The New York herald., 1922-08-20
RANCOCAS ENTRY
FIRST AND THIRD
Bud Lerner Finishes Two
Lengths Behind j. s. Co.'S
den's Dunlin.
TRACK A SEA OF MUD
Historic Travers Stake Prac-
tically a Walkover for Harry
f. Sinclair's Horses.
BY HENRY ". KING.

BY HENRY ". KING.
Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y. Aug. 10
A heavy downpour Of rain last night
spoiled what promised to be the best
days racing Of the season here this
afternoon. 1t left the track in wretched
condition and caused the withdrawal
Of all except the sturdiest kind Of mud
runners.
The historic Travers Stakes, the
oldest turf classic In America, gave
promise of furnishing the best con-
test Of the year for three-year -olds.
but it developed into practically a
walkover for Harry F. Sinclair's
horses.
The mighty Whiskaway. which C. w.
Clark recently bought from Harry
Payne Whitney. and Bunting. the three
year-old son of Pennant and Friilery.
for which Mr.. Whitney refused sl5. 900
from Clifford A. Cochran this morning,
were carded to start. but rather than
race them on such q dangerous track
both were withdrawn Mcntford Jones
also scratched Rockminster. That left
only Sinclair's Kai-Sang to run for the
sl2.5O0, but Mrs A. r. Lawson added
Sweep By and Mr.. Sinclair added his
Little Chief. Sweep BY didn't class with
the Sinclair pair and they finished first
and second galloping. Kai-Sang was
the best in the race. but he was eased
up TO allow his stable mate to win
Little Chief led all the way, and at the
judges was a length in front of Kali
Sang. sweep BY was three lengths
further back.
Seasons Record Crowd.
To see the Travers decided the largest
crowd of the season was on hand It
was bright sunny day and not too
warm for comfort. Society was out in
force. Social lights from Newport Mar
ragansett, Southampton and other So
ciety summer resorts were here In
droves. The clubhouse was crammed
and every box filled to overflowing. The
huge stand was crowded and so were the
lawns. The Travers usually decides the
three-year-old champion. 1t is at one
mile and quarter, and was inaugu-
rated In 1864. Since then truly great
colts have won It, Some Of the immor-
tails which earned the prize and fame
that goes with 1t were Man o. War Sun
Briar, Omar Khayyam. Roamer, Broom
stick. Hermis. Henry OF Navarro. Sir
Dixon. Hindoo and Harry Bassett.
Because of the Withdrawals Of Bunt-
ing and Whiskaway the Grand Union
Hotel stakes for Juveniles aroused most
interest. This didn't furnish real test
either There were numerous withdraw
ais and four added starters. Zev, Ban
ter, Dunlin and Autumn Bellies.
Zev was returned the winner He car
ried Mr. Sinclair's silks to an easy vic
tory. He stepped to the front soon
after the webbing Went up and quickly
opened up big gap on his opponents.
Then he galloped the remainder of the
way to win by three lengths. j., S.
Cosden's Dunlin was second and Bud
Lerner. another Sinclair colt, was third.
Zev carried lis pounds and gave
Dunlin a ten pounud beating. But Zev
is not a really good colt. He is a supe.
rior mudder. though. probably the best
in the country. He can run almost as
fast on heavy track as on fast cne.
Martingale showed that he is not an
exceptionally good weight carrier. es-
pecially over a heavy track.
Richard T. Wilson's Wilderness failed
to show any fondness for the mud. He
was outrun in the early stages and was
last entering the home stretch. There he
came with a rush and finished fifth on
the heels Of Martingale.
Goshawk In Cochrnn's silks.
Goshawk, which won the Saratoga
Special. ran in Clifford A. Cocnrans
colors, but failed to play a prominent
part in the race at any stage OF the
/ journey. Just before the race Mr..
Cochran bought him from Mr.. Whitney
for $4,000.
The Beverwyck Steeplechase ended In
stirring finish with j. s. Cosden's
Bullseye getting the verdict by half n
length over Joseph K. Widener's Joyful.
1 This pair ran as a team for the final
three-quarters OF a mile, and IL was
not until the last few strides that
Bullseye's head showed in front, Hou-
dini, another Widener horse. was third.
five lengths back. The Quincy Stables
Crenadier fell going over next to the
last obstacle and sent Jockey Howard
| through the air. Neither horse nor
jockey was seriously injured Mrs r.
Ambrose Clark's The Trout ran as IL
he bled. He was up with his field for
one turn of the field and then died
away until at the end he was a furlong
behind the winner.
| Deogheda. belonging to Thomas For
tune Ryan and trained by John LOTUS,
sprang big surprise In the opening
event. He was at 20 to 1 and beat a
| big field OF mudders in a gallop by half
Il dozen lengths. Buddy Ensor rode him
and A,ored his first success since his
reinstatement. Joseph Il. widener's
Anonymous took the second end OF the
purse and Montford Jones's The Clown
was third.
The West continued IFS victorious
way in the nth when II. Fl. Hewitt's
Avisack led home a big cheap field OF
\ Juveniles
Mr. Cosden. who Is recupcrating from
an operation for appendicitis at the
local hospital. made IL a double In the
iinal when his thre-year-old colt Good
Times beat n small feld In condition
race at seven furIonEs. flo led from
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