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DISAPPOINTS BRADLEY Fingal, Recent Purchase, Finishes Third in Consolation Stakes. Sagamore Stables Sweet Chariot Is Winner and Capsheaf Second Portden Scores Again. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. T., Sept. 2. Sweet Chariot, the son of Black Servant and Song Bird that races for Mrs. Amorys Sagamore Stable, was winner of the best offering of the Saratoga Association this afternoon when he scored in the second division of the Consolation Stakes. This is a claiming affair of six furlongs framed for nominees to the United States Hotel Stakes, the Grand Union, Spinaway or the Hopeful that do not measure up to such prizes. The second division had a net value of ,875 to the winner. C. V. Whitneys Capsheaf followed Sweet Chariot over the line and third went to Fingal, a colt that was purchased from Frederick Johnson by E. R. Bradley shortly before the running. Although the weather conditions were ideal for the sport and the card was an interesting one, the crowd was one of the smallest of the meeting. In the Consolation, it was Okapi that forced the pace but Coucci had Sweet Chariot right at the heels of the son of Eternal and when the stretch was reached he readily went into the lead. Capsheaf had been following Sweet Chariot and Eisen-berg was fourth while Fingal, leaving the post slowly, was in last place. Going to the stretch turn, Fingal began to make up ground on the outside but he had to go wide to find racing room and when he hung in the final furlong, Sweet Chariot was safely home the winner by a length and a half, while Capsheaf had beaten him a length for the place. Okapi had stopped badly after his early exhibition of speed and Eisenberg ran a dull race, at no time reaching a contending position. The race run by Fingal was a disappointing one in the light of other performances, but he will doubtless prove a good buy for Mr. Bradley. Incidentally, the Consolation was won last year by William Woodwards Faireno, which has raced his way into the three-year-old championship this year. The Ballston was a handicap for horses that had been raced in claiming events and it only brought out three. C. V. Whitneys Continued on eleventh vane. i : : 1 , 1 " - . , . 1 j , j J j I 1 1 J 1 : DISAPPOINTS BRADLEY Continued from first page. Clotho was easily best, to win with plenty to spare over W. H. Karricks Up and W. G. Andersons maiden, Jim Robin. The start was a good one and Clotho at once took command. When the son of St Germaine was in full stride Robertson took hold of him and simply breezed along all the way, to cross the line four lengths to the good. Up and Jim Robin alternated in second position and in the stretch the latter saved ground on Up and he outfinished the son of Jim Gaffney to save second place by a length and a half, though he was doing his best to earn that division of the purse. The opening contest was at six furlongs under claiming conditions and it proved little more than a formality for Portden, from the Linton Farms Stable. Ridden by Bel-lizzi, he quickly dashed into a clear lead and was at no time threatened to win well In hand by six lengths. There developed a bit of a battle for second place when Tug o War was along to take that part of the award from Aegis by three parts of a length and Caerleon was a distant fourth, beating Simple Singer. Please ran one of his good races in the second offering and, staying right with all the pace, he was still two lengths to the good at the end. Daily News saved second place and Papyrograph was a handy third before Gloria Maris. The start was a good one, though Parsnip left the stalls slowly, while McGonigle appeared unable to settle in a racing stride and he soon dropped back to last place. Daily News and Chiefs Troubadour were the ones to show the way for the first quarter and Please, racing on the outside of them, was in close attendance. Then came Gloria Maris, while Papyrograph ran into interference during that stage of the running and he was never able to completely recover from his bumping. Please had gone into the command before the run through the back stretch was completed and Gloria Maris moved up with a rush that saw her going stride for stride with Daily News. It seemed for a moment that the daughter of Mars would race to the lead, but she faltered badly and Please continued to show the way. Baker was hard at work in an effort to-rouse McGonigle, but it was of no avail and Papyrograph was doing his best and making up no ground. Then as Please swung into the stretch he had the field soundly beaten and he was going away at the end with two lengths to spare. Daily News hung on well to save second place from Papyrograph by half a length and Gloria Maris was another three lengths back to beat McGonigln for fourth. A double for the Paul B. Cood silks was concluded when Tetrarchal was winner over the cheap ones in the one mile fifth race. It also marked a double for Bellizzi, who had piloted Portden to victory in the opening number. It was Mrs. J. E. Nagles Zaidee that raced to the place and third went to the Quincy Stables Affirmative by a narrow margin over Yancey. The start in this was a bit straggling and Yancey and Affirmative were first to show the way. Young John was racing closely after them. Tetrarchal had broken slowly, but he found clair sailing and Beilizzi kept him out of interference as he moved up on the outside. It was at the head of the stretch that Affirmative showed in front and for a few strides Young John and Zaidee were close after him, while Yancey was still in the contention. Then it was that Tetrarchal raced around, came over slightly to bother both Young John and Yancey, though there did not appear to be any actual bumping. Through the final furlong Tetrarchal drew away easily until he crossed the line five lengths clear. Zaidee, Affirmative and Yancey were all closely lapped as they fought it out for the place in the order named and the others of the field were badly strung out.
