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FAVORITES WIN AT HARLEM A drizzling rain and a heavy and sticky track made yesterday afternoon disagreeable at Har Hara ¬ lem ylem It was ladies day and a good crowd was out There were few scratches but on account of the withdrawal of La Salle Sale and Dave Waldo Weald the fourtli fourthly race on the card was declared off offAs offs As a starter with Santello Antelope out the favorites ran as they were classed classedIt classed It was not much of a contest Martha Fox led all the way She bore to the outside all the way down the Lome Lone stretch In front of the grand stand when she was clear of Pirate Judge Clawson Lawson finding it impossible to hold her straight drew his whip hit across the right side of her head a couple of times and there ¬ after held the whip out where she could see it with her right eye The whip was also held in front of Pirate Judge Burns who rode the latter went into the stand and claimed a foul Col Cool Clark laughed at him Clawson Lawson used his whip simply to guide the filly and prevent any chance of a foul There was daylight between the pair when the whip was used The claim of foul was ridiculous ridiculousMorte ridiculous Morte Mote Fonse Fosse and Banquo Banquet II were the choices for the second race Banquo Banquet was the post fa ¬ vorite vortex strongly played Cant Dance under Galen Browns colors had some support Harry Shannon got his neck in front on the back stretch and kept it there around the turn Straightening for home he took a clear lead and finally won by a neck lapped by Morte Mote Fonse Fosse and Banquo Banquet II VanKurens Anurans riding of Banquo Banquet was the subject of general and unfavorable criticism Until the horse got into the stretch there was 110 time he did not appear able to go to the front After a wide turn for homo he could not quite get up Patrol Judge Keough Keogh said the horse was under a choking pull around the upper turn and might easily have been rat ¬ ing King along a couple of lengths in the lead The boy may have believed he could win in the stretch The horses backers will always con ¬ demn demon the ride and believe the horse ought to Lave won easily Swordsman was close up from start to finish At the start Cant Dance was taken back Ho trailed apparently in an open gallop to the stretch When called on he could not respond respondOnly resoundingly Only two of the fillies in the third race were contenders Espionage was reported to be coughing yet she was a well backed favorite with T C McDowells McDowell good filly Spirituelle Spiritual a stout second choice Guess Me away in front disputed the lead with Espionage around the turn In the stretch she weakened and Spirit ¬ uelle Mueller overhauling Espionage won in a gallop That fleet cripple OConnell O'Connell was in against six others in the fifth race He was a 1 to 4 chance Clawson Lawson took no chances with OCon Econ ¬ nell and kept him going to the end endAl Kendal Al Fresco the odds on favorite captured the closing race with ease easeAfter assenter After the third race Nick Halls good 2year old filly Sevens was brought out on the track and exercised She broke turning into the back stretch and worked to the head of the home stretch The half was done at a twomin twain ¬ uet duet clip which was pronounced very good work Jonsidering Considering the condition of the track trackJockey track Jockey Eddie Jones arrived yesterday and was at Harlem during the afternoon He is to ride here hereT here T C McDowell has sent his filly Rush to Latonia Antonia to run in the Clipsetta Clipsheet Stakes tomor Timor ¬ row Joe Hill will go there to ride her herEarly horary Early in the afternoon a tip on Come Quick Quickfor Quick for the last race was in circulation He did not notperform outperform perform At 255 he was excused by Judge JudgeClark Jugular Clark ClarkThe Clark The oale ale announced to take place in the Har Hara ¬ lem ylem paddock yesterday morning was postponed until tomorrow tomorrowDave tomorrow Dave Waldo Weald was scratched on account of a sore mouth He is also troubled with a slight cough Many horses at Harlem are suffering from sore mouths Two hundred or more are coughing They are suffering from a peculiar though apparently not serious throat trouble No lung affection has been reported reportedTHOS reported THOS ETHOS J GALLAGHER
