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TiPPITY WITCHETS DEBUT First Appearance Under Colors As a ThreeYearOld Impressive Wakefield Handicap Easy for Chasseur Rain Drives Spec ¬ tators to Shelter New York July 30 Forbidding clouds threat ¬ ened during the forenoon and affected the attend ¬ ance A goodly crowd was present however The paddock showed the effect of the Saratoga move ¬ ment Overshadowing In interest the Wukefield Handicap the feature was the debut of Tippity Vltchet which galloped to victory in a style which bodes ill for some of the claimants to the three yearold crown Trainer Young made no secret of his confidence in the Sanford entrys ability abilityIt It has taken a long while to bring him to hand and while he has been indulged to a certain ex ¬ tent he has advanced to a condition which will stand vigorous training for his Saratoga engage ¬ ments mentsThe The littlo horse lias not grown much but he is all horse lie settled down to his task in the resolute manueche displayed during his twoyearold racing and liad only to gallop his mile in 139 to defeat Ms unworthy opposition oppositionA A shower foil as the field paraded to the postjn the third race It ceased shortly after Ilarwood IL easr rictorr MV eWeantbidhim np 100 over his entered price but owner Marrone protected him himIntermittent Intermittent showers continued during and after the running of the fourth race driving the crowd to shelter shelterThe The Wakefield Handicap was won by the short priced Chasseur after he had engaged in a half mile duel with Translate for the lend On the out ¬ side he had Alex driving for the lead and finally disposed of him to go on to an easy victory victoryThe The AVakefield Handicap dates back to 1000 its history in condensed form being as follows Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1900 James 3 112 Mitchell 1100155 1907 Little Turner 3 102 C II Shilg l4i 153 1908 Footpad 112 Notter 3030 10 1909 Donau 113 V Powers 1205 107 1910 Pharaoh 108 W Doyle 1150 107 1914 Kaskaskia 112 J HutweH 3000 107 107191H 191H Achievement 111 J ISutwell 1925 107 107191K 191K Ticket 127 J Jititwell 1925 169 1917 Ultima Thule 113 A Schutger 2325 107 1918 Chasseur 10S E Saude 2325 1015 1015Hun Hun as handicap at 1 1S miles for threeyearolds threeyearoldsand and over in 1007 Not run in 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 and 1905 No racing at Empire City in 1911 1012 and 1913 Bun at Aqueduct iu 1915 1915INTERFERENCE INTERFERENCE IN SECOND RACE RACEConsiderable Considerable interference marked the running of the second race Ienigino being the principal suf ¬ ferer He set a fast pace to the last turn where lie was forced wide and although finishing gamely could not overtake Little Cottage which after a slow start made up ground rapidly and won in the final drive The favorite Aldebaran was badly cut off early and had no chance thereafter thereafterThe The best finish of the afternoon came in the fifth race Hamilton A scoring a nose victory over old Top o th Morning Hut for coming wide when enter ¬ ing the homestretch Top o th Morning might have won It rained heavily immediately before and dur ¬ ing the running of this nice niceThe The overthrow of Sherman A in the last race was a sad blow to the talent as were the unavail ¬ ing efforts of Wise Joan also well supported A long shot won the race Joan of Arc accounting for it at the juicy odds of 30 to 1 1John John Morau acting for the Harford Stable has disposed of Dragoon to J W Schorr at private sale He will be sent to Kentucky with the remainder of the Schorr string as soon as cars are available availableWilbur Wilbur J Smith of Kansas City was an arrival today todayBuxton Buxton was fined 25 on Saturday for failure to obey the clerk of scales scalesArthur Arthur Van Etten who allots and distributes the badges on the metropolitan tracks lias departed for the Spa SpaMax Max Frank one of the old guard made his first appearance in fifteen weeks after having under ¬ gone three serious operations Convalescent he will go to the Spa SpaAfrican African Arrows runup on Saturday provided 1205 excess which was prorated among todays purses pursesMiss Miss Sterling broke down during the running of the second race yesterday yesterdayPaddock Paddock Judge J L Hall lias suffered a slight apopletic stroke at his home which will compel his absence for an indefinite period In his stead James Flint officiated officiatedJack Jack of Spades is reported to have been badly cut down in his recent race raceMajor Major E It Cassatt was a visitor jit the track today todayA A big delegation of owners trainers jockeys and turf followers will leave here on the Cavanaiigh Special for Saratoga tomorrow night
