The sun., 1916-08-17
CRANK LUCKY IN
SARATOGA FEATURE
Avoids Jam at Start and Fin.
ishes First in Grab Bag
d. Handicap.
VIVID Is A CLASSY COLT

SARATOGA, Aug. 1.-the Grab Bag
Handicap. the feature OF the programme
at the track here this afternoon, proved
TO be all that It's name implies. n mad
scramble. with that tickle jade Dame
Fortune holding her good luck away
from the best horses in the race and CIV
ing II to the poorest. Crank. The last
named. the bottom In the scale Of
weights, was lucky enough 20 be free
and clear OF a Jam at the start and, maxi
ing the most Of his advantage. made all
the running and won easily from Deer
Trap and Tom McTaggArt. the two top
weights in the race.
Crank's victory was q ~chuckaluck az
fair. but 1t was anticipated by a large
number OF Wash!ngtonians VINO came
over here last week to bet on the colt
and his stable mate Cltima:um. which
recently won here. Crank got the best
Of a ragged start. with the favorite.
Tom McTagEart, away poorly.
Jockey Mink made the most OF his ad-
vantage and kept Crank In front all the
way. Tom McTaggart after a long. hard
chase got up to the front division. but
was hemmed against the rail by Deer
Trap and kept there. The race was
worth 32.650 net to the winner. which
was $3.50 In each Il the guarantee.
Rowe UncovePs Q Two-year-0ld.
James Rowe uncovered a new two
year-old from Harry Payne Whitney's
barn. Vivid. This con opened favorite
At Z to s. with John Sanford's young
ster. Meteorite. at 4 to l. The latter
odds had scarcely been mentioned twice
when. presto. In the transformation OF
that Of a pre%stid!gitator the odds were
reversed. Meteori;e being 7 TO 5 and
Vivid 4 TO I. The huge appearance OF
the whitney colt caused the report To
spread that the colt was not nearly up
to a race. Nebraska was played from
30 to I to Is to /. Then another change
In the betting took place. Nivid's
friends came into action with IA rush and
swept his odds down To ? to 8.
But all OF the betting men except
Mayer. who played Nebraska and won a
small sized fortune. were wrong. Ne
braska won after trailing Vivid to the
last sixteenth pole. Vivid showed plenty
Of speed and only stopped at the end be-
cause he was not frightened up for a
hard ace.
Ma Mishap n Chase.
Three horses. Knight Of Mercl. Early
Light and Ollie Byrnes. started in the
s,een,erha.e ana anished In the order
n.r,ed wiihon, a r,,sb,n exr,,, ,h.t IN.
las; named u;nra IN slightly lame.
Jockey Henderson took knigh; Of Merci
to the front at the start and. leading all
the way. won In n ronp.
The pace was slow throughout the FIRST
mile and a quarter. Early Light raced
under a choking pull for the first round
OF the field. kelleher swinging him all
over the track. This sort Of treatment
robbed Early Light OF his speed, and he
failed to respond In the last quarter.
Many bad reports were in circulation
re gard ing Trial by Jury's physical condi-
ton. The CHECKERS all said that he had
not been doing well since his last race.
II was not TO he wondered at that Capt.
T.. Il. Cassatt's colt went to the post n
lukewarm ~fayorite, with Gamer carving
the greater number OF bets. Water witch
warmed up well. but her coat was dry
and lacked lustre after her xallops and
she lost friends.