The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-23
THE PORTER SCORES
IN FEATURE AT SPA
Takes the Plattsburg-CliH
Robinson's Ride on War
Rocket Questioned.
BY HENRY ". KING.

SARATOGA, N. Y. Aug Alt wa, =,
Off day at the track here this afternoo,
There was no stake on the programu,
and almost all OF the horses which wan,
to the barrier were platers or medloc,,
handicap horses. The Plattsbury sw..n.
stakes Handicap at one mile brought ON,
the best field and resulted In roo,
contest. 1t went 10 John F. schor,,,
Tho Porter In a driving finish. a
Marshalrs imported Courtship was A..
ond and Valor. the chestnut horse ybA
s. c. Hildreth bought from VILLAS
Martin last week for $4,000, was thla
The Porter's victory was a lucky on.
Both Courtship and Valor nan be,tr
races but they went wide turning I'M,
the homestretch and The Porter. guided
by Johnny LOTUS. shot through on m,
rail and saved several lengths. In IN,
final run LOTUS put up vigorous finish
and landed his mount past the JUDI.
two lengths in front.
After the race Fator, who rode vaor
lodged complaint against Erickson
He declared that Courtshlps rider had
fouled him while making the last turn
The stewards did not see the foul and
allowed the regular finish.
Among the contestants in this rao,
was James Buffers Spur. He got away
well but showed no speed and was ney.,
in the hunt
New Rider in Trouble.
Clifford Robinson. the little Joke,
who was the star rider at New Orlear,
and the Kentucky tracks early this year
probably will be hailed before the
stewards tomorrow and asked to OK.
plain his ride on War Rocket In the frs,
race. 1t was the worst exhibition OF
jockeyship displayed on a New York
track this season. He got War Rocket
off well and ran him in fourth position
or the outside until the final furong
pole. There his mount seemed to b.
running much faster than any OF hs
opponents and looked like an easy
winner,
To the surprise of all racegoers Rob-
inson guided his mount over to the IN.
side behind three horses and remained
there to the end. With War Rocket IN
this pocket Carpet Sweeper went on and
won by three lengths with Clean Gone
second and Senator Crow third,
E r. Bradley scored his second vie.
tory of the meeting in the third rae.
when his colt, Believe Me Girl, beat Ave
other good sprinters. He was much In.
best of the field, but only a strong finish
by Hummer landed him home in front
He broke slowly and was compelled TO
run on the outside all the way At the
end he was n length ahead OF Righ,
Angle. which beat Audacious Ave lengths
for place honors.
stoneham's Guess Is Wrong.
Charley Stoneham. Sammy Kelly and
Murphy, who own the Curb Stable, re-
ceived severe shock in the last rae.
when their black Ally, Mile. Vivian. ran
in on them with the generous odds OF 50
TO / dangling beside her name. Sammy
wagered $40 third on her at to l. bu
neither Stoneham nor Murphy bet a,
much as a dollar on her. They did no
think she had chance of beating f r
Bradley's Beaming Beauty, and advised
all of their friends here to walt for
softer spot.
Early in the morning Kelly and Mur
ply called up the Giants office and lie.
word for McGraw and the other G!anu
not to play the Ally to-day. While o.
the phone they handed out tips on Spu
in the fourth race and Gloomy Gus II
the third. Both Spur and Gloomy Gu
were badly beaten. while Mile. Vival
won in sensational finish by nos
from the Oneck Stables Swirl.
That Mile. Vivian won was becaus
Beaming Beauty and Swirl raced them
selves dizzy in the first half mile am
had nothing left when Mile. Vivian chal
lenged in the home stretch.
Thomas Fortune Ryan has bougN
from John f. Madden weanlings by hi
own imported sire Sea King. They vii
be taken to the Oak Ridge stud, neal
Leesburg, Va. this fan.