New-York tribune., 1919-08-14

mean time Upset had drawn awav to .
load Of several lengths, and try as h.
Would Man of War could not make un
lh's dlsadvantage before the wire wa
reached. though he was running over
the Whitney colt at the end
Man of War proved himself the be st
two-year,old seen this season. With
ihe possible exception Of Miss Jemima,
he should still be an undefeated candi' =
date tor the laurels.
|. +. Rowe's Clara Martin, which
raced we'll on the Kentucky tracks. won
the mile NTH quite handily. The
iaNofitc case was made more easy a,
the result OF an accident that climi-
mated Thomas f. McMahon, the con
tender. In a jam shortly after the
start Mcmahon was bumped to his
Knees, throwing Ambrose under the fee It
OF whole squadron. Luckily the
Jockey escaped with slight shaking
up. DlmItri, a long shot, was second,
and Alvord, which set the pace until
to cinch the show money
The sixth race developed an unex
pected upset when Harry Payne Whit
ney's odds on Dominant failed to fin
ish IN the money after losing the others
to the head of the stretch. Crank
which laid off the carly pace, came
with great rush at the end, out
gained Believe Me Girls and Midnirht
Sun in most exciting sprint for .he
money positions.
Hannibal Wins Handicap
r. T. Wilson, irs Hannibal won the
Watervliet Handicap at Il mile from
field of eight good three -year-olds
adding 1,43l to The Golfers of the
president Of the Saratoga Racing AS
sociation thereby Commodore j. K.
H. Rosss War .Pcnnant was second
and the Oneck Stables Thunderclap
third. Hannibal made a show of his
tield. Ensor got OFF winging and held
the lead at all times. He opened up
such a gap before the stretch that
Buddy was able to buggy ride home
from the sixteenth.
Friend LOTUS added nothing to his
prestige or reputation by his eHh bi-
ton with War Pennant. Lotus never
once gave his mount a chance. He had
HIM under wraps every foot OF the
way, even at the finish. tic Gdn'e
drive until almost under the noses
OF the stewards. And on the back
stretch he allowed himself to be
pocketed so that Hannibal was able to
crowd out to a lead off five or six
lengths. The market on this race
showed suspicious behavior as War
Pcnnant, which should have been an
odds-on in such company, vent kitine
20 8 to 5.
f. Ambrose Clark's fivc-year- old
gelding. Robin Goodfcllow, won the
steeplechase, Robert Oliver beating
Crest Hill after q spirited duel for
the place. The winner WAS we'll sup
ported. being backed from 10 20 /
down % / to l.
Beck and Call. the favorite of the
tcrtainment, upset local tradition. so
FAR as this meeting Is concerned She
won the first race. She was the first
choice able to start the day right so
far. Lovers Lane was second and
New Orleans Civil third
Mars Cassidy was i'll, and starter
had to be dug up on short notice The
officials tried 10 locate Billy Murray,
failing which Judge Pettingill had 20
De pressed into service. Pettingill got
the field off like freight train of the
I.ehigh Valley. II was a parade rather
than horse race.
John Sanford, the popular horseman
of Amsterdam, y. Y. is about 20 pull
his annual patti" according to the
gossips. He Is % sell off all his
thorough hbreds but few two-year olds
that will be retained for the stud 1t
is said Sanford henccforth viii devote
his entire energies to horse breeding.
1t is said that Walter Jennings will
retire to his California farm at the
end OF this season. a. X. Macomber,
for whom Mr.. Jennings trains, will so
to Europe shortly with the best OF his
string. The others are being sold.