New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
Omar Khayyam Gets Ava,
in Front and Shakes OF
Challenges

SARATOGA. n. Y, Aug. is.-on,,
khayyam, the handicap king q, -.
year, retained his royal Laurel, a.,
afternoon, when he captured n. ~ ~
toric Travers Stake in regal f,,,t
Burdened with l2s pounds. ow.-
Khayyam set the pace a few ,,.
after the start, and was never 49,
Time and time again an esor
made to steal away his advan,ss, -,
Omar Khayyam always had enOpv. :
reserve to jump away from hi. o,,o
nents.
Midway dared to run beside him q.
nearly three-quarters, but vh,, \
tried 20 brush past his chance, 50
killed, for Omar khayyam lex a., y.
other burst of speed and ber,s.s
away. Midway dropped out az ~.
race right there and left o..
Khayyam running alone.
In the dash down the homs,,,.,.,
Rickety came along like a whirIv,;,I
and got within a length of N, r,.
maker. Butwell drew his whip sicI'I
it a few times at Omar Khayysm az
the latter made few gigantic is,,.
and opened up lead Of three lepo,t.
After that il was only romu IA ~.
wire. Rickety finished second 80
Ticket came in third.
Winner a Fayorite
The winner was a strong 4 tok
choice, particularly with the v;,i,o,,
who considered him the best oftbA
son. These were liberal odds. but IN.
to the strong play on the Others Ri.
ETY. had a strong following al 7no
and Sunbonnet was well played At IA
/. The latter was the tip Of the r,,s
but didn't have the speed to kes, n,
with the persistent pace. 0u,,
Khayyam ran the mile and a quart,
in 2:08 4-5. but if forced to ert,sd
himself could have clipped second
or two of without much difficulty.
A great crowd viewed this class,
1t was impossible to seat an ertp
person in the stand when the an,
field went to the post. In the club.
house chairs were at a premium. m,
grand weather brought out the I'm.
mense throng. IL was a perfect after.
noon, just enough of breeze to clear
away the rays Of the sun.
Colonel 7. c. Mcdowell, Of r0p KAN.
tuck" furnished the winner OF n.
Spinaway Stakes, when his feet Oils
Olive Wood pranced over the line 4
queenly style. Olive Wood took Il,
lead after the field Strengthened o.
stood off repeated challenges and had
enough speed left TO scampr across n.
line several lengths TO the good n.
filade, one of the Schwartz entry a..
ished second and Rosie 0'Grady brouEi.
up the rear Of the money division.
Loser Ran Well h
Rosie 0'Grady ran a winning no,
of absolutely last, she picked up hen
field one by one and came down N,
stretch, overhauling the leader in
every jump. The distance 10 the wire
was too short, however, and she va,
forced to be satisfied with the third
money.
This was a bitter blow TO the favor
lite players, for Rosie was ts5
choice. On her second TO sunbrsr lasI
Saturday she figured pounds the best,
but the hesitancy at the barrier killed
her chances. Olive Wood was a5te
shot, and Enflade was as good as 70
to /. The winners share OF the purse
was $3.50. Olive Wood ran the five
and half furlongs in 1907 fat very
good time.
Star Gazer opened the afternoons
sport in BETTING manner, for he vas
a heavily backed favorite, his ODDS
being forced from 8 TO to . TO ls.
Star Gazer lived up to the hopes Of
his admirers by getting of in trohi
and never giving up the lead. Queer
Of the Water, at 10 to |, finished see
end, and Viewpoint, another 10 10
shot, came in third.
Weldship, the sturdy timber topper
tried to make il three straight IN ne
Beverwyck Steeplechase, but the, ire
mendous burden Of 1853 pounds tod
the last mile and he was forced %
suffer defeat. Weldship gave weig''
away to his three rivals, and vhen lis
crucial test came along was uhsV"
to keep step with Marian.
Nipped at Finish
Up to the last seven-eighths Weld'
ship held the lead. but at that TINE
Marian shot past and set merI
pace Then the handicap told, ana H
dropped back beaten. Marian cohIh'
ued and won an easy victory. In We
last hundred yards Bet came siohs
and showed Weldship out OF seeoh'
money. "a.
Little Nearer, under perfect ~
by Johnny McTaggart. won the mn
race in a hard drive from Irae'lSh
Black Broom, the good thing OF we
race, was third. The winner was
the liberal odds Of 10 ?. Trac1loh
was a 20 to 1 shot, and Black sr00"
was 4 10 1. go. nt
Nineteen two-ycar-old FLIES ""
never won a race faced the slsfth
The event was filled with good 'h'hss
Bow Bells was the hottest and W.
played from 10 down 10 I 70 l. E
Sanford pair. Alteration II ard hea m..,
Belle. ruled fayorite at 70 :. PIE
Wright tumbled down all the Ups "
getting home first, with II 20 agar"
her chances. Portia, q 10 70 ! s1yT9
finished second. end Tread LighuJ "