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SLAPDASH SPA WINNER Adds Schuylerville Stakes to Her Good Seasons Record. Wise Daughter Withdrawn From Saratoga Feature Parry Defeats . Crack Band in Fourth. SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y., Aug. 10. Slapdash, the swift running juvenile daughter of Stimulus and Tetrarchy, which races for the Wheatley Stable, added ,900 to her score this afternoon when she was winner of the Schuylerville, a five and a half furlongs dash for fillies. At her heels came the Greentree Stables Rhythmic, and Samuel D. Riddles Proud Girl was third before Blue for Boys, which races for Mrs. John Hay Whitney. It was an impressive score, and the miss that began her racing during the Florida winter season holds her place high among the best fillies of the year. F. A. Burtons Wise Daughter was scratched from this race, and it may have been just as well for her reputation. An excellent card and fair weather attracted a big crowd, and there was abundant enthusiasm all through the running of the program. After some delay at the post, the twelve fillies that raced in the Schuylerville were sent off to a fairly good start, though Trillium went in the air and had scant chance when she was in motion. Blue for Boys was the one to take command, and she was closely attended by Proud Girl and Jabot. Slapdash was close after these, and then came Some Pomp. Blue for Boys, and Proud Girl, racing as a team, had Slapdash headed, but Mills had a snug hold of the daughter of Stimulus, and he eased her back slightly from the pace. BLUE FOR BOYS QUITS BADLY. As the stretch was reached Proud Girl showed her head before Blue for Boys, which was tiring slightly. Then it was that Mills called on Slapdash and, racing straight and true, she was alongside the Riddle filly in-a half dozen strides, then past. Rhythmic was moving up gamely and in the final sixteenth she came into contention. She had Proud Girl headed but Mills had plenty left, with Slapdash as the Wheatley filly swept past the line winner by a length. Proud Girl was a length back of Rhythmic and four lengths before the tired Blue for Boys, which had quit badly in the final furlong. Parry, from the Greentree Stable and with a big pull in the weights, ran in her best form to score in the handicap that was the secondary feature. It was one of the thrills of the afternoon when she just dropped her. nose down in front of George D. Wideners Sation. Well back came J. W. Y. Martins Con Amore in third place, beating Sweeping Light for that part of the purse. The only others were Quel Jeu and Pairbypair, the top weight of the company. CONSIDERABLE DELAY AT START. There was a considerable delay at the post, and Parry had the best of a start that was just a bit straggling. She had been taken to the outside by reason of her bad behavior and left in full stride. Con Amore . was second away and then came Sation, while Quel Jeu and Sweeping Light were in the rear. Coltiletti rushed Sation along until he had Parry headed, and Con Amore went after him "closely. But Parry was lapped on the pair of them and racing along on the outside with abundant room. In the run to the stretch Sation readily drew away from Parry and Con Amore. Quel Jeu had raced into a contending position, but it took his all and Pairbypair was already beaten. Sation was clear a furlong from the finish, but there he began to shorten stride, and Parry, under a powerful ride by Coucci, wore him down stride by stride until it was her nose that was in front at the end. Four lengths away Con Amore outfinished the others, and Sweeping Light gained considerable ground to be fourth. By a rush in the final eighth, Charles H. Millers Jamison took the opening race in a driving finish with F. A. Carreauds Sea Fox, a recent winner. Dunbar, carrying the silks of Mr. Pembroke, was third, well before Fabius. Dunbar took the lead as the field left the stalls and he was the one to set the pace only tiring in the final eighth. Pardee and Martis raced after the son of Dunboyne and Sea Fox followed them under steady re- Continued on twenty-first page. SLAPDASH SPA WINNER Continued from first page. straint. Jamison was back of the Carreaud plater. There was little change in the running positions in the back stretch, but turning out of the straight, Martis tired and Sea Fox began to move up steadily on the outside. Pardee was soon doing his best and Fabius began to move up slightly. But Dunbar was still galloping strongly as he showed the way and he was clear of the others turning into the stretch. There Sea Fox had moved into second place and an eighth from the finish he was right with Dunbar to put him away rather handily. In the meantime, Jamison was coming with a great rush on the outside. He disposed of Dunbar and, racing straight and true, beat Sea Fox half a length. The tired Dunbar, was another length and a half away, but he was four lengths before Fabius, Pardee had quit badly and the others hacl cut scant figure. There were two casualties in the short course steeplechase which engaged maidens. F. Ambrose Clarks Pearly Prince unseated Cullen at the front field liverpbol, the fourth fence, and Spinach was right in the contention until the thirteenth fence when he went down with Sims. John Sanfords Benedictine proved best when he caught Mrs. Morton L. Schwartz Lord Johnson to win going away. Far back of the first two came Plunder which raced for the Greentree Stable and, the others to complete the course were Prince Hotspur and Boundless Deep. Pete Bostwick, the amateur, had the mount on Lord Johnson and after Spinach had shown the way over the first three fences he went to the front. Mr. Bostwick had him under steady restraint, but he opened up a lead of four lengths. Spinach, was racing second and for a turn of the course he was going well, then he began to blunder at his fences until he finally went down at the thirteenth, a back-field obstacle on the last turn of the course. Benedictine had been well back for a turn of the course and Pikor was of little help to the son of "Vespasian, but in the last turn of the field he began to move up steadily. When Spinach went down Benedictine took second place and Plunder was going along closely after him. But Lord Johnson -was being nursed along cleverly by Mr. Bostwick and he was still showing the way at the last fence. There is a considerable run to the finish after the last fence and in that run, though the amateur plainly outrode Pikor, the Sanford gelding was best and at the line his winning margin was two and a half .lengths. Plunder had quit so badTy in the last half mile that he was beaten twenty lengths, but he was a like distance before Prince Hotspur. Boundless Deep jumped badly all the way and was eased up to gallop in far back of the others. In a day remarkable for close finishes, there was another when cheap platers raced in the fifth. This was a battle in which Jack Richardsons Wise Advocate barely nosed out Frank J. Kearns Help Me. Well back of the battling pair Backgammon, from the Sagamore Stable, had no trouble saving third from The Doctor. Backgammon was the one to set the pace. Showing improved form, he went along under a slight restraint, showing the way to Barcelona Pete, while Morocen was in third place, with Bonnie Cain and Help Me not far away. Wise Advocate was slower to be under way and was well back. By skilfully nursing his mount along, Bej-shak had Backgammon still in the van when the stretch was reached, but by that time Wise Advocate had worked his way into second place as Barcelona Pete and Morocen both dropped out of the running. Help Me was moving up steadily, and it was in the final furlong that he became a contender. In the final furlong Wise Advocate readily put Backgammon away, bu Help Me also passed the pacemaker and, charging on Richardsons gelding, was just a stride short of victory.
