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SIR BARTON AT HIS BEST Wins the Saratoga Handicap Like the Grand Racer He Is Historic Flash Stakes and a Purse the Whitney Stables Por ¬ tion of the Day BY J L DEMPSEY DEMPSEYSARATOGA SARATOGA X Y August 2 Sir Rarton carry ¬ ing the silks of Commander J K L Ross staged a remarkable comeback after his lengthy retire ¬ ment when he accounted for the Saratoga Handicap having a net value of ii200 this year and featur ¬ ing todays opening There was nothing fluky about his victory It was cleancut decisive and humbled the accepted outstanding cracks of the handicap division in this country Exterminator landed in second place after a gallant try and Wildair was third Following the trio came The Porter and Mad Hatter HatterSir Sir Rarton was taken into the lead at onre by Sande with Lykc on The Porter also using rushing tactics and quickly in the wake of the leader Mad Hatter being only a short distance off Wildair and Exterminator were content to follow during the early running The pace from the start was a killing one but there was little change in the running until the first half mile had been covered At this stage Mad Hatter moved up with a rush in an effort to displace Sir Rarton hut the latter was not to be disposed of and kept stride with Mad Hatter until the Hildretii representative gave it up The Porter shortened his stride after going threecjuarters and was thoroughly done at this point but Externi iniitiji loomed with uruli HTirt tlfeT spectators settled down to witness a grueling contest between Sir Barton and Exterminator But tuis expectation of the big throng was short lived for Sir Barton continuing on at his earlier terrific rush remained iu the van and held Exterminator safe through the stretch The time 014 for the race displaces the track record of J02i made by Roamer in the same race two years ago agoTodays Todays opening came up to every standard of advance predictions and in a great measure ex ¬ ceeded it for all in the Whos Who roster in racing as well as the less conspicuous turf follower were abundantly evident evidentThe The reserved section held its full quota of wealth and fashion people who devote the mouth of August to the shrine of King Horse The vislting element from other sections outside of eastern territory was also considerably augmented in the past twentyfour hours Weather conditions could not be improved on the sport being conducted under most favorable conditions conditionsGENERAL GENERAL J M GOMEZ FAILS BADLY BADLYWhile While the Saratoga Handicap was the outstanding feature interest In Jhe Flash Stakes one of thu oldest established fixtures here was in nowise abated and considerable curiosity centered in the performance of General J M Gomez the Ctiban owned youngster considered in the front flight of twoyearolds He proved a disappointment for lie never figured prominently in the front flight luring the running due primarily to his slow be ¬ ginning and stumbling The winner turned up in Harry Payne Whitneys Moody about which there was considerable agitation after his Empire City defeat as a result of jockey ColtiUttis complaint that jockey Rice had impeded him by taking hold of his saddle cloth The colt ran a fine race this nfternoon and stood a hard drive in game fashion to triumph over Plnribus The latter with his heavy impost also ran a fine race and it was only the final strides that found him giving way The Kentuckians pinned their hopes to Black Servant in the race but after being prominent in the early running he lost ground steadily after Greenland a stablemate of Moody forced him wide on the stretch turn The net value of the race to the winner amounted to 33 0 0The The Shillelah Steeplechase Handicap proved an interesting contest with the 1705 which the win ¬ ner received going to Flare with Royal Arch in second place and Minata third Flares victory was assisted by tint frequent mishaps that Royal Arch encountered He stumbled at several of tin hedges and nearly came to grief when Decisive fell in front of him at the water jump jumpThe The best contest of the afternoon came with the running of the fifth race in which Kewpie OXeil and Tom McTaggart staged an exciting last quar ¬ ter duel with Kexvple OXeil the winner by a nose The absence of Sunny Hill from the paddock was not reported until late and betting had been in progress for some time and the few wagers made on him were conforming to custom iu these parts returned but some of the layers held that all bets up to thi time of notification that Sunny Hill was not a starter should be declared off There is a controversy over the matter for the present There was little change in the quotations quotationsREPEATS REPEATS LAST YEARS VICTORY VICTORYIlallymooney Ilallymooney which scored in the opening rare here last year again opened the spurt with a vic ¬ tory when she led home E R Bradluys Blushing Jteauty after a hard drive The Kcntnckians vru in high glee when tbo Bradley filly was showing the way at a fast pace up to tin last sixteenth but Ballymooney passed her readily near the end endHarry Harry Payne Whitney made it a double for the afternoon when his colt Exodus overhauled St Michael in the last eighth to win easily St Michael was away fast and showed a high order of speed until he was headed headedJockey Jockey T Murray was the first to conic under the ban and was suspended for five days by the starter for disobedience at the post in the first race raceTom Tom McTaggart was claimed out of the fifth race by S A Clopton at a cost of 4000 General manager Matt J Winn was n arrival this morning from Latonia and will remain for the greater part of the meeting before returning to Kentucky He spoke enthusiastically of the prospects for the fall racing In the Blue Grass country and expects a record list of entries to the rich stakes that will be decided on the three tracks of the circuit dur ¬ ing the autumn Charles F Grainger is another prominent visitor from Kentucky who contemplates an indefnite visit during the racing here hereArthur Arthur Steele a prominent San Francisco sports ¬ man arrived today to remain for the meeting meetingJoseph Joseph Daniels valet for jockey Lawrence Lyke died today at the Saratoga Hospital of pneumonia His home was at Washington D C where his re ¬ mains were sent for interment intermentTrainer Trainer Louis Foustel made it known this after ¬ noon that Man o Wars first racing appearance here would be next Saturday It is not yet defi ¬ nitely decided who will have the mount on him due to Kummers probable inability to be Iu the saddle saddleAffording Affording to the present intentions of trainer H G Hedwoll the noted Sir Barton is destined for retirement at the close of this racing season and it is the aim of tin trainer to have thu horse capture most of the longdistMice cups in Kentucky for which Sir Barton will be prepared preparedWilliam William Karrick brought twentythree horses hiit which he will campaign They are mostly oxviijd by W R Coo Over Then will ultimately go jo Wyoming to serve in stud duty at the ex ¬ tensive Coe ranch Ho will be shipped to P T Claims faruu near Lexington where he will re ¬ main for a while and later be joined by Poly melian in his journey to Wyoming WyomingFrank Frank J Kelly the wellknown Chicago sports ¬ man and owner of several good horses is among thir arrivals to witness his horses race at this meet ¬ ing ingDnimmond Dnimmond owned by Win Shea sustained in ¬ juries while being shipped from the Empire Citv track vhich will keep him out of racing for a while whileJames James W McClelland was advised that Edward Simms is now en route hack to America from England and will be a visitor for an indefinite stay lare The noted horses Xcgofol and Prince j Palatine that Mr Simms secured iu France for great sums are expected to reach this country shortly butli being at present located at Newmar ¬ ket England and awaiting to be loaded on a steamer for this country They will be shipped to Mr Simms Xalapu Farm near Paris Ky on ar ¬ rival rivalAlbert Albert Simmons who previous to his illness trained a division of the Harry Payne Whitney horses is among the arrivals for a May here during the race meeting He appears much hemfitted by his long rest and is iu a fair way to full recovery
