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IMPS MEMORIAL HANDICAP There was a holiday crowd at Harlem It filled the grand stand patronized the ring often in a small way shouted itself hoarse over Imps victory in the Memorial Handicap and devoured everything all the edibles displayed It was as usual a goodnatured and orderly gathering The track was rough and dry on the surface but soft and tiring in substance Throughout the afternoon it dried steadily The first and last races were at threequarters treasurers The opening event was run in 1 20i and the closing in 1 17i The feature of the card was the Memorial Handicap at 8 furlongs fifth on the card After the third race the track was worked with light harrows and drags Only Imp Dr Shep Sheep pard pared and Goodrich started The public played the mare at odds on Fred Foster backed his horse and a few supported the proposition that Goodrich ought to win with only lOO lobo pounds on his back The Foster party insisted that Imp could not handle 118 pounds and beat Dr Shep Sheep pard pared with 109 pounds up upl pl l Hut she carried her impost with ease and ace and made the big colt appear insignifi insignificant ¬ cant Goodrichs Goodrich performance was shabby When the barrier went up Dr Sheppard on the inside and the mare went away racing Martin was evidently trying to keep the track and force the pace to an extent that would make the weight tell They ran the first sixteenth head and head and then the mare with amazing ease glided by the big fellow fellowAt fellow At the end of a furlong traversed in 12 sec ¬ onds bonds she led an open length and Goodrich was two open lengths back of Sheppard Along the back stretch Cay wood had Imp under a steady ¬ ing King pull and yet she increased her advantage a length before reaching the upper turn Mean ¬ while Goodrich had gained slightly on Shep Sheep ¬ pard pared Half around the turn a cheer arose from Sheppards Sheppard following He had drawn away from Goodrich and was closing on Imp Then fol fool ¬ lowed a few moments of suppressed excitement after which a mighty roar resounded from the grand stand and quarter stretch Caywood Cawed had loosened his rein and the mare wasincreasing wisecracking her lead at every stride Straightening for home Sheppard was in trouble and Goodrich beaten off Coming down the home stretch Caywood Cawed took his mare in hand again and let her gallop to the stand while he turned in his saddle and laughed at Martins unavailing efforts to force Sheppard to greater speed Imp finished apparently fresh as she started while both Sheppard and Goodrich pulled up thor ¬ oughly roughly exhausted exhaustedThe exhausted The first race should have been wonby womb Nellie Baker but Long Shot Smith believing he had the race won eased his mount after getting into the stretch enabling Skeets Skeet Martin to bring up the favorite Arrezzo Carrizo and land him a winner of a driving finish by a nose noseTwelve Twelve started in Ihe He second race When straightened for the final struggle ten were closely bunched and the other two were in striking distance Tenole Ennoble appeared to be the winner when the bunch began to dissolve but jijSi jigs Princess overhauled and beat him on the iiost idiot It was the best contended race ot the meeting meetingMoncreith meeting Moncreith Noncredit backed from 3 to 8 to 5 outfinished untarnished the field in the third race When the final con ¬ test appeared to be between Morte Mote Fonse Fosse and Deerfoot Beetroot Caywood Cawed brought up Moncreith Noncredit and won by nearly a length It was a welltimed bellied finish Morte Mote Fonse Fosse promised to run over Deerfoot Beetroot but the latter was the gamer and gdt dt second place by a nose noseCol nosecone Col Cool Roller was good His Arrezzo Carrizo won the first keenly and Mouzeltoff Ouzel raced Buena Ven Venn ¬ tura turban to pieces and landed the fourth event like a real lady Richard J towroped towrope his lot and took the sixth and the seventh fell to Graziella Grazie The Devil made an astonishing finish finishM finish M C Hubbell superintendent of Woodlands Barney Schreibers Schreiber breeding establishment came up from St Louis Sunday morning with the 2yearolds Miss Marion and Havel Have Miss Marion winner of the Debutante Stakes at St Louis arrived in good condition She will be a starter for the Petite Stakes Wednesday Dick Williams the stables competent trainer will be here today to look after her H Martin through the courtesy of Tom Ryan has been engaged to ride the filly in the race raceNick alchemic Nick Halls 2yearolds Canace Cancel and Sevens and the jumper Gov Go Budd Buddy arrived at Harlem yesterday morning from San Francisco The horses left Oakland last Wednesday evening eveningThe evening The horses of Dan Honig Hong and Frank Phillips came on the same train They are quartered at Hawthorne In Honigs Honing lot were Zamar Zamia II Elsmore Elmo Zacatosa Acanthous Oraibee Lorraine Ed Gartland Garland Salis Sallies ¬ bury II Amol Mol tepee Frank Phillips brought Judge Stouffer and Oscuro Obscure OscuroBookmaker Bookmaker Bob Smith arrived from the Pacific Coast yesterday His horses are turned out in California He stopped a day at Sacra ¬ mento mentor W B Jennings will leave Sacramento Juno 5 with a selected string whichwill chinchilla include that good 3yearold filly Brier Sweet Sombre Sombrero Tripping Maxello Maxwell and Maximo Maxim MaximoJockey Jockey J Morgan has been engaged to ride for Marcus Daly Dally for a term of six months be ¬ ginning June 20 He will start for Montana within a few days daysIt days It is given out from inside circles that betting at Harlem will b6 continued on the plan now in operation until the close of the meeting meetingPat meeting Pat Dunnes Dunes good horse Salvable has a swell ¬ ing King between his right hind pastern and heel He is not lame but has been stopped in his work and under any circumstance is not likely to race again for a month monthTHOS mottos THOS ETHOS J GALLAGHER
