New-York tribune., 1905-08-04
ALABAMA FOR TRADITION.
CHASE Il HUGE FARCE.
GoIdfnch FiIIy Not IN Good Form
.Sip Jumpers Fall.
rsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TR1BuNE.l

Saratoga, Aug. 3-In winning the historic
Alabama, this afternoon, Sydney Paget's Tradi-
ton. which earlier in the season was looked upon
a worthy rival of Sysonby had far more of a
task than racing folks anticipated
The filly won by a considerable margin, but
Davis was compelled to ride Tradition out TO the
END TO shake off Kiamesha, and all through the
stretch he was blufing with his whip. although
he did not actually strike the filIy with it.
The present distance OF the Alabama is mile
and hve-sixteenths. and it is restricted to three
year-old fillies. So superior did the Goldfnch
FLY seem TO the seventeen owners who had made
entries for the stake that all save two declined
the issue.
Only six. as matter Of fact. had been named
IN the overnight list. and of these the Oneck
Stables Kiamesha and William Lakeland's Gold
Ten were the only ones with temerity enough to
face the real heroine Of last years Futurity
With such apparently futile opposition the
hookrnakers took no chances and the ruling price
against Tradition to 10. What speculation
there was. therefore was confined 10 the place
betting with Kiamesha the choice over Gold Ten
az 10 TO on.
Davis either had waiting orders or found it
difHcuIt so get Tradition in stride. around the
lower turn and well into the backstretch he let
Eiarnesha show the way and waited half length
behind. Rounding the turn into the stretch he
be all over.
In the stretch. however. Lyme went TO work on
Kiamesha again and she responded so gamely
that Davis had TO bluff Tradition vigorously with
his whip. and at the finish she was as straight
as a string. Gold Ten beaten off.
Although Tradition gave eight pounds TO
kfarnesha this concession could not have
brought the two so close together had the for
nler been anything like herself. AS a matter of
fact. she pounds below her best form, and
far from being the prohibitfve favorite that
the public made her.
Light maiden steeplechasers transformed the
soft green Of the infeld into a huge vaudeville
stage. with so many entertainments going on
simultaneously that a four ring circus was not
TO be compared with it as a neck twister.
The alleged contest was over the short course
but before turn of the field had been made
Six OF the eight performers were either down
the far side of the second Liverpool. rolling and
sprawling around like litter of Newfoundland
puppies, or were racing riderless through the
field I'm a praiseworthy attempt TO bowl over
that were left their feet.
After much exertion Holman separated Frank
Sonlers from the wriggling pile and went
after the remnants of the brave band. A stable
gardless OF weight. followed the survivors.
Both went down at the Liverpool that had
proved the first Waterloo, but Holman, with one
Of the nine lives that all steeplechasers have
left, rernounted, and in a furious ride against
time reached the judges before it too late
10 have Frank Somers placed third.
While all this going Caloorahatchie
and Garter Knot went and fought it out be-
tween them, the former winning after a hard
tusse. Curiously enough, not rider horse
was seriously hurt.