The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-06
MCARTER WINS IN A DRIVE
BEATS RUNNING WATER 4 HEAD
~ SARATOGA HANDICAP.


SARATOGA, Aug. The annual meeting
NJ the Saratoga Racing Association opened
here to-day In q blaze Of glory. The weather
wal perfect and a crowd Of probably i2,OO M
persons turned out 10 see some high class
sport. The rich Saratoga Handicap, at a
mile and a quarter. was the most interesting
feature Of the programme, In spite Of the fact
that there were only six starters. Y. u.
Hitchcock's Daudelion, who was beaten a
nose by Ballot in The Invlncible Handicap
a. Brighton Beach last week. vas the favorite.
played from 7 to 3 dow to n to 10, while the
Newcastle Stables entry. the three-year-old
McCarter. who ran Peter Pan to q head in
The Brighton Handicap. and the Sir Dixon
mare Running Water were coupled At
. 10 ). having opened a point lower. n. p.
Whitney's ironsides was also played q triie.
but the others were passed up.
When the barrier went up Radtke took
DAndelion to the front to make the pace.
McCarter. Turning Water and Gallavant
went after him In a bunch, Dsndelion never
having more than a length tho best Of II.
Nearing the mile mark Radtke let Dandelion
down. but the Hamburg colt did not respond
with the expected burst OF speed. so that
he began TO drop back Then running Water
under a hard ride from Nottcr went 10 the
front. but Miller also got busy with McCsrter.
who, under q fierce drive, won the race by q
head from the Sir Dixon mare, with Dandelion
four lengths away. The time was. 7:OS 3-5.
There was another setback for the form
players in the $4,000 Flash stakes, for two
yesr-olds, five and a half furlongs. The big
operators and the crowd in general plunged
on H. r. whitney's entry. Royal Tourist and
Adriana. backing them dowp from y TO 5
run and got no part OF the money. Frank
j. FarrelIs colt Jim GaHney, a ~ to ! shot.
set a corking good pace right up TO the last
Belmont's Fair Play, who receded from 2 20
) to /, closed with a rush and beat him in a
Cieses. is to T. an added starter. ran a good
race and. four lengths back. took third
place by a head from + II. Hitchcock's
The finish n the Saratoga Steeplechase. at
about two miles. was a thriller, 1t was a
5TS horse af Wid. al, the way; In q fierce
by a head from ]. W Colts Thlstledale. 5
q 10 TO /. shot. third. fifteen lengths away.
Grandpa. backed down to 5. took a tumble.
ii. Il. Brandt 5 Tom McGrath, II to 5 second
choice. held the. others safe at all stages
in the first race. for %platers. At six furlones.
f bmrr @9a e gsnSbi 6y two Iengths f59m B9 TSs
latter had "A length over G.. F.. Clark's Green
Seal; a 90 TO I shot: : =. sesgram,s Deuce.
slow beginning. The time was ll2.
Fred Cooks Tom Dolan. backed down to
9 to ; f%ayorite. after making all the running.
won the NTH race, for platers,a at a mile. in q big
gallop by four lengths in I 80 as. Workmaid,
s TO 1. came from the ruck in time to get the
place from Arimo. 8 TO s, by half a length.
Euripides. who showed speed for six furlongs.
was half a length back.
Frank J. Farrell and his friends cleaned
up with Aimee c., well backed at 9 to 1, as the
Watercolor Ally had all kinds Of speed and
won the last race, for maiden two-year-olds.
James x. Keene's Red Bonnet, s to ? second
choice. after a slow beginning. took the place
by two lengths from John Sanford's Onatassa,
Is 10. l.. by a short head. n. p. Whitney,
Kings Plate was next. The Oneck Stables
Bellwether, s TO 5 f~avorite. was soundly
day for the books as Ave favoritss ali treo
m~endously backed, were beaten. Miller
carried of the riding honors with two winners,
a second and a third. The summaries.