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DAY OF RECORD SMASHING Mile Mark Equalled by Buford and Later Reduced by Corn Tassel Star Realm Hangs Up New NewRecord Record for Five and a aHalf Half Furlongs Hy J L Dempsey DempseySaratoga Saratoga X Y August 5 Considering no out ¬ standing features were programed for this after ¬ noon a surprisingly large attendance was on hand to view the sport and attending incidents The rac ¬ ing was highly interesting throughout the after ¬ noon all of the finishes being exciting and iu sev ¬ eral instances so close that none but the judges could determine the results with accuracy accuracyThe The lowering of truck records continued the mile mark being the main target during the afternoon Previously it had been held by Ocean Hound which oil August 31 1910 when carrying Woodford Clay s colors made the distance in 137 Buford was the first during the afternoon to equal it and in the following race It Tl Wilsons Corn Tassel reduced it by onefifth of a second His victory was accom ¬ plished in easy style and had he been urged to a further effort he would probably have set the mark at under 137 When trainer Tom Uealys atten ¬ tion was called to tlie new mark made by his charge he replied Xothing wonderful about it A good horse Will run a mile over the track in 130 before the end of the meeting meetingThe The running of the steeplechase in which only four starters ran was followed by the suspension of jockey H Haynes who had the mount of the favorite Keildcst The finish developed a stirring drive between Crest Hill and Infidel II the former winning by a head with Keddest the closeup third Haynes kept the latter far back in the early run ¬ ning and when he did make a hard effort in the final drive the horse seemingly responded in game style and was going much the fastest at the end There was a panicky feeling on the part of the Keddest backers before the race on account of unsavory rumors connecting with Hayiies His sub ¬ sequent poor management of the horse created addi ¬ tional gossip That some schemers were trying to make Keddest a victim of their nefarious work nude patent Saturday night by the discovery discoveryof of a sponge placed in his nostrils and which Dr McCulIy the wellknown veterinarian extracted extractedWYNDOVEK WYNDOVEK WINS FOB XENTUCKIANS XENTUCKIANSThe The Kentuckians began the day auspiciously when Geo J Longs Wyndover beat six other maiden that tried conclusions with him Connelly got him off in a forward position and showing the most speed from the start he held the others safe throughout throughoutIn In the highweight handicap at threequarters W Yiaus colors were successful for the first time when his George Starr which Jh a previous race showed a sparking performance in finishing tliiriu to Polymelian and Sun Briar won after a hard drive to outstay Dr Johnson and Crank George Starr was unlucky at the start and was far back when the others excepting Basil which was vir ¬ tually left were fully straightened away He ran a fast and game race in closing a big gap and overhauling Dr Johnson near the end endWith With eleven withdrawals from the fourth race it only left ten to make the contest and Valais Wyoming and Buford were given the most considet ation Buford was lucky in being with the forward flight and iu racing close to the leaders until fully straightened away for the stretch drive where he gradually overhauled Nigel the latter under hard riding managing to outstay Wyoming With a bet ¬ ter beginning AVyoming would have probably won He was far in the rear in the early racing and had to come wide into the stretch but finished going fastest of all allThe The Wilson colors were carried to its first vic ¬ tory during the meeting when Corn Tassel took a good band into camp in the fifth race in some ¬ what easy style after he hail indulged St Isidore and Ked Sox with the lead until well straightened out for the stretch racing Eyelid closed a im ¬ mense gap in the last quarter to take second place and the first timer in these parts Lucky 15 showed an impressive performance in acounting for the smaller portion of the purse purseThe The final race resulted in the reduction of an ¬ other track record when Star Kealm from the W It Coe stable won by a nose from Sketchy in 105 ° reducing by onefifth of a second the record of Solly and Billy Kelly St Bernard made his eastern debut in the race and was given exten ¬ sive consideration by the westerners westernersWith With such wi11known representatives of speed as Polymelian Old Koenig Motor Cop Westy Hogan Midway Sun Briar Walnut Hall and Naturalist carded to start iu the Delaware Handicap tomorrow it would not be at all surprising to see the milt run in less than 137 and it would not create aiiy undue astonishment if a new Auiencau record for one luilc Avas hung up 1V
