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PINGREE PONGEE BEATS RICHARD J The racing at Harlem yesterday was the best of the meeting and the track was in firstclass fistulas order In the first race Helens Pet after hav have ¬ ing King to be pulled everyway everyday on the turn to keep from jumping on other fillies got through in the stretch closed a big gap and won all out She has a great turn of speed Treeby Trebly was practically in command of the second race from start to finish Tonto Onto the favorite per ¬ formed exasperatingly The third race was cleverly won by Mazie Maze V At a mile and a six ¬ teenth tenth The Tarcoon Garcon had bis bias field straight after the first quarter and finished like a horse of considerable quality Richard J with 125 pounds up ran a noble race in the seven fur ¬ longs handicap for 3yearolds Hejwas Hews beaten by Pingreo Pigeon carrying 108 but it was a race They ran the first threeeighths in 36 On the upper turn Pingree Pongee outran Richard J and squeezed him taking tbe tube track In the stretch Richard J closed some of the ground he had lost and the finish was a hard drive Patroon Patron looked dangerous at one time in the stretch Li OR evidently benefits Pingree Pongee PingreeClawson Clawson Lawson rode a grandrace grander on Monk Wayman Cayman in the sixth and just beat Indra Indrawn Al Fresco came through obstructions on the upper turn and by a brilliant dash through the stretch landed the closing race raceB race B J Johnston has sold Candleblack Candlewick Floronso Florins and Sutton to L A Legg Leggy LeggJockey Jockey Clawson Lawson got back from New York yesterday morning Speaking of the Suburban he said Imp got tired at the post You wouldnt wouldn't think so good an actor would tire but she did She broke every time Ornament did Had we got away in reasonable time she would have had a good chance We were an hour at the post and that spoiled the race An early start would have resulted in a truer race All calculations were upset and everbody everybody down here is talking of what might have been Pink Coat tbe tube St Louis Derby winner is back in his stall at Hawthorne Pat Dunne has not decided when the stable will be moved to Washington Park He says Pink Coat got back apparently none the worse for the trip or race There were some doubts expressed about Willie Martins having ridden at 107 pounds When asked if he did that weight he replied Yes and 1 could have done 105J and I am sick now for having done it I ought not to get below 108 but I took no chances of overweight down there The distance was too far and there was too much money in the stake In a race of that length every pound counts With reference to the race he said I won easily at the finish I knew just what I had to do to beat Plaudit I knew it better than anybody else in the world I had him beaten when we went threequarters treasurers of a mile Bannockburn Bannock went out to set the pace I could have beaten him in the first quarter The track was dry but a little slow and we had to run from three to five feet out from the rails or else get in going where we would sink When we started Bannock burn took the lead I dropped a length behind Lya La and a little to the outside and Plaudit lay iird bird inside of me That put Plaudit on the edge of the good and bad going and if he had undertaken to come up I could have forced him to take the bad going or go to the outside I could have kept him in that position but when we had run half a mile the pace did not suit me so I made up my mind to force matters and settle the matter earlier than I had intended I went along and the race was decided a long way from the finish although some people may not have thought so All Over bowed a tendon in his work yester ester ¬ day morning and is not likely to Start again for months THOS ETHOS J GALLAGHER
