New-York tribune., 1905-08-16
OUTCOME WINS STAKE.
BEATS CLASSY FIELD.
Sir Diron Mare, at Long Odds,
Captures Saratoga Feature.
TBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rr1BuNE.I

Saratoga, NJ Y. Aug. 15.-With the light i'm
post Of nInety-nine pounds. and at the generous
price OF 20 TO /. Outcome. a Sir Dixon mare
owned by wooGford Clay. won the renewal Of
the Merchants and Citizens Handicap, at one
mile and three-sixteenths here to-day, from a
field that was supposed, with the exception Of
King ot Troy, 20 outclass the mare.
The steady downpour OF rain had transferred
the track into a sloppy lagoon. These same con-
ditions prevailed IN 1903 and 1904. when Her
bert. the king Of nudders, raced TO victory in
the FIRST two runnings OF the handicap.
Deep as was the going. ii so happened that Of
the eight named 10 start overnight, all save Bad
News and Molly Brant were thought TO have a
chance, and as a consequence the race was far
less mutilated by the blue pencil than were a
majority OF the others. Mr.. Sanford had a sec
ond string IN Caughnawagha, and he sent him
10 the post in spite Of the fact that with 10
pounds, he was compelled TO give away weight
10 each Of his opponents.
Proper, the son pf Prestonpans with his al
most riotous delight in splashing through the
mud, was promptly selected by the form players
10 win. and was backed from s to : to II to 10.
Both Lord Of the Vale and Dolly Spanker also
had public following.
The clubhouse. suaarting from the stings of the
day before. when The Quail and Oarsman trans
formed many opulent bankrol,s into a hollow
chested memory, chose Mr.. Clay's mare as
medium TO recoup its losses. and the commits
sions sent into the ring from this inclosure
caused the price TO drop from 20 to 10 at post
time
The celever lightweight, Baird. had the leg
mp on Outcome. and was told 10 get out in front
and stay there II he could. He followed these
instructions until after the far turn was reached.
when Lord Of the Vale caught the mare and she
dropped back into fourth place.
Proper and Dolly Spanker engaged in a bump
ing match that proved costly TO both and while
they We're still having troubles, Baird came
again with Outcome which outran the field in
the stretch. and won by two lengths from
Proper, who was three lengths ahead Of Dolly
SpankeT.
f5ildebrand promptly went into the official
stand ana told the stewards Of the meeting that
Proper had been interfered with by Dolly
SpanlOer, but the judges were not impressed by
his statement, and the claim was disallowed
BridEenan, typical looking OctagOn. out Of
ST. Bridget had what many racing folk thought
was his public trial Tor the Futurity in a sprint
Of five and one-haIf furIongs. but. although he
showed speed and class, he had to be content
with second TO Sir Huron.
The latter is & son Of Falsetto-Ignite and
was the guaranteed good thing Of the afternoon.
He IS q well turned. nice looking colt. and as
soon he got fairly in his stride he made a
show Of his company, winning as he liked He
was backed from 10 ! 10 TO 8.
q. J. Long, a well known citizen of Louisville
who owns Sir Huron. followed up his victory by
beating the hot feyorite BivOuac with Eloisa, Il
Taaiden daughter OF Falsetto, in another sprint
for maiden FLIES at five and One-half furlongs
Sir Huron and Mad ATullah were the two win
ming favorites.