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i 1 . i 1 SARATOGA LIVE NEWS NOTES FROM. WORLDS FAMOUS TRACK "Buddy" Ensor has been forgiven by the racing crowd just as he has been by the . stewards. When his name appeared on the jockey board as the rider of Tall Timber in the Saratoga Special it was the occasion for a hearty round of applause from the grandstand. After all it may not be amiss in granting Nash Turner a license to return to the saddle. Turner has been galloping the Widener horses regularly and feels confident that he has lost none of his cunning in the saddle. AVilliam P. Riggs, from the Maryland Jockey Club, announced today that at Pim- j lico there had been much done to stamp out any contagion there might be from the epi- j demic that visited there as well as all the other tracks last spring. Stables have been thoroughly renovated and cleaned and much of the soil about them has been spaded up and levelled to dispose of any lingering i germs. Jockey Hunt, who rode Belle of Bryn 1 Mawr, was held responsible for his mount fouling and forcing Faunus out in the run- ! ning of the North American Steeplechase, i After the finish he was supended for the rest i of the meeting and his case was referred to 1 the stewards of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association for such other punishment as they should deem merited. JOIIX SAXFORD THE HOST. John Sanford will entertain at a luncheon : in the sales arena of the Fasig-Tipton Company at 12:30 oclock Tuesday. The same night the yearlings from the Sanford Stud Farm will be sold. This luncheon will follow an inspection .of the consignment by horsemen and breeders, who have already taken a lively interest in the young thoroughbreds. Ilea, the good three-year-old from the Salubria Stable that was such a close second to Pillory in the running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico last spring, has bowed a tendon and is thrown out of training. For a time this good three-year-old was considered an eligible for the highest honors among the colts of his age. Jockey C. Lang, who sustained a broken collar bone Friday, and E. Scobie, who suffered two broken ribs in the same fall, were discharged from the hospital today. Lang will be out of commission for about a month. Jockey Marinelli, who also was in this mishap, was able to ride today. Pay Dear, which fell during the running I of the sixth race Friday, was not as badly I injured as was at first thought, but owner John E. Madden will make no further attempt to race her. She is a half sister of Emotion and will be reserved for breeding purposes. The yearling chestnut colt by Von Tromp Frankie and chestnut colt by Bard of Hope Sweet Alyssum, purchased by Fred Bur-lew, and the brown colt by Trap Rock Felicitation, bought by P. M. Burch, were for . the account of the latters brother, Selby Burch. Edward F. Simms, owner of the Xalapa Farm Stable, was a first-time visitor Saturday. He came from Texas and plans an extended stay. A number of the Xalapa Farm yearlings will be offered at auction by the , Fasig-Tipton Company later in the morning. REST FOR LEFFAItE. Sam Louis was much on the job after the fifth and sixth races, both selling dashes. He ! bid Carnarvon up from his entered price of ,200 to ,105, at which figure he was , bought in by trainer AVilliam McKnight of the Frederick Johnson stable. Owners and trainers are ordered to report ; their horses as in the paddock to paddock judge, James McLaughlin, at the end of the ! saddling paddock, not less than thirty minutes before the time set for the race. By order of the stewards. Jockey Marinelli was so little hurt by his fall with Belphrizonia in the last race Friday that he appeared in the saddle on Forest Lore s in the first race. He was given a round of c applause by the crowd as he cantered to the 5 post with his mont. Sam Louis sold LEffare, which he claimed 1 from F. W. Morris Friday, back to his previous - owner today. This automatically bars 3 the horse from starting for thirty racing days. Recent runups will result in increased 1 purses Monday. The first and fourth races 3 will be worth ,366 apiece, while the second, , fifth and sixth will have a value of ,166 5 each. Morning gossip of the Saratoga Special was s that Louis Feustel had worked August Bel-; - monts Messenger a quarter from the barrier r in 22 seconds as a final trial for the race. After Adonis won the sixth race Louis raised him from ,000 to ,500. Owner Jonn S. Ward bid ,000 and kept him. Jockey John Zoeller departed for Louis- ville today to report to trainer Louis F. Mar-i shall, his contract employer, AVilliam Garth has purchased Adamant from Thomas Clyde at private sale.
