New-York tribune., 1914-08-06
GARBAGE BEATS
COMELY BY A NOSB
Neck and Neck Driving
Finish Thrills Crowd
at Saratoga.
DEFEAT OF STAR TWOI
YEAR-OLD A SURPRISE
Big Crowd Out to See Runnind
of the United States
Hotel Stakes.

saratoga, y. T. aug. 0.-lhe bigrse
crowd Of the current meeting saw n R
Cassstt's home bred gelding Garb,r,
defeat James Buffers Comely msy,
this afternoon in the eleventh rensv,|
Of the United States Hotel Stske7
Fifty-fve hundred persons took ~
vantage Of perfect racing weather a.,
saw the briskest sort OF sport or.
the fastest sort Of track.
For, after seesawing in the lead h,
fvo-eighths OF a mile, the two yours
sters locked at the head Of the hon.
stretch and came home under the Vh
Garbage won by nose in the laa
jump.
A better race for the United State,
never was seen. In spite OF the fae
that the historic special numbere.
among its earlier winners Masterma,
Skilful, Burgomaster, De Mund, Hilar
Gus, Naushon and Old Rosebud no be,
ter field has battled for the big end n
the purse. The distance, six furlono.
was covered in 1:l22-5.
Il is possible that Comely. a stall.
winner about New York, is a snar,ol
youngster than Garbage, but certai,
il is thet she cannot give the Aeronau
gelding twenty pounds, as she tried :,
do to-day. Comely's burden was nj
pounds and CARRIAGES was iO7. Comei,
having incurred the heavy penalty 4
eight pounds BY winning a stake /,
Belmont Park, while Garbage was on
der the weather.
The other starters were R. T. vii
sons Noureddin, George c. Bennett,
Jack Carey and Harry Payne Whitney,
Broomleaf. The last two named ver,
added starters. Luke, Bars and STAR
Trial by Jury and Elespisn scratched
ComeIy Crosses to Rail.
Comely was an odds-on favorit. /,
spite of her crushing burden. and 81,
broke with the track, but Davies hur
ried Garbage TO the front on the raj
and the Aeronaut gelding led 10 N.
middle of the great turn. There Come
| ly passed him and, crossing over 10 N,
rail, forced him TO the outside. Thi,
was something of a handicap, but Ds
yies slipped up in the homestre,eb
and one furlong from the finish N,
two were driving along head and h.s,
far in front Of the others. In the las
fifty yards the head of first one an,
then the other showed in front. and \
was the muzzle of Garbage Wbie,
caught the eye of the Judge as the ~,
crossed the finish line. Nohreddin va
third. same distance behind Comely
Captain Cassatt, who watched n.
race from his box with Mrs. CassA,;
at mis- side, was congratulated warmlv
on the victory of his youngster. Tn,
triumph OF Garbage over so clever ,
hlly as Comely was doubly gratifyin,
to him because he bred the AeronsuI
gelding at his Chesterbrook stud h
Southern Pennsylvania. Captain Cas-
satt owns Aeronaut and Trash, r-
spectively, the sire and the dam o.
Garbage. The winners share OF tha
purse was $3.50.
F. Ambrose Clark's feneers, S.un-
nah and Lysander ran one, two IL the
steeplechase handicap at two miles.
which was the United States Hotel
Stakes sidelight. The Clark horses
were favorites at odds on, and they
outjumped and outstayed their field
Edward NJ. Yields Weldship weakened
after going for one mile and a bali.
and David Stevenson's Syosset brought
up third. Allan Pinkerton's yetenl
Gold Plate fell at the Liverpool id
front of the clubhouse the second
time around, after going well for cna
mile and half.
Distant Shore Wins Easily.
Distant Shore, smart youngster, by
Yankee LADY Schorr, won the krst
race, dash Of five furlongs and 4
I half, for Harry K. Knapp without great
/ difficulty from a field Of fair tvo-yesf
I olds of the second grade. Distant
Shore was thought Of highly afts5
Edward r. Bradle scratched Bars aud
Stars. Butwell sent him briskly along
as soon as the barrier ascended, ane
/ he was never headed. The eontender3
/ turned up in Senator Camden's BIZ
Dudley and Mr.. Wilson's Borgo.
The third, a dash Of three-qusrtsrt
of a mile for sprinteTs Of platter elss
three years old and up, drew led
of twelve, with Mr.. Sniggs fsTertd
/ at post time, Striker Rad miny|
/ friends, however, as did also ~
veteran Portshire, and Sumter rushed
Mr.. Sniggs away from the barrier
Z MS tues anu WAS never heee
though Striker and Mr.. Spec elese1
resolutely in the last furlong. i
Mr.. Sniggs's three quarters
1912 1-5 was so impressive q perform
ance that J. w. Beau, the owner
Striker, bid him up 500 over his 60
tered price of $500. Nj. Sniggs VI"
bought in by his owner F. johnson,
Jawbone. once more an odds-en ~
voritc, failed again in the mile
platers of the three and up dNse1
He was outrun first by Yorkshire ~
who made a wide turn entering
homestretch, and then by foung
blem. The latter won under TIE W.
in 1:40 1-5, and Northerner was e''
/ third.
The dash of five furlougs and -
for maiden two-year olds fell 70
favorite, Runes, which was 10 -
from the start. Cleaning teok
place without difficulty. Fair louhs
full brother to Ballot, started ID ""
race, but did not show anything
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