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SARATOGA RACING TODAY Greatest Meeting of the American cap Flash Stakes and Shillelah ShillelahSteeplechase Steeplechase the Opening OpeningDay Day Attractions The long looked forward to in the turf Woid is at hand This afternoon the one greatest race meeting of the American turf opens at Saratoga It will continue through every racing day of the month of August In its progress glorious struggles between the picked thoroughbreds of the United States and Canada will thrill and delight thousands of applaud ¬ ing spectators Due to the genius of Billy Myer as a track builder the Saratoga track is now the fastest in America and new speed records are sure to amaze and please the be ¬ holders holdersThe The program for today entirely befits the occasion Three of the six races are stake races vested with the dignity of historical associations The Shillelah Steeplechase was first run in 1902 the Flash Stakes in 1869 and the Saratoga Handicap in 1901 All have been won by grand racers the winning list of the Flash Stakes showing such renowned names as those of Remorseless Tom Bowling Olitipa Duke of Magenta Harold Sensation George Kinney Volante Hamburg Goldsmith Sysonby Peter Pan Fair Play Old Rosebud Rickety and Billy Kelly all stars of the first magnitude in their days About all of the great handi ¬ cap horses of the last two decades have measured strides in the Saratoga Handicap and to Roamer has fallen the signal distinction of having won it thrice no other racer having won it more than oiice oiiceOf Of the Jig races jof today the Shillelah and Flash show satisfactory lists of probable start ¬ ers but someiurprise willbe felt over thesmatt tfumber named to start in the Saratoga Han ¬ dicap It is not that those announced are not good enough to furnish a grand contest but that the allotment of weights was such as to indicate a dozen or more would go to the post However there may be a batch of added starters in this case If Purchase can carry 118 pounds againThe and win this race he should prove Sir Bartons conqueror when they meet again The western star filly Miss Jemima is set a severe task in the Flash Stakes in being re ¬ quired to give weight to each of the fifteen named to go against her She can be beaten here without being in the least disgraced There is a world of speed involved and the re ¬ spective showings of Miss Jemima and Cinderella is an especial point of interest interestThe The failure of Warlock and Stonewood to start against The Brook lightens the task of the crack steeplechaser of the day in the Shillelah Steeplechase and he will be a heavily backed favorite favoriteThe The purse races have filled to repletion and with horses of such quality as to assure contests of great excellence excellenceThe The Flash is one of our longestestablished stake races having first been run fifty years ago In its long history there have been a few intermissions it not having been run in 1896 1898 1899 1900 1911 and 1912 Its first winner was the filly Bemorseless a name un ¬ known to racegoers of today but a marvel of fleetness and stamina Her sister Regardless won it in 1873 but she was not such a racing machine as Remorseless Another grand filly that won it in its early days was Olitipa by Leamington subsequently one of our greatest race mares Tom Bowling Duke of Magenta Sensation George Kinney Volante an Ameri ¬ can Derby winner Hamburg Sysonby Peter Pan Old Rosebud and Billy Kelly all first class horses are among the celebrities adorning its roll of honor and its condensed history is as follows ar First Jockeys Wt Second Wt Third Wt Val T Time 1850 Remorseless Lay ton 87 Nellie James 97 Lady Petry 97 S 1450 1870 Batan Einlle 97 Cyclone filly 97 McKInney 100 1450 1871 Nema W Miller 97 Victoria 97 Maltta 97 1872 Tom Bowline Harner100 Silk Stockings 100 Cora Linn 97 1873 Regardless Soarlina 97 Vandalite 07 Kin Amadens100 1874 OlitlDa Millican 97 Willie Burke 100 Australind 97 1950 47 1875 Faithless Sparling 97 Sister of Mercy 97 Iastor 100 1950 49 1876 Zoo Zoo SDarllnzl07 Leonard 110 Palmetto 107 1650 51 1877 Duke of MaJtenta