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GRAND RACING AT SARATOGA t s Goshawk First in the Saratoga - Special in Fast Time. Mad Hatter Wins the Complain c Handicap Easily Under Heavy . c Weight Adonis Wins. t c . O I SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., August 12. 1 Before the largest crowd of the meeting t Harry Pavne Whitneys Goshawk was win- t ner of the Saratoga Special in a gamely run v race and then the Rancocas Stables Mad j Hatter wiped out his recent defeat in Canada j by Stephen Petti ts Devastation by coming home an easy winner of the Champlain Han- j dicap. A Just as it was the largest crowd it was g the most interesting racing that has been served up by the Saratoga Association. The track was fast, the races truly run and the weather all that could have been desired for t the occasion. For the first time this year the j stands and lawns were filled to capacity, , while many watched the running of the different races from the beautiful infield. Among the distinguished vsitors of the Oay was Governor Nathan L. Miller, .vie t viewed the running of the Saratoga Special from the stewards stand and after the finish presented Harry Payne Whitney with the , handsome gold trophy that went with the running of this sporting event. , The race run by Goshawk did more to j straighten out the question of two-year-old j supremacy than any that have gone befoie. . because it was a race at equal weights, and the son of Whisk Broom II. and Dovelet , made the running and gamely stood a stretch drive to win. Just a half length back came . John 13. Maddens McKee, and two lengths j further away the Rancocas Stables Bud , Lerner nosed J. S. Cosdens Martingale out. , August Belmonts Messenger was another length further back. STOllY OF TUB SPECIAL. From a good start McAtce rushed Goshawk into the lead quickly and Martingale was closely lapped on him, with McKee a good third. Tall Timber was in an inside position and for an eighth Ensor kept him well up with the leaders, while Messenger was taken on an outside course and was well within striking distance. Bud Lerner had gone up in the air slightly at the start and in the early running was in a position that prevented him striding freely. On the turn out of the backstretch Pool moved up fast with Messenger, but he made his move altogether too soon and the big chestnut was asked to race much further than the others in the course .that was chosen. McKee met with some slight interference and Garner had him under a pull waiting for an opening. Sande was also racing Bud Lerner along on the inside and was holding his position well, but some distance from the leaders. When well into the stretch Martingale and Goshawk were closely lapped and for an instant it seemed that the former would turn the trick, but Goshawk finally made his crack. In the meantime McKee had found his opening and he was coming along with a mighty rush on the inside. Goshawk had shaken off Martingale, but this new danger gave him no time to take a long breath and it was a battle right to the end. McKee was two lengths before Bud Lerner and the Rancocas purchase from Madden outgamed Martingale in the closing strides. Messenger was not ridden to the best advantage and his was a thoroughly good race. The race was worth 2,750 to Mr. "Whitney, which included a handsome gold cup that was presented after the running by Governor Nathan L. Miller. It was the fifth time that the Whitney colors have been home first in the running of the stake. It was first won by W. C. Whitneys Goldsmith in 1901 and the following year Whitney and Duryeas Irish Lad was winner, then in 1914 Regret won it for H. P. Whitney and the other winner, besides Goshawk, for that sportsman was Tryster, which took the prize in 1920. BACK IX OLD-TIME FORM. Mad Hatter gave evidence that he is back in good form by a gallant and easily achieved victory in the Champlain Handicap, at a mile and an eighth. He was the favorite at liberal odds and after being skillfully saved to midway of the stretch rushed past Blazes into a good lead and won by an easy four lengths. The lightly weighted Rouleau ran a good race here and outfinished the other westerner, Best Pal, by a neck for second money. Best Pal ran well enough to suggest a victory here before the meeting ends. There was a good finish in the opening race, at five and a half furlongs, for two-year-old maidens, when Wood Stocktons Tassel just lasted long enough to beat Rock Pocket home, while Monardclla was a close third. Tassel cut out the running, but at the end Continued on eleventh p.-.ee. GRAND RACING AT SARATOGA Continued from first page. she was tiring, while Rock Pocket was catching her Avith every stiide. Rock Pocket ran a capital race. She Was badly pinched off on the backstretch and after working her way up Avas cut off at the head of the stretch. After these mishaps she Avas closing up at the end in a fashion that Avould have landed her the Avinner in a few more strides. There was an exhibition of gameness in the running of the North American Steeplechase when J. S. Cosdens four-year-old Faunus . fell lame flat in the running. A stride past the finish his off sore leg gave Avay so badly, that Crawford swung himself from the saddle and it was with difficulty that the badly crippled horse was led from the field. The race fell to the old mare Sou-mangha Avell ridden by Vincent Powers, though it is probable that with better racing fortune Faunus would have reversed the order of the finish. Frederick Johnsons Carnavon, after making the pace and then running out badly on the stretch turn, was winner of the mile dash for platers that was the fifth offering. King Albert raced to second place and third went to C. K. Moores Thornhedge. At the end of the program there was a Kentucky victory Avhen J. S. Wards Adonis by a game finish through the stretch Avon from Routledge, Avith Muskallonge saving third place from Trevelyan. This Avas a seven-eighths selling handicap and from a good start Muskallonge went out to set the pa.ee. Dexterous Avas right after him and Elected II. Avas heading the others. Rout-ledge Avas not far away.
