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KING SAXONS FIRST SCORE • Star of Last Year Finally Makes Good After Two Previous Defeats. ♦ Knebelkamp Crack Prevails Over Exhibit and Black Buddy in Dunboyne Handicap. — — » NEW YORK, N. Y., May 7.— King Saxon, C. H. "Pat" Knebelkamps star that a year ago was the sensation of the New York racing, after two defeats at the Jamaica meeting, finally entered the winners circle yesterday when he scored in the Dunboyne Handicap, at six furlongs, over Mrs. C. Oliver Iselins Exhibit, the Greentree Stables Black Buddy and the Sage Stables Bright Haven. The son of Saxon was under a drive to win, and it was again apparent that he is far from being the horse he was a year ago. This was the best offering of an interesting card that brought out a big crowd but there was a cold wind blowing over the course and conditions were anything but comfortable for the faithful. In the Dunboyne Handicap there was little delay at the post and the four left in the same stride, though it was Exhibit that was showing the way. In half a dozen strides King Saxon was in second place, and Lan-dolt had him under a slight restraint as he went along at the heels of the son of Display. Black Buddy was in third place when Bright Haven dwelt slightly at the break, but the leading pair soon were two lengths clear and all the interest centered on them. It was not until after rounding from the back stretch that Landolt shook up King Saxon when he found that Exhibit showed no signs of coming back and at the three-furlong pole he had closed on the leaders, but Exhibit was not ready to stop, and he held to his place with courage with the Saxon hors alongside. They swung into the stretch closely lapped, and a furlong out they were still locked, but from there to the line, under a drive, King Saxon drew away to be winner by a length. Black Buddy had made a bid going to the Continued on ticenty-sixth page. j i I I . ♦ KING SAXONS FIRST SCORE Continued from first page. stretch turn, but he was under pressure to hold his place in the stretch and was beaten two lengths for the place. Bright Haven, after a flash of speed, following his slow break, dropped back badly and when he was soundly beaten, he was eased up in the stretch to finish ten lengths back of the other three. Exhibit had run one of his best races when, after stepping a first quarter in :2SK, he reached the half in :465, and he was not beaten until the final furlong. The race in no sense restores King Saxon to the proud place he had at the same time last year. Johnny Gilbert gave his first winning performance of the day when he brought Geo. D. Wideners High Fleet home winner in the third. His mount beat an odds-on choice when she led Danise M. from the Orienta Stable, over the line. Third went to Herman Phillips Fair Stein, when she outlasted Anne G. which went to the post coupled with the winner. It was the Gilbert alertness at the post j that had much to do with this result, for he had the Widener miss away quickly and she had the jump on Danise M., which was j also headed by Gold Mesh leaving the stalls. I Making every use of his advantage at the j break, Gilbert went right out with High Fleet and while Danise M. was quickly in second place, she was unable to run down the daughter of Jack High. Anne G. was showing the way to the others, but she was a full five lengths back and it was apparent i early that it was to be a two-horse race, j ! Landolt was soon hard at work on Danise M. in a vain effort to run down High Fleet, bat the Widener filly still had something left when she was over the line winner by i a length and a half. Far back of the leading pair, there de- i veloped a lively battle for third when Fair Stein, steadily making up ground, charged j down on the outside and right at the end, j took care of Anne G. to earn that part of the purse by half a length. Gold Mesh was at the heels of the St. James filly and Under the Guns was a distant last, having dropped out of the running early. Thirteen of the cheapest sort met in the opening six-furlong dash, and it went to Leslie E. Keiffers Flying Victory, when she led home Creole Bird, from the Southland ! Stable, and Alvin Untermyers Wizardess j saved third from Royal Bird. The Keiffer filly dominated all the running, but was never able to draw away from her field, being under pressure all through j the final three furlongs, but she hung on with good courage under the drive and still had a length to spare at the end, after having raced Royal Bird into defeat. Lucky Ducky, from the Southland Stable, proved easily best of the cheap maiden juvenile fillies that met in the five furlongs of the second,and when Workman sent her into the lead right after the break there was not much to the running. Joseph Pepps j Spicy raced to second place and George D. Widener*! Twosome took third from Dream j Hour. There was some delay at the post, for which Allons was to blame, but the start : was a good one, and Lucky Ducky, first to ! show from the stalls, was hustled along to j have a daylight lead in the first furlong and continued to increase her advantage until she was five lengths clear. Spicy held | to second place all through the running, i while Twosome was just a bit unfortunate | leaving the stall when caught in close quar-ten. Johnny Gilbert rode his second winner of the day, and Hirsch Jacobs added another to his score when Playfole was winner of the mile and a furlong that was the fifth offering. This was one of the close finishes of the afternoon, when Clientelle, from the Southland Stable, was only beaten in the closing strides, and back of the fighting pair third went to Samuel Deutschs Sophisticated over Hail. While Sophisticated was first from the stalls, it was Clientelle that went into an early lead and before the back stretch was reached Playfole was galloping along back of the pace and under a nice restraint. Sophisticated was in third place, and Hail, which had come in the air at the start, soon outran Silence III., which was utterly devoid of speed and a distant trailer all the way. As Clientelle raced along next to the rail, saving ground all the way, Gilbert made no effort to run him down with Playfole until the stretch was reached. There he called on the My Play mare and drew alongside, but Clientelle hung on with more courage than has marked his recent races and the winning marein was only a head.
