Splendid Racing At Harlem., Daily Racing Form, 1897-09-05

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SPLENDID RACING AT HARLEM Harlem gave the public a racing card of ex ¬ cellence Hellene and seven events Saturday Nature contributed to a just cause a perfect day la consequence there was a crowd of 8000 or 7COO folks out The mile and a quarter handicap was declared off It was unbalanced But with this star piece gone the menu was keen and its yield full of relish relishThe relish The afternoons feature was a six and one half furlong condition race for all ages Oat of it came one of those contests that arouse onthus Pontus iastn Aston Flora Louise was the natural favorite over Timemaker Tidemark Young Master Woods rodo rodeo the filly Of coarse the pablic public bet on her She won a tintinabnlating tintinnabulation race and was accorded loud praise for so doing Canny little Woods got the filly away well and going on aboat boat hie hide business was four open lengths to the good on the stretch bend But in the straight Sacket Socket challenged her like a really good colt At the sixteenth pole the pair were locked in keen con ¬ tention tenting Two contentious kids Burns and Woods did their best Neither went to the folly of the whip The finish was a beauty and in Master Woods favor The crowd rose to the occasion occasionThe occasion The Ryan party scored with Bell Panch Paunch and incidontly incidentally punished the ring The colt looked to be the best in the race and was made a 2 to 1 choice in the early betting There was no play at that price and the price was hunched to 7 to 1 Then the money came in After the race the ring was fall of woe Its denizens deserved what they got The price was false falseThere Fletcher There was some good luck about Bell Punchs Punches victory and bad luck about Dependingrs Depending defeat defeatBrewer defeat Brewer Schorr Scorer of Memphis had a day He won with Tin Cup and Fred Broens Barons while his Lieber Libber Karl won a stake at St Louis Mr Schorr Scorer bet well on Broens Barons Hes Hess a good colt Schorr Scorer also bet 500 on Timemaker Tidemark and didnt didn't like the colts race He is to get a rest the colt coltB colt B J Johnston thought that Serena with Woods up could not lose He was correct The filly was at some stages of the betting as good as 5 to 1 1Floreanna Floreanna Foramina in L A Leggs Legs colors won the last race after a desperate closing drive with Helen Wren


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