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HARLEM OUTSIDERS WIN WINThe Writhe The Harlom Harlem racing flourishes and fattens like a fig tree The sport grows in quality and health each day Evidently the foreign book was a barnacle npon non the sport There were nearly 4000 folks at the track Thursday afternoon The atmosphere was fall of ozone and the foot ¬ ing King fast and buoyant The talent had its ups and down averaging 50 percent Dagmar Dammar shook its confidence Imp gave it a jolt and Billy Ma ¬ son put it to sleep But for Lew Blew Hopper who revived the socalled scaled wisdom of the turf there would have been nothing but ignorance in Saturdays field The surprises of the racing session were the victory of Imp and Billy Mason over Greyhurst Greyhounds and Dr Sharp SharpThere Shattered There was a thoughtful coterie of good folk which had not forgotten the speed Billy Mason showed in a race in early days with Peter Me Cue at Forsyth Forsythia and the betting ring got a tin tinafaulating triangulating play on the colt Under it the price was cut from 30 to 15 to 1 1Dr Dr Sharp was a 1 to 3 shot for the race but he seemed to have mislaid all the speed he once possessed Billy Mason went to the front early and stepping the first quarter in 231 seconds he was eo far in front that nothing could ever get near him after that thatThere tattered There was only one tingling finish during the afternoon and that came out of the last race Low Hoppot Hippo with Caywood Cawed up was a fading favorite probably by reflection about Dr Sharp Ursula Barney Schreibers Schreiber filly the second choice drew the public play Caywood Cawed rode an extra good race on Lew Blew Hopper and the son of Punster coming from behind in the stretch got to Travis about tho thou sixteenth pole and the de ¬ cision scission was on tho thou mere action of the nod and stride Hopper got it Ursula away last was much used the first part of it and after showing a lot of speed collapsed She is none too game gameB game B J Johnstons Johnston Serena looked like a certainty even in the big field of the first race Natur Nature ¬ ally she was made a 6 to 5 favorite Master Woods handled her nicely and she won off by herself herselfThe herself The five and onehalf Neal furlong twoyearold toehold race had Sackot Scot for its favorite He could never get within a length of the game Dagmar Dammar who won though driven to his limit limitA limit A cheap lot contested for the mile condition race and Brother Fred backed heavily at even money won all the way wayThe swathe The class of tho thou card was grouped in the fourth race a seven furlong condition dash Barney Hchreibers Schreiber Greyhurst Greyhounds was tho thou natural favorite with Nimrod Imo a hot second choice Both did their best but neither could over get near Imp The latter got away flying and sotting slotting a redhot redo pace won with something to spare
