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INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS AT SARATOGA Naturalists Temper Bugaboo for Tom Welch Handicapper Hard on The Porter BY ED COLE COLESARATOGA SARATOGA SPRINGS N Y August 6 Tom Welch withdrew Naturalist from the Delaware Handicap for the reason that he did not want to spoil the present disposition of the horse which has been far better the past two months than it has been in his career I have just educated him into running kindly over any kind of track Mr Welch said and I dont want to destroy his dis ¬ position Last year he acted badly in two races over the Saratoga track and I am a bit fearful he may return to the habit if his temper is ruffled This going is hard compared witli the Long Island tracks and I am fearful lie will do one of his original stunts I am hoping for rain when Nat ¬ uralist in entered to soften up the going a bit then I want to meet Sun Briar or any other horse Of course Ill start him If I have to on a fast track but I hate like the dickens to bet on him In one race last year he propped after going about a quarter of a mile and in another took a foolish notion when he had only about an eighth to go and ducked into the inside rail apparently for no cause whatever only Just foolishness He came along afterward and only lost the race by an eye ¬ lash showing how far he would have won but for his eccentricity eccentricityJohn John Schorr believes that handicapper Vosburgh is pretty hard with his figures when attaching weight to The Porter in handicaps He just is not the horse Mr Vosburgh thinks he is said his trainer The horse is anywhere from five to ten pounds below Mr Vpsburghs estimation and he never could beat horses like Sun Briar and Exterminator the way the handicapper has him rigged I firmly believe Mr Vosburgh is sincere in his allotment of weights but he certainly has The Porter overrated He can beat commoner horses with plenty of weight up but with horses like Sun Briar coming down to the judges in l36f with 128 pounds up itis too much for The Porter PorterAfter After Fairy Wand had won the Delaware Handi ¬ cap from Sun Briar the question was asked a thousand times What sort of a horse must Pur ¬ chase be beHIGH HIGH OPINION OF PURCHASE PURCHASEIt It will be remembered that on the opening day Purchase ran rings around Fairy Wand In the Saratoga Handicap over a mile and a quarter course In that event Purchase could have gone to the lead after seveneighths and while he was giving Fairy Wand but thirteen pounds in actual weight it must not be forgotten he is but a threeyearold while Sun Briar is a fouryearold and gave Fairy Wand twentyone pounds It is the consensus of opinion that Sam Hildreth has a real crack In Purchase and many think that he will beat Sir Barton again when they meet meetHarry Harry Stevens the caterer came pretty nearly be ¬ ing hooked as an owner at last nights sale of yearlings He bid 1000 on a youngster and then backed away for fear of further temptation When asked what he would have done with the filly had he bought her he said he would have turned her over to Tom Welch WelchJohn John Smaliman of London Ont is a visitor for a few days looking over the yearlings and jumpers I like jumpers said Mr Smullman Y Ynd nd when they get a bit cheaper I may get a couple just to be represented in some of the Canadian steeplechases steeplechasesHenry Henry McDaniel would have received 1000 had Sun Briar beaten 130 in the Delaware Handicap It was a promise of W S Kilmer Sun Briar fin ¬ ished a head behind the winner In speaking of the race Mr McDaniel said it was the best race Sun Briar ever ran
