New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-08
Experts Expect
Colt to Beat
W estern Fillv
Norwich and Miss Joy Will
Meet for First Time in
Saratoga Stakes Saturday
From Special Correspondent

SARATOGA, N Y, Aug. 7.-Gossip
over the last weeks racing has CEN
tered solely on the question of sr-
pfemacy in the two-year- division.
The sport as has always been the rule
at saratoga, has been of the usual HIGH
class calibcr, but the GROWING of fine
champion in the two-year- class has
taken the glamour off all the other i'm
portant events to be decided this week.
The coronation of the champion Of
the younger class will take place next
saturday, when Benjamin Block
mighty and unbeaten colt Norwich
clashes with Montfort Jones's wonder
full filly Miss Joy in the rich SARATOGA
Special over the six-furlong route.
Critical turf experts, on the strength
OF his great victory over Kai-Sang in
the United States Hotel Stakes. have
already picked Norwich as the cham
prom two-year-old of the year. Tbev
PACK their selection on the fact that
Mofvlch proved beyond a doubt THAI he
possesses speed and endurance. which
ne was forced to show to defeat the
"a"cocas star and DO it with weight up.
A Question of Staying
The question of Saturday will center
over the fact as TO whether Miss Jov
can carry her remarkable speed over a
route In her last race She covered
hve and half furlongs and won with
out any urging on the part Of her rider
ne stake fixtures for this week
promise some real high class racine
The feature for to-morrow viii he ~
delaware Handicap, for three-vear
Odds and upward, with $500 added
TINS is dash of one mile, and should
De brilliant race, as it has among its
ellglbles the fleetest horses in train
ing a4''
Included in the number are Mad Hat
ter and Yellow Hand, which finished
noses apart in the Saratoga Handican
in the day; Black Servant, the rival Ia
date of Grey Lag for the three-year
ola crown; Tryster and Prudery. the
whitney pair, which have been in tenn
pofary relapse, but which are expected
70 return to the fray like giants re-
Iresned by their let-up; Gnome and
The Porter, two of the best milers this
country has known for many seasons:
bllly Kelly, Boniface and Milkmaid. a
mighty trio OF the string of Com
mander Ross; Lanius, whose race early
IN the meeting indicated his fitness.
and that gay old deceiver, Naturalist
On Wednesday the cracks in the
two-year-old division will be asked to
run full six furlongs once more. and
there viii be fresh opportunity to
determine the race-horse qualities Of
the colts and FLIES which will 20 to
the post: The race is the Sanford
Selling Stakes. of a value of $4,000
and among the 178 nominations are
Miss JOY, Fair Phantom, Gilman. Lit
tie Chief, Ka-Sang, Exterminate,
Dream Of Allah, Column, June Grass
My Play, Medina, Olympus, Broomster
and Pillory. 1t will give the visitors
their first glimpse Of the brother of
Man O. War.
$4,000 Race Thursday
The Alabama Stakes for $4,000 for
thre -year-old FLIES will be decided on
Thursday. This is a test which ranks
among the most important of its kind
on the American turf because of it's
value as guide to breeding. 1t
closes with 12S entries, and is at
mile and a quarter. The winner
should achieve honors in the stud.
Nancy Lee, Prudcry and Bit of White.
three of the best FLIES in the United
States. are entered, but Flam bette, win
ner of the Coaching Club, American
Oaks and Latonia Oaks was unfor-
not nominated.
Bit of White is the English fllv
which gave the French mare Flam-
bette such hard race at Latonia, and
those who have seen her in action are
high in their estimate of her quality.