New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-20

day. won the fifth race at ave and a
half furlongs in {; common ronp from
behi9u st the stretch turn H:ilhouse
was second and Prima Donna third.
Spas Largest Crowd
By far the largest crowd Of the
meeting was on hand for the very
fine half-holiday attraction, for the
weather had cleared after the heavy
thunderstorm and torrential rains Of
last night, which left the course sea
OF mud. There was tempering breeze
from the west which proved welcome
relief after the very oppressive heat
of the last few days.
ir was expected that the reversal in
track conditions would ruin the hig
features through scratches, but this
was not the case. Indeed, the rain
improved tae card, If anything For
though three of the eight were wisn-
drawn from the Beverwick Steeple-
CHASE Handicap, enough were added
IN the Grand Union Hotel Stakes and
the Iravers to more than atone for.
the rayages of the blue pencil else
where. In the Grand Union Sally's
Alley Dust Flower and Metric were
scratched, but the Rancocas Stable
ADDED Aey, II. H, Hewitt added Banter
and J. S. Cosden added Dunlin.
The Beverwick SteepIechase Handi-
cap, worth $2,425 to the winner. was
won BY J. 8. Cosden's Bulfseye. with.
the y e. Widener pair, JOYFUL ard
HoudinI, second and third respectively.
was one of the finest finishes ever
seen at Saratoga among the first three.
from the hnal fence Bullseye and Jov-
iui fought IT out nose to nose and
ssrioe LOT stride and the favorite got
ehe accession by a good long neck.
inls race was run absolutely to form.
joyful set the pace for a mile and .
half, Builseye and Houdini laying off
the pace. On the second turn Of the
neid Grenadier, which had followed the
pace most closely, began to tire in Che
heavy going and gradually dropped out
OF It, finally to come q cropper at the
jump Of the lower turn. Here Merrler
made his move with Bullseye. Jones
moved at the same time with Houdini.
The latter could not keep foot with
Bullseye, which finally got up to even
terms with Joyful at the very last
fence. From there to the finish it was
shrllling duel through the fat be-
tween Buliseye and Joyful, but the lat
ter hung slightly in the last fifty wards.
Houdini finished three lengths behind
the other two.
Cochran Buys Goshawk
Goshawk, considered one of the
crack two-year-olds of the season and
favorable champion. raced in the
colors Of Clifford A. Cochran The colt,
which was bred by Harry Payne Whit
ney. was sold this morning for re-
ported price Of $4,000. A few minutes
before the second race was run j. B.
Smith added Autumn Bells in the
Grand Union Hotel Stakes, making four
added starters in all.
Johnny Lotus, trainer of the Oak
ridge Stable, put over q good thing in
the opening dash of five and a half
furlongs, and at the same time Buddy
Ensor scored his first victory since re-
instatement a week ago. Drogheda
was the medium by which Ensor broke
the ice. and the two-year~old colt paid
the fancy price of 90 to /. Ensor was
Off wingirg with the rise of the bar
rier, cut out fast pace in view af
the very heavy going and led all the
way. j. e. Widener's Anonymous was
second, two lengths behind the winner,
while The Clown, another 20 to shot,
finished third. The Rancocas Stables
Satellite, the heavily played favorite,
was away poorly and never figured
seriously.