The New York herald., 1922-08-05
CYCLOPS BEST IN
THE SALES STAKES
Robert L. Gerry's Two-Year-
Old Wins Like n Real to 2
Chance.
TWO RACES FOR COSDEN
His Hallavill Takes the Stee-
plechase i'm a Gallop and Henna
Is an Easy Winner.
BY HENRY v. KING.

SARATOGA, N Y. Aug. At rained
heavily all afternoon here and as re-
suit the track was heavy, and only
mud runners earned the purses. But
despite the heavy going followers OF
favoritcs had gala day as five first
choices-Hallavill George, Cyclops,
Henna and Fair Phantom-came home
in front.
The feature was the Saratoga Sales
Stakes for -year-olds which We're
sold here at public auction last year.
1t was a five and half furlongs. And
the Sales Company presented the win
ner with $500 cup. Four youngsters
-Cyclops. Cape Clear, Canaque and
Dustabout--were originally named for
the event. but when rain came Cape
Clear and Canaque were Withdrawn,
but Bud Fisher added Dream Star.
Cyclops which belongs to Robert l..
Gerry. was considered much the best
and was an odds on favorite at to .
and he won like a ! to 2 shot. He fol-
lowed Dream Star to the head Of the
hcmestretch, where he went TO the front
and won easily by three lengths. Dream
star Quit badly in the final furlong and
Dustabout came along and took the
second end of the purse by a length.
j. RI. Cosden scored double victory.
In the steeplechasc his Hallavill beat
home cheap field In sallop and in
the fifth his Henna ran away from
high class field of Juveniles. Hallavill
won by nearly furong. He ran along
stride for stride with Tell Me far ahead
of his other opponents until the obstacle
just before entering the homestretch was
reached. There Tell Me went down and
all Jockey Williams had to do to make
Hallavill the winner was TO sit still and
allow his mount TO take another obstacle
cleanly. This he did and without diff
fculty. Mrs. Payne Whitney's Mohican
finished second and gray gelding
named Bryan OLynn. belonging to w.
Heating was third.
Easy Finish for Henna.
In the fifth Henna ran head and head
with August Belmont's Felside. length
and half behind Sun Thistle, the pace
maker until just before turning into
the stretch There sun Thistle, which
had unseated his rider and run away a
quarter of a mile before the race. fall
tered and Felside slipped in tho heavy
going and nearly went down. This en-
abled Henna to move into second place
and close behind sun Thistle in a few
strides. At the furlong pole Henna YVES
stepped to the front and opened up a
big gap and won easily by two lengths.
In the final furong John Il. Madden's
Ethnea came with rush and took the
second end OF the purse. Felside flu
ished third
The West scored its fourth victory of
the meeting in the last race wnca
Montford Jones's three-year-old Lighs
Brigade fiiy Fair Phantom galoped
home ahead of Bees Wax, Roulette and
Prelade. Fair Phantom had world Of
speed and showed exceptional ability TO
negotiate the mu6 She stepped 10 the
front as soon as the barrier went up
and won easily by three lengths. Rob-
ert I. Gerry's Bees Wax followed her
all the way and was an easy second.
The closest finish Of the day came in
the third race when Mrs. Wilfred
Viau's George earned the major por-
tion of the purse by the shortest kind
OF head. from Thlmble and several
other mediocre horses That George
won was due to a sensational finish by
Thimble and fairly lifted his mount
home In front j. S. Cosden's Blazes
set the pace until we'll IN the home
stretch where he tired as IL short.
Western Favorites Beaten.
Two Western horses. Best Pal and
Lady Madcap. started In this race, but
showed nothing. Before the rain came
Lady Madcap was considered the sure
winner. She had worked wonders since
her arrival here and IL was almost con-
ceded that she would win. In the heavy
going she seemed at n great disadvan-
tage and was never a serious contender.
The first race brought together
nearly a score Of cheap Juveniles. There
were several tips n the race. but Sequel
belonging TO A. j. Davis. who had few
followers won handiy. Sequel is gray
filly by Book and Glandavedogue. She
followed Sun Doll until a sixteenth OF a
mile from home when she stepped TO
the front where she remained to the
end. Tassel finished resolutely and
beat sun Doll for second honors.
Harry r. Sinclair's Mad Halter was
shipped from here to Canada tonight
for the Dominion Handicap which will