New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
HORACE E. BEATEN
PLTNGERS HARD HIT.
RoUena Makes Nezc Track Record
Drake Wins Again.
IBy Telegraph to The tribune. J

Saratoga, ~ Y, Aug I0.-Horace e. the
Bannockburn- Lynch colt, for which Roy
A. Rainey paid S250G0 some weeks ago. made
his first appearance in the East at Saratoga
to-day and soundly beaten. He went to
the post fn an overnight race for twO-year-olds
al FIVE and half furlongs. and seemed so far
TO outclass his six opponents that he was held
az odds-on, and backed from / to . to I 10 g.
Roy A. Rainey and his brother Paul sent in
big commissions TO the ring Of $1,000 each, and
most OF the big piungers followed suit, as the
colt had worked five furlongs in minute fiat
and his trainer while not entirely satisfied that
he was up 10 his best form after long rest.
was confident that he could beat the field op-
posed 20 him and wagered $1,000. Chaseaway,
which ran second TO SalvideFe in the Brighton
Junior Stakes at Brighton Beach, the Gee
ond choice at TO 1. while T. Hitchcock. jr.'s
Convile also had a following at ID to l and IL
20 J. The others were more or less neglected.
Horace E. took up 122 pounds and conceded
weight to the others. Radtke. the stable jockey.
had the mount, and when the start came he
sent the colt out to force the pace. He raced
Sir William Johnson, half brother Mohawk
II, into submission rounding the turn. and came
info the stretch as If he would gallop home At
the last furlone pole, however. he began to
tire, and ConVille. closing with a rush. quickly
caught and passed him and going away in
T.
which beat the tired favorite three lengths for
the place. Chaseaway did up to his
last good race. and bore out in the stretch, but
Horace E. was stopping so badly that the
Duryea colt would have been third in a few
more strides.
Horace Z. must not be condemned for his in
different race to-day He was plainly short.
and can be expected 10 nearer his true form
when he goes to the post again. He was practi-
calIy unbeatable in the West this spring. and
won race after race in the easiest fashion, beat
ing Fontainebleau. among others. He is a well
furnished, racy looking colt, however. and the
race to-day will do him a lot of good. He is
being pointed for the Futurity but after his
failure to-day he VIII hardly be the favorite un-
less he starts again at this meeting and shows
decided Improvement.
The usual good-sized crowd was in attendance
to-day. although light rain at noon kept some
home who might otherwise have gone to the
track. Those who stayed in town missed some
fair racing and the most comfortable weather
since the meeting began. The rain, which
stopped by the time the horses Vent to the post
for the first race, served to lay the dust and the
track was lightning fast. Four favorites and
TWO outsiders won. but the percentage was in
Favor OF the players-for the third time this
week
In the absence Of any stake. the race in which
Horace E. ran served as the feature Of the days
sport. Ravena won the first Of the year in
the colors of John Sanford in the opening handi-
cap She waited behind Hyperbole and Bertha f
90 the stretch turn. and then came away TO win
gallOping from Bohemia, in the fast time of 12
Cor six fu-longs. II a brilliant performance.
as the time was not only new track record, but
was within two-fifths of a second of the worlds
record. made by RoseScn at Belmont Park last
fall. Ravena started in the Saratoga Handicap
last MONDAY but stopped at the end Of mile
" shot. She is three year-old filly by Clifford
-Barmaid II. and her manner Of winning was
such that many good judges expressed the opin-
Ton that she would be keen rival for the three
year-Od flly honOrs Of the season with Running
Water, Whimsical and Flip Flap The old track
record was held by John Sanford's Chuctanunda
which ran the distance in l:121-5 with ll9
pounds up Ravena was a slight favorite for