The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-18
REGRET SHOWS HER
QUALITY IN SARANAC
Daughter Of BroOmstick Only
Gallops, as Does Her Full
Brother Thundercr.
GREAT SIMILARITY SEEN

SARATOGA. Aug. 17-Resret. the in
vincible daughter of Broomstick-Jersey
Lightning, made her first start OF the
season in the East ahis afternoon and
won the sararac Handicap, for three
year-olds, at a mile, with ridiculous ease
from n field OF horses to which she was
conceding weight. That Regret should
win was by no means remarkable, for
her career on the turf has been marked
by three victories as a two-year-old and
Il win In abe Kentucky Derby on the only
occasion OF which she a started as a
th~ree-year-old. Inc item OF particular
Interest in the afternoon OF good sport
was that Trainer James Rowe had
chosen the last race Of the day for the
debut OF Thunderer. the young brother
of the champion three-year-old. He fol-
sister and just galloped away from half
n dozen two-year-olds that were not
frightened by his appearance at the pest.
Regret. the tried champion. and Thun-
derer. the prospective one, are bonn
owned by Harry Payne Whitney and
raced in the color of L.. s.. Thompson.
,ha 49, 80 ~ pe1ru 49,
fuiaiiins anv - 49, nra,inns a,aas..
,nnn,. 80 H., ,,a,,nh -, 90. ~. ,racL
was greatly i,nnrnvsa tn-dav and ,he
ara weeathsr hro,ghr ~, a hiy cro1yd m
see the whitney cracks under silk. A
Roodly number watched the saddiinS of
Regret ard most of them went back be-
fore the last race to compare Thunderer
admiration for Regret, which In a perfect
type of a thoroughbred. with clearly
formed legs ard a dainty head and neck
that proclaim her racing ability. II
anything a little high IN flesh her barrel
was solid and shapely and there was
none OF the drawn lines that come from
overSraining or imperfect tournament.
kegret. though well nlleu out mao
not grown much since her tWo-year-oid
days, and when Thunderer was stripped
1t was noticeable that though a year
Younger he ALREADY Is plgger thah the
hlly. lie too Is big barreiieu' ana
Trainer Rowe has plenty TO WORK OH
before he sends MN 10 the posi- LOT the
Futurity, in which he Will be the repre-
sentative OF the Thompson staole.
only Sharrshooter was scratched from
IN" held Tor the Saranac Handicap' ana
In he Kentucky Derby, The FINN
carried l26 pounds. so that Regret WIZ
l2' has To concede TWO pounds py the
scale TO the winner or the BeIinont.
Trial by jury, the disquaIined winner OF
the Travers, had only ia pounds "hiis
Lady Rotha. which won mat event or
the disqualification, was in win the
llgh' weight OF 100 Inc olher iou'
starters also were in with llght week.-mrs.
Joe Notter had been brought IRON
Canada TO ride the pride or the Ihomp'
soa stable and getting away well ne
sent Regret to the front In the first Few
strides. When they settled dow ira
by Jury was hunting the leader pu'
this did not prevent Regret opening n
HAD of two Lengths NJ the beginning o'
the backstretch. Here The Finn rushed
UP and passing Trial by jury reached
4, a TANKS of Regret, That vhs sum
Gent to stimulate Regret TO the only OIL
OF real running that she did In the race
She had covered the first three furlongs
in 81 seconds. but when threatened Not
ter allowed her to show her speed Tor a
fL-long and she stretched her shapely
legs to turn the eighth OF a mile In
Il l-5 seconds. Tha finished The Finn
an, he dropped back to let Trial by Jury
follow Regret into the stretch.
Nearly all the way through the
stretch Notter was looh'"S "a.n " "
keeping a tight hold on Regrets head,
size just breezed over the line a length
ana "A half ahead OF Trial by Jury, LADY,
Rotha made up ground IN the last quar-.
tar and finished three lengths oehihu
Trial by Jury, beatlhg Inc f4hh p9 u