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SARATOGAS PROGRAM FOR THIS WEEK Grab Bag Handicap Grand Union Hotel Stakes and Merchants and Citizens Handicap Features SARATOGA SPRINGS N Y August 18 The Grab Bag Handicap at threequsrters of a mile for twoyearolds of the first class which is to be decided tomorrow the Schuylervllle a handicap at fire and a half furlongs for twoyearold fillies which will be run on Thursday and the Grand Union Hotel Stakes the Merchants and Citizens Handicap and the Beverwyck Steeplechase will be the outstanding features of the coming weeks rap ¬ ing The Mohawk a selling race that will be Tun today the Sarnnac Handicap which will be run on Wednesday are mere fillers fillersThe The greatest immediate interest is in the Grab Bag which is an event of the sportsmanlike charac ¬ ter of the Saratoga Special in that the nominators go in it blind and race practically for their own money The Grab Bag became a Saratoga fixture in 1014 Its quality as an attraction is indicated by the character of the youngsters that have won it Its first winner was Trial by Jury which was a good class horse as a two ami threeyearold no matter to what depths of depravity he may have sunk l cforc the government took him over for use ¬ ful service at one of the remount studs Broino a brilliant son of Broomstick and Leayonara and a brother of Leochares was the Grab Bag winner of 1915 and Broino ivas rated as good a twoyearold as were Thunderer and Dominant Samuel Ross of Washington won it in 101C with Crank a son of Celt and Crosspateh which defeated a good band of sprinters in quick time here last week In 1917 Richard T Wilson was successful with Jack Hare Jr a youngster he ieased for the occasion The leasing of Grab Bag runners is permitted under the conditions Last year Billy Kelly scored liis most brilliant twoyearold triumph when he shouldered 135 pounds and won the Grab Bag from Sweep On whose burden was 120 pounds Cojonel Liyingston 118 Tetlcy 107 and Lord Brighton 121 Billy Kellys Grab Bag victory was the most astonishing performance shown by an American twoyearold since Hamburg shouldered 135 pounds and won the Great Eastern Handicap of 1897 at Sheepshead Bay BayHAN HAN 0 WAE FOB GRAND UNION UNIONThe The indications are that Man p War which has known defeat but once tills year lie was beaten here last week in the Sanfqrd Memorial although eli ¬ gible to the Grab Bag will be saved for the Grand Union The Grand Union will be a race of three quarters of a mile in which the burden of Man o War will not be greater than 130 pounds Samuel D Riddle announced some time back that he in ¬ tended to start Man o War Inthe Grand Union and after that in the Hopeful and the Futurity and then put him by for the year The Grand Union candi ¬ dacy of Man o War invests the impending renewal of that special a race that has been won by such famous youngsters as King Hanover Highball Colin Iron Mask Puss in Boots Hourless Sun Briar and Sweep On since the Saratoga Association took over the management of the upstate racing back in 1901 with keen anticipatory interest The sharps of the east are rating Man o War up with Colin the unbeaten Hamburg Campfire Nov ¬ elty and Regret There is a strong probability that in the Grand Union Man o War will have a chance to meet the colt the western fraternity have elected champion among the fast colts and fillies of the Blue Grass High Command a son of The Man ¬ ager and EllenaDale Is the western crack Man o War may meet in the Grand Union Hotel Stakes High Command lias started twice in the west He finished third on a slow track to Marjoric Hynes and Lord Hamilton at Latonia on June 7 and he defeated the 12400 WestwooH Inspector Hughes and Lord Hamilton on a fast track on June 11 running fiveeighths of a mile around a turn in better than 100 and winning by eight or ten lengths High Commands shins were bucking in this race and it was because he was still sore when he got to Saratoga late in July that Major Thomas Clay McDowell has not started him up here hereSTAR STAR FIELD FOR SATURDAYS RACE RACEOther Other prospective starters in the Grand Union are By Golly Sandy Bual Gladiator Neddam Carman dale Bonnie Mary Cinderella Cleopatra Indiscre ¬ tion Feodor On Watch Donnucona Brookholt Rou ¬ leau King Thrush Wildair Upset Fair Gain etc The indications are that the Grand Union will be a more briskly contested race than any twoyear old event decided so far The twoyearolds which were down with influenza in the late spring and early summer are fast coming to hand aud there are a lot of good ones The Merchants and Citizens one pf the most popular of Saratoga handicaps will be a race of one mile and three sixteenths and possible starters are Sun Briar Fairy Wand Over There Cirrus Exterminator Star Master War Cloud The Porter Recount Midway Blairgowrie Cudgel Billy Kelly Vindcx Straight Forward and Thunderstorm Some distinguished names blaze out on the Merchants and Citizens winning roster Midway finished first last year The Finn won in 1910 Roamer In 1915 Sir John Johnson in 1909 and 1910 Molly Brant in 1904 and Hermis in 1903 The Merchants and Citi ¬ zens has never been Avon by a horse of indifferent quality qualityThe The Beverwyck Steeplechase promises to bring to the post the loading fencers up here notably Hib ler Bet Elysian The Brook Babeock Decisive Bughouse Belle o the Sea Crest Hill and Doublet DoubletAmong Among the good fillies in the Schuylerville which will be a race of five and a half furlongs are Ina Wood Lady Brunmicl Bonnie Mary Masked Dancer Cleopatra Lovely Flying Flower Germa Toujours Ills Choice Wedding Cake Miss Jemima and Kal lipolis
