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FAST AGAIN AT SARATOGA One New Track Record Made in the Last Race of the Day Knot Inflicts a Surprise in Stake StakeRace Race Dramaturge A Winner Favorites at a Discount DempseySaratoga ISy J L Dempsey Saratoga N Y August 13 The intensely hot weather that prevailed here this afternoon was only partly to blame for the profuse perspiration that streamed in copious rivulets from most of those present who had engaged in a betting bout with the oralizers Their condition was in the main dim to the successive defeats of the last four choices all of which had come in for extensive and confi ¬ dent betting attention attentionTrack Track Superintendent Hilly Myers skill had caused the track again to resume its original springiness and all the dashes were run in fast time The closing race a five and a half furlongs sprint for twoyearolds resulted in the reduction of the track record to 10 which was onefifth of a second better than the previous mark held by IJ T Wilsons Hannibal made during the present term of racing racingAs As a headliner for this afternoons program the Saratoga Racing Association staged the Kentucky Stakes for twoyearold fillies The conditions car ¬ ried with it a selling clause and only a half dozen moderaie class ones tried conclusions with W II Coes Uncle Lassie regarded with the most favor ami E H Hradleys mushing Peauty also holding a high place in the punters esteem ISoth were downed in decisive style by Knot but it was in the main due to tlie g MMl ride given the winner and the puor riding the other pair received Pool particularly of ¬ fended on Hlnshing Peauty for that filly ran as if l est and but for the Idunders of her rider wouhl probably have won The ISrailley jinx at this track is becoming proverbial and his colors have still to earn their first victory here since 191 The Kentucky Stakes dates back to 1S70 when Harry Hassett won it Its history since 1U07 is here briefly given Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 11107 Ella ONeill 100 Finn 1010 l0 f 1IOS Helen Harvey 100 Notter 375110 10 Hesponsfnl W Creevy 75 108 1910 Leal 94 E Martin lli5 107 1913 Crossbill 114 T McTagt 075107 1914 Montrosa 104 M ISuxton 75 l07r 1915 Honiiie Tess 104 J McCahey 75 liOQyjj 1911 Katenka 104 L Lyke lOlil lOSy 1917 StitchinTime 109M ISuxton 1450 107 V Vj j 191S Knot 99 G Walls l050 105 105No No racing in 1911 and 1912 1912Commander Commander J K L Ross annexed two of the purses during the afternoon including the steeple ¬ chase in which he was represented by the Hel mont Frenchbred Dramaturge He carried the top impost fenced in good style excepting at two of the hedges where he pecked badly but recovered fast and outstayed Le Marsouln another French bred to win by a comfortable margin Glenpop also a Frenchman landing in third place The race was not without its mishaps and the gravest sufferer was the gray gelding Flying Scout which sustained a badly spread hoof and other injuries by striking the first jump but continued gamely for the re ¬ mainder of the race and finished the course but was with difficulty led back to his stable and there is a likelihood that he will have to be destroyed Jockey Scully who had the mount on Kingstown Pier suffered a fall and n bad shaking up as a result of his failing to keep in the saddle when his mount blundered at the Liverpool opM site the clubhouse in the second round of the course Kingstown Pier was disputing with Dramaturge for the lead at the time of his mishap and his elimination allowed the winner to draw into a lengthy lead and helpocl him to victory victoryMCNOMOY MCNOMOY DEFEATS TORCHBEARER TORCHBEARERThe The other winner fr m the Hoss stable was Mon omoy in the succeeding race which got up in tin last few strides to overhaul Torchbcarer the favor ¬ ite Then was a bad jam soon after the start which threatened a fall just as the horses got out of the chute on the main track but outside of it having a destructive effect on the winning chances of some of the starters nothing more serious re ¬ sulted sultedThe The backers got away in good style when they selected Nightstick as the one likely to win the opening nice and he made good in easy style from Appleton Wiske and Sandman II Tin latter with a better ride wouhl have given the winner stubborn contention contentionIn In the fifth race Le Dinosaure was the offender and he failed to get a portion of the purse the winner turning up ia Congressman Lofts Xenith with Wingold and Impetus following Impetus running in J E Maddens odors was extensively considered and after the finish he was claimed by Sam Louis for 1255 1255John John Sanfords Tuscaloosa was given the call in the closing race but proved an easy victim for He Frank in the stretch racing Tetley a stable companion to Farmingdale and running coupled just managed to outstay the sulking St Hernard on which the Kontnckians again wagered heavily heavilyCudgel Cudgel in company with Vaiais worked a mile in 13 after the fourth race The big fouryear old looks well and is apparently at the toil of his form formTodays Todays newcomers included ISarney Schreibpr who will stay for the remainder of the meeting meetingI I Hammond who has been confined to a hospital for several weeks ailing with plnrisy has sufficient ¬ ly recovered to IK about and was a visitor at the track during the afternoon afternoonII II I ISrown general manager of the Havana track who is at present in Washington 1 C is expected to arrive next Thursday to disclose some of his plans for next winters racing in Havana HavanaJohn John Ilachmeister general manager of the Doug ¬ las Park and Uttouia tracks is expected here short ¬ ly to do some missionary work in Inhalf of his tracks where some rich stakes arc to be decided next fall fallW W C Weant was on hand immediately after Men omoys victory and bid him up from an entered price of 1400 to 1900 trainer Hedwell advancing the bid to 11000 and retaining him for Commander J K L Ross RossE E C Griffith racing enthusiast and owner was an arrival Hay arrivalHay T Miller indentificd witli various Canadian tracks witnessed the days sport sportGodfrey Godfrey Preece has appointed Eugene Lutz agent I Continued on second page FAST AGAIN AT SARATOGA Continued from first page for G Preece Jr in the management of the youngsters riding affairs affairsMonday Monday August 19 has l een designated ns Red Cross day at the Saratoga track and the third race for that day has been changed to a handicap for threeyearolds and over at one mile for n purse of 1000 It is expected that a numlter of the star racers at the course wil engage in it itJockey Jockey J Bell was held to blame for the mixup that came KOOII after the start in the third race which threatened a snill at the elbow of the chute nnd the stewards suspended the offending rider for two days daysAlgernon Algernon Daingorfield and II K Knapp left last night for New York to discuss with Major August Beluiont the rescinding of the twoyearold rule which bars Juveniles from racing in the winter According to report the majority of the Jockey Club stewards are willing to have the rule rescinded It is more than likely that favorable action in the matter will develop at the next meeting of the Jockey Club
