New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
HONOR FOR SIR MARTIN
MADDEN COLT TRIUMPHS.
Keene Fzly Falters en- Stirring Fin
ISL of Saratoga Special.
[By Telegraph TO The Tribuns.I


Saratoga, Aug SIN a stirring head-and-h -head
finish John E Madden's Sir Martin. the son or
Ogden-Lady Sterling, the rich Saratoga Spe-
cial for $4,000 at the racetrack here to-day After
trailing his field for five furlongs and being forced
to run in the heaviest going the rail. he wore
down Herman B. Duryea's Mediant. the early
pacernaker and then. under hard drive. with
stood a determined challenge from James r
Keene's Wedding Bells. which bolted to the out
side in the last sixteenth. but closed with rush
in the hard going the extreme outside rail The
time. lis rs. for the six furlonss. was slow and
shows clearly the bad condition OF the track
Sir Martin has now won seven out OF nine races
this year. including the second half OF the Double
Event the Great Trial. the Great American. the
National Stallion. two overnight events. and
the Saratoga Special the sporting stake Of the
season and one Of the most coveted fixtures OF the
American turf. AS there was no second or third
money in the race to-day Sir Martin added $1,000
and a cup valued $50 70 his winnings Tor the
year. which brings his total up TO $4,000. IN
numbers.
Six horses went TO the post in the Special. with
Sir Martin and Fayette coupled as the Madden
try and quoted TO s. James r. Keene. who
came up from New York specially 70 see this race
started Wedding Bells and Melisande. while T. A
Forsythe was represented by High Private and
Herman B. Duryea by Mediant- The start was
prompt and good. with Medant the first 10 show.
The small. racy looking Meddler hlly forced the
pace up the backstretch and around the turn. with
trailing At the turn for home il looked IL Sir
Martin and Fayette were hopelessly beaten, but the
former closed with the courage and determination
which mark a high class horse, and fought il out
In gamest fashion until victory was his
Opinions differed 10 the relative merits OF Sir
Martin and Wedding Bells. many maintained
that the latter would have II Notter could
have kept her straight in the last sixteenth Tbs
Sir Martin followers contended, however. that
Wedding Bells found hard going the outside
in swerving and that the Ogden colt the bet
ter OF the two rs the Mediant.
which was only beaten half length for the place.
ran a brilliant race and earned forward place
among the best FLIES Of the season.
James r Keene congratulated Mr. Madden on
his victory and remarked: II guess my FLIES can't
beat your colt
The vice-chairnan OF the Jockey Club. while dis
appointed at the loss Of stake which seemed al
most within his grasp had the satisfaction OF
ing wedding Bells run a truly remarkable race
and that stamps her fly OF the highest class
John E. Madden, IN speaking OF the race. said
''Sir Martin had TO be good horse to run through
the worst OF the going. he was forced TO Do.
and win I think had tea pounds the best horse
under the circumstances. I declared to win with
Fayette but told Shilling ride TO win no matter
what happened. I satisfied that Sir Martin Is
one of the best horses ever owned and trained .
II was the eighth running Of the Saratoga Spe-
cfaI and John E. Madden has trained four
winners-Irish Lad Aristocracy. Salvidere and Sir
Martin OF these, Irish Lad ran in the name and
colors of Whitney and Duryea and Salvtdere in the
colors OF Thomas Hitchcock jr-. while the master
of Hamburg owned Aristocracy and Sir Martin
himself
BY far the biggest crowd OF the meeting was N
attendance. Almost every seat in the grandsrand
was occupied, while several hundred were content
to stand on the lawn. The clubhouse inclosure was
nsrtic1,IarTy well filled many well known race
goers coming up from New York to see the Special
decided. Among these were Schuyler Parsons Cor
nelius Fellowes James r Keene and "elton u
Percy 1t was a perfect day for racing and hun
dreds came in from the outlying towns for a day
outing
The Beverwyck steeplechase was marred BY an
accident which resulted fatally for Boadwee. VINO
had tie mount on Edward H. Carle's Rufus The
horse fell at jump in front Of the grandstand ths
second time around and. turning complete son1er-
sauIt landed on Boadwee, who lay stretched out A
cry Of horror went up from those IN the stand and
was repeated when Altar cane TO grief a moment
later at the Liverpool Henderson. who got an ugly
fall was stunned, but not seriously injured Win
Rufus and Altar of the way. Bayonet. Thomas
Hitchcock jr.'s. representative, ganoped along. TO-
win pulled up Malacca blundered at the water
jump and lost any chance he had OF winning
Rufus was remounted by T. O'Brfen. who was
suspended a few days ago. and finished the course
in time to earn third money.
The crowd applauded vigorously when John San
ford's popular colors were carried to victory IN
the first race by Adriuche. John E. 11adden's Ed
rounding the turn and unplaced- Jeanne d Arc
had world of speed and opened up gap at the
turn but she stopped badly in the last furions
and Adriuche away, to win rather easily from
Banyah and TorbelIinO. Jack Atkin made his nrsI
appearance since the meeting at Sheepshead Bay
in this race, but the great sprinter was in Close
quarters for half mile and failed to on in the
stretch The cuppy track may have been against
him. and he is likely to show improvement the next
time he goes to the post
vS7t
and won eased up. by several lengths from LaLly
Zipango ran a race that little short OF dis
graceful After getting the worst OF the start. ne
kept dropping out of 1t. and could not raise a re-
spectacle ganop- He finished a bad last. beaten
twenty lengths Moquette was bid Up NVo
over his entered selling price of $3.50 by Tom Non
ahan whose horse Lally second. but vas re-
tanned by his owner W. ]. Young. with the usual
s. advance
SARATOGA SUMMARIES
FIRST RACE--HandiCap, for all ages; 500 added 81
start good. Won easily Tine. lis Wia-
ner. blk Z. by lsidor-Aranza "A. Owner. John Sa2-
Betting