New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-01
Today Meet
OnTO-nOrrOW
At Saratoga
$35O,OOC To Be Distributed
at Spa Course; Handicap
Is First OH the Program

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, July
31.-More than $350,O00 will be dis
tributed among American and Cana
dian horscmen in the course Of the
Association for the Improvement of the
Breed Of Horses will inaugurate here
tom orrow with the running Of the
Shillelah Stecplechase, the Flash
Stakes, for two-year- Odds, and the
Saratoga Handicap, for three-year-o
and over.
Thirty-two stakes for horses Of vari-
Gus ages and kinds will have a gross
value Of nearly, if not quite, $200,00O
Overnight events, Of which there will
$1,000 each in added money. The total
will certainly exceed s35O,000. 1t will
be impossible to compute stake values
until starting fees have been counted
in with subscriptions, forfeits and
added money.
Big Overnight Purses
Some years ago the Saratoga associ-
alton adopted tho policy Of returning
all "run-up" money to horsemen by
adding it to overnight purses The
practice of bidding up winning platcrs
and of taking full advantage Of oppor-
tunities for the acquisition of horses
offered through the medium of claim
ing races, that was once held in abhor-
renee as an sportsmanlike business,
has become universal. Everybody is
doing it. SO keen is the demand for
capable horses this summer n winning
platter rarely escapes.
1t is possible, indeed, that in the
course Of Saratogas twenty-sx days
of racing the Saratoga association may
IN this way accumulate $4,000 to $780,
600 to add to overnight purses, and
thereby considerably increase the total
money distribution of the meeting.
There are upward of 1000 thorough
breds here. The Saratoga associations
stalls arc filled with the stars Of West
ern, Eastern and Canadian stables. Of
the older champions, Sir Barton. Mad
Halter, Lucullite, Thunderclap, Exter-
minator, Alibi, Be Frank, Dunboyne,
Cirrus, Corn Tassel, ST. Augustine, The
Porter, Midway, Billy Kelly, War Pen
nant, Boniface, Audacious, Sunny Slope.
Mimic II, Lanius, Hannibal, Star Mas
ter, Royce Roofs, Bridcsman, Courtship,
Vexatious, Under Fire etc, are bound
to make interesting events, aided by
the best of the distance running three
yes.I-OluS, OIL tne saratoga Handicap,
the Saratoga Cup, the Delaware, the
Champlain and the Merchants and Citi-
zens Handicap.
Man o. War to Start
The Saratoga Handicap, which will
be the opening days feature, will be a
gallop of one mile and a quarter. The
Cup, which will be the closing day at
traction, will be a gallop of one mile
and three-Quarters.
Better three-year- Odds than are pre-
pared to race with these maturcd
champions in the various handcaps
and the Cup and to compete in the
three-year-old specials than Man O.
War, Wildair, John P. Gricr, Donna
coma, Upset, DR.. Clark, On Watch,
Gladiator, Irish Dream. Dinna Care,
Fair Gain, Sea Mint, Dream of the
Valley, King Thrush, Royal Jester,
Arcthusa, David Harum, St Allan, Car
mandate, George, Cleopatra, Busy
Signal, etc, have not appeared on this
side of the Atlantic in a quarter of a
century.
Steeplechasing will be resumed here
tomorrow with the running of the
Shillelah after hiatus of two weeks.
Profitable employment for the best
jumpers will be provided in the Shl-
lelah, the Saratoga. the Beverwyck and
the North American steeplechascs and
IN divers overnight cross-country
events.