The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
FAVORITES DO WELL
ON IMPROVED TRACK
With Mud All Gone Horses
Run True to Form at
Saratoga.
L~INDENTHAL'S FOUL SEEN

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week of the race meet OF the Saratoga
Association began this afternoon under
greatly improved conditions. The track
though not fast had lost a lot Of the
sticky. .cuppy condition which made It
almost unsafe for racing during the past
two weeks. and as a result the form fol-
lowers were able to pick moro than a
fair proportion Of winners. Five favor
ties and one second choice passed the
judges first, but one OF the winning
favorites was disqualified for a fault Of
the horse that could not be prevented by
the Jockey.
The Kentucky Selling Stakes, for two
year-old FLIES. vas won by the Quincy
Stables Bonnie Tess, which outgamed
Clifford A.. Coohran's Feminist in the last
sixteenth.
Next 10 the stake event the most i'm
portant was the handicap at a mile
which was run as a fourth race. With
Figinny, Sam McMeekin and Hedge
scratched. the layers opened d. ].
Leary's Roly favorite, but though It was
said a stable commission was placed on
Roly he received so little good support
that John NJ. Camden's One Step sup
planted him as the choice long before
they went to the post.
Garner had the mount on One Step
and. breaking third. no sent her along
20 quickly that she overhauled Coy Lad
before reaching tho backstretch and i'm
mediately opened up a lead OF eight
lengths. By the time she hit the home
stretch One Step had increased her lead
TO ten lengths, but the emily pace had
taken n good deal out OF her and when
Roly passed Coy Lad and Turner put
Roly under the whip he began to gain so
rapidly that the hackers OF the favorite
had "a few anxious moments until One
Step went over the line with only one
length of her big lead left. The mile
was run In ! AZ, which was sufficient TO
indicate the improved condition of tho
track.
The hfht race under selling condi-
tons at a mile and a furlong was brim-
ful of interest, which continued after the
race was run OF a disQualifica-
ton and bidding up and claiming Incl
dents, With the exception OF Shyness
every horse in the race was we'll played,
John w. Schorr's Lindenthal having
hard work to retain his position as IA
voidte, Another Western candidate, ].
T. Loerey's The Grader. was strongly
supported at 3 TO l. and the reason was
apparent when The Grader rushed ou,
in front to gain a four length lead,
which he maintained to the stretch,
Lindenthal began 10 move up then, and
just before reaching the sixteenth pole
got on even terms with The Grader.
The race belonged to the favorite II
kederis could have kept him straight
but I've was boring In all the time and
bumped into The Grader, so that the
latter was brought almost to his knees
A shout went up from the crowd wher
the leaders collided, and though Linden
thal finished first by two lengths 4
disqualification was looked for. Ke-
deris admitted the foul, but said that h,
was unable to keep his horse straight
and the numbers were quickly changed
10 make The Grader the winner. Cheers
greeted the decision in contrast to The
marked silence which followed the last
previous disqualification by the stewards
when Trial by Jury was set hack in IA
vur IF Lady BOtha. II, r. Ginnis bid
up The Grader and bought him for
sl.4oO. but later sold him back TO J. T
Looney, his original owner.
r. r. Wilson, Jr. won his second
race of the meeting when Sarsenet cap
tured the opeuing event after a rough
tourney. ThCras HitChcock's Swish re-
heated in the Steeplechase, which wat
chiefly remarkable for the extremely bac
race run by Ola salt, the second choice
The last race went to Jefferson Liv'
ingston's imported colt Fleuro by thu
Derby winner Gcero. which had TO d.
his best at the finish 10 stall on M
cha llcnge of 7. c. Bradley's Big Smoke
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