The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-30
PURCHASES VICTORY
SETS SPAATALKING|
Form Somersault Staged by
Juvenile-Papp Earns First
Success of Season.
spe.s, nesrates - rsr Sex.

eAsA-coA, y. Y, Aug. ga heavy
thunder storm early this morning spoiled
,he programme at the Saratoga track.
j left the track ankle deep In mud and
caused tire Withdrawal OF more than
ffty entries. Purchase. the big chest
nut colt owned By the Brighton Stable,
turned = form sognSrsAult and tonight
Il was said that the stewards were in
vesiigating. He beat a small but Sc
lect field of Juveniles in the last race
In seusA; ional style
Purchase Is y handsome looking son
OF OlamhalA and Che7ryola- Time and
again he has been reported to have
worked wonders in his trials, but in
each OF his five previous starts he was
unable 20 beat fair selling plAters. In
those starts he went TO the post with
long odds dangling beside his name.
To-day re was a different horse and
the odds were different. That Is the
odds AZ post time were different When
the oral betting beSan . price as good as
10 was ohtainable against him. hut
so much money was wagered that he
would win that be went to the post the
fsvorite az 10 5.
Purchase ran as the heavy bettors ex-
pected him 20 run. He got away from
the barrier well and for a furlong he.
Joseph E. Widener's Peter and the Triple
SCring Farms Senator Crow raced head
and head. At that point Senator Crow
Quit and Purchase and Peter went on
a. the head OF the field as n team. Half
way down the home stretch Peter fall
tered and Purchase went On and won by
. length and a hall.
Pspp Come. TO Life.
Pspp, the Juvenile champion OF last
year. scored his frst victory Of the
season in the nth race. He won. but
few knew Il until the Official numbers
were posted. Al the end OF the mile
Journey only his nose was in front OF
s. c. Hilcrsth's Poacher. To many Il
looked Ike a dead heat and to others
1, seemed as IL Poachsr had won. Dur
ing the race Papp was kicked and SUI
fered a severe cut in the rear right
leg. Max Hirsch. his trainer, said it
was an ugly wound and might cause
the colt to be taken out OF training.
The Wilton Handicap. the feature OF
the card, resulted IN an easy victory for
Joseph E widener's imported col, Nat
uralist- HIS only opponents were c. Fl.
Rerryman's valor and Samuel Ross
Crank Naturalist, the tavorite at to
2, never left the result in doubt He Is
exceptionally fond of the mud, and when
the barrier rose he went to the front
and was never headed. Al the end he
was under = stout pull. a length ana a
half in front of Crank
Flags, the great Splinter belonging TO
the Brighton Stable, showed In the Sec
ond race that he could run well on a slip
perry track with 12s pounds up. He
ran away from \ small but high class
neid
The first race At I'VE ana a half rur-
longs for two-year-old lilies went TO
F. d. Weir's Ambassador Ill That she
passed the judges first was que to a
great ride by Moiesworth. He got the
FLY on in front. set the pace ali the
way and reserved enough OF his mounts
speed 20 Withstand q determined chal-
leHEe in the stretch by Major August
Belnont's Duchess Lace. At the end
&oesworth literally had 10 lift Arioas-
ssdor over the line TO earn the verdict
sunbriar's Trial Postponed.
Johren and Roarer worked between
TIRE races In preparation for the Sara
toga Cup, which will be one OF the rea-
lures on Saturday. Johren with his
weigh; up and equipped with blinkers
covered 4 mile and a half in a:42
Roaner. minus his blinkers. which are
an indispe nsable part OF his equipment.
went nile and q qurater in f:1i.
On account OF the condition OF the
course Sun Briar's trial against the one
mile record was declared OF, but Mr..
kilmer has asked the stewards TO permit
a trial some day next week when the
course Is as good SIS IL was when he
hung up l IS lis. Mr.. Kilrler offered
10 pay all expenses in connection with
the preparation o. the course and the
sending of special officials to supervise
tire performance