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SMASHING TRACK RECORDS Tuscaloosa and Jyntee Lower Saratoga Marks in Their Races Kathleen Falls Lame Again Af ¬ rican Arrow Wins Mile and a Quarter Dash Track Talk ISy J L Denipscy DenipscySaratoga Saratoga X Y August 22 Reduction of trick records was again the order tliis afternoon and the five mil a half furlongs in l threequarters marks were lowered The first record to go liv the l litrl itrl ws tluit of Ho Frank which during the present niictiisg lowered it to 105 Tuscaloosa clipped two rfths from this mark tliis afternoon In the Miccceding rait Iolvinelians 110 was lowered liy JynteeTurcaloosa Ihe suddenly improved Jyntee Turcaloosa started in tin Sehiiylerville Stakes whih brought out i fast Imnd of ten fillies Blush ¬ ing Beauty and Joyful lieing added starters Tusca ¬ loosa enjoyed favoritism over the others vitli the W ft Coe pair Terentia and Herodias also ab ¬ sorbing considerable betting attrition Tuscalcosa never gave her backers causa for anxiety for she moved into the lead at once and increased her ad ¬ vantage with every stride to ultimately win by i dozen lengths and could have made the margin inuili larger The winners iiortion of the stakes was 3 IO IOThe The threequarters handicap wliich called out the stnr fillies md mares in these parts apd fol ¬ lowed the stake feature was of vaster more interest to the crowd Kathleen carrying the Folly Farm silks was making her debut here this afternoon and was given extensive support no secret being made of the fact tll1t she was in extra good form and that her connections exacted her to land the purse with ease The jinx that has followed lior since her transfer from George 1 Longs establishment was however again on the job for not alone was she away from the barrier in such slow style ax to make her winning a hopeless task but she also returned to the scales limping perceptibly as the result of an injury she received during the running but of how grave a nature could not be determined accurately at present Jyntee presentJyntee displayed a high flight of speed and kept in the van all the way Kathleen at one time get ¬ ting close enough to her to raise the hopes of her many backers but her early effort of closing a big gap coupled with her injury caused her to ure and she lost second place in tin final strides Viva America and Fairy Wand heading her Jyn lee won with ridiculous case caseThe The change to intensely warm weather did not cause any decrease in the attendance There rilso seemed more snap to the sport than on many former days Backers of favorites succeeded in picking half of the card but the oralizers did not escape a drubbing for all the winners including Jyuteo tiie longest priced winner of the afternoon came in for a full share of support G supportG W Lofts colors were again carried to victory this time by his youngster Rodgers which led for she entire race to win frnm Cirrus and Lads Love the favorite Yurucari following followingSTEEPLECHASE STEEPLECHASE SPECTACULAR ATFAIE ATFAIEThe The steeplechase was a siKctacnlar affair witii Babcock favorite the ultimate winner from Max Meadows The pair fought it out over the last five jumps Meadows after giving the winner stubborn contention in the field succumbing after going over the last hedge Toppy Nix which was contending gamely at the time lost his rider at til twelfth jump jumpThe The mile and a quarter race witnessed the down ¬ fall of the favorites Huckboard and Valais The hitters failure was duo to a mishap he had in the running which injured his leg considerably but JIucklKmrd ran a dull nice although he came near getting third place through an oversight of the judges but they quickly rectified it and gave third place to Irregular which had finished in that position African Arrow under skillful riding out staved Deckiaate in the last few strides to win the purse After the finish W IVrkins advanced the xvinner from an entered selling price of 2500 to 3700 but failed to get him himKnsor Knsor incurred tile displeasure of the starter in tin nice by bad post behavior and was suspended for five days daysThe The final nice resulted in a victory for Oenone over Rubber II The latter regarded as having a chance almost made a runaway of it and held on much Intter than usual but tired enough to be beaten a length The favorite Wiugold was away IMiorly and could not close the big gap A gapA K Macomber has finally decided to lift the siibiMiisIon that has kept his star rider J I Ioftus oftus tram the saddle since the Bclmont Park meeting Trainer Jennings today received instructions to re ¬ instate the jockey and I Ioftus oftus will be in the red and white stripes white cap on Saturday On receipt of news that he has lcn restored to favor Ijoflu weightKcainer at once Ixgan reducing to riding weight Kcainer was as fresh as a daisy this morning after his recordbreaking stunt of yesterday and will fill the remainder of his engagements at the meet ¬ ing ingRecord Record breaking continued today when Tuscaloosa the homebred daughter of Chuctanunda ran the five and a half furlongs in the Schuylervillc Stakes in 101 and Jyntee in the colors of Lieut Ray iiiund ISclmont won the fifth race at threequarters in 110 Tuscaloosa was bred at the llurricana Farm of John Sanfonl and botli her sire and dam first saw the light of day there so there was a peculiar satisfaction in winning the race It was at llurricana that Mohawk was foaled and he will IH remembered as the winner of the Hopeful Stakes with 130 pounds up so that after all good horses can be bred in the Empire State StateAfter After African Arrows victory in the third race IV Perkins advanced him from 2500 to 3700 at which figure he was protected by his trainer with the customary five dollars advance
