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SUN BRIARS GREAT RACE SATURDAY Stamps Him as a Wonderful Horse and Bill Knapp a Gieat Jockey Thrilling Struggle Saratoga N Y August 20 Sun Hriars great victory in the Travers Stakes Saturday was the main topic of conversation among horsemen and followers of the sport yesterday The consensus of opinion was that the contest proved that Sun Briar was a great horse and that the veteran Hill Knapp was a great jockey Sun Hriar won because of his speed and courage but with a less experienced rider it is likely he would have been conquered by Johren Knapp did more than ride faultlessly He did some ¬ thing seldom seen nowadays on the American turf He gave Sun Hriar a breathing spell in the middle of the contest and this enabled Mr Kilmers colt to reserve some of his great speed and stamina for the final rush through the stretch He out ¬ generaled Frankie Robinson on Johren and when he returned to the scales was crowned king of the pilots in long distance races racesThe The start of the race was in front of the grand ¬ stand and the crowd got a thrill and gave a cheer when Mars Cassidy sent the four famous champion ¬ ship contenders away to a perfect start Extermi ¬ nator which was next to the rail was the first to show in front but before the first eighth had Inen covered Sun Hriar which had the outside position had sped to the front He started around the club ¬ house bend two lengths ahead of his stablemate which was followed closely by Johren and War Cloud As soon as the long backstreteh was readied Knapp gave Sun Hriar more rein and in a few bounds lengthHut he increased his lead another length Hut he could not get any further away for Joh ren and War Cloud closed up the gap on the long straightaway Fifty yards be ¬ fore the turn was reached jockey Knapp reverted to the strategic move which eventually gave his colt the victory He eased up his mount and al ¬ lowed Joliren to go past him The crowd was un ¬ aware of Knapps action and as the Whitney colt sped to the front a roar of Sun Hriar is beaten rent the air The next instant ten thousand throats thundered the news that Joliren wins Knapps action had fooled them themSun Sun Hriar was not beaten by any means As soon as Johren took command Knapp let out another wrap on his reins and kept Sun Hriar on the heels of tho leader IntoutUehoinestretch Johren gped at a dazzling pace with Sim Hriar still haiiginir atfhfs tail Johren is known as a mighty stretch runner Sun Hriars ability to hang on had caused much sur ¬ prise Hut there was a still bigger surprise to come Knapps strategic move had not been completed He had retreated and was awaiting the psychological moment to charge That came at the final eighth post At that point he dug his heels into the flanks of his mount It was like an elec ¬ tric spark to Sun Briar and it had the desired result Mr Kilmers colt sprang forward as though shot out of a cannon and in a few strides was at Johrens throat latch latchThen Then followed one of the most thrilling equine duels of the last decade Itobinson on Joliren saw the danger and immediately went to work with whip and heels Johren responded resolutely and main ¬ tained his short advantage until a sixteenth of a mile from the judges Then Knapp resorted to the whip He laid it hard and often over his great colts flanks The punishment was severe but Sun Briar ran faster under it and poked his nose in front And there he kept it despite the desperate efforts of Johren and his jockey to win the famous
