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BfST PALS FINE YICTORY Defeats Mad Hatter in a Fast Mile and a Quarter. Big Coups Effected in the Races for Two -Year-Olds Dun- boyne in Good Form, r BY .7. Ii. DEMPSEY. SARATOGA. N. Y., August 27. K. R. Bradleys Best Pal, which has been unlucky in his last two starts here, had opportunity as a result of the small field in the Glens Falls Handicap, at a mile and a quarter, featuring this afternoons program, to. display his best ability and it landed him the winner, but only after a hard and well-sustained drive to outstay the fast coming but lightly weighted Bellsolar. Mad Hatter was the favorite, but at no point wan he equal to downing the Bradley representative, and after racing forwardly for three-quarters he retired despite the energetic persuasion of jockey Kunimer, who returned to the saddle this afternoon and had the mount on him. The Hildreth-Sinclair starter attempted to concede ten pounds in actual weight to Best Pal and twenty-two pounds to Bcllsolar, and he found his task a hopeless one from the. barriers rise. Best Pal took the lead immediately, and while making a fast pace was under restraint until reaching the last eighth, where suddenly Bellsolar came swiftly and steadily began wearing Best Pal down, but the finish still found them separated by a neck. It was the first time that Best Pal had covered the mile and a quarter route and some misgiving was felt, even by his owner, as to his ability to go the distance successfully. The time of the race, 2:03, marked, anextra creditable effort. i6la4air;Tichls were ;again-the order throughout the Afternoon, but good sport came In nearly all tho dashes, including the steeplechase, and in some instances the winners were in doubt until the judicial placing. The worst upset of the afternoon came with the running of the steeplechase, in which Queen of tho Sea was at prohibitive odds, but fenced blunderingly and tired so badly in the stretch that she barely saved third place from Vigilante. The finish and hard duel through the last quarter was between King Terry and Surf, the former winning in the final stride. SAILING B. MEDIUM OF BIG COUP. This was a t.ay of tribute to Arnold Rothsteiu, for that well-known operator engineered a coup that is s.aid to have netted him hundreds of thousands and he used his own colt Sailing B. as the medium through which to mulct the layers. Sailing B. was in with an ordinary band of platers, individually entered at 51,500, and Sailing B. spreadeaglcd his opponents to win as Kclsay, his rider, pleased und the class of the horse was further disclosed when he was bid to 1920.sh,000, at which figure he was bought by E. Hcrz. The latter was offered a profit of 00 for :he youngster by R. Miller, but it was turned down. Rothsteins second stunning blow for the layers came with the victory of G. W. Lofts Tamarisk ill the final race, a dash for fillies and contested by a somewhat ordinary baud. It, however, developed a .rousing duel between Tamarisk and Mavehona, the former just managing to last long enough, to win by a nose. The uncertain Frederick the Great, which ran a surprisingly poor race in his last start, was again made an outstanding favorite over those he met in the fiftli race, but this time lie raced well and won in easy style from Paddy Dear and Great Gull. He was entered for and was bid up to ,005 by J. J. Murphy and bought in by his stable. The opening race brought to the post a crack blind of sprinters and it enabled Dunboyne to score easily from Star Master and Crank in the fast time of 1:11. It marked Dunbbyncs first start since the running of the Toboggan Handicap at Belmont Park last spring. He had to be in retirement on account of a quarter crack and trainer John MeCormack, by his good ministration, has succeeded in causing a new hoof to grow on the colt. The stewards reprimanded trainer T. J. Harmon for having the extra equipment of a yoke martingale on Frederick the Great, resulting in the horse coming back with a pound overweight than he weighed out with. The claiming brigade was active in the third race, no less than five claims being in for Squaw Man and three for Rancocas. The former went to the Kedgewick Stable for ,103 and Sam Louis secured Rancocas for ,083. Faddy Dear was claimed by J. J. Murphy for ,100. CERAMIC TO BREEDING BUREAU. C. K. Moore lias presented to the Breeding Bureau of the Jockey Club the four-year-old Ceramic, by Ballot Majolica. Ceramic appears a fine type and should sire splendid hunters and cavalry remounts. Lion dOr came back after his race bleeding slightly as a result of having caught the barrier in his month during one of his breakaways. He acted sourly at the barrier and showed a general disinclination to race, but did display great speed in the running before giving away completely in the last sixteenth. Jockey Fator had to cancel his riding engagements for the afternoon on account of illness. .Jockey Ensor will again be back with his former cmplo3-er when he returns to Belmont Park, as he has engaged to work for Thomas Healy, who is training the R. T. Wilson horses. Ensor is gradually coming to a realization of the error of his ways and lias decided on taking a brace and hereafter contemplates attending strictly to his riding business. Colonels Stanley Koch, Charles L. Scott and R. II. William of Hi" Kemuont Bureau have announced their intention of addressing the horsemen tomorrow In the paddock before the racing and make known to them some pertinent matters concerning the horsemens interests. Jockey L. Mink departed this afternoon for Lex- Oostifiued on second page. BEST PALS FINE VICTORY Continued from first page. ington, where he will ride during the Blue Grass Pair meeting. E. Trotter, In charge of the Plorisant stable, will ship the horses next week to Havre de Grace, where they will be raced. J The horses of C. W. Clark, which Includes Captain Mac, Plotor, Sway. Uscovar and United Verde, were shipped to Lexington this mornim; to await the opening of the Kentucky fall racing. United Verde had been intended to start in the Futurity, but trainer Barnes did not consider the time sufficient to have the colt ready for the race. Owner Clark is at present in France, but will be on hand for the racing at Latonia. J. II. McAvoy had intended shipping the Thomas Monahan racers direct to Latonia. but has changed his plans and will take In the Belmont Park meeting before going to Latonia. Trainer William Karrick announced this morning that Cleopatra would be a certain starter in the Latonia Championship Stakes, barring -an accident, and that the filly owuld be at Uitonia at least a week before the running of the race.
