The New York herald., 1922-08-07
RACING CHAMPIONS
YET TO Be FOUND
Mr.. Belmont Has Fine String
Of Two Year-Olds, With
Messenger . Star.
NJ HENRY v. KING.

ny HENRY ". KING.
S,sotas Dispatch to THE NEW Yosx HEaALD
SARATo0A, N. T.. Aug. 6.--It is rain
Ing hard here tonight and the track Is
slmost syre to be heavy II It n not slop-
py tomorrow. The weather reports re-
ceived hero 500 nothing but showers in
sight for several days In that Case the
real contests which win 60 long way
ward deciding tho championships in the
Various divisions win not como until
later IN the meeting.
With the session nve days old and
several important stakes decided nothing
bordering on q champion has arisen un-
less It is Grey Lag. who was only
niche below the King OF the Turf on his
arrival here. His victory In the Sara
toga handicap on the opening day was
exceptionally good. while that OF MS
sreatest rival. old Extsrmtnator. was
poor. The old 4sllOw 10 coming around
slowly and before the end Of the month
he is likely to Be In good enough condition
to give Grey Lag hard baltic Tor the
crown.
The winners Of the Juvenile stakes al
ready decided are good horses. hut there
10 nothing Of the sensation 4oout them,
and each led home several youngsters
which will probably turn tho tables on
them the next time they meet.
Martineale Is the best winner OF tho
week among the two-year-olds. He was
the best before he came here. BUT
there are any number Of youngsters
here who are likely to beat him at
even weights on . dry track Defore
the season closes. On heavy track
It would not be surprising to see him
hold his own with the best In the coun-
try. He r. exceptionaiIy fond of mud
and It win take q real good colt and
a superior nudder TO beat him.
Dust Flower, winner of the Flash.
has plenty OF speed and can carry her
speed on a muddy track. but she Is
q Peter Ounce and does not look or
act as II she can 80 distance.
Belmont Colts PromisinE.
While dozen owners believe they
have the best youngsters in the coun-
try the opinion among the horsemen is
that August Belmont holds tho whip
hand and that when the season ends
one OF his lot will be universally pro-
claimed the best Juvenile Of the year.
In Messenger. a beautiful son Of Fair
Play and Mission he has colt that all
horsemen agrco will improve with rae
ing and give any mans horse hard
has done everything Louis Feustel has
asked him 20 do In the training line
ana in his one race hero he showed
that he had the makings Of great
colt. He ran green in that race, but
without urging OF any kind he ran
enough In spots to finish third behind
Dust Flower and Cartoonist In front
Of dozen high class youngsters. He
has worked exceptionally well since
that race and promises to show big Inn
provement In his next race, which will
be tho Sanford Memorial on Wednes-
day.
Both Mr.. Belmont and Trainer Feus-
tel are confident no will win that stake
and SO are q host OF horsemen who
have watched his trials here. . .
In Osprey Mr.. Belmont has another
colt that Is not far below Messenger.
This fellow. who is also Fair Play.
can fly In tho mornings, and II breeding
and conformation count for anything
he 10 not morning glory. He started
twice, but on each occasion met with
bad luck. In his race on Saturday he
never had q chance to run.
He was last to leave the barrier. and
when he did get going was in pocket
until the race was practically over
Barring accident he Is a sure winner
before long and q keen contender In
the rich stakes. Felside and Mira
belle, the latter . full sister Of Man O
War. are two fillies which have as much
speed az any young misses In the coun-
try. They can ny. and whom they are
induced to the racing game Will quickly
graduate from tho maiden ranks.
Richard r. Wilson has a real colt
In wilderness. This son Of Campfire
has started twice. In his first effort
he didn't know what the racing gamo
was about and ran green all the way
and finished In the ruck. In his second
start he had no chance because OF q
poor ride by Charlie Miller. Joseph p.
Widener has what looks like real colt
In Hell Gate. He can run fast and
finish as strong as any younsster In
training. But he proved on Saturday
that he didn't like the mud and race
roers must walt until we have fast
track to Judge his caliber.
whitney speed Marveis.
Harry Payne whitney has dozen
youngsters In his barn that are young
speed marvels, and any ono OF them 70
liable to be turned loose any day ana
cause a sensation. e. r. Bradley be-
lisves he has several youngsters OF
championship caliber and will try them
out before the end Of the session here.
The Quincy Stable has several colts
ssid to be much faster and better than
Caveat Emptor. and J. 8. Cosden be-
lisves Dunlin. which he bought from
John y. Madden for $4,000, will beat all
the two-year-olds. His Martingale falls
to boat
In bud Lerner Sam Hildreth thinks
he has q colt that will como near win
ming utular honors this season. and one
which will develop into another Grey
Lag. Bud Fisher has two or three he
In extremely proud Of. and Mrs. Payne
Whitney has great hopes for several in
her barn.
One thing is certain. There are plenty
Of good two-year-olds this season. and
II would not be surprising X another
Man o. War were uncovered.
The three-year -oids are good. but no
one knows for q certainty which is best.
whiskaway, Norwich. snob I'd. Piiiory.
Bunting and Kai-6ang have got to meet
again TO definitely decided tho cham
pionship.