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1 ! 3 ; ; ! : : ; WAR GLORY VICTORIOUS Son of Man o War Adds Saranac Handicap to List. Perfect Racing Weather and Fast Track at Saratoga Tambour Triumphs in Third Race. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Aug 11. Samuel D. Riddles War Glory, the son of Man o War and Annette K., carried the top weight of 125 pounds to victory in the mile of the Saranac Handicap this afternoon. Lapped on him at the finish came Lee Rosenbergs Kerry Patch and Mrs. Dodge Sloanes Okapi, after being almost left at the post, closed an immense gap to be third. Back of these were Sarada and Good Advice and the last named colt was another that ran a good race, though beaten. A disappointment of the running was Mr. Khayyam, the stablemate to Good Advice and winner of the American Derby. He quit when in contention. With perfect racing weather and the track at its best, the excellent sport that was provided brought out a surprisingly large crowd. There was a long delay at the post in the Saranac Handicap and, in one of his lunges, Pomponius unseated Bejshak, but no harm was done to either colt or rider. Then as the barrier went up the field of twelve left in rather straggling order. "War Glory was in full stride and Mr. Khayyam was close after him with De Valera in the front division, but Dark Winter was slow to be under way while Okapi was so far back that he was almost left. Gilbert took a snug hold of War Glory after he had him a length and a half clear and Walls had Mr. Khayyam under restraint as he followed the Riddle colt. De Valera was lapped on the son of Omar Khayyam and then came Puchero and Kerry Patch. Sun Archer was following these and Dark Winter was rushed up from his slow beginning to be next in line. As War Glory continued to hold ,his lead turning out of the back stretch, Walls shook up Mr. Khayyam in an effort to challenge. The colt did not respond and he swung his Continued on twenty-second page. WAR GLORY VICTORIOUS Continued from first page. whip to rouse him, but it was of no avail and he quit under punishment. At this time De Valera was in second place, but doing his best, and Kerry Patch was moving up gallantly to move into contention. But War Glory had plenty left, and when Gilbert let him run he increased his lead to five lengths before the stretch was reached. This burst of speed discouraged De Valera, but Kerry Patch was still gaining ground, and he had definitely disposed of Mr. Khayyam. Dark Winter was not far back of these, and then came The Darb, which had also gained some ground. In the meantime Good Advice had been knocked about until for a stage of the running he was last of all. Into the stretch War Glory was still going strongly, with a lead of three lengths. He had raced all those that had attempted to run him down into submission, but there were others to be considered, and the Man o War colt was put to his best in the final furlong. Kerry Patch had continued to gain, and Okapi had closed an almost unbelievable gap to reach contention. Good Advice was also running over horses, while Sarada was fighting along gamely. Gilbert was awake to all these threats and, with a powerful ride he landed the son of Man o War winner by a neck. Kerry Patch had beaten Okapi by a length and a half for the place, and Mrs. Sloanes colt was a length before Sarada, which had only beaten Good Advice a head. After the finish War Glory was worked out the full mile and three furlongs as a final for his engagement in the Kenner Stakes, to be run Tuesday, doing the distance in 2:31. The Saranac carried a net value of ,900 to the winner. Preston Burchs good mare, Tambour, was a galloping winner of the second best race of the day when she took the Artful Purse, an overnight condition race, which engaged fillies and mares. The last previous appearance of the daughter of General Thatcher was when she ran second to Equipoise in the Wilson Stakes the opening day of the meeting. The Wheatley Stables Notebook finished second in the Artful and Mrs. F. A. Carreauds Kincsen took third from Sweet Scent. The only other starter was Speed Boat. No time was lost at the post and the five went away in good alignment. Speed Boat at once stepped into command and Notebook went after her, while Bellizzi had Tambour in third place, and as soon as the handsome big mare was in full stride he took a slight hold of her head. Sweet Scent was well back of the first three and Kincsen, as usual, was soon a distant trailer. Gilbert permitted Speed Boat to step right along in her lead, but as Tambour moved into second place it was apparent the Burch mare could go to the front at the first asking. Notebook was galloping well in third place and the other two were still far back when the half-mile ground was reached. It was while rounding out of the back stretch that Tambour drew up on Speed Boat and the Man o War filly was unable to keep step as she went by readily. Without taking his hands from Tambours withers, Bellizzi had her swinging into the stretch three lengths to the good. Speed Boat was all through to drop back soundly beaten, and Notebook was under a drive in a vain effort to run down the big bay. Tambour was over the line winner by four lengths and Notebook had beaten Kincsen a like distance. The Carreaud mare had closed considerable ground. Sweet Scent J was never a contender and Speed Boat quit so utterly she was eased up in last
