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ANOTHER MEETING PROBABLE Cudgel and Westy Hogan May Clash Again Next Saturday Both Eligible to Merchants and andCitizens Citizens Handicap Roamer RoamerMay May Go Also By 7 It JefTery JefTerySaratoga Saratoga X Y Aug 19 No race run hero since the opening of the current meeting has aroused TIHII enthusiastic partisanship as the sensational contest of Friday in which those two giants of the turf Cudgel and Westy Hogan finished noses apart in he most thrilling struggle of the season a struggle so tense that it gave the American turf iifMV record of 156 for one mile and throesi fcntlis achieved over a track that was by no means at its best How much lower the record would have been reduced had the track been as fast as before the conjectureC recent raiii is a matter of conjecture C H Pettiagill ami E C Smith who ofiieially judge the finishes of the races for the Jocke agreiil with the form chart compiler in esti Cudgels winning margin as infinitesimal It was just on the nod that Commander Boss sterling son of Broomstick and Eugenia Burch gained the de ¬ cision over his valiant adversary The outcome of the race has been followed by no end of controversy as to the respective merits of the two horses and it is certain that if they meet again as they are likely to under a simil the Merchants a the same distance that race will asi keeping with what it othei otheiIt It was the general opinion iwiore me running 01 Fridays race that Cudgel would be returned an easy victor It was widely known that he had worked exceptionally well for the race and was at his bst As it turned out Westy Hogans ability had been a bit underestimated It was generally thought that he would run a commendable race but he simply ran the best race of his whole career and put forth a better effort than he was thought capa ¬ ble of No criticism can be made of the manner in which either horse was handled Jockey Kummer gave Westy Hogan as snug a ride as could be asked for utilizing his wellknown speed to the utmost in forcing a fast pace but yet reserving him as much as possible for the final effort His only hope of winning the nice from such a powerful finisher as Cudgel was to try to steal into a winning lead in the early stages of the race raceTTSTTALtY TTSTTALtY StOW BEGINNER BEGINNERDoubtless Doubtless it was the effort to prevent him from doing this that robbed Cudgel of a wider margin over his opponent at the finish It is well known that Cudgel likes to take his time in the early part if a race and finish with a great burst of speed Sonie of his most notable victories have been achieved in this manner mannerBut But it would have been suicidal to have followed Mich tactics with him yesterday for Westy Jlogan in the absence of any early speed in the nice except what he himself jwssesscs would have had things entirely too much his own way waySo So Cudgel t the surprise of most people who iro familiar with his racing ways was kept at his task so thoroughly from the start of the race that AVesty Hogan with all his vaunted sjKed was never able to obtain a lead of more than two or three lengths And that proved insufficient when Cudgel moved ny in tin final eighth with his closing challenge which while lacking the dash that has u metimcs marked his stretch rushes yet maybe suggested that II G Bedwells training methods may lw gradually bringing alxiiit a change in Cud gelit manner of running In his recent races he has iKen displaying more early speed than hitherto hithertoIt It is altogether probable that when Cudgel and Westv Hogan meet in the Merchants and Citizens Handicap next Saturday there will be some ex ¬ treme speed represented among the contestants that may lessen Westy Hogans ability to assume the pacemakers role without uiidlie pressure which is jwpularly supposed to be to his liking It will be interesting to note if under such circumstances lie will develop a gameness of which he has hitherto lKen unsuspected but of which his sensational fin ¬ ish of Friday with Cudgel may l e a forerunner forerunnerBoamer Boamer is likewise among the eligibles for the Merchants ami Citizens Handicap and his presence in the nice will probably furnish the means for test ¬ ing Westy Hugans gameness Incidentally it might not lie out if place to suggest that Westy Hogm would be a highly useful horse to include in the special race which the Saratoga Association proposes to stage with the bettering of Salvators long standing mile record in view viewREADY READY rOR SANDES TRANSFER TRANSFEROnly Only the legal formalities remain to be complied with in connection with the transfer of the contract which W P Johnson of Chicago and Edward II Kane of California hold on the services of jockey Karl Sande to Commander J 1C L Boss The con ¬ sideration is 16000 16000lien lien Ixvy whose careful coaching and pains ¬ taking supervision of the IKJVK interests have played mi Important part in the phenomenal success which the lad has scored since his first annearance in the sidle in January last will continue to make the lioys outside engagements and look after his in ¬ terests generally both here and during the fall season of racing in Maryland in which the Boss stable will participate participateThe The small stable of horses which Levy left in Kentucky when he came east with Sande last month consisting of Marasmus Loys and J Walker will be campaigned at Lexington Louis ¬ ville and Latonia under the direction of G E Chancellor in whose care they were left at Lex ¬ ington These horses race in the name and colors tit W I Johnsoil JohnsoilSnndes Snndes new connection with the powerful Ross table will give him increased opportunities for lidding to the exceptionally fine record which he us made in his brief career in the saddle The Jnty lias made good at every track at which he has Taken mounts and it is distinctly to his credit that Iho success with which he has met has not in the 1 ast turned his head He attends strictly to his uties at all times and is a gentlemanly little lap of the most exemplary habits habitsSande Sande appears to l e what is described as a nalaral rider and horsemen generally who have licen availing themselves of his services have be ¬ come imbued with the idea that horses run better for liim than for most riders
