New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-21

Va rejection could De cast on Ed
veFper. his trainer. The good three
vs.r.old had worked we'll and acted well
.ree his return from Canada, and all
,,o.s connected with the stable had
,o1fdence In his ability to win. II was
suggested. however. and possibly with
ysSson. that he had not yet fully recov-
sre5 from that desperate race IN the
canadian Derby over track ankle deep
n mud when, after being practically
isft AZ the post. he closed an immense
rsp. 10 be beaten a short head by
VsterbloSs0m.
The Firms poor performance was no
more surprising, however, than the
amazingly good one Of Saratoga. which
rsn so far above his recent form that
h begins 20 look as If he is coming
mo his own. This son OF Ogden has
heep one OF the most consistent horses
Of the year, but he has never given any
evidence Of being good enough 10 beat
such a field as he met yesterday IN
common Ca.lop by six or eight lengths,
s-d in the fast time of LAS for the
mile ana q sixteenth, which is only two
ff,bs Of a second behind the track rec
or6. established by Superman in 1901.
Every once in a while race comes
along which is beyond explaining. The
Knckerbocker Handicap was one OF
these.
L is just possible that with any luck
a, the start Vladimir would have been
the one 20 furnish the surprise. lie ap-
peare6 TO prop himself as the barrier
went NJ. and was practically left at the
tost. His case looked hopeless IN the
run Up the backstretch when racing
dong eight or ten lengths behind the
last horse, but such was his speed that
he made up the ground on the outside
o. his field and forced Trial by Jury,
the early pacemaker, TO hard drive 10
save the place. That he could make up
this ground and beat The Finn and
Loeuette, among others, even both ran
below their true form. was an indica-
ton that ne was q pretty good horse,
Yesterday, under 81 pounds.
Coquette, by the way, proved quite
as Disappointing as The Finn. She
lad won her two previous starts TINS
year. beating some of the best sprint
trs in training on her first appearance
a. jamaica, but yesterday she could
not keep up with the leaders at any
part Of the journey. Matty Corbett
thought she could win, as did Jack
Goldsborough her trainer, and both
we're sadly disappointed at her poor
showing
The racing from end to end was fun
Of interest Polly Il. showed startling
Improvement over her last race at the
reetng. and beat O'Sulliyan a head in
the opening event. She was meeting a
poorer lot Of horses, It is true, and the
improvement was anticipated, judging
from the quotation made, but for all
that, il was hard TO reconcile her two
races
John E. Madden's White Hackle was
out Of place in the second event-a
stake horse among four selling platers.
l. was nothing more than a good eXer-
else for MIN 20 win by as much as
Buxton pleased. He is still unsold, but
negotiations for his purchase have not
been dropped AS he galloped to easy
victory somebody remarked, There
goes the winner Of She Futurity.' Per
fsps the prophecy may come true, as
he certainly looks like a colt Of high
quality, but must yet stand the real
test.
Old Salt. owned, trained and ridden
BY I. A. Burke, nephew Of George
Sapogtas. won the stecplcchase after a
sharp battle with Syosset. It must be
the height Of real sport 10 own, train
and ride one horse TO victory. Burke
is not finished steeplechase jockey, but
be showed excellent judgment yesterday
in rating his mount when temptation
must have been strong to 60 on after
Syosset and Senegambiap, both Of which
came from behind on the far turn the
second time round and opened up gap
q two or three lengths. His patience
, was rewarded, however, as he brought
Old Salt up in the last quarter, TO win
going away.
Jimmy Mclaughlin, jr, who trained