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VICTORY WAS NOT A DECISIVE ONE Turf Critics Believe Johrea Will Turn Tables On Sun Briar if They Meet Again By J It Jeffery JefferySaratoga Saratoga N Y August 21 Sun Briars victory over loltren in the Travers Stakes on Saturday was not decisive enough to be conclusive as to the threeyearold championship in tile opinion of good judges To iMgin with Sun Briar was in receipt of six pounds from Johrcn and Sun Briars winning margin of a head di es not counterbalance the con ¬ cession Hiit Johren was making In addition Johren did not get away from the post advantage ¬ ously ouslyIt It is said to have been the intention of trainer James Kowe of the Whitney stable to have had loinen force a fast pace from the start with the idea that bv this means Sun Uriar whose staying ijiiiilitic still remained to be demonstrated might most easily be beaten But this became impossible when JolirVn failed to leave the starting barrier in his stride and then became further involved by in ¬ terference while trying to move into the lead in going to the first turn turnIt It was not until the backstretch was reached that Johren was able to recover the lost ground and as ¬ sume the role of pacemaker Meanwhile Sun Briar had been running unopposed in front at a compara ¬ tively slow pace and when Johren finally wrested the lead from him Knapp was still content to let Sun Uriar run along at about the same clip until the time came for the decisive effort effortSo So it may be taken for granted that Sun Briar was runniiig well within his capabilities at all stages until the decisive moment while Johren neces ¬ sarily expended considerable of his energy in making up the ground lost in the early stages It was a case where the luck of the nice fell to the Kilmer crack crackIt It must be conceded that there is now no ground for doubting Sun Briars staying ability for he fin ¬ ished the mile and a quarter of the Travers with a gameiiiss that settled the question Much admira ¬ tion has been aroused by the skilful manner in which Sun Uriar whose infirmities demanded special consideration has been brought along from the sprinting distance to the longer routes by his capable trainer Henry McDaniel and there seems to be no particular reason for doubting that the application of the same intelligent methods will yield the desired results if the handsome son of Sundridge Sweet Briar is asked to go even further furtherHis His remairfiiig engagement is in the Saratoga Cup at a mile and threequarters to be run Saturday August 31 the closing day of the meeting in which he will have to cope with such formidable mature opiKisition as the mighty Koamer and the redoubt ¬ able Cudgel at weight for age
