New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-10
Added Starter Captures
Fixture Handily-Gainer
Off His Form.
THIRD STRAIGHT FOR
COMING TOWER
PleiOne Beats Smart Lot of Two
Year.Olds in Handicap at
Saratoga Springs.
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lBy Telegraph 70 Ths Tribunal
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, Aug. 9.-Star
Jasmine, an added starter. was an easy
winner Of tho Delaware Handicap, the
feature race OF good programme that
was offered by the Saratoga Associa-
ton this afternoon. Major I. c. Nc
Dowell, who owns the mare, did not
decide TO send her 10 the post until be
reached the track, and his decision was
rewarded by seeing her homp home the
easiest of winners.
The day was an ideal one for the
sport, and a particularly large Monday
crowd had ample time 70 leave the
course before a drenching thunder
storm came, at twilight.
In the running Of the Saratoga Handi-
cap Star Jasmine had finished q good
third TO Roamer and Saratoga, and
there was every reason in that perform
ance for sending her after the Della.
ware, but the field, on paper, looked
like hard one, and Major Mcdowell,
while he hoped for the best, hardly ex-
pected his mare to win.
Gamer, from the Green Tree Stable,
was looked upon as best after August
Belmont's Suburban winner, Strom5oli,
had been withdrawn. Gamer had won
both the Empire City and the Bronx
Vile handicaps, his last two starts, and
in the Empire City the mighty Roam
err was starter. In the running to-
day Gamer performed just as disgrace
fully as Roamer did in the Empire City.
Hanson, from the stable of Schuyler
L. Parsons, was the one to cut out all
the pace, and Montresor chased him
until well into the stretch. There, as
Hanson began to weaken from his eff
forts, Montresor looked the winner, but
in the last furlong the Mcdowell mare
ran over him readily to win in hand
by four lengths.
The steeplechase offering Of the
afternoon was under selling conditions,
and IL went 70 Thomas Hitchcock's
Swish, which had little trouble in dis
posing of Garter and Buckthorn. In
this running Juverence, with Woke up,
fell at the front field liverpool when in
a contending position, while Dixon
Park, ridden by II. Williams, went down
at the water jump, the first turn of the
field. Fortunately, both horses and
riders escaped serious injury, although
Williams was knocked out for time.
Coming Tower proved himself one of
the smartest of the selling platter
sprinters at the track when he won his
third consecutive purse of the meeting
in the six-furlong dash at the begin
ming Of the programme.
Pieione, Gifard, a Cochran winner
of the Astoria Stakes, beat a smart lot
Of juveniles in a five and a half fur
long handicap. Old Guy Fisher beat
field of selling platers over the mile
route, and at the end of the pro-
gramme Whimsy, the -year-old that
81 s.,
in a race at Belmont Park, was an easy
winner.
It is probable that Captain Edward
B. Cassatt will lease the flly Celandrla
from the Elkwood Park Stables to bear
his silks in the running of the Grab
Bag Handicap.
Among the visitors at the track this
afternoon was Mitchell May, former
Secretary of State of New York.
The Sd Battalion of the United States
Infantry, with Major Henry II. Bend
holtz in charge, will be guests Of the
Saratoga Association tomorrow. They
are on their way to Plattsburg, and this
day has been planned as a pleasant
break in the march.
Several gentlemen riders who are
members of the National Steeplechase
and Hunt Association have planned to
spend q month at Plattsburg to receive
instruction in military tactics. In the
number are James Park, ]. W. Apple
ton. Harry Lee, G.. w. Sergeant, jr,
Richard Mortimer, A. ]. A. Deyereux,
II. II. Henry, Alexander Brown, Victor
Mather, Bayard Tuckerman, jr, and
Charles L. Appleton.
John Sanford has sent a man 20 New
York TO meet his recent purchase me
Curragh. ard the horse will be brought
10 Saratoga Springs before he Is taken
TO the Hurricane Stud, at Amsterdam.
He Is due on the Minnehaha on
Wednesday.
H.R. C. Watson. of Middlebury, Vt,
has been attending the races for the
last few days. Mr.. Watson is an ANA
teur breeder OF horses. but not Of race
horses. He Is breeding Morgans on
rather extensive scale on his splendid
Vermont breeding farm.
Charles II. Hughes. breeder, trainer
and owner of racehorses. was enthusi-
astic to-day over the victory Of Major
McDowelPs good brown mare Star Jas
mine in the Delaware Handicap. 1--WE
have not more than 100 Western horses
here" he said. land they have GER
tainly made a good showing thus far.
1t looks as If we were breeding some
good ones in the West"
The Blue Grass Fair. which has been
a Lexington feature Of many years
standing. generally shows Major T. c.
Mcdowell a big winner of first honors.
This year he was first for the best
stallion in service of any age with his
splendid stallion The Manager; first
with Ellen-a-Dale. as the best brood
mare four years old and over; first
with the best colt foal of 1915, first
with the best FLY foal of 1915. first
with the pest brood mare with foa, at
heel (Elen-a-Dale) and first with two
of the get of one stallion get Of The
Manager. For many years Major Nc
Dowell carried off many Of the most
desired prizes with Alan-a-Dale. and
his get as well. as Of his choice brood
mares.
David Craig. Ed Crump, Leochares,
Gold Crest Boy. Eddie Dellng Mars
Cassidy, Lindenthal. Lady Vandergrift
and Disturber, from the string OF John
W. Schorr. will be hold blythe Powers
Hunter Company at public auction in
the paddock here on August q.
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