New-York tribune., 1922-08-29
Zev Winner.
OF Handicap at
Six Furlongss
Rancocas Stables Colt
Proves a Sleek Mudder,
Beats Vigil by a Lengths
BY w. j. Macbeth

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SARATOGA, N. Y, Aug. 2s.-~- -Thi:
will 30 down in the annals of Saratoga
turf as scratch day." The heavy rair
of last night raised havoc with tht
plans of the Saratoga Racing AssociaS
tion and evidently has spoiled the clos
ing days here. There were forty-foul
withdrawals from total entry list o1
seventy-iive for the six races this
afternoon; tina. is, Of seventy-fve
named for the various events only
thirty-one went to the post.
And that is only the beginning Of
the tough luck, The association this
afternoon announced publicly by towr
crier that the Shree-year- cham.
pionship special that would have
brought together Bunting, Kai-Sana
and Pillory has been called off. The
track tomorrow is bound to be away
off, and it is doubtful if it will be good
even Thursday, which is getaway day
when the Hopeful and Saratoga CUP
are to be run. With two such fea.
lures, there was little room on the
card for the championship. proposed
If such race is to be held it is now
up 10 tuS w VeSGCHGSltH PdClIS hSSGCtd-
tion to make the move. Indeed, Bel
mont Park is the only plant capable
of accommodating a crowd worthy of
the occasion. The $4,000 for Saratoga
charities could be as easily turned
over from New York, Saratoga would
be as happy and racing fans would not
be cheated out of real treat.
Naturally, after the wholesale deple-
tions of the blue pencil to-day's fields
were meager The racing was uncer-
tain, frightfully so. 1t was track
that none could fathom, a track that
was not the same through any two
adjoining siXteenths. But there was
plenty of excitement. Also fair vim
dication of form. The Rancocas Sta
ble's brown colt zev proved himself
just about the. sleekest young mudder
the racing world has known since good
old determination won his Kentucky
Derby. He did not spring away to
his accustomed lead Immediately at
the start of the Albany Handicap, at
six furlongs, which was the feature Of
the card, but once he got his mud dogs
buzzing for Earl Sande he drew away
till he had the field behind him cooked
long before he Strengthened for the
run home. Sande coasted the rest of
the way, to win by four lengths. Wal
ter Salmon's Vigil, which finished sec
ond. also ran remarkable race.
The tough luck which pursued E. R
Bradley throughout this meeting and
limited him to one winner was on the
job again in the concluding race of the
day. His Idle Hour Stud Farms Bright
Tomorrow was disqualified after beat
ing w. M. Jeffords's Miss Smith Jockey
G. Ponce, who had the leg up on the
disqualified colt, was suspended for the
balance of the meeting and his case
referred to the Jockey Club.
In the opinion of the smartest horse
men who watched the race closely the
stewards showed inexcusable bias in
this ruling. 1t is true that Bright
Tomorrow during the run around the
turn pinched back John E. Madden's
Heremon, the heavily played favorite
But after Bright Tomorrow had come
on and around to race down Miss Smith
hockey l.. Morris on the latter bore out
sharply and almost knocked the Brad
ley colt to his knees. This fragrant
foul was apparent to the veriest tyro
in the grandstand, but as the ruling
went the race was given to Miss Smith,
j. IS. Cosden's Doughoregan getting the
place and Heremon third money.
Mrs. r. |. Miller's Wellfnder, a cast
off of the Whitnays and rank outsider
of the field of five in the fifth race at
mile, found the peculiar going par
ticularly adapted to his best effort and
showed the way from start to finish
Recount closed with rush. but too
late, while Billy Barton, which finished
third. sulked again in the stretch drive.
One of the biggest surprises Of the
afternoon was the miserable perform
ance of Polly Ann, favorite of the
third race, at mile. This one barely
finished in the money in field of
four after trailing nearly all the way.
There was heavy play on the Green
tree Stables Pirate Gold, which for a
time threatened to spread the field.
Buffer, however, finally ran down the
pacemaker and won going away.
The second race at five and half
-furlongs was only breeze for Fred
erick Johnson's Certain, the odds-on
favorite. Thomas Monahan's Notime
slipped through on the rail at the head
of the stretch and beat out Wild
Heather, the odds-on favorite of the
opening dash of six furlongs. 1t was
here that Merimee scored the first of
a brace of very clever victories. The
boy also piloted Wellfinder to his SEN
sational win After this race F. M
Taylor claimed Wild Heather for
National Ar,,afeggw Golf