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KING SAXON SUPREME Adds Carter Handicap to His Rap ¬ idly Growing List of Successes Profits by Beating Gate and Wins So SoEasily Easily as to Indicate Advantage Advantageat at Start Not Needed NEW YORK N Y June 15 King Saxon the remarkable son of Saxon and Poltova that carries the silks of C H Pat Knebelkamp continued on his winning way at Aqueduct today when he added the Car ¬ ter Handicap to his score This old seven furlong sprint had a net value of 6850 to the winner and starter George Cassidy helped the score of the winner along by permitting him to beat the others away from the stalls stallsMrs Mrs John Hay Whitneys Singing Wood raced to second place and far back of the son of Royal Minstrel John Simonettis Sgt Byrne was third before Mrs Deering Howes Only One which had raced second to King Saxon in the Queens County Handicap HandicapThe The start of the feature brought a great chorus of boos from some 20000 that were out for a great day of sport though the winning of the Knebelkamp colt was popu ¬ lar for he has become a rare favorite with the crowd with his victories in the Pau monok Excelsior Metropolitan and Queens County Handicap In the Carter he carried his greatest weight when he took up 127 pounds and while the start was truly un ¬ fortunate it is doubtful if he would have been beaten even without the advantage advantageThe The little dark brown colt sped away from the inside stall Cal Rainey making every use of the advantage at the break and he quickly had his mount four lengths clear Sgt Byrne was racing in second place just a length before Only One and Continued on thirtysixth page KING SAXON SUPREME Continued from first pagej Singing Wood which were closely lapped and then came Psychic Bid leading Black Buddy and Indian Runner was last of the company When sailing along in front Rainey took hold of King Saxon to have him turn for home two lengths in the lead and there Wright made a determined move with Sgt Byrne and Only One racing back of the Simonetti colt was hanging on as is his custom customPsychic Psychic Bid was leading Black Buddy for the Greentree colt had been forced to go wide to find clear racing room roomA A furlong out Sgt Byrne closed slightly on King Saxon and Rainey called on his mount slapping him once rWith the whip That was all that was needed and King Saxon jumped away again to be home an easy winner by five lengths lengthsSgt Sgt Byrne had given up his best a fur ¬ long out and as he shortened stride Sing ¬ ing Wood ran him down to talce the place by four lengths Only One could not im ¬ prove his position and he was two lengths back of the Stimulus colt coltBy By taking the Carter King Saxon brought his score to fourteen victories in sixteen starts and the manner in which he has climbed in the handicap division has been marvelous j jThree Three eligibles for the Great American j were first second and third in the running j of the Brookside a five furlongs dash and the only juvenile race of the day It was Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Postage Due i that was winner with the Wheatley Stables Snark second and the Greentree Stables Galsac third thirdIn In the running the Vanderbilt colt proved himself a good one for when he appeared soundly beaten by Snark he came again to win going away by a length and a hah Snark showing a great burst of speed was i leading by daylight until well inside the final furlong Postage Due had swerved rather badly in the running as she chased after the i son of Boojum but he came again as he was straightened by Knapp and there was no questionof his superiority When straightened out after the swerving the High Time colt raced straight and true and won with plenty to spare Snark tired rather badly when punished while Galsac after crossing the inner rail finished going well being slightly more than a length back of Snark and a like distance before Max ine F Portden from the Geneseo Stable by a rush through the final furlong earned a close j decision over the B B Stables Major Gen ¬ eral in the opening six and a half furlongs dash while trie B B campaigner was well before Mrs J M Blacks Waters et and Nan ¬ kin was a close fourth fourthThere There was some delay before the start of this when Protagonist a plater that was I barred at Hialeah Park for his bad actions j reared and fell with Bobby Jones The boy suffered some strained ligaments as a result i of the accident and D McCune was substi ¬ tuted tutedWaterset Waterset was more alert than the others leaving the stalls and she went to the front with Sky Haven and Occidental in close at ¬ tendance The filly held to her lead until the stretch was reached and there Wright had circled around with Major General to go into command He looked all over a win ¬ ner until Portden charged up on the outside to run him down and be winner by half a length lengthThe The amateur C R White rode Mrs T W Durants good hurdler St Francis to an easy victory in the Pawnee a mile and three 1 quarters race over the sticks The place went to Mrs G H Bostwicks Escapade and the Greentree Stables Jungle King just saved third from National Anthem AnthemIt It was National Anthem that went out to make the pace from a good start and Jungle King and Silverskin chased after him while Escapade was well back of these and Mr White had St Francis under wraps and last of them all
