have made a brave showing indeed. From time immemorial, so to speak, Saratoga lias annually been thi! . battle ground for a clash between the Ijkk of eastern and western racing establishments. Usually the westerners have made their presence felt, too. But last year was an exception. The western stables failed to win their accustomed share of the spoils here in 1910. This year they are once more holding their own in competition with the formidable establishments representing the east and some of the more valuable races have gone to their credit. To be exact, up to yesterday western stables had won twenty-seven of the 102 races run since the opening of the meeting. Of the twenty-seven victories scored by the horses of western owners, no less than six stand to the credit of Major T. C. McDowell, of Lexington, Ky., whose horses have been in such superb form here that they have won more than 0,000 in stakes and purses. The most notable success of the McDowell establishment was scored by the fleet filly Olive Wood in winning the valuable Splnaway Stakes, carrying a net value of 1917.sh,250 to the winner. Olive Wood had previously won ail overnight nice and she therefore accounts for nearly ,000 of the stable earnings. Even though his horses should win nothing more, Major McDowell has abundant reason to feel gratified over the results of his eastern campaign this year,, for in addition to the handsome "sum won in races by his horses, the prices realized for the band of yearlings that he sold here at public auction early in the month were highly satisfactory. Besides Olive Wood, the winners in tlie McDowell colors since the opening of the meeting include Cheer; Leader, American Eagle, Plum and Queen Errant. Pllmi, which appears ro be a filly above the ordinary, lias won two races, like Olive Wood. , Prominent Scores by Applegate -Racers. The Applegate establishment presided over by-that astlite trainer, Frank D. Weir, has made. the jiext Jbest showing among -tlie western invaders. Its successest Include- the .winning of the Delaware Handicap by the champion Old Rosebud, and of the Troy Selling Stakes by that useful two-year-old. Jack Haii! Jr. These two races represented winnings of something over ,000, but. the net results were substantially reduced when it became necessary- to bid ,203 over his entered price to retain , the colt after his Troy Stakes victory. The only other stake that has gone to the credit of a western stable is the Saranac Handicap, by winning which the good colt Midway enriched his Kentucky owner, J. "W. Parrish, to the extent of ,050. Midways Saranac Handicap victory followed his third in the Kenner Stakes. James E. Corrigan, of Cleveland, in whose name the horses formerly raced by the Wickliffe Stable are running, has had tlie pleasure of seeing his colors carried to victory on four occasions, twice by Diversion, and once each by Rahu and Subahdar, tlie combined winnings or which horses run close to ,000. Another nrominent western owner whose horses are racing well is former Senator Johnson N. Camden, whose good filly Atalanta has won one oversight nice and placed on several occasions, while Plevna, another filly of Mr. Camdens own breeding, took tlie measure of such a notable opponent as Jack Hare Jr., in the overnight race which she won a few days ago. The only other western owner to score more than once is J. T. Looney, of Lexington. His victories were scored in overnight races by Square Dealer and Othello. The list of the remaining western winners is made up of George J. Longs grand mare, Kathleen; Jolm W. Schorrs Butterscotch II.; J. O. Keenes Moscowa; II. Perkins Dick Williams; Jefferson Livingstons Miss Wrifcht, S. M. Hendersons Beaverkill; J. B. Goodmans . Eulogy; W. J. Youngs Valor and J. W. McClellands June Bug.
