The sun., 1915-07-21
THE FINN LOSES TO
FIELD OF OWN AGE
Never Able to Get Going and
Light Weighted Saratoga
ROmps Home Winner.
CRITICISE HANDICAPPED

OLD, The Finn was decisively beaten by
horses OF his own age yesterday In the
Knickerbocker Handicap. which was he
feature Of the Empire City Jockey Club
card at Belmont Park. The Finn, which
was making his first appearance since
his Canadian campaign. started an even
money favorite. and the best he could
do was to finish nth In a field of seven.
Naturally The Finn carried top weight
In the handicap. which was run over -
course OF a mile and a sixteenth. and
though there was no grumblng before
the race over the generous weight al
lowances granted to the rest OF the field
the spreadeagle victory scored by the
lightly weighted Saratoga caused n howl
In some quarters to the effect that .or
once Handicapper vosburgh had been
caught noddng.
II is true that Saratoga won by ten
lengths from Trial by Jury. another u
the lightweight division. with Vladimir,
carrying the feather OF ninety-seven
pounds. finishing third. half length
back after being left at the post. Be-
fore handing out criticism to an official
Is we'll to remember that with hundreds
OF ..'handicappers' present. who work fo-
profit or pleasure, the fact that SARATOGA
was allowed to start at the remuner-
ative odds of 6 to 1 is fairly good proof
that the throwing in OF Saratoga was
q l.
dent to all In the running OF the race.
Conservative horsemen were OF he
opinion that the easy victory OF Saratoga
was not due to any real mistake OF the
Handicapped. or TO any remarkable i'm
provement In the form of the winner.
but was contributed to in a large meas
ure by the Indifferent running OF The
Finn and of Coquette. which was next
In the order OF weights
There ii no question that EaratOga.
which was purchased by u. J. Leary
from John T.. Madden this spring. took
a big step forward In class by winning
in handicap company. His origina Al
weight OF 100 pounds was increased by
three pounds In order to allow Turner
to take the mount Thus he carried l03
pounds to ie6 for The Finn and ia FOR
CoQuette.
Trial by Jury was rushed to the front
on the rail az the start and though
Saratoga showed in second place for a
moment he wac pulled back and Royal
Martyr attended the pacemaker to th'
bottom OF the backstretch. All got
away well excep; Vladimir. which lost
about a dozen lengths before Johnny
McTaggart could get him running. The
Finn was in behind the front bunch, and
though he made no serious EFFORT at that
time did not seem able to keep up with
the pace.
Going around the bend Saratoga
moved into second place and The Finn
moved IN close to the rail- with his
rider waiting an opportunity to come
through when the leaders opened out
in the stretch. The top weight appeared
10 have a good chance to do this unit
Il was seen that Burlingsme was whip
ping him at the quarter pole without
arousing any noticeable increase II
speed In the next furlong Turner
shook up Saratoga and he shot by Tria
by Jury in "A manner calculated to taxi
the heart out OF those following, II dix
| out OF all but Vladimir. which made VI
for his sluggish beginning by closin;
with a rush that landed him only hal
| length behind the very tired Trial b,
Jur>. Vladimir was two lengths in from
| OF the Greentree Stables Tetan, whic'
beat The Finn neck.
| John e. Madden's chances for sellini
his star Shoot colt, white Hackle. at
| big price. were increased by the i'm
pressive victory scored by this youngstc
| In the second race. for two-year -olds
| There were Ave two-year-olds engage,
and of these Sun God and Ildiko ha
performed well enough In public to Civ
! them some kind OF "A chance against tn
Madden star. The layers did not thinl
SO. however, and this time they wer
right, for starting at odds Of l 4
10. white Hackle just breezcd in iron
I and won by ten lengths from Ildik'
| Though Buxton did not ease him up
was never necessary to drive him. whit
Hackle Is a grandly proportioned two
year-old and his even, powerful strid
gives the impression that he will develo
into a weight carrier over route. Tn
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