The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
BACKING HIELER'S
MOUNTS PAYS WELL
Form Cuts Little Ice When
He Rides and Chance
BettOrS Profit.

SARATOGA. n. Y. Aug. T7.-When in
| doubt play Miller.
This system of making racetrack
visits remuneTative has been advocated
practically all summer. but never more
than now has there been such a gen
eral inclination 10 follow the standard
Of the popular lightweight. The regu-
lars here. with but few exceptions. are
| losers. for the form has been beWildcr-
Ing. Owners. trainers. and layers have
found their calculations. no matter how
carefully made, Enthusiastically, but the
visiting element. the sort that IN the
( Old days stuck a pin IN their program
10 md the winners. or backed a horse
because the colors HIS rider was TO
wear matched the parasol Of the woman
that sat across the table. are rolling
I'm wealth. winning day after day enough
10 pay expenses and a good margin
over
This boy Is really marvel IN the sad
die. AT the post he IS ia a class By
himself No matter how big the field
is and how bad An actor ne may be on.
you can count on his being away IN
the front rank when the barrier is
sprung. At the finish there are several
{ OF his fellows that can more than hold
their own with him. but it is in the
early stages OF a race that ne makes
them look ordinary.
Two Of Millers mounts were for his
regular employers, the Newcastle Stable.
He won the first race on J. c. Core. IN
10 l chance, and the Huron Handi-
cap with Content one OF the pair re-
Gently purchased from WoOdford Clay.
J. c. Cores victory was pretty nearly
a surprise 10 all bat those that have the
/ Miller habit" This geldlng has been
; running in selling races practically all
summer. IN fact only the other day
when ne ran and won he was entered
10 be sold for 81 500. Yesterday in "A
| handicap he was COnCediuE weight %
all but two of the dozen that r -oSeu
him, vet beat them In lmpTeSsIy style.
Behind him were some Futurity caudi-
dates who have been rated on the dan
gerOus list. This makes the race little
above the average.
Tommy Smith. assistant secretary Of
the COney Island Jockey Club. was one
Of the days arrivals. and he reports
everything Ia readiness at the Sleeps
head Bay course for the opening. As TO
I the Futurity. he IS Inclined 10 Juc belief
that the neld that Will go 90 the post
VIII be the largest lu the history OF .he
race. This means quite collection, for
swered the post call The race looks
more open than ever and there is no
particular colt or hiy whose chances
stand out so prominently that they
would tend 10 keep out those who must
be classed as unknown quantities.
Ia the closing event yesterday three OF
the starters were led 10 the post and
IL took tWO men 20 get one Of The two
10 the starting point. This practice has
grown 10 be an abuse, and turfmen think
The sooner Il Is forbidden officially the
better. At Belmont Park this spring a
halt order was put on A certain stable
ali the inmates Of which were reported
as unable To- get TO the post without
course. but the supposed iucorriEibIe
ones never gave any trouble afterward
General Sanford has ordered Hide
brand and the other Jockeys that do the
riding for the stable 10 so wide with
al the horses that carry his colors His
reason for this is that he IS satisfied that
the going is heavy for Some distance out
from the inner rail. and 10 this he at
tributes the defeat OF Rayena in the
Huron Handicap and Of some others
Of his string, Others have complained
on the same score. so ~ future IL viii
not be surprising 20 see an entire field
come driving home in the middle Of tho
track.
Billy Meyers. who went to Salem to
hurry the completion OF Ai-t track TOT
the meeting recently held at Rocking
ham Park has been engaged as per
manent superintendent. The coming
winter he may secure permission 10 go
10 New Orleans and take up his work
on the Crescent City track. He worked
wonders there last winter end his ser
vices viii be appreciated again.
Jack Atkins. the colt with which Bar
ney Schroeder expected to win the
FUtUrity. IS reported in a bad way here
and clever judges assert he VIII not be
able 70 race again this year. This is
the two-year-oid which Schneider has al
WAYS asserted could beat Horace F.,
whom he sold to Mr.. Rainey.