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SARATOGAS SPIRITED SPORT r f i Tailor Maid Furnishes a Surprise ! in Defeating Leochares. Busy Signal Is Third to Wedding-Cake and Red Red Rose Track Talk. ry J. L. DEMPSEY. SARATOGA, X. Y., August 0. Interesting finishes and close racing was a feature of todays ; sport, witnessed by the best attendance since open- I ing day. The increased assemble was due to 1 the nunrerous arrivals to spend the week-end. A handicap at one mile was featured and it developed i a rousing duel between the improved Tailor Maid and the veteran Leochares, with the former triumphing by the closest of margins. Originally . Donnacona, Jack Stuart and Paul Jones were in the entries, but they were withdrawn for various reasons and their absence caused Leochares to occupy the post of favoritism at ii short price. He gave his usual honest race and but for losing ground on , the stretch turn would have reversed the decision with Tailor Maid. Under Fire, which landed third I in the race, displayed a good performance. A . peculiarity of the race was that eacli of the six starters in it carried overweight. Kentucky again mot disappointment. This time it was due to the failure of E. R. Bradleys star. Rnsy Signal. She contested with some highly rated fillies -ot her-own .nge jit . three-quarters nd the ; best-Hlwould do vcrtJTto lahrt "In thlnTplace; berfteri n small margin by Wedding Cake and Red Red Rose. Better judged riding would have made her the victress, and that she is better than those she met, particularly at a longer distance, was only too apparent. Her failure this afternoon was partially due to Lykes action in drawing away from the rail and attempting to come around the leader on the stretch turn, which cost him more than enough ground to equal the marsin by which the filly was beaten. She conceded ten pounds to Wedding Cake and Lunetta and the concession en-ablecj the Rosseter filly to race into a good lead at once, but the final eighth found her shortening her stride speedily and she barely lasted long enough to win. Lunetta, benefited by staying close to the inner rail, was overhauling the leaders at the finish. Robert Oliver scored his second steeplechase victory of the week when hi: landed in front of the others in the jumping race. He was seemingly best, for he was saved far back to the last two fences, where lie moved up with a rush and displacing Jay Bird from the lead held Dorcris safe in the final drive. Only four started in the race, but Brand came to grief in the second turn of the field, falling at the jump directly in front of the clubhouse. His tumble was a spectacular ene, for he went down in a heap with his legs completely covered by his body and he slid in an upright position for ten feet or more, with his jockey still upright in the saddle. He regained his feet without unbalancing the rider in the slightest. The horse was so far back when he rose to his feet that it was useless to go after his opponents and he failed to finish the course. The maiden three-year-old fillies that opened up the sport furnished an unexpectedly spirited finish, after Fluff seemingly had the race at her mercy by racing into a lengthy lead. She tired fast, however, in the stretch and barely lasted to outstay Cubanita and iUt of Green. Some fairly good three-year-olds started in the mile dash, witli Smart .uy backed almost to the exclusion of the others, bm he was led home by Penelope, which eventually won easily, Smart Guy being forced out, to land in front of Tattle. Penelope was in for ,000 and was claimed by John Gengler for $.r,O00. LEONARDO II. A GOOD COLT The concluding dash, a five-eighths sprint, brought out fifteen two-year-olds of stake caliber, but Lenardo II. showed himself to he much the lest, for the McClelland colt won with ease from Hildur and Wellfinder. It was Hildurs first race in the J. K. L. Ross colors and ho displayed fine speed in the early running, but ran as if short and should be benefited by the race. The first timer, Wellfinder, is also n -colt above the ordinary, for he raced green and frequently interefered witli Brunswick, which cost the latter, at least, third place. Inchcape will probably not be among the starters here until toward the close of the meeting. He is gradually shaking off his skin disease ailment. Entry blanks for the rich stakes to be run at the Laurel autumn meeting were distributed to owners here. There is no charge for entries in the stake Rice, but a starting fee of Sl.O has to be made in .,000 added stakes, and ?."i0 in the 10.000 added stakes. R. A. Smith was an arrival this morning from . Detroit. His horses, which include Slippery Elm and Irish Kiss, will be shipped to Fort Erie to engage in the racing there. It was the intention of , Mr. Smith to race his horses here, but failure to secure stall space in time caused a delay in shipping them here and it is now difficult to secure a car. Former Senator Johnson X. Camden, chairman of the Kentucky State Racing Commission and president of the Kentucky Jockey Club, was an arrival j last night and will make an extended stay here, j He was accompanied by Stuart Hunter. Word was received this iiioriiiiir of the deatli of Chris Smith yesterday in a Xcw York hospital, j Chris Smith at one time was the most picturesque -figure in the West, not alone from the fact that he was a sensational plunger, as plungers of that 1 period went, but he was also in the limelight from the fact that his noted racing establishment in- eluded such stars as Yo Tambien, Maid Marian, 1 Prince Karl, Van Huron and others. In addition to the monetary value of the Miller 1 Stakes, to be run tomorrow, the winning of it is t additionally coveted because of the ornate and vnluable cup donated by Mrs. Andrew Miller that s will also go to the winner. J, The Kentucky Derby and Surburban Handicap i . , j j j 1 1 1 t s J, i winner of this year, Paul Jones, showed, a decided limp after his work-out this morning. Kay Spence has returned the Short Grass Cheer colt to Kmil Herz at a reported profit of 00 over the purchase price of ,300. The Youngsters bought by George Rarnes out of the Short Crass Stud sale are said to have been for the account of Emil Herz, the controlling spirit of the Short Grass Stud Company. Sentiment against a change in the present rules respecting racing plates was overwhelming, and indications are that there will be no change in the present custom. Kdward W. Siinnis. who returned from France and Kngand yesterday, was among todays visitors and will make a lengthy stay here. Mr. Simius stnted that Negofol is still in France, but will be transferred to Newmarket soon to join Prince Pulntine and the pair of noted sires will then be brought to their new home at Xalapa Farm, near Paris. Ky. Lloyd Gentry and George Odom are among the first here to make stake nominations to the Kentucky fall offerings. The following recommendation was unanimously adopted by a special committee appointed by the stewards of The Jockey Club at a meeting on June mend that there be no restrictions against toe calks except that the length of the toe calk he not more than two inches." F. R. Hitchcock, a steward of The Jockey Club, presided as chairman and P. M. Rurch was secretary of the committee, which consisted of Mr. Hitchcock and the following trainers: H. G Red-well P M. Rurch. T. J. Healy, S. C. Hildreth. A. J. Joyner and Thomas Welch. The agitation grew out of a movement to do away with anything but plain plates on the feet of horses raced on tracks operating under the jurisdiction of The Jockey Club. There will be a meeting of the Remount Association at the United States Hotel at 8:30 tomorrow evening and all horsemen are invited to attend. The meeting will be addressed by Col. C. L. Scott, who has charge of the federal breeding interests. A. R. Hancock, who is a breeder of thoroughbreds, is a vice-president of the Remount Association, and other gentlemen are interested in the work of general purpose horse improvement. As the federal government is now using thoroughbred sires almost exclusively and an appropriation of 50,000 has been secured to prosecute the work in a vigorous manner, it behooves all friends of the thoroughbred to encourage the work by their presence at tomorrows meeting.
