New-York tribune., 1910-08-18
NOVELTY SHOWS FORM
nefeats Textile with Ease in
Race at Saratoga.
SHERMAN HAS TWO WINNERS
stareoHan Surprises Experts by
Romping to the Finish
= Victor.
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cs-srogz = y Aug 1.-THE special
.,-zee- Textile and Novelty must have
-, ne incentive that brought a very
-..-e-4sT increase in the attendance o-dsy,
a. the remainder Of the card was really
.,5f7arv. the poorest of the meeting all
.o-s-5-~ei Those that were attracted by
- promised meeting of the two colts
-,,,sf have been disappointed The race
s.,lsd 70 arouse the slightest interest and
~ s-vthinc but a keen contest.
T1e winner was Novelty, and At no
.,see of the Journey was Textile even
.,ose. enough to give his admirers hope of
,;--o-- With the lifting of the barrier
s.iRins Has of flying with Novelty, and
,,,sn the crowd realized that they were
., -nalr vsv he was a good two lengths
: f-or+ and apparently going the easier.
l,.s- for : few strides on the home turn
ms gsp was shortened e trifie, but with
-ex-fls close to the inner rail. where the
-oir- u-as deepest. there seemed little
chance of his getting up. and he failed to
co-rs anywhere near doing so, Novelty
winning by opeu daylight
Aof-er rode Textile. and rode him as
well Is any one could. 1t was simply not
,r rb.. colt 20 do better than he did Some
mere inclined 10 think that Knapp, whc
NJ. been riding and winning with him,
va,.16 have been able TO have made a bet
,er showing but there was nothing on
,.bi~h 10 base the claim i was plain to
SOC thai TO-DAY Novelty was the better
bo-se The SIX furIonEs We're run in
--rz7-5. 5gsSt tvo-ffths of Z second slower
,bzn tbe time in which Iron Mask had run
and Won the Grand Union Hotel Stakes
aor,- fslt al hour earlier n the day.
Iron Masks showing was impressive
from more than a time standpoint. He.
,oo MADE al the running. but he cid
,or come to the finish q tired horse, as
Novelty did He was full OF vim even
when he pulled Up. and there were some
fairly good ones behind him. including
7-oarn-iur and WatervaIe. from the stable
Of August Belmont Iron Masks part OF
tie purse in to-day race was sS.0eQ The
anneunt guaranteed was only $4,000, Of
which s5.Goa was 10 be the winners share.
The entries were unusually numerous.
hence the surplus.
George Sherman Of Baltimore probab ably
for the first time in his turf career, had
tie pleasure Of leading TWO winners back
10 his barn rhe same afternoon In the
opening race he was represented by Star
3OVan. and SO little were his chances con-
sidered thar folks could be found that
wogid orally wager you 50 to ! that he
would nor lead the others to the finish.
SheTTnar's second winner came in the sec
ond race which was q steeplechase over
fle rwo and half mile course With
Byzantine and Paprika withdrawn il
looked as I old Thistledale had at last
struck spot where lie must win. but
Tormy Wright. one Of the most clever Of
rse amateurs across country. sent Diebold
ont into z big lead in the first half mile,
End there ne stayed 70 the end.
T. 7 looks as Il the field for the FutuTitv
wi he made up as follows: Naushon. 126;
oTanuN, IL; Novelty. 12$: Textile, 12S:
Iron Mask, 123: Absconder. IL: Runnv-
niece. IL. Love Not. ia: Sveepaway. ia.
TE-ervale. 7-2. Baboler. I9o: Footprint.
--s. Trap Rock ~; Rlackfoot III: Zeus.
1-e, Bashti. 122, and Patton, IL.
The summary follows:
SARATOGA SUMMARIZE