Harlem's Day Of Upsets., Daily Racing Form, 1897-08-12

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HARLEMS HAREMS DAY OP UPSETS UPSETSWednesday Superseded Wednesday was ladies day at Harlem and a crowd of 5010 people was out There was the prettinoss prettiness of feminine uttiro nuttier in bright patches all over tho thou stand The racing program was only a fair one yet some really interesting con ¬ tention tenting came out of the groups of horses it had gathered gatheredA gathered A mile handicap was the star piece of the day and Jim Rollers famous in and outer The Plu Plug ¬ tocrat tomcat won a tinkling race by a scant half length from Prince of India The Princp Principe was a heavy ly backed favorite Better bandied he would have won But handling by boys is full of un ¬ certainty and racing luck a maze mazeTommy maestro Tommy Burns rode The Prince and placed him nicely in the early part of the race Bo took the short route too At the head of the stretch there was daylight between The Prince and The Plutocrat The latter seemed to be in clover Passing the eighth pole Th Plutocrat began to wabble warble and the Prince of India buckled up to him Then Master Burns wabbled warbled He wont to a weapon that ho cannot use with effect the whip and forsook those which he can use well a pair of fine and sympathetic hands Of course Tho Theo Plutocrat won wonIn wonting In the third race old Evanatus Vanuatu deceived as ho has often deceived before The race at eight and onehalf Neal furlongs seemed to he at his mercy The public perspired out of its effort to back tho thou old rogue at even money He ran kindly to the head of the stretch There he sig sigh ¬ nalled nailed his wish to halt and cogitate with his ears Before Isom Ism could get Kvanatus Vanuatu into a kindly mood Metairie Meteorite had a commanding lead and won by a narrow margin Metairiu Metatarsi wag at some stapes of the betting as good as 20 to 1 1His His inconsistent running is the talk of the track One old time horseman in a joking way asked Jim Sellers if he did not have two Pluto ¬ crats crafts in his stable stableThe stable The public got another jolt in the four and onehalf Neal furlong 2yearold race Our Gertie Erie was at odds on with Elsie Bramble strongly supported at a short price for the place The pair of fillies ran twothree towhee Tho Theo ring kept what money it handled The wellnamed swellheaded Fair Deceiver at 20 to 1 won tho thou race by a noso nose She has offended in this fashion before beforeBotanic before Botanic with Caywood Cawed up and at 8 to 1 won the first race after a spirited argument through the stretch with La Princesss PrincesssThe The socond second event went to Sam Bryants Bryant Al mante mantel who was excellently handled by New com comThat contact That fast and honest filly Irene Woods won the last race cleverly from Lady Callahan The Douce Duce and a speedy lot in tho thou fast time of 1 13l


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