Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-20
BIG FIELDS RULE
ON SARATOGA CARD
DRY WEATHER GIVES TRAINERS
THEIR CHANCE
Lid Is Lifted at the Spa and New York
Gamblers Roll EN- High.
Starting of the Races
Is Better

SARATOGA, Aug. 19.-The third week
of racing here began today with the EN-
pire City competition in full sway, an6
the local association putting its best foot
foremost to uphold its end. One of the
best cards of the meeting was decided
with larger fields than on any day during
the session thus far, and with most OF
the great stables having entrants.
If the weather remains clear, and there
seems every prospect of its doing so, this
condition of well-illed fields and good
horses competing should continue for the
next ten days at least The continued
dry weather has permitted the trainers
to get their horses in the best of shape,
and the only ones who have any protest
coming are the steeplechase men,
These are handicapped because the dry
weather has hardened the turf of the
course so much that fears of break
downs prevent much work 1t was this
that led to the small field in the rich
North American recently run.
Because of the competing meeting at
Yonkers, the big stockholders in the
local track here are likely to have
their horses race much more frequently.
Their idea will be to show the classiest
animals possible, as compared with the
western platers and other cheap ones
that are entered at the Westchester
course.
In like manner, it is more than prob
able that there will be some "loosening
of the lid" here, for the Saratoga folk
are realizing that to hold the money
spending crowd every attraction posi-
BILE must be had in the town. The re-
scinding of the sheriff's order about
Sunday baseball was the first step to-
ward this.
In fact, the lid was lifted yesterday
and last night. R. Levy, Sam Paul and
George Elson, three we'll known East
Side sports, came up in the afternoon
and dropped $4,000 at the track. In
the evening, at the Bridge Whist club,
it is reported on good authority, they
won back the $4,000 and $4,000 beside
at faro.
Racegoers here have much to be
thankful for just now. Starter Mars
Cassidy never was in better form. His
two weeks vacation during the close
of the Brighton Beach meeting i'm
proved his work wonderfully. During
the week just closed the bad start has
been the exception rather than the rule
it was.
Several of the jockeys, too, have bet
tered their work materially since COM
ing to the Spa. The ever-popular Mil
Ter, in particular, has done so. Last
week this lad took the first race every
day and has a commanding lead over
the other boys. The last week or two
at Brighton his work was so poor that
his following was almost discouraged
and many deserted him.
Notter Takes Brace
Joe Notter, for the first day or so here,
rode atrociously, but he, too, took brace
and has been doing fine work for the last
few days. Eddie Dugan is doing we'll
fully up to the average, while Beckman
and Lowe are becoming noted as the
riders of long shots-not always winning,
but getting into the money right along
Jack Martin has done nothing of note
but Willie Knapp is back in his best
form, and few can beat him once he
tries.
An agreeable surprise and a source of
much aid to the meeting is the improved
condition of the Sanford horses The
locally popular stable has had its colors
in front several times, and Trainer Hay
ward seems to have made very good"
The Keene horses have recovered from
their colds, due to the sudden change
from Sheepshead Bay to the air here, and
are training along, as the Gallops indi-
cate, in fine shape. The Whitney and
Newcastle stable strings both are in fine
fettle, and the invaders from Canada also
have their horses in good shape.
The equaling of track records is get
ting to be common, so that when slow
run race is recorded 1t is because those in
are of very little class indeed, except per-
haps where the winner so outciasses the
rest as did Frank Gill in the Travers.
The attempt of the pool room interests
to utilize the big pole outside the track
on Saturday gave rise to story that
there would be foreign book run on
the Empire City track. In other words,
that betting would be had on the Sara
toga races as well as on the events run
at the Westchester course. The Pinker-
tons, however, promptly raised their sails
and cut off the outsiders view.
By the week end it should be clearly
seen whether or not the Empire City
meeting has taken many from this place.
The average outgo seems about as great
as usual at the end of the first week, and
the new arrivals seem almost as numer-
Gus. Broadway was pretty we'll filled and
while the usual calamity howlers are
making their yearly complaints, there
seems just about as much business and
just about as heavy demand for rooms
in the big hotels and in the boarding