New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
-zrrezApE 70 THE -r.nuHE.l

y. i The day eliminated h the Withdrawn %
,4o-r,is and WaJerboy. August belrao"t -
= ~ vale. the big framed. beautiIuHy p'0
.--iored son OF Hastings Won the 'eie" a.
30 Saratoga Handicap here TO-DAY WI a.
-. as impressive 70 his followers - -
st.,-ce,,irg 10 his rivals To the 'ol'S N-9'71
o,5 here were nine Of them-there vas -
-. tie consolation Of realizing mat WIN o'''s
....-as on MS back the chestnut colt hac
,.,5s-iablv the best o. the weight alIo'iiie-'.
- -bar with an iInpost commensurate Win
.nIi,v me wards which separated 'he'1'
- bir, At tha deciding post might nave oe7'-
- - feel and possibly 10 inches
Bradley's four-year-old geldins' nau
- the Flving Dutchn1an horse that came o1'
= =. West a month ago with a great repu'a-
-, miller. followed The winner nome
,,urle Of lengths behind. but with 1Ia' s'-
ing spaoe between himself and Caus''ila" As'-
30 rugged old son Of the great CiiiloTo, "'i-1-'
-or three years has carried John Sahlo'u : 70
.ra Jacket with an honesty that has oeeI' Iio'9
-,rosrahle than The briliancy OF many OF ms
rorrennporaries The representative OF ne ~
rscania stud had 10 be ridden out by Heo's
doom with whip and spur 70 Keep me So
end OF the $4,000 prize from gong
picker. the favorite for the race ana 'le 10y
weight. with l27 pounds
he
- Navarro won the Suburban almost oecaoe
-. ~ famous maroon and black handed
down from father 10 son have been ufluIilI
a. ono Of the great popular hsndcaps. and. al
,bourh the victory was not popular one
,udged from the spectators point OF view-t
gave distinct satisfaction 10 those who dif1er-
entiate between the sportsman and the sport
ing man. The race Lord Of the Vale ran was
not great one when contrasted with the last
renewals Of the Suburban. the Brooklyn and the
Brighton hand.caps. With the exception OF the
Picket he had 10 contend with none OF the
heroes OF those battles; there were no Irish
Lads Herraises or BrooI1sticks TO be reckoned
with And yet with this lack OF opposition. he
ran the mile and quarter-always his own
pacemaker-fn 2.05 fat. which equals the best
previous record for the course. made by Irish
Lad year $50. with l16 pounds up. and the
turf critics and those who are not violent pa-ti-
sans Of the Hastings offspring were willing 70
concede tha: Lord Of the Vale is the best son
OF the spendthrift horse which has been sent
10 the races in some time.
Lucien Lyme who has quite recovered from
the Illness which compelled him temporarily 10
sr9p riding az the Brighton Beach meeting. had
the mount on the winner. and rode him with a
spirit and dash that has been foreign 10 many
Of his efforts since he went abroad and fell into
English ways. c Kelly. the new Western rider
did not make the best use OF Bad News and
messed him about unnecessarily and disastrous
ly IN the run through the backstretch and
around the turn leading into the stretch With
the most skilful handling however IL Is very
much 10 be doubted whether the gelding could
have reversed the decision. He was in receipt OF
one pound scale weight from the winner.
THE FAvORITEs SCRATCHED.
The withdrawal Of waterboy and Hermis was
more q disappointment than surprise Both
ny Thomas and Mr.. Haggin have their eyes
on me $4,000 Great Republic Stakes 10 be run
next Saturday, ard neither was willing 10
2eopardize his chances by starting IN a race as
severe as the handicap would have proved had
the two champions been pitted against each
oinef story that Herrnis had broken down
spread al through the town early in the day and
ne shieldses father and son. were kept busy
"eIylhg Il The horse has not broken down and
IL oHly reason he was not q starter IN to-day
l7a'I-e IS the one already mentioned.
The fact that the handicap did not fulfil its
SPLENDID promise did not prevent the village
.-o-a doing its full share in celebrating the
oIe'-lng u rs annual racing carnival The num-
Ger o. rs guests. Il SAYS boastSully. IS greater
NAN n any other year ard the things il means
20 90 with them 81 The way OF courteous ex-
irT-'on Cor the rext three weeks are source of
joyfai anticipation. The attendance. which at
saratoga is measured by quality rather than
quantity, is chlhngly exclusive compared with
ne boisterous democracy OF the little track by
the sea, but the element 20 which the association
cesires 20 cater was present in brave array. The
heat was almost intoerable and the gay
i-unlnge n the stand and on the lawns dropped
1ly in the humid ai- but the track was re-
q IN fast aefo17 cP
III c.opd shadows on the inheld gave the folks
ffash from the bl.s.ering city streets a sense OF
e5oiness ard rest.
IN addition &c the handicap the association
one7ed its patrons IN the way OF special attrac-
iloas the flash Stakes for two-year-olds and
the BalistoE Cup Tor hunters over the fun route
of the new steepleehase course. The runnins
~ Ire Flash @as looked forward 10 with quite
rs much interest as the handicap awakened IN.
2s'niea as 1t brought together for the first time
"D7@ &. Ae=nes English bred youugster Syson-
ana - : Bells Hastings colt Glorifler. con-
SNoe1ly two OF The best youngsters 81. $50
has so Ear produced. Both ,r.-o - =.
eccfL terms l2s pounds each and s,+bo,,s,, :
iSi co1er ambitious youngsters ,ra-. ,,...e, :
start 2gainst them all. save Trainer ,,s -.
- former with us pounds the latter ,r,.,, -.
Ec@nos, found sufficient reason for s.a.,r, =,
home. As AugIr. moreover. rs, &, NJ -.
o.ka cots ne could not be looked on as an ON,
T"1enf o. Syson1y. NJ. Keene. who has -.
attended tSe sa-s;ogs meeting Tor a nun,h.r :
2@a.s. came ~ expressly 20 see his colt va
I'D L V. sell came fo- Ike purposo L.,
Rowe. sy@o i-a:os for Nj KeeDe ara -.
Mccormick. who trains Cor NJ. Bell vre~. ho,,
EabiiHlely oonncs7'. and told eaca Other tina
Ire Cther's Acr=e iidE': nave chance -,
public and he spectators shared Rowe's view
ata TIE ke~He Sa-s we're made redhot cholc
r. 10 or The performance OF sysonb,