The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-09
GOSSIP or The RACETRACK
SIR MARTIN SHOWS GREAT GAME
NESS IN THE SPECIAL.
According TO Madden the Winner and
Fayette VIII Have O nance to Display
Their Quality In the Derby at EPSON
Stallion Adam TO BE Sold In France.

Their Quality In the Derby at EPSON
Stallion Adam TO BE Sold In France.
SARATOGA, Aug. s.-To-day. for the first
time this year. the grand stand at the race
track was filled. The clubhouse showed a
like increase and on the lawns were several
u nd persons. all enjoying the sport.
Il was the Saratoga of old and careful esti-
mates of the crowd put the figures at 10000.
an assemble e that must have delighted
the management
The weather was ideal in every way and
but for the heavy track the conditions would
have been perfect Interest, Of course. CEN
tired In the running of the Saratoga Special.
for two-year-olds one OF the few real sporting
events Of the country. The most prominent
owners in the country each year seek the
prize with an earnestness that invariably
brings a good race. and to-day It was history
repeating itself. for not alone were the pick
Of the seasons best two-yesr-olds. with the
exception OF Maskette. sent to the post but
they brought a contest that left the result
in doubt until the judges had ordered the
numbers displayed. The winner was Sir
Martin, from the stable of John T.. Madden,
a colt that has been heard from before In the
important fixtures OF the season.
Experts agree he ran the best race OF his
career to-day. He was pinched OF just
after the start and again on the far turn was
disappointed. Rounding the turn for home
schilling, who was fiding him. saw a chance
to cut the corner. This meant going into
the deepest part OF the going, but the colt
went through the mud like the great horse
that he is and a furlonR from the finish he was
on even terms with Mediant. who had been
the pacemaker from the start. II the colt
had not been one Of the bulldog courage he
would certainly have been beaten.
: Nothing that cnn be said Of this colt g game
ness begins to express the persistence he
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very close to the ground and every call from
his rider bri ngs a response. To-day he had
all the hard luck one could find In 80 small
a field and ran more than half the distance in
going that was mo re like a bog than Il was
like a racetrack.
Madden has three times before sent the
winner Of this race to the post. In 1902 he
was training Irish a for Harry Payne
Whitney and Herman Duryea; in 1908 he
won II under his own colors with Aristooraoy.
and In 1905 saddled Salvidere for Thomas
Hitchcock. Jr. To-day the first money was
$4,000. which means a snug addition TO what
the colt has already won. Mr.. Keene. who had
come up to see his Allies Wedding Bells and
Melisande run. was one OF the first to CON-
graduate Mr.. Madden. He ls too good q
sportsman not to feel appreciation for a show
Ing such 40 he had Witnessed by the colt a few
minutes earlier.
Mr.. Madden said later In the afternoon that
the colt with Fayette would ill their fall en-.
gasements until the close OF the meeting at
Belmont Park. Both will then DO shipped to
England. where they will winter In the hands
Of some English trainer. They will DO taken
up next spring In time for a thorough prepara-
tion for the Derby. which 10 one Of the several
classics OF the English turf In which they have
been entered. He thinks both worthy repre-
sentatives of the American thoroughbred and
means to make a try for the greatest Of turf
events. the Derby.
The disappointment Of tp-day's race was
the running OF High Private. His work
here was Of a sort that amazed the checkers.
but this afternoon at no sta &c of the journey
was he even a factoH His owner, Fred For
sythe. explained this by saying the going
did not suit him. II this is 30 he ia one of
the few Of Qddfellow's get who cannot run
in the mud. for with the majority Of his sons
and daughters 1t is their best forte.
Mediantts showing deserves admiration.
She set the pace from the lifting OF the barrier
and hung on to the end In q way that stamps
her well up among the topnotchers.
It was announced to-day that the owners
Of the Millstream stud. Andrew Miller. Fran
els G. Bishop and a brother OF the latter. have
decided to send Adam. the stallion they
bought for $4,000 In France, hack to the
country In which he was bred. and with him
will go fifteen OF their choicest mares. The
consignment will leave New York either
September o or II and will be under the per-
sonal charge OF Tom Weich who trains the
homes that race under the name OF the New
castle stable. The horse and the mares will
be sold at auction and are pretty certain to
bring full value as there was a lot OF regret
expressed when Adam was brought over
here. He Is by the great English horse Fly
ing Fox out Of q mare by Clairmont. One
OF his produce, a yearling. was sold In Paris
this season and brought $4,000. During
hta ahnrt atax, In fhia rNtntr, thara m
great demand to breed to him and the fee.
81 200. was gladly paid.
There was q conference here to-day be-
tween the stewards of the Jockey Club and
Schuyler Parsons and Cornelius Fellows,
representing the Coney Island Jockey Club.
This started a rumor that the fall meeting
Of the Coney Island Jockey Club would not
be run. but Mr.. Parsons and Mr.. Fellows both
denied this In positive terms. The fact that
the appointment Of officials for the meeting
were made this evening is further proof that
they have not even thought of closing their
gates. They will go ahead under the de-
cisions OF Justices BischoT and Gaynor and
will find a generous support from those willing
to keep entirely within the law. To-day's
crowd here tells how confidence is being re- |
stored.
Fred Burlew, who has Just returned from
a trip to France. was at the track. He has
no intention Of shipping his horses over. as
freely stated the other day, out said II he
received u favorable offer might go over
next spring to train. He spent a good part
OF the time he was abroad with Eugene Leigh,
who trains a string Of seventy-odd horses for
different owners. He speaks highly OF French
racing and tells OF some big crowds at all the |
tracks he visited. Buriew's horses. with the
exception Of two or three who are on the
niling list, are racing on the Canadian circuit
with fair success, They are handled by his
partner, Frank O'Neil. the ex-Jookey.
Thu Sanford stable was in ev denoe again
to-day. hdriuche winning the first race In
easy fashion. She was played down from
IS to | to 2 to 1 by the visitors from the neigh |
boring towns.
Jack Atkin made his appearance to-day
after a long rest. He was asked to carry a
steadier OF 1875 pounds and run over a track
he has always found troublesome; In fact
one OF the worst races of his career was run
here last year in Just such going His owner. |
Barney Schneider. did not want to start him,
but Herman Brandt. the trainer. took another
view. and as Schneider put 1t, Brandt has
managed him pretty well this year and I
let him have his way" The horse was far
back in the ruck in the early stages Of the
journey. but In the homestretch came to the
n,ifaida whera tho fontinQ Waa fair and rIoaaI |