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SNAP BACK IN FRONT 1 Wins Senator Kavanaugh Handicap for Brookmeade Stable Double. Thursdays Card at Saratoga: Below Usual Standard, With Smallest Crowd of Meeting Attending. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Sept. 1. In a card that was made up of overnight races, the best offering of the Saratoga Association this afternoon was the Senator Kavanaugh Handicap, at one mile and a furlong. It brought out only three starters, and when Snap Back, from the Brookmeade Stable, was the winner it marked up a double for that racing establishment, for Potentate had beaten some cheap ones earlier in the day. To win Snap Back took the measure of Joseph E. Wideners Pari-Mutuel, and Dewey Benthams Martis was the only other starter. The track was heavy from another downpour that came during the night, and that condition had its effect on the form displayed in some of the races. The attendance was the lightest of the meeting. Little time was lost at the barrier in the Senator Kavanaugh Handicap, and the three went away on the same stride. Fields at once went out with Snap Back, and he never surrendered his lead. Martis was galloping along in second place, and Garner had Pari-Mutuel well within striking distance. Rounding out of the back stretch, Martis had enough of chasing the winner, and as he dropped back Garner moved up with Pari-Mutuel, holding a position on the inner rail. At the stretch turn Fields went out a bit with Snap Back to find better going, and as Pari-Mutuel rounded into the straight Garner went to the whip. All through the final furlong Fields depended on a hand ride, while Garner drove furiously, and at the end Snap Back still had a half length advantage. Martis was six lengths back of the winning colt. COAT TAILS IMPROVED. The opening dash was a claiming one for juveniles and John J. Curtis Coat Tails, racing in improved form, slipped through on the inside in the stretch to score over Mrs. F. A. Clarks Gritford, with J. F. Richardsons Revonah just saving third from Mrs. Louise Viaus Center Lane. From a good start, it was Harky that jumped into an early lead and he was followed by Gritford and Center Lane, with Revonah following them closely. They dominated all the running and when the stretch was reached Gritford ran down Harky and looked a sure winner, but in the meantime Coat Tails had found an opening pn the inner rail and. under a vigorous drive by Bellizzi, was along to be the winner by a neck. Gritford had saved second place by a length and Revonah outgamed Center Lane to earn third in the last stride from the Flying Ebony gelding. Bellizzi made his riding score two in a row when he had. a galloping victory on Potentate, from the Brookmeade Stable, a maiden that had failed both on the flat and through the field in all of his previous efforts. Mrs. Paul Fox Jubilation, another maiden, raced to the place and then came Mrs. W. T. Andersons St. Carl. There was not much to the running when Potentate went right to the front and, after he had opened up a safe lead, Bellizzi had only to sit still and let him gallop along. Nothing in the field at any time threatened and he crossed the line the winner by ten lengths. Houssain went along in second Continued on second page. SNAP BACK IN FRONT Continued from first page. place to the stretch, where he weakened : badly and Jubilation moved into that position and, standing a drive well, beat St. Carl for the place by a length. St. Carl had saved ground through the stretch and was going well at the end. Make Haste, after being outrun to the stretch, closed some ground, but was five lengths back of the first three, while Hous-sain and Almond both quit badly in the final furlong. There was a fighting finish in the third race, at six furlongs, when P. S. P. Randolphs Chlo Boy, the B. B. Stables Seb, P. M. Walkers Brown Pet and S. L. Burchs Thursday all fought it out, to finish in the order named. There was, a long delay at the post and Cassidy could not have an alignment to his liking until he had sent Errant, Brown Pet and Dakol .to positions outside the stalls. The ten went away in close order and Chlo Boy soon found his way to the lead, but he was closely pressed by Seb and Brown Pet, and for a time Blond Knight raced up close to the pace. Thursday was "not as alert as the rest and was in rather close quarters. Going to the stretch turn Seb showed in front for an" instant, but Brown Pet was circling around on the outside and Chlo Boy was still right in the contention. As they went out slightly Hanford found an opening on the inside with Thursday and for a few strides it looked as though he would come through to victory, but the others stuck it out in the drive and Chlo Boy was first by a half length, while Seb had beaten Brown Pet by a neck and Thursday was a bare nose away. P. M. Walkers Kate, a juvenile daughter of Westwick, upset some" calculations when she defeated ordinary platers in the five and a half furlongs of the fifth. She won by a good margin over Mrs. W. T. Andersons Careful Kitty, with Mrs. T. R. Queens Mamas Choice saving third from Electric Gaff. It was a good start, but Kate quickly found her way into command and she was hustled along to such a good advantage by Robertson that she was never headed. Careful Kitty had been ;aken to a position outside the stalls by reason of her bad behavior, but she was away well and had no excuse. Never far from the winner, Careful Kitty was well lapped on the Walker miss when the stretch was reached, but she weakened in the last furlong and Kate came away to be the winner by five lengths. Careful Kitty only saved the place from Mamas Choice by half a length and Electric Gaff was another three lengths back. Only four went to the post for the mile and a quarter at the end of the program. This brought a double for P. M. Walker and for A. Robertson when Dunfern scored easily over A. Snyders Gully Jumper, with Mrs. A. Carfanos Donie saving third. Andrew Schuttingers Frigate Bird was the only other starter. Donie was the one to cut out the running, but Robertson rated Dunfern along behind the son of Donna-conna and easily ran him down in the stretch.
