New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-07
Day of Dull Racing, with
Small, Cheap Fields, at
Saratoga Springs.
TWO HORSES FALL
IN HEAVY GOING
Tom Welsh Tells of Conditions
in France-George Smith and
Bulse May Meet To-day.
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race. when J. NJ Zimmer's Ancon fell
on the first turn and J. Travers's Duke
Of Dunbar fell over him. Fortunately
both Turner, who rode Ancon, and
Hunt, who had the leg up on Duke OF
Dunbar. escaped serious injury:
The programme was devoid OF any
thing that could he called a feature,
and most of the traces were won by
margin that took much of the thrill
out of the contests. Johnny McTag,,
CART, who is riding exceptionally well
lust now, piloted three of the winners.
Emil Hers English colt Devil FISH,
August Belmont's Fenmouse and WILL
IAN Cshill's Polly H.
Old Lahore was in q running MOOD
and made every pole a winning one IN
q mile for selling platers, and Mrs. D.
Shilling's Coming Tower. which won
the opening race of the Saratoga sea-
son, took down his second purse when
he made a show of Corslcan, All
Smiles and two others in another mile
affair. The other race went TO the
West when W. J. Young's Water Wltcn'
after getting away badly, found her
wav through on the rail in the back
stretch and lust galloped home as she
pleased in front of Pan Maid.
An excellent programme has been ar
ranged for tomorrow with the SAN
ford Memorial. the Travers and the
North American Steeplechase all down
for decision. but 1t is raining again
tonight and it Is probable tnat the
fields in the fixtures Will pc pruheu
by scratches. ,:., coorro
Smith and Bulse. the two that nave
bpen defving each other 10 60 IN
snec;al race. are both named. but IN
less the track improves Bulse VIII De
,r;+bdravn. Young, his trainer sara
,,esterdav that he was not seeking any
match for the son of Disguise, but that
he would not dodge any two-year-olu
in the stakes for which Buise Is nom
mated. In this Young eVldently uoeS
not share the same idea on cen
raien as does ]. W. Parrish, the o"neI
~ the colt, for it was Mr.. farIIsh WIN
first suggested sweepstakes
Tborss Welsh visited the Saratoga
,rsck Yesterday for the hrst time III
snoe few wears. he having been tram
80 and managing a string OF tnol
nncbbreds for Mr.. Widener in france
NaturaIIv. unde- existing condluonS'
$50 u,as not much TO be done WIN
raceborses in France, as the french
.,oyernment had reuuisitioned lie"
,.ood ,nld;nqs which were of "mllltarF
SCe - Eve Years or over. He, came across
the Atlantic TO pay a short WISH 10 ne
MANY friends. In returning nome ne
did not 20 near the war zone salInG
from, bordeaux on the Hespanla' ana
the ocean voyage was enIlIelS
full e.. an
Referring TO the prospects Tor an
carly revival Of racing IN France
Welsh said that they simply did not
evist There will be no more racing
over there he said, $50 long as there
is German soldier on French SOIL,
and oven then any possible reviva
must NJ necessitv be slow, for the men
will be so few that they Will be en-
Gagged in pursuits more essenuaI 10
their existence.
Gust now the regulations REGARDING
tho shining Of horses out of France
are practically prohibitive. Not long
ago the shipment Of thoroughoreds 10
Italy was permitted. but certain
class Of traders took advantage OF TINS
10 snuygle horses through from France
ia Germany, and that put an end 10
the shipment Of any horses out OF
France except such racehorses as NAV
he ehippcd in bond to England for
that purpose. and these must be re-
turned within the time SPECIFIED IN the
bond
Welsh. while not specifying how
soon he would return to France. was
nositive as to his intention to return
within the near future, and it is per
fectlv evident that he has become a
strong admirer of the greatest of Eu-
ropean republics and her institutions.
Among the arrivals to-day were Jo-
seph Lester. Of New York and Chicago;
William Mcintyre and Percy Cowens.
of Montreal and George NJ. Hendrle. of
Detroit. who is president of the Wind
sor Jockey Club.
Mccormick said after Devil Fish had
won the opening race that he had dis
covered how to train English horses.
He had only given Devil Fish jogging
and walking exercises since his last
race.
different reason for the victory of the
English colt. Before the race Casey
said: Devil Fish, on fish day. How
can he lose? -
Frank Balm received a letter yester-
dav announcing the death of Frank
boss. the man who developed Harry
shaw for r. j. Allison. Doss died of
tuberculosis at Bakersfield, Cal, and
mis- wife died the day before in San
Francisco.
Frank TAYLOR arrived from New York
during the day with six horses.
United States Senator Hughes, of
New Jersey, is a recent arrival.
Sam Stern is laid up with a broken
leg. as a result of falling down the
steps of the United States Hotel last
night
DR.. Hamilton S. Quin, of Utica, and
a marty of friends are due TO arrive
tomorrow morning.
Word has been received that the
nominations for the EPSON Derby and
Oaks for 1917 will fall considerably
under those of previous years. For
the Derby there were 2S5 nominations,
while the Oaks received 24l. For 1916
the Deroy received 452 and the Oaks
cit. while for the cancelled races Of
this year the totals were AIT and sol,
respectively.
Nominations from this side of the
Atlantic had not reached England at
the time these figures for 1917 were
announced, and they will swell the
Derby 10 and the Oaks g. the Ameri
can sportsmen who have made nomina-
tions are Harry Payne Whitney, Her
man b. Duryea, John K. Madden, Au
gust Belmont and Clifford A. Cochran.
James Mclaughlin, patrol judge, who
was in an excellent position TO observe