New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
LIVELY DAY At SARATOGA
Pretend Beats RestigouChe IN
CatSkilI Stakes.
RACQUET FINISHES SECOND
Randolph Claims Hildreth Horse
Out of Race, and an Ex-
change Follows,
rBv telegraph to The Tribune,I J

Saratoga Strings y. ". Aug. 1s-Aiofe IN
.;aa.s .-,Ii,,e,ea the running Of the Cats
kin stakes at the track here to-day IMAM
ar. usually experienced in fun afternoon
~ecing. In the first place. the handicappers
,,,e-c summed in the defeat of S c Hi
s,-o.,,-s Tes; igo1che the quoted fayorite al
adds On. The Commando seiding hardly
IA his true form and was badly beaten
"a, Pretend and Racquet,
Following the victory of Pretend, which
made I'D a full six lengths rounding the
turn and came away to win easily. Dave
woodford who trains for the Beverwyck
stable hid the winner up $500 over his en-
tered selling Price of s1aa. Tom Welsh
retained the son Of Golden Maxim which
IS s. real racehorse in the mud. for Tom
Mnnahan by bidding the usual advance OF
81 Later in the paddock he took WoodfoTo
10 task for bidding up the horse, and IoF
tine Il looked as if blows would be eN-
changed, as the latter peeled on Ills coa'
and invited Welsh outside the groanoS-
The invitation was not accepted, Where-
,lpon Woodford went before the stewards
End filed q complaint against Welsh
This is not all. Net Dyer, acting fof
T s P RANDOLPH claimed ReStigouche OUT
Of the race for s7oo and s & Hildreth
-e;alia,ed by claiming Racquet for. me
Same amount Opinion was DIVIDED as 10
which man got the better of the eHcnange'
but the majority seemed 10 feel that the
advantage lay With Mr. Randolph. in spite
sor the fact that Racquet beat Restisouche
to-day.
The track was cuppy and slow as a re-
,sr1,. hrTI @ w
uas so nearly perfect that big crowd
.u--,ed ont. and the sport was Of kind 10
aolease and satisfy.
David Dlfnlop-s Touch Ne ran quite a re-
n1arhable race to win the opening handicap.
He was off badly TO 3 rather struggling
start hut ran around his field Ike a stake
e1orse and came away in the last furlons
10 win salloping hy Two or three lengths
Walsh followed I'D his victory with Touch
Me ty riding FOB r 10 victory in the ham
dicsp ST 3 mile and quarter Dorante,
which is troubled with 9 bad knee. found
the soft going TO his liking and raced Su-
perstition into submission st the end OF 6,
mile. bur could not withstand Bob RS
challenge in the stretch.
Davies, , little eighty-pound boy. showed
The skill Of A Tod Sloan in the last event
He had the mount Captain Z. p.
taES2rF s ttnIrell3- a1lC Sll2rcnS1 Ii1e VIC
tory in the last few strides by driving
lis horse through narrow opening on
the rail Cintrella was fractions on the
way to the post, hut Davies handled her
ike : veteran and forced her to submit
to his will. The youngster was keenly
elated a. winning. but tried hard not 10
show il. 10 the amusement Of those who
stood about the stand.
on
Knight the hot paddock tip for the race.
vas blamed by some for overconfidence.
He lost a lot of ground by carrying Taste
frI wide at the head Of the stretch, and to
I'll appearances did not sec CintTella on
the rail until she had nosed out a victory
in the last few jumps
ON the complaint of August Belmont
following the last race on Thursday, when
Yield Mouse was badly interfered with
shortly after the start the stewards called
on l. Dugan and Thomas for evidence
Just before the first race They also sent
for Shilling, who rode Ocean Bound, ano
Who was blamed by many for rough rid
irg but the boy was not at the track,
inas1nuch as he had been suspended for
five days by the starter for dfsobedience
s+ The post Under the circumstances the
investigation was postponed.
The programme for tomorrow Is r1ch
i'm promise Most of the best two-year-
olds are named to start in the rich Hope
full Stakes Of $4,000, Bashd and Senprolus
I,eing about the only prominent absentees-
F-itz Herbert also is down TO meet OlaIr-
l,ala in the Merchants and Citizens Han
5icap. and is sure to 60 to the post If the
track dries out over night In the absence
Of Shilling. E. Dugan will ride either t1tz
Herbert or Dalmatian for Mr.. Hiioreth-
Reid and Estep, the jockeys, were sus-
PENDED five days each by the starter for
e7fsobedience st the post
The summaries follow:
SARATOGA SUMMARIES.
Weather ciesr. track heavy
r7RST RACF.-SeIling handicap; for two-year-
and half FflrIo