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CHRIST Y3 PRAIRIE STATE STAKES STAKESJ STAKES J W Schorrs Scorers Charley Christy under Tommy Barns won the Prairie State Stakes yesterday at Harlem in a gallop from Serena and Mon creith credit Serena had beaten Charley Christy time and time again and it looked ah though she should do so again The ring always held her favorite around even money and the public agreed with its natural enemies Christy opened at 2 to 1 advanced to 3 to 1 and then Brewer Schorr Scorer sent in 500 to be bet on him himHeretofore hitherto Heretofore Christy has generally eone Leone out in front and made the pace but Burns was given instructions to stay with Serena This he did to perfection and rouuding rounding the home turn the pair were on even terms Below the eighth Dole Serena cracked and Christy coming on truly won as he pleased by two open lengths Serena beat Moncreith Noncredit who was overweighted overweighed three quarters of a length for the place placeOut placebo Out of the first and fifth races came tingling finishes The first was at a mile Briggs was the choice at 2 to 1 Hessville Sessile however got the bulk of the general play After Loyalotta Loyalty and ff Helen H Gardner had raced themselves to exhaustion along came Arrezzo Carrizo and Hessville Sessile and after a drive of fierce contention for a fur long Hessville Sessile got up just in time to win by an inch or two twoThe toothed The fifth was a threequarter treasurer dash for two yearolds earls Presbyterian and Official drew the bulk of the public support Whatever chance Official ever had was ruined right at the start Just aa the barrier arose he was sharply cut off and obliged to pall up Presbyterian away in front led to the stretch turn where Depending caught hiii The pair had a dingdong finish and Depending won by the mere advantage of striding the luckiest past the post postQueen postmen Queen Safie Safe and Traverser Traverse won their races off by themselves Traversers Traverses performance was a grand one He carried 102 pounds and equalled equaled Timemakers Impeaches track record with 103 up in 1 19i He is a grand colt coltLew collie Lew Blew Hopper landed the last race in a partic paretic ¬ ularly vulgarly honest sort of way from Harry McCouch McCoy
