The sun., 1905-08-02
PALM TREE WINS THE MOHAWK
BEATS THE heavily BACKED
= GAMARA At SARATOGA.



SARATOGA, Aug. i.-only two favorites
were successful hero TO-DAY. and the book
makers got the bulk OF tho money. Il. !.
Wilson, Jr. q. Gamara lost fortune for the
smart players when he was defeated In the
Mohawk Selling Stakes. for three-year-olds.
at nine furlonRs. 0amara was the overnight
selection. He figured a sure thing with all
the handcappers. and when he opened at TO
the nood OF gold was 30 great that ne was
soon pounded down to to 10. Practically
every plunger at the track played the wilson
colt as II 1t were all over but the oashins.
with only % pounds up and little Mcdaniel
IN tho saddle Gan,ara looked TO have the other
starters at his mercy, so that there were liberal
prices against z. r. Bradley Palm Tree and
woodford C1ay's Angler. the supposed con-
tenders Palm Tree opened at to .. but went
MP to to Q. with TO l always on tap sgsinst
Angler. Jennie MoCabe. ~ to I. Angler and
Kehailan, is to I, were tho leaders At the
three-qusrter pole. Gamars and Palm Tree
having left the post slowly. In the stretch
the pacemakers tired and Gsmara looked the
winner but only for a moment. As he hung
In his stride. and also swerved at the last six
teenth pole which enabled Willie Knapp
TO run over him with Palm Tree. who won
clevsrly by two lengths In iS5. Gamara
had four lengths over Jennie MoCabe. with
Angler eight lengths away.
Jack Bennett put over . real GOOD thing
In Pretenslon. the winner of the handicap
at . mile. Pretension opened at to 1 and
was pounded down to IS to s. closing favorite
at this quotation. Colonial Girl. with top
weight. meanwhile. carried a pile of smart
money at threes. with W. H. Snyder's Tyron
and August Belmont's Blandy also in some
favor. But there was nothing to 1t but Pre-
tension when the field was sent away. for
Burns took him quickly to the front. where
- IL IL. III ,S.ln II
passed the Judge, an easy winner by two
lengths In iH. Inferno was the runner-up
for half mile. and then gave way to Colonial
Girl, who proved to be much the best OF the
others and ran into the place with q safe
margin over Tyron. The latter lost some
ground at the start. but ran q good race and
beat Blandy by half length, thore being no
excuses for Mr.. Belmont's colt.
Harry Payne Whitney won two races. with
Battleaxe and Comet. both sired by Ham,
burg. Rattleaxe was an odds-on favorite
In the first race for two-year-olds. Ave and .
. half furlonRs. With Hildebrand up. he showed
his heels to the others and won handily by
two lengths In los 2-5. Sydney Paget's
Klnleydale. who was played down to 4 to 1.
began slow WY. ss usual. but closed with a re-
markable turn Of speed and nailed the place
by two lengths from j. L. Hollands Master
son. 20 to I shot Jerry Weinberg. lowered
to IL to 1. was apparently ont OF it In the run
up the backstretch. but he made up q lot OF
ground In the run home. and would have been
third In another stride Snow. another
good thing. was factor UP to the last quar-
ter. where he blew up.
Comet. carrying the Whitney colors, also
worn by Hildehrand got out Of the maiden
class In the sixth race. at six furlongs. He
vas backed down To 7 TO 2. an equal second
choice with Conquest. There was a heavy
plunge on Mr.. PaRet's Bass. who was ham,
mered down from to 2 to 10 to s favorite.
after which he was never prominent H. B.
DURYEA'S Pioneer. also by Hamburg. a to
good thing. had big lead at one period of
the race, but he weakened in the last furlons.
and Comet. who had been in hand all the
way. experienced no trouble in beating him
Q length and a half In lI5l-S. Pioneer
finished two lengths before J. Grant Lys
mans Grand Duchess. to 1. with Bella
signora length and a half back. Grand
D1chess closed ed q big gap A. A. TIE end.
sss ran p he name name ssd color: p T. HissS:
S wRtney Sh Coupled M entry and
It 9 TO s, with August Beimonts Bivouao.
i.ssai ali in favor. Hester ~. y 20 to tG i. had
early speed. with Commune also at the head
% m shaw Ssd a the the
leadership with Tsngle. who won In a saliop
By. two lengths in los is, ,Psryerse. Who
got of last. ran fine race and took the place
from Bivouac by three lengths.
The chances OF The Mighty. Q to favorite
hurt. by the start Yet he managed to get
third money. Willie Knapp meanwhile
to S, home an easy winner by a length and q
bali; Though poorly ridden. Kansas Prices
Uncle Urigh, IS to 1. landed the place. Henry
speed for seven furlonRs. but was short.
The mile was run in l:<2l-5. W. Knapp and
weather was cloudy and the track slow,
The summaries: ~
FIRST RACE.
For tWo.yeAr -olds; S7OO added: nye and n half