New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
THE RACETRACK.
Opening at Saratoga-Fields for the
Handicap and Flash.


ASSOCIATIONS August meeting. the old struggle be-
tween the great warriors of the handicap division
which already made the present season the
most brilliant in the history OF the Eastern turf
will be resumed. and great are the incentives
offered in glory and gold that there seems little
likelihood of cessation hostiIities until the sea-
son fades into the drear November days OF Aque-
duct and jamaica
The temporary respite afforded the champions be-
tween the running of the Brighton and the Sara
toga aandicaps has served it's purpose admirably.
and of the dig Ave- that made the fields for the
Brooklyn and the Suburban the most impressive or
all their renewals all save Irish Lad have been 50
freshened up by their weeks rest at Saratoga
that they are ready 20 face the starter when the
bugle calls The meeting Will continue twenty-five
DAYS and although the death OF Mr.. Whitney, who
restored clean racing the Springs when 1t seemed
10 have fallen hopeless I'll repute' Is an irrep-
arabic loss to the association, the work ne began
and directed with such wise and uutirins zeal will
continue of its own impetus, and the stakes and
fixtures he founded will place the racing season at
New ork's ancient summer resort at the head OF
American race meets
The Saratoga Handicap and one-quHrter
miles TO-. three-year-olds and over. Will mark the
opening OF the meeting, but although the HSt o'
proba BILE starters numbering ten in all contains
I the names Of Hernis winner 81 the suburban. Inc
picket hero of the Brooklyn and conqueror OF
Irish Lad: Waterboy last years undisputed cham
piou and Afrieauder. the invincihle as three
year-oId the race, after all, Is likely TO be only
curtain raiser for the 5000 Great Republic. which
viii be run next Saturday The value Of this stake,
which the association guarantees shall not DC less
than 5000 grcls. has dazzlsd the eyes OF owners
and trainers and blinded them 10 prizes Which
would seem great were not for the contrast the
Great Republic afo-ds. Because OF IL A j. Joyner
IS not sure ne will start Watsrboy this afternoon
Nj Thomas expresses some doubt as to the adVisf-
bi;fv Of sending his little chestnut buildoS u the
most for the handicap. although his trainer IS ~
favor of H. and l. L Smathers will keep AcChes-
uay fn his quarters that the big red horse may be
thoroughly Mt for Saturdays struggle The five
year-old mare GUufirc. looked on as Irish Lad )
successor so the older stake performers from
the Whitney stable concerned. Will also be re-
served for the Great Republic. Her absence to-day
robs tho field of a formidable factor. Mr. Rogers
has gone along SLOWLY and carefully with the WIN
nor OF last Years Metropolitan, and recently IN her
trials she has rewarded his patience oy showing
much OF that wonderful flight Of speed which
caused her 10 be heralded a champion a year 80
Tn the year which has elapsed since Waterloo
swinging along in his great, confident stride. won
the last Saratoga Handicap. heating Hunter Raine.
( Caughnawaga Iermis. Ciundre Goldsmith and
others Mr. Vosburgh has been compelled 10 re
verse opinion OF the relative merits OF the black
champion and Of Heruis. and to-day he places iSe
pounds on the latter and IT pounds on Waterhoy.
Ir the last renewal Vaterboy took up TT pounds
and gave Hermis four pounds actual weight Under
the present iapost therefore the Handicapped must
consider Hermls a pound better horse than
he was last year and three pounds better than his
black rival Herms has not started since he pulled
up a trine lame after winning the Test Handicap
at Brighton Beach he has quite recovered from
nm on the shelf and in mas work Saratoga ne
has shown a return or the speed Whlcn enabled
MIN p win re sqRurba4, almost in romp from
The Picket and Irish Lad
kelly" Phillips. Mr.. Thomass lightweight
/ Jockey who Incurred his employers wrath because
~ a ride ON the crippled Palmbearer at Bri ghJOu.
and who was reported to the stewards by Mr..
Thomas. evidently has been restored 10 favor, as
he has been riding Hermls in his morning gallops
for the last week. should the horse start this
the leg up.
The trials for the handicap which have impressed
the Saratoga watchers most favorahly have been
those Of The Picket Waterboy and the Western
crack Bad News. Last Saturday Carroll Reid. the
trainer OF the Falseto him the handicap
distance in 2NS fiat. and the work done SO
cleverIy and The Picket came back so fresh and
sound that 1t was confidently predicted he would
repeat his Gravesend performance Mr.. Reid has
not definitely decided who will ride for him. but
will probably give the mount 10 Phillips. Water
how whose fast trials always seem to have pref
aGed deieat %o iS m ile h wins ~ er ~ ~
OF bad workouts and loses them on OF good ones.
the public draw its own conclusions from his
last trial
August Belmonts familiar maroon and black.
which are not seen often these days the turf
as the patrons OF racing would like to them.
will be carried in the handicap by his homebrsd
four-year-Cld colt Lord OF the Vale-the strappng
big son OF Hastings, out OF Lady Violet. The colt
is In with III pounds. and on his performance at
Brighton when he beat Hurst Park IN the Seashore
Handicap and the mile and quarter in 207 4-5.
he made many followers. who Will support him to-
day with increased confidence should the under
footing be heavy. Bad News sent a mile and a
quarter with los pounds up. the weight assigned
him for the handicap. in a shade better than 2:u.
AS he worked the last eighth however In Il I-G
seconds. his trial transformed from what might
have been an ordinary one into almost a sensation.
The other horses that were named in the overnight
list are Africander IL pounds which has still to
demonstrate that he has anything like his OIdtime
ability; W. B. Leeds's Major Daingerfeld. rs the
IN and-outeP in the stake division to-day; John
Ill pounds; Z. E. Smathers's Wagner colt Grand
Opera 106, and Mike Daly's one time chronic
Derby winner Claude, 104 pounds
This afternoon the Flash Stakes. for two-yaar-
Odds, five and One-half furlOngs. and the Ballston
Cup. G hunters steeplechase over the full course
will also be renewed The former is interesting
chiefly because OF the probable meeting on even
terms OK James R. Keene's English bred youngster
sysonhy and Louis V. Bells Hastings colt GlOriher
of the seven that have been named 10 start IN the
Flash Gloriaev appears 20 be the only one that
can offer any respectable opposition 70 the winner
Merry Lark, winner OF the fremont Stakes Sv-
sonny and GlortGer, with 125 pounds each are con-
esolns from three 20 eleven pounds The BaIlston
| Cup VIII bring out White Crest Csolfgn1r Tsh0rn-
hedge and Bonfire OF these Whit 9s.sa.ss ~.
up TOP weight, with I5e pounds The fIIr,rs al
] saEatosa have all been raised TO the regulation