The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-10
WHITNE!'S BATTLEAXE WINS.
HANBTRG COLT TAKES GRAND
UNION HOTEL STAKES.
Dim Ne~m an and Loretta NJ. Also Successful
Fayorites--Wire In AMI Pay Bniger
Score Al Long Odds start Enables
AytstOn to Se0re for Jack Mct;innis.

SARATOGA. Aug. o,--Harry Payne whit
noy's Battlcaxe WAS victorious in the Crane
Union Hotel Stakes. for two-year -oids, 81
fmrlonRs. here to-day. He was coupled
with Midas, the pair ruling the choice at
3. heavily hacked; Newton .Bennnston'
Jerry Weinberg was next In favor ut threes
with much support for Vendor. who carrlee
T. r. Hitchcock & colors. andalso S. s Brown
Accountant and the Waldeck Stables Der
Holden. Vendor and Accountant each car
ricd lo7 pounds and were unable TO get in
side of the money.
Midas with Hildebrand up, went out In front
at the scnd-oNf aud act rapid pace for Jerry
Weinberg, with Vendor. Ben Holden. Bat
tea Se and Accountant in bunch behind. Al
IN" half mile pole Redfern let Battleaxe dowr
partially, and he forged into the leadership
There was nothing to II after this incident
for the Hamburg colt won cleverly by hall
length in ia4 II. NJ Ziegler's Sandy D
played down to Is to 1, came from away back
In the stretch and ran over Jerry Weinberg
from whom he took the place by length
and half. with Midas the same distance
back Midas will he hard to beat In future,
as he was clearly short and In need OF q
couple Of races,
ragged start had much to do with the
result of the first event. five and half fur
long dash for two-year-old FLIES. Jack
McGinnis's AvistOn. to !. got on running
and was never caught. winning in gallop
by four len Rths. August Belmont's BivouRc.
to |, closed resoiutely and nailed the place.
while Ruth W.. the favoritc. after a poor get
away, ran a fine race and took third money
by head from Margaret NJ. a good thing,
who had been second nearly all The way,
but was short. The time was Os
7. Hitchcock, Jr.'s. good timber topper,
Jim Newman, a 7 to 8 favorte. experienced
no difficulty in capturing the handicap steeple-
chase. Gentlemen riders had the mounts,
and Mr., Harris rode the winner. in clever
fashion. brInsnR him home eight lengths
Punctuai. with Mr.. Devere,n Up. was a quar-
tiracesway and pafro- down-diily. the former
backed .l down to 2 to both took tumblss: ~.
eseenh. .'' WIEN Gnee trsh the avor t
quit furlons from hSn home alteE making the
ss S' few s' Jumps in favor Of he Kirfield sta.
in drive by three e pa r, s Of length in ?o is
Bragg was second, neck in front of Oars
mar the TOP weight, at to |, who , was badly
Red Friar, after showing enrly speed. stopped
al ths, three-nuarter pole;
=. NJ Ticheyor's Loretta NJ. a 10 to- : fayori!e
the fifth race ~ a mile, was lucky to win by
head after h"iLG the runrer-up most of the
way. 5. :. Browns Ascot Belle, bao ked down
to 5io /. would have been successful. however.
If she had rot been shut OF soon after the
start. As it was she ran great race and
nahbod tho place from our, Sister. !? to /.
who also ran sple' didly uIder, the circnnl-
stances, by neck. Colossal and Little
Woods the carly pacemakers. both quit.
The milo was run IN TAI.
"A killing with Graziallo, the top weight in
the handicap for nj! ages. seven fuTion es.
failed by narrow margin. Groziallo was
backed from 10 to down to tours. but afer
meeting with much hard luck was finally
beaten in y drive by Pat BulRer. a IS to
shot who had an advantage of three parts
Of n le"gth as he flashed past the Judges.
quoted at 10 TO /, was close third, beating
Inferno head. Foncasta and Goldsmith.
who showed the way for FIVE furlongs,
stopped as II shot. The time was I:27
Three favorites got the money. The track
IVES fast and the attendance good. The
summarizes