The sun., 1919-08-06
sun BRIAR BEATEN
BUT GAINS RESPECT
Only a Short Head Behind
Fairy Wand, Which Runs
q Mile in 1885 1-5.
ny HENRY ". KING.

BY HENRY ". KING.
SARATOGA. Aug. 5.-wllEs Sharpe Kill
mer's imported colt Sun Briar is back
to the form that earned hm worldwide
fame last year. He proved that to-day
in the Delaware Handienp He was
beaten a short head by clifford A Coch-
rams Fairy Wand in the splendid time
Of 1889 1-5. This mark h the same as
that which Sun Briar established in the
same stake last year. while Fairy
Wand won the $500 purse, It was the
performance Of Sun Briar that was the
sensation Of the day.
1t electrified the 10000 racegoers.
and. although defeated, he received
tremendous ovation. Fairy Wand de-
serves great credit for her feat. She ran
the best race OF her erratio career. but
It was nothing compared to that of Sun
Briar Mr.. Cochran's mare carried only
l07 pounds. while Sun Briar shouldered
l2s pounds, two pounds over the scale
weight, and gave away from three to
twenty-four pounds to his opponents.
A dozen handicap horses were named
overnight to start, but four were with
drawn. Sun Briar was coupled with
Exterminator and was made the favorite
at to s. In q trial q few days ago
Sun Briar breezed q mile in .Ss 2-b.
Practically all racegoers predicted an
easy victory for him In to-day's stake.
Fairy Wand I'm Front.
The start was good and prompt. The
entire field went away together, but be-
fore a sixteenth of mile had been COW
cred Fairy Wand was three lengths in
front, with Sun Brlar second and r. T.
Wilson's Hannibal third. Up the back
stretch Fairy Wand stepped along at
steady. even pace. She wasn't doing her
best Jockey Hummer was holding her
under nice snug pun, reserving some
Of her speed for the final furlong.
As result the first quarter Of = mile
was the slowest of tho race. The first
furlong was covered. In 10 as seconds
and the quarter in "a 1-5 seconds. This
was fast enough to keep Fairy Wand in
| the lead, but although she was stepping
along freely and easily few racegoers be-
| lieved she would win. She is known as
a mare of tremendous speed, but one
| possessing little stamina. and It was ex-
pected she would "come back" Willie
| Knapp was on Sun Briar and he was
riding him perfectly OF the pace, but
| not too far of of It
Nearing the turn Hannibal quit and
Exterminator. with LOTUS in the saddle.
| moved UP beside. his more illustrious
ytable mate. As the bend was reached
Hummer gave Fairy Wand her head and
she increased her speed. In few jumps
she gained another length on Mr.. Kill
mer's star. The pace was much faster
now and the three-elghths pole was
passed in 35 2-5 seconds and the half in
| a. seconds. But II was not too fast for
Sun Briar. Half way around the turn
Knapp gave him free rein and he
bounded after Fairy Wand and gained
with every bound.
| A Winner by Inches.
| But his gains were small. Although
she stepped past the FIVE furlong pole In
| SO seconds and covered six furlongs In
I'LL, she still had some speed in reserve
| and she turned into the homestretch a
length and half ahead and reached the
seven furlong post in 1928 s-5. At this
| pole she began to weaken trifie and
| Sun Briar's gains became larger
| Through the final furlong Fairy Wand
| staggered, but Hummer kept her going
well enough TO stall off Sun Briar's rush
| win the stake by a few inches.
/ Exterminator ran remarkably good
| race too. He came with a IRISH in the
| stretch and finished on Sun Briar's
heels. At the end he was running faster
than either Fairy Wand or Sun Briar
| HOLSTER. too, made great run through
the homestretch and came from last
place TO fourth.
| Harry Payne whitney's St Palatine
Ally, Afternoon. showed great speed and
courage in the third race, i've furlong
dash for Juvenile fillies. She met with
| early interference, but picked her way
| ig al ~
length and a half in front of Raj PARIS
Violet Tip. Walter ]. Salmon's Betty
]. was third, a head in front Of E. r.
Bradley's Beaming Beauty. which met
with all sorts of bad racing luck and ran
an excellent race. Afternoon covered the
Ave furlongs in 50 AS.
Some Foul Ridins.
Simpson. the negro rider who guided
Billy Kelly in all his races before the
great gelding was sold to Commander
]. & L. Ross last August. probably will
be suspended for the remainder of the
meeting for his tactics In the second race.
While riding The Desert he leg locked
Kelsay on George w. Lofts Gath for an
eighth of a mile. Tho fouling occurred
ON the backstretch. After ''ooasting' on
him for a furlong Kelsay took his hand
and showed him on. The stewards saw
Kelsay's action and hailed him and Simp-
son before them. They heard Kelsay's
story and intimated that Simpson would
be punished.
After the race Mr.. Loft was peeved at
Simpsons tactics and told Kelsay he
would have been justified II he had
struck the negro with his whip.
Despite the foul Gath won In a gallop.
He was much superior 10 his opponents
and finished eased UP by half a dozen
lengths.
Jockeys Ensor and Troxler were sus-
pended for fve days by Mars Cassidy
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