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BILLY KELLY SCORES ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE IMPRESSIVEVICTORY VICTORY AT SARATOGA IN THE UNITED UNITEDSTATES STATES HOTEL STAKES By J L Dempsey Saratoga Springs X Y August 3 W F Pol sons Billy Kelly an unscxed son of Dick Welles Glena convincingly proved that his former victory here in his first start when he accounted for the Flash Stakes was no fluke by scoring Impressively in the United States Hotel Stakes having a net value to the winner of 8825 and contested by about all the star juveniles in the country Dunboyne carrying the silks of P A Clark landed in second place and AV 11 Coes Englishbred filly Terentia leading the others in third place Billy Kellys vic ¬ tory was decisive He raced to the requirements of a good horse He carried his full weight and a penalty was in the thickest of contestion in the early running although away somewhat tangled at the beginning rcsiwmled in game fashion when brought to a hard drive and held his opponents safe through the last sixteenth After the finish it was the general verdict that lie is the best of those twoyearolds that have bean seen under colors up to date dateThe The original fourteen carded overnight went to tlie post and eastern sympathy for local candidates caused early support to be divided between Elfin Queen and Eternal but the faith of the westerners and Kentuckiaiis caused a change in the quotations before post time the weight of support for Billy Kelly installing him in the post of honor with Eternal Elfin Queen and Dunboyne best fancied of the others othersThe The fiehL was away in fairly good alignment Bimpsou on Billy Kelly being somewhat unpre ¬ pared caused the colt to begin slowly but having an inner position and lucky in escaping interference lie was soon in the wake of the leaders High Time Klfin Queen and Dunboyue Elfin Queen seemingly was nowhere near her earlier good form for she retired promptly but High Time continued to display a good order of speed and Dunboyue attended him fairly close up with Billy Kelly next until just before reaching the stretch turn turnAt At this point High Time began tiring and Dun ¬ boyne and Billy Kelly the latter swinging wide moved up simultaneously to the lead They meas ¬ ured strides for about fifty yards and then both the respective riders began plying whips Billy Kelly responded at once and in the last eighth had secured a lead that insured liis victory barring a mishap 11 passed the winning line nearly two lengths in advance of Duiiboync Tereiitias final rush was a game one and it brought her into third place Fairbrother was struck in the eye by a stone or clod during the race and it retarded her progress some Eternals showing was a disappointing one for he was far back all the time The Kenner Stakes over a mile and threesix ¬ teenths an oldtime fixture divided attention with the United States Hotel Stakes as a feature and it brought to the post a quintet of threeyearolds including Tippity Witchet and the Kentucky Derby winner Exterminator Both succumbed in easy style to the foreignbred filly Enfilade running in the colors and interest of Morton L Schwartz Byrne took her into the lead immediately after the start and she held to her task in fine style overcoming challenges made by Tippity Witchet and winning by a comfortable margin Exterminator also ran a good race and outstayed the Sanford representative in the final drive Tippity Witchet tired in the last eighth and in the judgment of the close observers he might have been a trifle short George J Longs Frcecutter absorbed the attention of the Kentucky contingent in the race but he ran a i oor race and followed the others at the finish The stake had a net value of 3550 to the winner winnerAside Aside from her easy victory Enfilades perform ¬ ance carried additional merit in the fact that she reduced the track record of 158 made by Sir John Johnson in August 1909 to 150 150The The steeplechase resulted in the downfall of Bet a pronounced favorite the winner turning up in Kobert Oliver on which Allen had the mount and his success was directly due to his superior horse ¬ manship With good riders both Bet and Drama ¬ turge would have beaten the winner Campbell on Dramaturge was especially to blame iii his riding of that horse and threw away second place through carelessness H P Whitneys colors were carried in their initial victory of the meeting in the opening race when Stickling only lightly regarded led home a big band to the finish Jlerry Princess taking sec ¬ ond place and Blushing Beauty just overhauling Christie Holters for third place placeJefferson Jefferson Livingstons Solid Itock furnished the upset In the fifth race whun he won out in easy style over some ordinary ones engaged Madame Herrmann lauding in second place with Col March inont third thirdA A fast band of sprinters tried conclusions in the final dasli and it developed into a hardfought fin ¬ ish with Battle getting up in the last stride to outstay Lady Gertrude and Salvestra Viva America made her debut to an eastern audience in this race but her showing was nothing to enthuse over and it was below her best form Jockey Johnson who has developed into the most hard luck rider in the country was unseated from Ima Frank soon after the start and the mare gave additional ex ¬ citement to the race by taking command when threeeighths from the finish and leading for the rest of the race
