New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-27
RACING AT SARATOGA.
49, rHE FAvoRITEs BEATEN.

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HEIMsaIAN's UNEXPECTED vICToRY-THE Oihhh
RACES WON BY MAMIE H. AND DAN X
tRaoN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE'l
SARATOGA. N. Y, Aug 26.-The day was falr
hut tine attendance only moderate at the races Inc
Itorm Of Saturday night and sunday moru-
ing had made the track heavy and suchy'
There was no lack Of interest in the contests bnpe
tatd himself i'm the good opinion of his friends by
the handsome manner which he won the openht oaS
M tbreeouarters OF mile Reeds Ally Bonnie Wood
was the favore to-day, both in the French ana Sucon
Iools though Bramble had occupied that posOh 0a'u
day Helmsman, a colt Of little merit Won az uhoA
eeted victory In the second race through the folly OF
the Jockeys on the other and made hsfe pacSes
very happy third contest was wefousht ouV 70 ho
last lump Mamie after leading three-quarters Oh the
whole distance fell back little and then come up WITH
decisive dash ut the end Dan X won the seihg race
after good run He had been the favOrite mp to snort
time before the start, when Luclfer supplanted mm
MOI one favorlte out Of the four successful
Betting varied sharply on the first race free manor
cap Of quarters Of mile for purse OF @SOO GOV
going to the second horse Dryer Brotherss co'V
Bramble q years 10 pOundsJ and Reeds lilly Bonnie
Wood % years lO4 pOunds) in turn led the betting
while A. Smiths mare Lady Darcy "a years.
1O7 poundsl and Ayres's colt Alleveur % years.
80 pounds) also stood high In the pOols
The other starters j. D. CampbelPs geldng queen
ston aged 1O2 pounds), stanford's FLY Fusilade 70
years So pounds Bells colt Franklin 70 years, SoH
poupds ga pounds overweight. and DOswelPs geding
Sunlight g years. 50 pounds). Brambe sprnng into the
lead when the word was gwen. after seVeral
breakaways, and Of the others ever reached
him. He opened gap and kept 1t open all the way
winning easily by two lengths in 1;l9 Lady darcy
and BOnue Wood had a very close for second place.
both being whipped severely Lady darcy beat Keeds
flly by head. AIeyeur fourth length ana nan
behind Bonnie Wood, QueenstOn fifth, Franklin s&th'
Sunlight seventh and Fusilade eighth. Inc
last two fell far behind in the first
ia
The horses were nearly when they crossed the
starters line but the jockeys appeared TO think
that It would not start did not get their horses
well in motion, while Bramble got Immediately under
full Roadway and thus gained advantage OF which he
was never deprived Many betting men found much
fault with the start Mutual pool tickets Brambe
paid S21 90
In the second race-a free handicap of amile and a-ha
for purse of S375 $75 going to the second horse-I
&W R. Dayis's horse Kenney Is years. los pounds was
the favorio at $500; Harris mare Clemmie G. 70 years
1O4 pounds) brought 1925 Paine's geding Klburn %
wears 90 pounds) $l55 and the feld-cOnsisting OF
Gafneys gelding BurgOO (aged, log pOunds) and Nc
Cartys colt Hemsman g years. 50 pounds)-Sso Glenn
mic G. ran away for half mile before the start The
race asOnished the spectators Hemsman, the lowest
In the betting the front i'll the first quarter and
when he passed the grand stand the first time
was I'm advance by q length, Clemme G.. being
second, Kibum and Kenney almost up with her
and BurgoO three lengths in the rear Hclmsman
steadily improved his position, and at the quarter post
was three lengths ahead of Kenney Kburn being third
Almost everyone who the thought that Helms
man would slacken his speed and come in last Ger
tany the Jockeys the other horses thought So and
were all anxious. Helmsman was still three lengths
before Kenney and the others strung along Burgoo
being half fuOng behind. Barrett VINO was rld ng Ken
pey gained on Hemsman in the next quarter, and evil
IDENTIFY believed that he would pass him easily III the home
stretch. Helmsman, however, had the capacity for
speed st in him. and when Barrett began urging Ken
ney in earnest 1t too late. All his efforts
could not prevent HelmsmaD winning by three
quarters Of a length IN EACH; KenneY sec
ond Kburn third two gths behind Cemme g. fourth,
and Burgoo far in the Barrett lost the race by
Overweening confidence. Indeed all the jockeys rode
their strength up to the last part OF and per
hitting Hemsman TO get such lead that they eonIa
never overcome it. Helmsnan ran very poorly 9ga,isI
the Duke Of Magenta for the Harding
stakes last Tuesday and IN the tnreSyearo 10
win when half mile from the end II Is reported that
Helmsmans backed his colt heavily on saturday
but had little money him to-day. Mutual pool tickets
on the winner worth 81 80 EACH ~. ,
eighty YARDS iOr purse Sre Of rotbers horse
fsvorite at $3.50, Hafts horse vermont Il years lOS
5,1ba wears los ponndsl third at $3.50 T. PuTyear
Co.'s mare Mamie II a years 100 pOund fourth 500,
los pounds Ayress horse Fredercktown IS years los
pounds and cTGGse's D f fRgy s kinney Fey SO
was a curious Mamie H. led from the start until
IN
thus seized the foremost place Fredecktown occupied
the second position FOR over half mile ana tnen aOa-
doned the struggle Rhadamanthus led into the home
stretch Hattie 4. second by half length, ana Mamie
H. close third. Rhadamanthus seemed almost
sure TO win, and that was evidently the
tiers easily But Barrett, with Hattie f. on the
outside, and Evans, with Mamie II; on the inside,
made a rush in the last fuTlOng, and matchmaking
had too much work on his hands The nnish was Dll-
liant For moment Mamie H., Rbadamahtihus
and Hattie f. were exactly even, and then
Mamie H. got her head in front, winning IN
l;53lo Rhadamanthus second, and Hattie h.
third, hardly more than neck behipd Mn
pey K was fourth, Vermont nth, FredrlcktoWn
sixth and Cuba seventh. Thisas Mamie H. 8 NTH VIC
tory at Saratoga this year. and she has proved herself TO
be q good Evans rode her with marked SKILL Mu
tual pool tickets on her paid S2l TO-
The with selling allowances Tor purse OF
$780, going the second bOrse horses beaten ana
pounds in addition the selling allowances. The dis
lance was mile and f1rlong. Bells geding Dan X
a. years 1O5 pOunds) and FLY Mariana g years %
pOunds) brought $500 the pools to 4OO for Mukeys
weight $40 for Giabams horse W. l. Higgins a years,
O6 pounds $50 flor Burch's horse Governor Hampton
"a years 90 pOunds) and $50 for j. and W. MciahOhs
mare Bondell "a years, 81 pounds Biondeh JED
until the hafmile post was passed ana
front at the opening Of the hOme-stretch. Dan
ran up, and after a short sharp struggle deIeateo
lucifer winning threequarters Of length IN &O2,
Iucifer second BOndel close third, w. i. Higgins
fourth Governor Hampton fifth and Mariana last Mu-
bought by mis- at the entering price, 500 Bar
rett rode the favOrite, Lucer. This usually fortunate
Jockey did not ride to-day although he was in
an the races There will be extra days Of racing TO-
MORROW and Wednesday.
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