The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-24
OIL MAN BEST IN
THE ADIRONDACK
Big Son of North Star Leads
From End to End in Sara
toga Feature.
ny HENRY ". KING.

ny HENRY ". KING.
Special Despatch 10 THE New YoRR HERALD.
SARATOGA. ". T.. Aug. 23.-Oil Man
ture Of the programme at the Saratoga
track here this Afternoon. He was the
pest Of the nine youngsters that went in
quest of the stake. He took the lead at
the start and led all the way, t. win
handily by a length George lom's
Modo, which was added at the last min
ute. firisheed second and Sir Hugh was
third.
Oil Man carried 119 pounds and by his
victory showed that he Is a fair sort OF
a colt. He can't beat Norwich nor Kai
Sang nor Bunting nor Whiskaway, but
there are few others of his age that
can take his measure. He Is big, high
standing son OF North Star III. and
Bandello and looks and acts as II he
will improve and it is likely he will de-
velop into a top notch three-year-old.
Modo started in selling race less
than a week ago and to-day he showei
so much Improvement that II Is probable
he will hereafter be seen In stake COM
pany only He followed OIL Man all IN Z
Man covered the six f',rlong course In
the good time OF IL 40.
Harry Payne Whitney's Calamity Jane
ran the fastest five furlongs Of the meet
Ing In the final event. She fairly Flew
over the course and covered the distance
in So As seconds. Frank FarrelPs
Nancy f. had the more early foot and led
the Whitney filly by a length into IT,
homestretch. There Nancy F. showed
signs of weakening and Fator went
the whip on his filly. Calamity Jane
responded gamely and won easily by
three lengths j. L. Madden's Santa
Clara was third. four lengths behind
Nancy F.
The third race did not bring much Joy
TO the lovers Of true sport. ]. s. Cosden's
Natural Bridge won it, but the riding on
two Of his opponents was weird. Babin
rode Pirate MCGEE worse than any stable
boy could have ridden him and IearGin
did not do Leatherface justice.
A Field of Cripples.
The event was at ono mile and five
sixteenths, the longest race of the meet
irg, and five common horses, most OF
them cripples, made up the field. III they
were good horses and ran as they did
to- day. the entire field, except the winner,
would have been ruled of along with
their owners, trainers and Jockeys. Be-
fore the race Natural Bridge was touted
| around as a sure winner. and men who
know the intricate angles OF the cheap
races said he had only PA Days
Rockport to beat.
AS a result or these reports Leather
face. Pirate MCGEE and Snapdragon went
To the post friendless. while almost all
yar.a anpt yn nraYad IN Natural TlrfIp,a nj
"hedged" on Rockport.
When the barrier went up Natural
Bridge went to the front and remained
there throughout. While he was dash
in~n along out n front Rabln and Year
~in were holding Pirate MCGEE and
Leatherface under tight restraint. When
the race was practically over Babin
turned Pirate MCGEE loose. and he sped
into second place At the same time
Yeargin gave Leatherface his head. and
he fairly dayoured the ground and was
gaining rc3idly with every stride. But
hts rush was SO late It landed him in
'hird place only length ahead of Rock
port.
Fator Makes Wrong Move.
Laverne Fator pulled a bone in the
ffth race. and this gave Sagacity a vic
received instructions to allow his mount
20 step along all the way, but when
Fator found out that his mount couldn't
oEtrun Sagacity IN the early stages he
sact. and laid off the pace until the
Then when he began 10 ride
u l is horse wouldn't run. and
s. a.' ! little difficulty beating him
home
In nine,en out OF twenty cases Fa-
tors move wuoId have been the proper
one, but Gallivant Is a horse that wants
to go along. and when he Is retarded in
the early stages he refuses TO do his
best thereafter.
The stecplechase resulted in clever
victory for Mrs. x Smart's Overmatch
Ie set the pace throughout and adj
0irahly ridden by c. Hines, won by a
length from Peccant. Foxhall +.
Keene's M1sterful was third because Sea
Bryn and Woodruff. the other two start
ers, unseated their riders during the
contest.
Reports floated around the course dur
ing the races that frankie Keogh, the
noted jockey. was dead This was not
true. lie is i'll. suffering from a concus-
sion OF the right lung, but the physi-
clans attending him say he viii recover
He was injured when he fell from High
Magic on Saturday