The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-11
HOPEFUL STAKES
At SARATOGA next
Keene Has a Quartet Of Pron,is-
ing Horses Out for the
Money.
HAS WON THREE OF -FOUR
Madden Has Likely Entry for Big
Purse gden's Eastern
Debut.
HAS WON THREE OF -FOUR
BY j. S. a. MACDONALD.

SARATOGA. N. Y, August 1o.-Ar
old-time prize fight on the turf is or
the card for the gilded sports now
gathered here on the ground; in fact.
subscription toward that end is now
In circulation. about the clubhouse at
the race track, and around the Grand
Union Hotel and the United States
Hotel later in the off morning hours.
1t closes on next Tuesday. Should
the amount realized total $1,000, an
invitation to Fighting Dick" Hy-
land. of California, and Bert Reyes,
the Australian, to battle for the purse
over distance of twenty-five rounds
will be extended. Fifty years ago.
when John Morrissey and John c..
Heenan used to mill opponents back
on the old Lake Reservation some
tants fought to finish under London
prize ring rules. which permitted
wrestling as we'll as fsticuffs. Should
Hyland and Keyes come together on
the turf 1t Will be because there is no
hall large enough to accommodate the
crowd of spectators, while the author
tiles who are prone to look indul-
gently upon the sports and their
scheme for q little variety, deem it
best to have the thing come off out
OF the sight and hearing of the ultra
|
es fought Tommy" Murphy a slash
Ing battle at the clermont Avenue
Rink, Brooklyn, N. Y, on July 20,
| and no doubt would Thoroughly eS-
| tend the Western boy.
While there has been plenty of rae
| ing, lots of betting, and no little faro
! bank and bridge whist, together with
the swlshing Of fashion and CLINT OF
yellow gold on every hand stillTthe cry
l. = 4.
every hand.
Some Aspirnnts for Hopeful.
With the Saratoga Special run and
won to-day, the next big event fol
| juveniles will come TO hand a week
from to-day. when the 100000 Hopeful
/ stakes. for two-year-o lds, at three
/ quarters Of a mile, is carded. 1t vii
be corking good race and on its re.
suit clear line to the two-ycar-olc
championship will be easily seen. AZ
usual James r.. Keene is strongly rep,
4 resented. with Colin, Peter ounce
Restigouche. Bosom and two other un
tried possibilities.
/ The Hopeful Stakes have been rul
4. since 1908, four times, James II. Keen,
winning twice, with Delhi in tho frs
year, and with Peter Pan last year
The race Is one of those fixtures which
seem TO be naturally at the beck OF til,
/ master or G0nstletOn. farm. Peter RAJ
! wen with 132 pounds up, and It Will b
such package that Colin must carry
John r. Madden is to hand with d for
midable entry, too Meelick is no ba,
colt. In fact, many good trainers sa.
neither Uncle nor Colin can give hin
five pounds. This line OF theory woul
make him winner in the Hopeful
Stakes, for he gets In very light.
Then Madden has King James to hi
string. The Snndfords have nice col
called Fort Johnson son Of the one
mighty Chuctanunda, This Is the frs
OF the get OF the once wonderful oil
sprinter to come to the races, an
from all accounts he can go some; |
fact his works have been as salts
factory as those shown by Mohaw
II. who took the Saratoga Special an
Hopeful stakes in 1905. The two-yeal
old problem Is perplexing. No one
quite sure as to whether our youn
horses are as good an average lot o
those OF other years, The best on
may say of them Is that two Egoo
colts, Colin and Uncle, stand cut froi
a very ordinary lot
Among the Allies New orleans hold
4 ! the trump card, with Notasulga. TIL