The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-02
GOSSIP OF THE RACEYRACK
REPRESENTATIVE CROWD TURNS
OUT AT SARATOGA.
Keene's' Hilarious Biakes Great Showing.
but Trainer Rowe sun Has Faith In
tselectman-whitney .Oners stations
.Hree-s- Maintain Champion Chase

kecne's' HilaFi ous Hakes Great
but Trainer Rowe u Has Faith In
tselectman-whitney Offers stations
,Hree-E- Maintain Champion Chase
SARATOGA, Aug. There was no dis
appointment for the Saratoga Racing Asso-
citation In The crowd that 5ourneyed out TO
the track this afternoons: In number II ex-
ceeded By q Couple OF Thousand the attend
ance OF Thursday, the opening day. and
better still 1t brought representative gather
ing of the friends Of racing from many neigh
boring cities and towns It was NOT. Of course.
the good old days with IN assemblage OF
from is, 900 to 10000. but It was q healthy
testimonial Of the faith OF the supporters
OF the tusf that in time they will be able to
enjoy again their ~favorite sport unhampered
by restrictions. e..
The association was extremely liberal in
it's disbursements for the day and when
balance sheets are struck there Will very
naturally be a. deficit: still this was expected
whep, the association decided 70. go ahead
with the meeting. n
Next week will find msn new faces here.
those who have been holding on awaiting
developments. The officials continue to hold
to their original stand. They have taken
Judge Bischoffs decision Is the correct one
and find nothing at the track that would
Justify any sort OF interference. The Pinker-
ton force under the supervision Of William
Pinkerton is making eli understand that they
must keep strictly within the law and there
Is a general disposition to do 30.
The United States Hotel Stakes, with a
guaranteed value of $4,000, gave old time
life 10 the card for prizes Of this sort are few
and far betwsen these days. IT Ia true that
q goodly part OF this sum came from the
horsemen Id forfsits and '~startins fees. still
u was pleasing 70 see the fioh award awaiting
~ E 49, ia kkg~l rnn,av Ao mn
in all, went to the credit of James r.. Keene.i
Hilarious winning, with Selectman In third
Hllafious.s, Allowing, was impressive and
clever thdses now rate him among the top
notpherstof h4s, age. He made his debut on
ThossdAy," beating a lot Of maidens. In
that race be was cut down behind and at first
It wss fearsdh that. thts might mean a setback.
but the out healed rapidly and to-day he ran
with.eeme cotton and, an, adhesive ointment.
It did not affect ~hisIunning In the slightest.
for he beat : real good field as easily as he
did the maidens. comine to the front in the
final ,stages of the Journey with q rush that
was little snort OF dazzling.
Jiufmy Rowe. who. tralps the pair. still has
great faith. In S~electinan. In the. morning
he can entrun and outstay any OF the two
year-ohiS In the stable. but when he comes
" wv " oNHSS Ne.AAS ~
70 do his best. To-day. however. especially
at thS4hhtsh, he was thoroughly settled down
to businesefor in the last quarter he came
from far hack IN the r4ck and with another
slxtAehth TO 60 might ha We made It interesting
for Ids. Stable mate: He 10 q good looking
colt aud this ifill IL pretty certain TO- make
amssdt for some OF the. earlier ~disappoint-
HsiEy, Psyns, whitnsy.1sf. Robin, who fn-
ished second. came pretty close to fouling
Edward half way down . the homestretch.
Many expected that o claim would DO made.
none van lodged. The e9srds discussed
the crpwdinE for home little time and then
decided to let the result, stand. 1t was
Bobbin's first appearance =since his bid for the
second part of the DoHbIe Event at sheepshesd
Bay, In that race he was cut down and Jack
his trainer. has been compelled to 20
Easy with him since.
Mr.. Whitney Is still abroad. but he keeps
closstouohH With t~urf,affaifs In this country.
Through, his representative here he has an
bounced that ihrceders Of the country are et
libertY, to bring their mnress to ~Brookdalo..
farm near BED Bank. Ms ID and breed
,hemit to B~andrinehsm. Prince Hamburg or !
Ballyh0o Boy free Of cost: With the exoep-
ion Of Hamburg and Burgomaster he throws
,pen hhs famous stud. realizing thai in these
lays u, cut rate purses andffew fixtures the
,reeders who depsnd on outside horses for
will be- seriously handicapped by o
aok Of funds brought about by the dsprecia-
ion In the value Of alltheir stock a. veil as OF |
heir farms. -. fv. aS.r,4t . @ g.
Another movement on something like the |
'amee lines developed during. the afternoon. |
number OF gentleman interested In Cross
,ountry racing got together and decided to
Id the Netional Steepleohase and Hum Assoc
,iation, in an effort to retain the Champion
which j. run every fall. 1t In a
race and still it might be- q hardship
o ask the Westchester Racing Association to
onttnne II on the old lines with matters al
lnssttlsd a. they are. The idea Is ito make up
be purse or q goodly portion Of It by sub
cription. As soon as the decision was
500. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., added q like
mount, George Saportas contributed $3.50.
herman Duryea added tioo. though he does
lot race horses through the field.
Jockey Schiling rode three winners during
be afternoon. winding up his score with q
'ictory on Edwin L.. a 30 to 1 shot His
york here has been gilt edged and his services
re In demand among the most prominent
He Is under contract to 3. l..
Tbomas. who Is racing q string at Fort Erie.
Voter 10 riding away below his best form.
While Dugan Ia disappointing the most. en-
huatastio OF his admirers.
Wordswas received here to-day that Gwynn
Tompkins Is Ill at his home in Warrenton. Va.
10 left Brighton Beach about a week g and
iad planned to come here to-day. but 1t Is
now II he will get up before the close,
lie Jumpers have been here for severaldays.
nd until he 10 able TO take charge. their train
ne viii be done under the supervision Of
Buroh. Il,
The slow time made In the races to-day was
be cause of considerable surprise. as IL has
zen very hot and dry here for some time back,
a fact, this morning during the training
allope the track was In good shape. Later
a the day a lot OF sand was brought over from
Iorse Haven and spread over the back
treteh. and II was said that heavy harrows
'ere sent around the course to tear Il up.
his :~As done at the solicitation Of several
raipers who have been complaining of hard
ooting. several OF them combining the gsllop-
ne Of their horses entirely to Horse Haven
nd the track just behind it built by Mr.. Whit
ey.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY SHOW OFF.
banhooed Because Uoxs Nav Not Travel