New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
.Unbeaten Colt
,,And Filly in
81 Thrilling Race
Naturalist. Mad Halter and
ExterminatOr Bow to
ar, Cnomc in Handicap
BY w. !. Macbeth


SARATOGA, Aug. 14.--lt has beer
suspected since early spring thai
Jimmy Rswe had some really high class
two -year-olds in Harry Payne Whit
ney's stable, but the fact was forci-
fully illustrated before one of the
largest crowds OF the present melting
when Tryster and Prudery ran one-two
9 IN the Saratoga Special at six furlongs
r the feature Event of the afternoon.
9-T r. T. Wilson'S colt, mmesdale, got
the consolation end of the prize, which
was contested by half dozen high
class juveniles. 1t was better horse
race than might be expected under the
circumstances of a stable outclassine
the field by many pounds and finishing
onc-two as it pleased.
F Jimmy Rowe usually sends his
charges to the post fit for the bes!
they have. He played no favorites
with his two year-olds to-day. He
wished as much as anybody else tc
know whether Tryster, the unbeaten
colt, or Prudery. the unbeaten tilly
was the better, and so did not declare
to win with either. He wished the
better of the two TO be penalzed the
inevitable poundage victory implied
and so to the very end. with Ambrose
whipping Prudery in vain effort to
oTertake the colt that haI shown the
way. the Whitney pair raced to the
wire in. the very creditablc time of
1:123-5
Another Race Necessary
And now, though it is all over and
though the colt, Tryster, won. it will
require perhaps another meeting to
determine which Of the two is really
the best. They met under equal
weights to-day. Rnt Tryster had all
the better of .a- creak In 1ne tuck.
Rodriguez, VI Ac nad the .c. up on the
colt, was off Ike rifle bullet with the
rise of the ber: :'rr. He shot out to the
front immed iataiy, and was able to pick
andchoose ..is 2"ad home, no inconsider-
able advantage on a course which was
treacherous and tricky. Ambrose, as is
his won't was not wide awake as he
might have been, and got away more
slowly. He had to race ur and around
several of the field in the first furlong,
covering more distance than his stable
companion, and consequently taking
something out Of his mount before the
pinch came.
Our Flag. Dimmesdale and Scraps
for time cave Pruderv an argument.
Scraps was on the outside, however,
and forced to take the very longest
journey over footing that was hardest
and least suited to his tender feet. Of
the three he was the first to chuck it
swinging around the turn for home.
Z. r. Bradley's Black Servant was prac-
tically left at the start.
AS the field swung into the stretch
Tryster was leading by several lengths,
and Prudery had shaken off the pack
almost equally far.
A Duel for Third
Dimmesdale and Our Flag were duell-
ing for the consolation end of the prize,
for even then it was fore~one conclu-
. sion that Whitney would run one, two
Rodriguez very wisely eased Tryste,
out from the rail and onto the firmel
footing near the center of the course
Straight as an arrow for the home goal
the great, unbeaten colt flew. Fast as
an arrow followed the game, unbeaten
flly.
The filly gained some on her own
courage. Then Ambrose drew the whip.
1t was thrilling finish through the
last furlong, thou9h Tryster never was
seriously threatened
Rodriguez rode him out as if it had
been some other coors challenging. But
it was evident at the end that Tryster
might have done better had occasion de-
manded. He is one grand o-year-old,
and one likely to have much to say as to
the disposition OF the 1920 crown. But
in paying homage to Trys.er one cannot
overlook Prudery. If he is to be crowned
king his stable companion indeed may
aspire to the queenly sway.
The Champlain Handicap at mile
and a furlong was won by Gnome, a
linz, Of ho
Gnome is owned jointly by Samuel Ross
and Admiral Cary r. Grayson, who was
present to receive the congratulations
of his friends. Last season Gnome raced
in the colors of John Sanford and per
formed so indiferently that he was con
sidered much of a joke. He first at
tracted attention as a real thoroughbred
of championship ability in running a
good third to Naturalist and Boniface in
handicap here on August A last. He
was right with the pace all the way for
the mile and was only a length behind a
nose finish at the end.
Naturalist Weakens
Gnome ran an excellent race in the
Champlain to-day and he was admir-
ably ridden by frankie Keoeh. j. f
Widener's Naturalist made use of his
early foot and showed>the way around
the first turn and up the backstretch
But the distance was a little too great
for the old gclding and he came back
with the field at about the far turn.
4 Willis Sharpe Kilmer's Exterminator
lthe favorite, was rather weakly handled
by Andy Shuttinger. On the back
stretch Exterminator was full of run
ming and close to the pace, but Schut-
finger kept lap full of his mount
and deliberately allowed himself to be
pocketed He had to ease back and run
around horses to get into a command
ing position. Then in the stretch
Schuttinger came along the rail where
the going was particularly sticky anc
of nature to tire horse.
Mad datter was another horse that
suffered a somewhat stormy journey
He was carried. wide all the way
but finished resolutely. Meanwhile
Keogh. who laid off the early pace with