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SARATOGAS FIELDS SMALL . Scratching Reduces Adirondack Handicap to Four Starters. Exodus Added and Wins Frederick the Great Dismal Failure Knot Beats Wyoming. r BY J. L. DEMPSEY. SARATOGA, N. Y., August 25. The Adirondack Handicap, of ,000 guaranteed value, of which the winners portion amounted to ,925. was taken in easy style by Harry P. Whitneys Exodus, carrying 125 pounds and added at a late hour. For some unaccountable reason another small field made the contest. Of the original eight carded to start five were absentees. Exodus ruled favorite nnl, away advantageously, he displayed the most speed from the start and was always in command, winning easily, with .Teg his closest follower at the finish and Dry Moon landing third. Small fields was the order in all the races during the afternoon and upsets interspersed the successes of favorite backers. Three choices managed to finish in the van, with as many failing. The worst disappointment resulted from Frederick the Greats failure. He was a pronounced choice at almost prohibitive odds and failed in getting a portion of the purse. The best race of the afternoon, spectacular as well as from a class standpoint, was the mile handicap and it brought about a hard-fought aiid jilosa "finish;- .-Knots triumphing- byjrT;niair margin over -Wyoming, with. Sway only. inches away, elosely followed by Tippity Witchet and Leocllares. Knot, in her customary style, took the lead at once, but failed to get far in advance, being closely "followed, first by Tippity Witehet and later by Wyoming. After rounding into the stretch the Samuel Ross filly seemed beaten, but she rallied in game style under hard riding and beat Wyoming home cleanly enough. Sway, after having been far back, closed SMi immense gap and was going fastest at the end. Leoehares became involved in early trouble and OBrien used bad judgment in allowing him to drop too far back. The veteran made a game effort in the stretch, but was" unequal to overcoming the earlier incurred handicap. DEARTH OF STEEPLECHASE MATERIAL. The dearth of steeplechase material was again manifest by the presence of only four entered in todays cross-country race. Crest nill was made the favorite in it and he- won easily enough, but not until after lie had been given some strong contention from Stucco and Jay Bird. The latter was allowed to show the way over the first ten hedges, but quit badly. The opener found the uncertain Hendrie favored over the others, but he raced in dull style and was eliminated before half the race had been run. The winner here turned up in Ralco, which raced by Ima Frank with ease in the last eighth and won by a safe margin, Ima Frank outstaying Sammy Kelly for third place. The winner attracted Ral Pairs attention and he claimed him for ,155. With the -principal contenders on paper absentees from the fifth race, it appeared as if Frederick the Great had the purse at his mercy, and he was backed confidently and to the exclusion of the others. Sande had him under restraint close tt Ting-a-Ling and Mose, but when called on to pass the leaders, Frederick the Great failed badly, and it was virtually a case of "going from a pull to a drive," for Sande was not sparing in his. use of the whip in an effort to reuse the horse. Mose and Ting-a-Ling continued to alternate in the lead with the race seemingly between them until in the last seventy yards, where Turf came with a rush and beat both to the finish. Good things galore were uncovered in the final race, but during the running Fright was always in front, followed by Banksia, with Conftie third, and they finished in that order. Had Cubanitn succeeded in getting off more forwardly, there is every probability that she would have taken the purse, for she closed an immense gap and finished gamely in fourth place. Jockey McCtbe was suspended for the remainder of the meeting by the starter. 0,000 FOR FILLY MUTTIKINS. John E. Madden reports the sale of the two-year-old filly Muttikins to J. K. L. Ross for 0,000 and the mare Mallard, which is in foal to Sir Martin, to Harry Ekdahl, a western horseman. . The purchase price of the latter was not made public. Muttikins will carry the Ross colors in the , Spinaway Stakes on Saturday. J. W. May, who arrived from Lexington this morning and contemplates a public training stable, has taken over the string of Frederick Johnson, formerly trained by John P. Mayberry. The horses of A. II. Diaz, trained and managed by William McDaniel, will engage in Maryland racing next fall, and will be shipped to Havre de Grace at the close of racing here. John Walters, the well-known clubhouse operator, was hastily summoned to New York by the death of his sister. He will be back Saturday. J. S. Ward transferred all the horses under his care, with the exception of Gossip Avenue, to Windsor, Ontario. Gossip Avenue will be saddled by William Martin for her start in the Spinaway Stakes, to be run Saturday, and later sent to Kentucky in charge of former jockey Roscoe Goose. Morning Face has been taken over by R. A. Tang, who shipped her to Canada, where she will be raced. Frederick Johnson has sold on private terms the filly Sheba to William Martin, and she will bo shipped with others in the Martin stable to Belmont Park as soon as a car can be had for their transportation. William Clare, track superintendent here, who lias kept the course and plant in perfect condition, has been engaged as track superintendent at Blue : Bonnets during the coming meeting there and will leave for Montreal next Thursday, returning here when his duties are over. Clare will be in charge ; of the many improvements contemplate for this course before the opening next year.
