New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-04
Parsons's Horse Easily
Shows Way to Pixy and
Sea Shell in Seneca.
DRILLING RAIN
MARS THE SPORT
Sir Vivian Victor by Head in
Dash for Two-Year-Olds-
Feminist Scores.
Try telegraph to The Tribunal

fHy Iciegraph 70 lut Ati"~i+'-4
Saratoga. y. Y. Aug S.-Leaden
skies and drilling rain are not con
ducive 10 interesting racing, ana '."'
is what the enthusiasts had 10 lace 70
6av The card that was offered was
rot IN to the usual Saratoga Stanuai u
hut the crowd remained loval ana
big gathering saw the horses PEI ~ ~,
The feature race OF the daV' inc
Seneca. is framed under selling condl-
lions and accordingly could not ne eX-
nected 10 bring out the real top-nolCh
snrir.ers it IS SiX-furlong daSh,
The werc only five bore silks. ana
SCHUYLER I. Parsons's Hanson made
,bov Of his fcld when he romped IN
front All tho way. 20 beat home kich-
"a r Wilson's PiXv and K. j. Mac
Kenzie's Sc. Shell .
what was Of almost equal impor-
.anee was the two-vear-old dash over
the five and a half furlong distance
that Afforded the second look al John
r Nadden's Sir Vivian, the brother 70
Sir Martin. in action. lie won ms
race. but he only won II DIV heau
from Prince Harry, son OF Mc1ee
and White Plume that was brought on
from tho West by J. II. Stamper, IT.
II Was performance that forced the
belief that Sir Vivian. like so many
Good horses. will never do more than
;e required. He was loafng behlnd
Prince Harry until sharply reused with
the whip by Buxton in the stretch ana
then. in a battle 10 the end. he was
the winner bv a head.
The West scored one victory that
was questionable during the afternoon
when John ". Schorr's Eddie Delllng
lust nosed out Richard T. wilson S
Ssrsenet IN six furlong dash Tor
selling plators. McCahey. who RODE
Sarsenet. lodged what appeared to be
n well founded claim Of foul against
the winner. ho
rode Eddie Delling, shut OIL SarSsheC
on the rail at the far turn ana so
sbarply that NcCahey had TO pull up
while both Outlook and Minstrel also
suffered at the same time. After that
;rterforence Sarsenet came on ana
raced the Schorr platter TO nose, maj
cotino that the interference alone was
responsible for his defeat
There was an investigation, and after
Judge Hall had been heard the order OF
The finish was not disturbed. -,
CHORD A. Cochran's Feminist, when
IN many occasions has shown most pc
coming speed in her races. lasted all tIe
route in the opening I'VE ana MAJ
furlong dash 10 beat nome llarla anu
6rvad had to hurry through the
s+rotCb 70 beat F. r. Bradle-'s Bean
Sn.ller. and that was another victory
for Long Island over Kentucky for
Drvad had been racing over the Ne"
York tracks. u,o
i was only her misfortune at the start
that prevented Rusila from chalkng up
another for the East. She was all ouI
left at the post and, as result couId
only finish third 10 Light wing ana
Badinage, a par tnat WtIe
these parts for the first time.
John Powers. who has trained many
winners, including the mighty JACK Az
kin. was granted license to tram al
he last meeting of the stewards of the
Jockey Club.
General Nelson A. Miles was Wis
,tor AZ the races this afternoon, the
guest of John f. Madden.
John T. ireland, the Western turf
man, was another spectator.
Eddie Dugan has announced that he
is omen for outside engagements now
and. that he can make i09 pounds.
Clarence Turner is under contract 10
s. c. Hndroth. who trains the horses Of
August Belmont, and this probably
means that he Will do most Of the Bel
mont riding.
Spectators were laying 10 10 that
the remainder of the month Of August
would show as many rainy days as did
the Saratoga racing season Of 1914.
Not few Of the younger generation
Of turfmen were interested IN watch
ing the veterans Green B. Morris and
White Hat Mccarthy walking across
the lawn from the entrance gate TO the
Crandstand Both were looking re-
markedly well, and as many observed,
neither looked "a day older" than when
last seen at the races.
Green B. Morris, who is living in
Washington. is on the lookout for a
few good youngsters with which TO
round out his eminently successful ca
reer as a trainer Of race horses.
w. A. Porter, Of Pittsburgh, has
came up from New York and expresses
his intention of remaining here during
the rest of the meeting. He still is
much in the notion of buying few
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