New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
Saratoga Special to At
tract Pick of Two-Year-
Olds in the East.
CLAPPERBILL AND
THUNDERER MAY Go
Regret Likely to Make First APP
pearance in the Alabama
Stakes on Thursday.
IBy Telegraph 10 The tribune. !

Saratoga Springs, n. Y, Aug. S.-The
Saratoga Special, for two-year-olds'
that will be run on Saturday, STANDS
cut as the feature of an interesting
week of racing here this week
Many good horses have won the
SARATOGA Special, and in former days
when the fields were large the money
feature was not to be despiseu' 'py
the conditions Of the race the SUP
scriber may name three horses by
July /, but he is not at liberty 10
start more than one. Some OF the
winners in former years were 900
smith, Irish Lad, Sysonby, MohaWk
II. Salvidere, Colin, Sir Martin, Mover
~. Roamer and Regret, and there were
many remarkably close finishes before
the winners number was hung up.
To add to the interest of the race
if such a thing could be done. D immy
Rowe may start Thunderer, the full
brother to Regret, of which so much
has been heard this spring and sum
mer, and Clapperbill, the English
youngster II. p. Whitney bought for
$4,000 from Jack Joyner at Newman
ket in June.
On the same day the older horses
will be seen in the Champlaln Hanoi
cap at one mile and a furlonG, WIN
50 SOC added. The Incompatible httie
gelding Roamer will probably 60 70
the post, and chief among ms oppo,,
nents will be Stromboli, Pebbles. trial
BY Jury, Gamer, The Finn, BucHhorn'
Saratoga, Waterblossom, SnarpshooV
er, Ed Crump, Borrow and Tartar.
The feature of tO-morTow's card VIII
be the Troy, a selling race for two
year-olds at five and a half furlongs,
which has a number of smart platers
eligible to start. Among them are ia
coba, winner of the Splnaway Stakes;
Rroomvale, High Horse, Miss Puzzle
Pleione, Feminist, Stellarlna, scot
fish knight, Success and Regina.
The Flash Stakes for two-year- olds
at five and a half furlongs will be the
feature on Wednesday. This IS one OF
the oldest fixtures on the American
turf. being first contested for IN 1907
and it has been won by some OF the
greatest horses this country ever mas
known, chief among them George Mn
nev. Sensation, Tom Bowling, Nolante,
Hamburg, Goldsmith, Sysonby and fe-
ter Pan. Among the eligibles for TINS
wear : COIAGoL Glt 1 lHA 'NNN'Nt
Whack. Marse Henry, Air Man, Celan-
dria, Jacoba, Lorac, Colonel Nennle'
Sir Vivian, White Hackle, George
Smith. Thunderer, Dominant and
Ormesdale. If the track is good very
fast time will be looked for iii this
event and the probabilities are that
the course will be at its best by that
time.
1t is probable that the Alabama
Stakes, which is the feature of Thurs
davis card. will produce a small field
hut it should furnish a memorable cen
test, as there is every probability that
Regret. whose only appearance ms
year was in the Kentucky Derby, which
She won, beating the best colts IN
training. will have as opponents the
crack FLIES Waterblossom and Co.
Quette.
Waterblossom has been beaten but
few times in her career, and is FLY
of remarkable speed. while CCouette
demonstrated in her race against Sam
jackson. about ten days ago at AQue-
duct. that she is the possesscr Of a
very high fight of speed. The fact that
she beat Harmonicon the last time the
big Whitney horse started in this coun-