The Washington herald., 1919-08-02
Purchase Shows Class
In Saratoga Handicap
Captures Feature Event by
Eight Lengths, One-hfth
Of Second Behind Track
Record.

Saratoga n. Y, Aug. L - With
wonderful burst Of glory the sport Of
kings made its bow at this beautiful
Adirondack village this afternoon To
make the occasion more memorable
the two leading feature events were
captured by a pair Of grand racing
machines and Miss Jemima-
To Purchase goes the honor of en-
tering into the lanrels OF the famous
Saratoga Handicap, a struggle over
the mile and a quarter route
To Miss Jemima the palm is pre-
sented for finishing in front of
classy field in the Flash stakes, a
five-and-a-half furlong dash.
Naturally the Saratoga Handicap
held the center Of the stage. To wit
ness the running of this historic event
at least 1900 folks jOurneyed from
near and far. The regulars who never
miss a day around the Long Island
courses were here attired III their sun
day best
Makes show of Field.
The conquest of Purchase could
only add a little more luster to his
brilliant record Carrying lis pound,
and giving away from ten TO thirty
his field. Running under a strong pull
for a mile he just turned himself loose
at that mark From there to the
wire he made the folks rub their eyes
in amazement as he sped down to
the wire as fresh as when he started.
I~"hase ran the mile and a quarter
in y -. or only one-ffth slower
than ' track record hung up by
Roamer last year. II he had been
pressed he would have shattered the
old figures to smirhereens.
What made Purchases victory more
pleasing was that the layers quoted
him at 4 to 3. a more than liberal
price.
Fairy Wand Sets Pace.
Fairy Wand. which finished second.
showed a startling burst of speed for
a mile. Right after the break she
shot to the front and opened up a big
gap. War Cloud chased after her
with Purchase a few lengths behind
and Corn Tassel right at the saddle
cloth of the favOTite. J-p the back
stretch they ran without a change.
At the mile pole-which was reached
in 81 f1at-came the real battle
Knapp turned loose a few wraps on
Purchase. Like a lightning streak
passed War Cloud and looked Fairy
Wand straight in the eye. The
mare was tired and after a few steps
relinquiShed the pace. Down the
broad stretch rOmped the gallant Pur-
chase and at every leap drew farther
away 50 that when he reached the
wire. hr was about eight lengths to
tFr good
Fairy Wand managed to stick It
out and win the place with War
Cloud safe third.
Miss Jeuima proved she deserved
all the nice things said about her
when she came home first in the Flash
stakes. The Western queen was ask
ell close to an impossible task for
she carried the crushing burden Of
127 points.
Twas a day Of Upsets for favorites
for Purchase was the only one to get
home in front.
FIRST RACE-sI furIgngs: Lion Dor. liz
tEnsOrI. 90 !. 20 Z. r' ,. A0rsh '',s en- ,
IT Eater. 10 .. t,ft san. Il; . rs lNrrrr.I
To /. Time. lag - MI. Nu-,-. E,T 's.r.'.
Harry BurEoyue, Dimitri, sycamore, Bulldoze,
sturiee, The l''Srrr ais. rf.
SECOND RACE Tn SOIL Iah ~rearl. ,t.J~'
Handicap; ahrt Iw, mills: D0ubl"r. l4-
tByersI. n I, 10 5. tn %. The Rr0.'k. IL.
NheLneflNIs } 10 4- 10 = ll4NltIs lee 'LldAtN'
rvsn- Tine. 4.eo The Dv=.n. RryaI Arch. Belle
Othe SEA also ran
THIRD RACF5-Five and onc-haIf hrl0nsS:
Miss JemIma, u rLOftusl. 9 tn >. , to !. even:
Wildair, 10 lAmbru-sl. 10 ;. ; 10 ): King
TlruSh. 10 lSchuttinErrf 3 ~ ) Time. O6 -.
TraTesty. BrTOkhOlt, Paul Jones DoubIr Eye.
Ed RiCkenbachsr. Best Pal. TIE Swimmrr,
Cindrella also ran
FOURTH RACE-One mile and a quarter:
PurChase lls Knapp. r0 n. N l. out.
FairyNand, I15 lKmmcrl. 1 to /. ? 70 ! War
Cloud III 0BUTtDul. . 70 = Time. 2C2 p
Curn Tassel. Besverkin also ran
FIFTH RACE-Oue mile: ThistledOn lOf
tEnsn-l Il to S. s To ,. 3 10 ): Gath lCS
fKslssvl. even, I tn ., DrrCas. 10 Hamilton
20 ;. Time, l q 45 Wizrsr Fool Harry
RrsiTOEel St Quentin. IOrena Mos. Queen Of
The Sea. BaEZe-l. Don DOdge also ran
SIXTH RACE-Fve and half furI0ngs:
Ever Gay. rs IykPf. To I. ; TO . { to 5.
MASKED DanCrr. IT, .NcAteeT s 10 l. 2 q, .
Blaze7, rs Robins M. > to l. Tine. % Is
Masked ard Star Court. C0e entry. E,mI Gray.
Whisk. SantInna ElarahaIIa Alias Tin Can
SAileliah. ShilelaEl II. Pml Far Fast King
champion. His ChuIrr. sammy. Ny Boots Tie
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