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AN OFF DAY AT SARATOGA Favorites Hard to Locate on a Slowed Up Track Questionnaire Captures the Troy Selling Stakes Nigel Dis ¬ tresses His Backers Again By 7 L Dempsey DempseySaratoga Saratoga N Y August 20 The Troy Stakes for twoyearolds under selling conditions and worth 3075 was tlie stellar money offering on todays program and it brought to tlie post a medi ¬ ocre hand of youngsters the winner turning up in Kilward 15 Arlingtons Questionnaire which tri ¬ umphed easily over Peter and Blairgowrie The winner was best and had to race wide for most of the way wayTlie Tlie ordinary card coupled with tills being a general off day accounted for a decreased attend ¬ ance tlie many departures during the past twenty four hours also being responsible for a falling off in the crowd crowdUpsets Upsets again materialized frequently and left the backers in a staggering condition Their worst throwdown came in the fifth race in which Gold Tassel was held to be best and supported with ran confidence But her backers did not figure in their calculations the incompeteney of the diminutive Wessler who had the mount He messed her about in bad style resulting in her failure to even get a place The winner turned up in the suddenly im proved Serenest which led for practically the en tire way hut only won by a nose from Woodtnip Nigel which in a preceding start while favorite was beaten badly and his defeat charged to the ride that Lyke gave him was again installed the choice in the opener which was contested by an ordinary band of platers The Carman representa ¬ tive again proved a dismal failure and finished far back There was an undue amount of interference on the stretch turn in this race Dimitri the leader seemingly forced most of the contenders wide which enabled ISrother Jonathan one of the follow ers to save a big amount of ground and it helped him to victory His success enabled the Arlington stable to record a double for the afternoon as Questionnaire won the stake feature Both horses were ridden by Walls WallsThe The Brighton Stables Flags scored a lucky victor in the second race which brought to tlie post a good field of sprinters Flags had a small margin over Crank and Naturalist at the end but the pair to finish closest behind him should have led him at the end Naturalist which began sulking early dropped out of contention as if he had broken down but when questioned by the stewards Loftus his pilot stated that the horse absolutely refused to extend himself and that no interference had been suffered by it In Cranks case it was simply a bad ride that brought about his defeat The running of the mils and an eighth handicap brought with it another pronounced upset in the success of Fairy Wand over Bondage and Star Master Tlie latter was the favorite but was well beaten most of the way Fairy Wand showed her customary high flight of early speed and held to her task well Bondage after being far back succeeded in overhauling Star Master for second place placeThe The closing race witnessed the downfall of an ¬ other outstandink favorite in llerodias a daughter of tlie famous Tlie Tetrarch She appeared to re ¬ fuse to extend herself during periods of the race and McAtee did not seem able to make her run for him Milkmaid coupled with Looking Up and owned by J E Madden showed tlie way to tin others after having led for practically the entire way Catsyaw outstaying Herodias for second place placeTROUBLE TROUBLE OVER QUESTIONNAIRES BID UP UPAfter After Questionnaires victory he was bid ny 501 over his entered price by Joe Vendig Later Vendig complained to the stewards that owner Arlington had subjected him to abuse because of tlie runup runupGeorge George M Hendrie president of the Windsor Jockey Club and John Hachmeister general man ¬ ager of tlie Latonia and Douglas Park Jockey Clubs were visitors today and plan to remain for several days Mr Haclimeister who is here in the interest of the fall stakes to be run at the tracks witii which he is identified entries for which will closu tomorrow will go on to New York Thursday for a conference with President Charles F Grainger and Manager M J Winn of the Churchill Downs track in relation to Kentucky racing matters after which he will return to Kentucky to prepare for the fall meetings Mr Hachmeister declared that all indica ¬ tions point to a highly successful fall season in Kentucky KentuckyTriomphant Triomphant which Sam Louis claimed out of a race has been sold by him to J W Considine ConsidineJockey Jockey Byrne who was suspended for rough riding on Dunboyne in the Grand Union Hotel Stakes Saturday had a hearing before the stewards after tlie running of the first race raceThe The program book of the Lexington meeting reached here this morning and was distributed to owners and brought fortii favorable comment Praise was accorded to the association for their liberality as the purses all carry a uniform value of 800 800Jockey Jockey Erickson who rode Feu dArtifice in the first race suffered a fracture of the collarbone The broken bone was reset and bandaged by Dr Moriarity It is the second mishap of the same nature that Krickson lias suffered this year yearThe The Saratoga management yesterday granted per ¬ mission to Mr Kilmer to start Sun Briar against his own record of 13 If on Thursday next or if tlie day and track is not good then on the next favorable day Sun Briar will carry 100 pounds poundsHavre Havre de Grace and probably all other tracks included in the Maryland circuit will have a board of handicappers at the coming term of fall racing racingJockeys Jockeys Taplin and Lyke were summoned before the stewards this afternoon witii reference to their rough tactics in the Grand Union Hotel Stakes Lyke especially being charged with having taken hold of War Marvels bridle Taplin gave as the reason for War Marvels crowding of Lady Rose ¬ bud that it was due to her swerving in and Lyke disclaimed taking hold of tlie Macomber fillys bridle but had used his hand to push her off from Lady Rosebud The stewards dismissed the pair with a sharp warning warningLunsford Lunsford claimed a foul against Loftus in the second race which was not allowed no interference being in evidence to justify tlie claim claimNotices Notices were posted conspicuously on the grounds advising horsemen that F Ambrose Clark wishes to buy for the account of the United States govern ¬ ment thoroughbred stallions three years old or over for which good prices would be given if tlie offerings measure up to the standard required for cavalry and breeding purposes
