New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-10
SURPRISING UPSETS RULE.
Judqes OF Form Puzzled by
Showing at Saratoga.
RACING CLEAN, HOWEVER
George Odom,s Patience Severe
ly Tried by Disqualification
Of Follie Levy.
fEy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Saratoga, N Y, Aug. 9.-The racing here
to-day for those who took it as a
spectacle only was UP 10 expectations
and a little more but for those who sought
financial returns it added to the practically
unhroken cha pier of upsets that have ruled
since the meeting opened. Surprises fol-
lowed one another frequently enough to
cast all lines of public form astray, and
yet the racing is not in the least unsats
factory. on the contrary, it is good and
wholesome, but the problems handed out
for solution are just a little too difficult
To-day's card lacked anything like a star
attraction, still il was made UP of good
fields of considersh BILE class and the sport
furnished was above the average.
One man on the ground that could not
have enjoyed the days results was George
Odom In the first race he started his FLY
Trance, which has just come back to her
best form. or something like what she
promised in her spring races of d year
ago. She broke in the middle Of the bunch
raced into the lead after a tussle with
SalvoiatiIe, and furlong from the finish
1t looked as if she would win with some
thing to spare, but in the last sixteenth
she began to bear out, and Intrinsic closing
strongly, got up and beat her out by inches
Defeat was bad enough. but in few min
utes he lost the FLY through the claiming
process, j. r. Wainwright. who was repre-
scented III the race, claiming her for s142e-
her entered price, $1,000. plus the winners
share of the purse.
Later IL the afternoon came a second
trial for Odoms patience. In the Seneca
Stakes, a selling affair at six furlongs, for
three-year-o!ds. his coors were first to
finish Follie Levy after a gamer finish
than she usually shows. In the run through
the homestretch there had been some crowd
ing, and the stewards after a long confer
ence and an interview with most of the
riders in the race placed the blame on
Thomas, the rider of Folhe Levy. The
FLY was disqualified. and first honors
awarded TO Mexoana, with Herpes second
and Big Stick third. Thomas's punishment
was suspension of three days.
The stable of James r. Keene furnished
two winners during the afternoon, both o.
them two-year-olds, and it looks as though
this stable Will be dangerous for the re-
mainder of the meeting. The sickness
which for weeks seemed to affect all in
the string appears to have been materially
lessened, and this should bring the best of
the colts and FLIES out under colors
Sweepaway, winner Of the second race to-
day is daughter of Wild Mint-Pink
Domino. She made all OF her own pace
and won with something TO spare
Heatherbroom, the other FLY first home
is grand locker by Ben Brush-Bfturica
Her race was more impressive than that
OF SWeepaway, for she was beating a lar
better lot. BounCer, from the stable of
Thomas Hitchcock. set out to make the
running with the lifting of the barrier. and
uhtll Well III the last furlong it looked as
IL she would not be caught, but hotter
made q call on Heatherbroom in the last
hfty yards, and the response was most
impressive. The filly came 10 the front
ana began 10 draw away with a vim that
made il almost look like the beginning of
the race rather than the finish Bouncer
Whlch finished second, is a nice locker her
self. She is to be Mr.. Hitchcock's REPRE-
sentative in the Futurity. The FLIES in the
races to-day despite the fact that they
Were overnight affairs and one of them
was for maidens and the other for nom
winners OF S5e0 Were a far letter lot than
mas been seen under silk in many of the
important features run this year
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