Barbee110 Perfection 107 Fawn 107 2200 49 1878 Harold HuKhes110 Idler 110 Lulu 107 2350 49 1879 Sensation Hughes 110 Grenada 110 Rosalie 107 1950 49i 1880 By the Way Costello107 Banter 110 Midgely 110 1900 50 1881 Memento Costello 107 Fllcht 107 Nightcap 107 3500 49 1882 George Kinney J McLaughlinll2 Empress 112 Miss Woodford107 2700 53 1883 Burton J McLsuKhlinllO Greystone 110 Loftin 110 2500 49U 1S81 Volante Holloway 110 Florio 107 Harrlgan 110 2150 49 1885 Prlrnero Holloway HO Waddell Bryant 110 Calera 107 2050 49 1RSO Asmes J McLauEhlln Lizzie Krepps 107 Prodigal 110 2350 50 1887 Kins Fish Garrison ill Badge 111 Van Leland 110 2800 50 1SSS Princess Bowline Barnes 107 Servla 102 Diablo 115 3575 50 1889 Protection Allen 106 Prince Howard 111 Sam Doxey 106 3505 50 1800 McClelland1W1 Monterey Taral110 Sallle McClelland 118 Palestine 118 3025 49V 1W1 Zorllng Bcrcen108 Promenade 110 Tom Tough 111 3545 49 1892 Nick SnedekerlOC One 106 Postmaster 106 2450 49 1893 Galilee F Doanel06 William T 106 Miss Lilly 100 2425 49 1894 Liza k Griffin 05 Cesarion 118 Philomena 115 2325 48 1895 Onaretto I A Clayton 89 Axiom 118 Mussulman 100 1125 48 1S97 Hamburg Wllhitel29 Handball 129 Loiterer 122 1425 50 1901 Goldsmith N Turner 115 Lux Casta 112 Chllton 115 4500 101 1902 Judith Campbell Bullmanii2 Charles Elwood 122 Sergeant 112 6300 108 1003 TIppecanoe Hicks 117 Ormondes Right 125 Montreson 117 3875 108 1904 Sysonby Redferni25 Glorifler 125 Trapper 117 4875 106 1905 Burgomaster Hlldebrand125 Gallavant 122 Vendor 125 4850 108 1900 Peter Pan Radtkei25 Electioneer 117 Arclte 117 4850 106 1907 Fair Play Mountain 122 Jim Gaffnoy 117 Sir Cleces 117 4850 100 1SOS Edward C H Shilling 115 Torbelllno 122 Practical 115 4850 107 1078R5 1909 Waldo D McCarthy 122 Fauntleroy 112 Amelia Jenksl09 8R5 107 1910 Semprolun C H Shlllln2l27 Special Brew 115 Althorpe 112 4125 109 1913 Old Rosebud J McCabe124 Stromboli 112 Black Broom 109 865 107 1914 Trial by Jury T Davie3HO Lady Barb ary 119 Solly 1K5 1185 107 1915 Prince of ComoJ McCahey110 Marse Henry 110 Malachite 107 1050 110 1916 Rickety F Keogh108 Ultimatum 110 Fairy Wand 107 1855 107 1917 Papp L Allen 127 Adeline Patricia 110 Top Coat 110 3100 l07JA 1918 Billy Kelly R Simpson 119 Lady Rosebud 113 Star Realm 110 4400 105 Run 105Run at 12 mile until 1897 Made 58 mile in 1001 and 5 12 furlongs In 1902 Discontinued in 1896 1898 1899 and 1900 No raclnc in 1911 and 1912 The Saratoga Handicap ranks with the Brooklyn Suburban and other greater handi ¬ caps of the eastern turf and has been productive of some grandlycontested races Its record is as follows Wt1901Rockton Year First Age Jockeys Wt Second Age Wt WtWater Third Ace Wt Val 1901Rockton 1161902tFrancesco 4 N Turner 116 Water Cure 4 107 107Herbert Water Color3115 6800 1902tFrancesco 3 H Michaels 97 971903J Herbert 4 118 118Hunter Articulate 6800Articulate 4 119 6800 1903J Waterboy 4 Odom127 Hunter Raine 4 107 107Bad Caughwaga4109 6800Caughwaga4109 8800 1904 Lord of the Vale 4 Lyao112 Bad News 4 103 Caughwaga5lll 8800Caughwaga5lll 8800 1905 Caughnawaga 6T Burns 119 Water 103Water Light 3 10S Beldame 8800Beldame 4 120 8300 1906 Dandelion 4 Sewell113 Tangle 10STangle 3 97 Gallavant 8300Gallavant 3 99 8300 1907 McCarter 3 W Miller 111 Running 97Running Water 4 115 Dandelion 8300Dandelion 5 117 8300 1908 Monfort 4 McCabej100 Far 115Far West 102 Danoscara 8300Danoscara 4 100 1150 1909 Affliction 3 E Martin 90 Kings 102Kings Daughter 6 101 Olambala 1150Olambala 3 116 3850 1910 Olambala 4 Butwt 11128 Ballot 101Ballot C 133 Stanley 3850Stanley Fay5102 8800 1913 Cock o the Walk 3J Glass 107 Lahore 133Lahore 5 no Rot 8800Rot Stone 5 95 3850 1914 Borrow 6 J Notterl23 Hedge noHedge 5 98 98Saratoga FlyFairy 3850FlyFairy 4 117 3875 1915 Roamer 4 J Butwell128 Saratoga 3 103 103Ed S 3875S Jasmine 6103 2800 1916 Stromboli 5J McTaggartl21 Ed Crump 4 123 123Spur friar 2800friar Rock 3 107 3850 1917 Roamer 6 J Butwell122 Spur 4 123 123Cudgel Ticket 3850Ticket 3 107 4850 1918 Roamer 7 F Robinson 129 Cudgel 4 133 Bondage 4850Bondage 04 105 5350 Distance 1 18 mile tl Slf JaUe Increased to 1 14 ranci No nclnc In 1011 and 1012
