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KENTUCKY SELLING STAKES Falls Easy Prey to the Superior Speed of Pandowdy. White Star Wins C. W. Clark His First Race of the Saratoga Meeting. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.f August 20. Pandowdy, speedy daughter of Peter Pan and Winifred A., that races for the Green" . tree Stable, was the winner of the best offering of an ordinary card presented by the Saratoga Association this afternoon. Pandowdy took the Kentucky Selling Stakes, a dash cf five arid a half furlongs for two-year-old fillies, that was worth ,556 to the winner. She was so much the best that the result was never in doubt and at the end she was a half dozen lengths clear off by herself. There was another heavy track that was particularly difficult to gallop over and as a result the races, for the most part, were filled by horses of moderate class. The crowd was a large one for the nature cf the entertainment and some good contests resulted. Six went to the post for the Kentucky Selling Stakes and two. Insulate and Soul Mate, were from the stable of Samuel Ross, the Washington sportsman. The others besides Pandowdy were Belphrizonia, Adventuress and Allie Ochs. PANDOWDY ALL THE WAY Thomas rushed Pandowdy away fast and she quickly raced into a lead of a couple of lengths, which she widened considerably before the stretch was reached. By that time the others were well beaten and she drew away to win in a canter. Allie Ochs raced second throughout the early running, but tired when the pinch came at the end and dropped back badly, while both Belphrizonia and Adventuress raced past her. The Ross pair raced green and beginning slowly brought up in the rear to the stretch, where Insulate closed up some ground after swinging wide into the stretch. Joseph E. Wideners Anonymous was an easy winner of the fourth race, a dash of five and a half furlongs for two-year-old maidens. He had no trouble in taking the measure of IT. P. Whitneys Picketer, one that had worked exceedingly -well, while John E. Maddens Waterfeather raced third. The lack of racing experience of Picketer may have had something to do with his defeat, for McAtee was unable to get him to running fast in the early racing, while Anonymous left the barrier fast and, racing into a long lead, was at no time threatened. Through the stretch Picketer closed up some ground to be second and Waterfeather easily beat the other two, after having raced second to the final eighth post OPENER TO DUNCECAP. Richard T. Wilsqn.s Duncecap was the winner of the opening race, a mile for selling platers. His victory was an. easy one, but was only possible because of the gameness of little J. Merimee, who had the mount. At the end Bud Fishers Overtake took .second place, with Leghorn third and Zealot last. Zealot made the running and when Merimee attempted to come through on the inside with Duncecap McAtee pulled Zealot over to the filly until she had to be taken up shortly. This was about enough to discourage any little boy, but Merimee stuck to the inside position and in the stretch, when an opportunity presented, he again made his rush on the inside and was successful in coming through. In the stretch Zealot quit badly and the other three raced away from him, with Duncecap the winner by a length and a half, while Overtake was a like distance before Leghorn. C. W. Clark won his first purse of the meeting, when White Star scored in the three-quarters, that was the second offering. At the end he was showing the way to Dexterous by a neck with Violinist a half length farther away. Dry Moon, the top heavy favorite, was last of the five that raced. Sailing Along set the pace after she had headed Dexterous. White Star, Violinist and Dry Moon followed in close order and there was little change in the running until near-ing the stretch turn, when coming to this turn White Star was pocketed, but it was apparent that he was ready to run fast, while Sailing Along was tiring. Then on the turn Thomas found room to rush White Star through and he held command to the end. Callahan was forced to come a bit wide with Dexterous on the stretch turn, but the three-year-old closed up in resolute fashion through the last eighth and was catching the winner with every stride. Sailing Along quit badly to enable Violinist to take third place, while Dry Moon ran a I bad race all the way and was cut off when Taplin tried to make him improve his position. Altogether his race was far below his real form. Normal easily outfinished the others and! Care Free beat Quesada for the short end of the purse. At the end of the program Captain Costi-gan, from the Sunnyland Stable, was the winner from the other two-year-old maidens that opposed him, but the carelessness of Morris almost cost him the race. It was a five and a half furlongs dash and after Captain Costigan raced into the lead Morris took hold of him and had him under restraint, when right at the end Prima Donna rushed up on him and all but caught him. Owasco was third and the others were more or less strung out.
