The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-25
THE FINN BACK IN FORM
WINS X HANDICAP
Finishes a Neck Ahead of Trial by Jury, With Sharp.
shooter Close Behind-Jockeys Protest, but
Race Stands as Run.

SARATOGA, y. Y, Aug. 2i.-H. c.. Hal
lcnbeck's The Finn SHOWED that he had
returned to the form tina caused him to
win the Withers and Belmont stakes
when he picked up top weight In tbs
Huron Handicap for three-year-olds to-
day and beat Capt. L. 3. Cassatt's Trial
by Jury by a neck.
The race. over a distance OF o mile
and three-sixteenths. was the best seen
at the meeting and tested the stamina
and gameness of the ~thoroughbreds to
the utmost Riding skill also was a
factor and II was the determined finish
OF Butwell that aided The Finn to snatch
victory by a neck from Trial by Jury.
which was admirably ridden by Davies,
who showed fnesse In escaping trouble
in the early stages OF the contest. Though
there were only four starters and two
of these were running In the Hallen-
beck interests the bitter fight Of the well
matched field caused the battle to he
fought over again in the stewards stand
where two protests were made In the
attempt to deprive The Finn OF his hard
earned victory. The only competitor
which escaped In the random lain OF
foul was Schuyler l.. Parsons sharp
shooter. which finished third. a length
and a half behind Trial by Jury.
LOTUS, who o Sh~arpshooter. war tho
first to lodge an objection on the ground
that Trial by Jury had interfered with
his mount just before reaching the far
turn. After Davies had finished hts de-
fence against the charge he turned COM
p~lalnant n insisted that Butwell had
caused The Finn TO bump Trial by Jury
while the pair were engaged IN the des-
perate strife in the stretch. There APP
peared little reason for either protest
and though the one against Trlal by
Jury had to be determined on the evil
dence OF the patrol judge IL was evil
dent to the spectators that the fracas In
the stretch was due chiefly to the bear
ing out OF Trial by Jury. Whether the
horse swerved or was taken out pur-
posely from the rail to hnd better going
could not he determined, but the fact
remains that while TIT Finn ran a
straight course his opponent bore on,
until the pair were humping from tbs
sixteenth pole to the finish. After the
matter had been thrashed u thor
oughly the order Of finish was allowed
TO stand. a decision that was greeted
with applause by the crowd.
The failure OF l.. S. Thompson's Re
49, ~ 'NN'i 'it I" f'hihts wv
by the Handicapped rendered the race
an open one. the Hallenbeck entry and
Trial by Jury ruling almost equal IA
| vorites around : to 5. with IS to 5 on
offer against Sharpshooter. Trial by
Jury drew the outside position. and this
was n bit of hard luck for him az he
, likes to skip along out in front. With
! the others breaking on even terms he
p: had no chance to take the rail In from,
Z and Davies showed good judgment In
swinging into the rail and rushing ur
; to second position or the inside OF
Sharpshooter and the Finn.
Iron Duke evidently had the mission
of making the pace for the Finn. ant
! he did the work well. opening a lead OF
, three lengths in the backstretch, with
|. Trial by Jury second and SharpshoOtel
third. IL was nesr the end of the back
= stretch that Sharpshooter ran up OF
!" Trial by Jury and was knocked bacl
so that the Finn passed him and begai
his move to get to the front. No soone'
I had this move been made than Davies
! began his run with Trial by Jury an,
: rushed by Iron Duke to lead into tn,
: stretch by two lengths.
Butwell drew his whip and then calle,
. on the Fin to show his courage. An
swer was immediate. and under tn
singing lash Of the whip the black rae
ing machine shot forward so that h
gained at every stride and was on eve
= terms with his rival at the sixteentl