New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-18
Beats Field of Good Ons,
lmpressively in the
Saranac Handicap.
THUNDERER, HER Full
BROTHER, ALSO WINS
Much Heralded TWo.Year.oN
Races to Expectations al
Saratoga Springs.
tBy Telegraph 70 TIE Trbu,.1

Saratoga Springs, y. Y, Aug. Ill
S. Thompson's unbeaten FLY Rs,.,
made her first appearance Of the ,s,,.-
in the East here this afternoon "
the easy manner in which she 49,
in the mile of the Saranac HarI,.s.
pronounced her beyond all question = :
best three-year-old Of either soy 49,
has been shown all season. The Ssr.,,.
was the feature of an excellent s,,;
that was offered by the Saratoga 4,
ISOLATION, and Regret was giving ara,
great Jumps Of weight 10 every s,s,,,,
in the field.
This was not the only THOMPSON a.
cess of the day, for at the end o. Il,
programme Thunderer, q brother o. D..
gret, made his first appearance. and n.
performance was hardly less inpreuy.
than that Of his older sister. He sa.
best of the eligibles that NJ. Thompo,
has for the Futurity, and on this o,.
race he is sure 10 have a big follows,
in that rich fixture.
The steeplechase Of tire atternoo,
was for selling platers, and il saw %.
seph L. Widener's flly Valentine IA,
winner, but her score was only POS.
sible after W. VI. Carriers Rockhsh hI
fallen at the thirteenth fence, when 4,
was enjoying a lead Of twenty lengths
The selling races are still attrsctiu,
bidders. and after VI. A. Colton's South.
ern Star had won the opening numb,,
she was boosted 70 $1,000 from her o..
tered price of s400, and sold TO J. z,
McGinnis. In the same race ". J.
Spiers claimed John Sanford's Sevill,a
for $500.
Then, in the fifth race, Richard 2.
Carman's Ella Bryson, the winner, was
boosted from $500 70 $1,000 By San
Doggett, but was protected and boug,,
in for her stable.
John w. Schorr's Leochares best 4
fast lot of sprinters when he was wiz.
ner of a seven-furlong handicap.
The race run by Regret was ors
Of the most impressive taat has bsea
shown since the opening OF the meet.
ing. The Finn essayed 10 20 With hs.
through the backstretch, and wher Not.
ter, who came on expressly 70 ride the
daughter of Broomstick-Jersey Light
ming, called on her, she ran her fourth
furlong in IL is seconds. II was rigs.
here that she effectually killed of The
Finn and, incidentally, all other COZ.
tention.
IL was Captain Edward B. Csssstt's
Trial by Jury that raced 10 the place,
and Andrew Miller's Lady Roths was .
good third.
Regret is not q stranger 10 rseegc'
ers. but it is not improbable that many
who saw her to-day did so for the
first time. She is without doubt IS
handsome a three yesr-old as has been
shown at Saratoga for many year,
and it would be difficult 70 imagine
anything in horsehesh more to be sd
mired. She is a bright golden chest
nut, with blaze and one or two whli'
pasterns, though the white on her legi
is not particularly noticeable.
She is a FLY Of fine range and sub
stance; OF the sturdy. almost masculine
sort. in that she has an abundance OF
bone. sinew and muscle wherever a
racehorse should have IT, Her neck.
which is long and exduisitely tspered,
is strongly muscled. enough so for a
colt, and yet its finish is everywhere
fine and artistic She has a snal!
bloodlike head. splendid withers, shor;
strong back. broad, heavily museIei
loin and quarters which are absoluis
perfection.
Her hooks and knees are faultles''
her pasterns long and elastic, her
shoulders particularly oblidue. Bo,h
knees and hooks are close TO mo
ground. and she has q great wealth OF
bone and sinew in the short space De-
tween knee and fetlock. She has sV'y
of going that is the acme Of ease ana
grace. energetic. frictionless and c.oss
70 the ground.