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RACING AT HARLEM Harlems Harems program was rearranged the third irace race 1 mile and 20 yards being declared off the fourth race moved up and the fifth split in order to make the advertised six races It was said that Eddie Jones had a chill and that trainer McCormick scratched him in conse cone ¬ quence quenched The day was very warm and disagree ¬ able but the usual crowd attended the races racesFor races For the curtainraiser curtain Gauntlet Burns Waterhouses Warehouses colt was made an evenmoney envenom favorite by reason of the fact that at Washing ¬ ton Park his first start he had finished fourth Dope students said If he improves five ipounds impounds over that race he will do Galathee Althea at 2 to 1 stood next in favor the only question being whether or not he could carry 118 pounds Gauntlet won the race but did not finish first Prince McClurg McClure being rightly disqualified for fouling Galathee Althea at the last sixteenth post Wil Wail ¬ lie Howard off in front was raced by Gauntlet he followed by Galathee Althea The others were strung out around the upper turn Foxnette Fondest being last A general closing up in the home stretch and at e last sixteenth the race was a hot one with Gauntlet fighting to beat Galathee Althea this pair leading Now Turner brought Prince McClurg McClure up on the outside and just as full of run Mc Guigans Guiana colt passed Galathee Althea He swung across toward the inside rail forcing Everett to pull up Prince McClurg McClure won by several open lengths the others appearing to be jarred by Galathee Althea and so hanging on their stride Fox nette nettle was so close to Volandies Villainies and Galathee Althea that her trainer thought she had beaten the lat ¬ ter tear terLittle telltale Little Singer getting off on the outside to such a perfect start that Mr Dwyer gracefully lifted his cap in response to the applause from the grand stand was hustled around the bend and at the threeeighths took the lead from Necedah Necked and Hessville Sessile And that was the last of the others chances as Bloss Loss waited along beautifully in front and when Tonto Onto close in made play the best this well backed horse could do was to finish second as Little Singer liad laid plenty left and came away Winslow was a close third Swordsman under punishment most of the journey ran into the bunch in front as the last turn was made J W Gates agent bet Marcus Cartwright Cartridge 100 each way place and show at 25 and 4 on Little Singer SingerThrough Singer Through some carelessness the names of the horses on program and bookmakers slip did not follow in like rotation and thereby great inconvenience was caused causedThe caused The four horses were off abreast in the next race Thorpe at once took Candelaria Candelabra back and up the back stretch he was lying alongide alongside Sun ¬ burst three lengths behind Charley Christy and Elusive paired Sunburst gave it up on the far turn and Candelaria Candelabra came into the straight three lengths behind the leaders Everyone was looking for Charley Christy to stop as the im ¬ pression pressing has been that lie runs best from be ¬ hind but he now showed the qualities of the proverbial cat never came back but ran home like a wild horse many lengths to the good Candelaria Candelabra beat Elusive in a drive One book ¬ maker laid 20 against 100 that the favorite Ifc Ic Ifculd ICU uld auld not get a place placeElsie lacelike Elsie G Boney Bony Boy and Stamina ran farthest at the several breakaways Eva Wilson was in front when the flag fell but Tommy Burns shot the favorite to the fore on the turn and riding him a trifle at the last eighth post Boney Bony Boy came on and won from Elsie G The Dragoon finishing third Eva Wilson died off rapidly the last quarter Stamina was far back a quarter away from the wire but ran fast there ¬ after finishing close up Major Eskridge Bestride made a fair showing Guess Me belied her name as there was no doubt about her winning after the first furlong she never extended leading from there out Miss Marks was second at the entrance of the home stretch The Kentuckian and Sea Lion close up all others already beaten off The Kentuckian got the place easily while it took the judges decision to separate Miss Marks and Sea Lion the latter securing third money moneyMeddler moneyed Meddler got off on the outside with a bulge and rounding the first turn took the lead from Roger B He was second for an instant to Albert S at the half mile ground but opened a bis bias gap on the upper turn Nothing pushed him at the finish but Rognr Roger B which horse he easily shook off Prosecutor third ran a good race at the end Midian Indian seemed to lack speed and could never head the second division until the last eighth eighthCol eighth Col Cool Clark seems determined to not let the jockeys interfere with one another and called the quartet to the stand as the horses went to the post for the third race raceEugene raceme Eugene Leigh was differed 650 by the foul of Prince McClurg McClure which horse he had backed backedOne backed One day at Washington Park Chris Smith complimented Col Cool M Lewis Clark saying You are the best racing judge on earth Yesterday the former owner of Yo Tambien Ambient had 50 against 2000 on the disqualified Prince Mc ¬ Clurg Lug but when asked How nowabout knockabout the Colonel replied Hes Hess all right only I wish he hadnt hadn't been looking
