New-York tribune., 1901-08-17
THE RACETRACK.
HONG SHOTS WIN SEVERAL EVENTS Al
SARATOGA.
EATHER BILL" DAILY UPsETs GOOD
THING" WITH LADY STERLING
GERALDINE AT 100 TO !. WINS.
Try TE-EGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

S-..o-. ~ Y Aue 16-As result Of the heavy
rain OF last night the mudlarks were IN oeiIaiu
At the track this afternoon. The card OF hVe IacS
I5is NOT rrouise very much three out OF the
five races had filed very light, so that the sport
during the afternoon was very tame 10 InaAe
matters worse not a favorite showed IN IroH' "a
the finish. The biggest upset Of the DAY came III
she last race, a mile and sixteenth event AhiS
lad been reduced TO KilsEram and Gay Boy py
number Of scratches and as the first named seemed
10 have the best of things over the two-year-olo'
he was backed down 10 13 10 %. The two ran close
.,oeetber all the way TO the last sixteenth Where
Cav Fov headed Kogram Then came a humping
match between the TWO. Gay Boy was the one 10
suffer so that Kiogram went on ana won oE d
head. After had made his weight Mlchaeis'
the rider Of Gay Boy lodged a claim OF 4oul'
(which was promptly allowed, and lNlogram was
disqualified so that Gay Boy was the only one 10
finish in the race
one of the biggest ooups Of the meeting was made
on Geraldine the winner OF the fourth event. IN
5bfs race twelve tvvo-vear-ods ran, with shandon-
field the favorite and Chickadee a well backed
second choice Geraldine opened at 80 to !, al
though some were lucky enough TO get as hlgh as
100 10 ! against her chances, but the money was
sent in on her from the jump, and the result was
that she went TO the post at 10 TO J. She got away
rather poorly, worked her way through the
field and catching the leader, Chickadee' about a
hundred yards from the wire, got UP and won the
race by neck.
The ReverVvck steeplechase was supposed to be
The event OF the card. but only three ran in the
race Zanzibar was the favorite at even money.
with The Bachelor at TO and Trillon at TO /
The three ran 5n a close bunch for the first mile,
where Trilron faltere6 and the other two had
Il out until the far turn the last circuit Then
Zanzibar stumbled at the Jump and gave The
Bachelor lead which he held 10 the end winning
easily by length and a haf.
Father "Bill" DAILY started the days racing by
winning with Lady Sterling 90 20 shot, and up
set all Of the good things. With the crack Western
lilly. Endurance by Right, out Of the way the r0ce
was a very open at the weights and rhis pro-
duced lively speculation Grails fondness for the
mud was responsible for her being the favorite
while Smart Set backed from 70 l 10 IS TO g.
Nyhiskey King from 10 TO 10 even and Rose Of
May from 80 TO 1 IS 10 l. After Grail had led for
a furIong. Whiskey King rushed into the lead. and
held il to the stretch, Lady Sterling Joined
him Young Creamer, the latter, and Beau
chamD on Whskey King, both rode poorly
when It 10 a drive. that 1t was a case OF
which horse would be the Eamest. IT proved 10 be
Lady Sterling, as she by the shortest kind of
a head.
DAILY should have also won the second event with
lAlsike. but from the way Miles rode. he did not
want 10 be better than where he finished. third.
Alsike was backed down from to 10 to 10, while
The Amazon and Nitrate were played, and the
odds on InfaIible fell from 40 l Is to l. When
the race took place, Miles began by swinging wide
n the turn losing @ seTerSl lengths This This a2THd Ta
these two horses were racing in front Miles never
that point The Amazon began TO tire, and Nitrate
I
-Alske could pass the others az any time, but al
though the other two We're driving, Miles never
5nade the attempt instead of drawing his whip
enc making hluf AZ using IT, The result was that
Nitrate won the race in drive by length, while
THE Amazon took second money by head. In
sallible was beaten of. After Nitrate had the
second race he purchased by John McCafferty
J. O. Follansbee to-day purchased the haIf-in-
aerest owned by his partner, Mr.. Davis in the
hwo-year-old Cameron, for S40o). Follansbee this
spring sold the half Davis for 500. Cochran, the
boy who was thrown from Mercer YESTERDAY. ha1
a. narrow escape from death after all 1t seems
that last night he had cOnvusiOns. and for a long
sing, and was wei enough to be about. He wanted
70 go to track ride this afternoon, but his
Father would not permit ii. The summaries
FIRST RACE-Iiandicap; 1-year-ods; 81 furlongs.
ssBettingg; =
aady Sterling CCreanner) 2O-l 81
Nyhiskey King IiO......-... u3eauchamp) II 81
Smart Set. .Cspencer 13-5 4-5
cold stream Rose OF May Grail and Elsie l. also
Time l:loh.
SECOND RACES years aid over: selling: mile and a
Nitrate 6................OI OI Michaels) So 3-5
1he i AmSzon' eS I'D 10
Infallble also Tine. 2:Ol&.
THIRD RACE-TTIE BEVERWYCK STEEPLECHASE; I
The Baehe9r. C. Green - p
Trion. lG8. CAir Hayes 81 -
Only three Time, G34a.
FOURTH RACE-5h furlonEs.
.si SsTsayn 10 10 ............ q SMITH 10 a
a5atyah Csiilesj III 81
Trump. Meistersinger. W0den Ragtag Godaga Shan
Tan. Time. l:lI4s.
FIFTH r ACE Handicap. all ages; lie miles.
Cay Boy s:.---...-...-.. IL. Mchaels) 1910 out
Oaiy starters. Time 81 0u'
'lgoa. but was disqualified for f5ullng.