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HARLEMS HAREMS FAST RACING Harlem racing was of the usual quality but the crowd was greater than the ordinary one because of the institution known as Ladies Day The weaiher wearier was as hot as any of the past three weeks and the blazing sun pouring into the grandstand caused the recurrence of the remark I wish they had built the grand ¬ stand on the other side of the track notwith nitwit ¬ standing the fact that the dead in the ceme came ieries fieriest might have been disturbed Surely the sexton is apt to have much work through the lack of shade afforded to the patrons of Harlem The track was in as fine condition as sun and excellent care can warrant warrantSangamon warranting Sangamon Seagram a horse pronounced by Brown Dick too mean to look you in the face was made an even money favorite in a lot of thirteen many of which have not won a race this year Tommy Burns rode the favorite ran through the bunch on the inside soon after flag fall and not headed Sangamon Seagram won handily from Carrie F who got away third and was always the contender May Fern broke away J Jond Jon ond bond but didnt didn't last long Ella Penzance Penance always well up finished third and closely behind her came Summer Sea and Millie M This quintet beat all others away off Sanga Saga mons moons best performance in Chicago was a sec ond bond to Ramiro II at the Harlem spring meeting meetingBad meeting Bad handicapping did not deter Louis Ezell Bezel from starting his stake filly Espionage for the second race although she was giving so good a colt as Batten 15 pounds Ezells Bezels friends backed the filly when her price had risen to 6 to 1 so that she went to the post at 4 to 1 Batten was always as low as even money the talent either landing on him or on Canace Cancel for a place To a splendid start the entire lot held together in a bunch for the first sixteenth Boney Bony B6y in the lead at first then being displaced by Batten on whom Burns said Good bye boys and ran off with the purse At the far turn Excursion dropped out of it Boney Bony Boy was second into the home stretch but soon was killed off by Canace Cancel who ran to the wire easily second while Miss Marks coming from far behind at the last eighth just managed to get third money Espionage trying gamely was sunk by the weight weightFound eightfold Found jumped to the front to a good start for all but Pacemaker and up the back stretch Jed Don Orsino Orinoco by two open lengths St Alfonses Alfonso D third heading the bunch several lengths away Found was caught by Don Orsino Orinoco at the last threesixteenths post although Burns had to ride hard to catch up Once alongside how ¬ ever Tommy took a nice hold on the favorite waiting for Found to quit and Huffmans Huffman filly stopping gradually Don Or ino Kino won with something to spare Nathanson Nathan gave tit Al fonsps floss D a tussle for the third mono but was beaten beatenFor beaten For the fourth time of the day the favorite won but Abuse was ridden by Bloss Loss whereas Tommy Burns had piloted Sangamon Seagram Batten and Don Orsino Orinoco Abuse outran his field from the start and was not headed The second L4 ion was Abe Furst Furs and George H Ketcham Ketch and the pair1 closed to the satidle stile skirts of Abuse at the last 150 yards But Fosters sprinter who had been flirting here went on and was easily first passing the judges Bloss Loss rode such a race as was common to Chicago race goers in the days when John McCafferty apparently just fished in his sprinter Creole George H Ketcham Ketch ridden by J Reiff Riff finished second Abe Furst Furs and he racing through the home stretch for the place Newsgatherer Newscaster and Libertine were away back in the order named As little Reiff Riff could not keep his horse straierht strainer George H Ketcham Ketch bumped Abe Furst Furs and for this Col Cool Clark disqualified him giving Abe Furst Furs second and Newsgatherer Newscaster third money The presiding judge said I didnt didn't punish the boy who did as well as he could But he was not strong enough to keep his horse straight straightThen straight Then the corneter connecter of Banks Cregiers Caregivers aggrega aggregate ¬ tion ion played excellently well a selection said to mean in Italian Take Your Medicine and the betting went merrily on for the fifth race for which Charley Christy was supposedly a cinch cinchLady cichlid Lady Ellerslie Wellesley ran in front until the last eighth with the favorite second Licalzis Localism mare was at this point still running easily one half length in front of Charley Christy upon whose ribs Tommy Burns was kicking hard but McNickle Canticle is not used to tight fits and so the favorite got by him with 100 yards yet to go Turner had laid off Candelaria Candelabra two lengths be ¬ hind the others but at the half mile ground he got to Morte Mote Fonse Fosse and making a nice turn at the entry to the straight waited patiently for a finalrush finaglers This he got in where it most counted and Caudelaria Candelabra in a thrilling struggle beat Charley Christy on the post As from the bleaching boards the favorites head could be seen to go up in the last strides the cry arose Chance for another foul but the horses were placed as they finished Morte Mote Fonse Fosse bringing up the rear rearThe breathe The days amusement was brought to a close by a sensational happening Judge Wilcox leading the hunt at the head of the home stretch was jumped on and cut down by Aprils Lady the latter then being pulled up Gay Parisienne Parisian came on in the lead Foxnetto Fronton pressing her closely but at the last sixteenth Stamina came from behind aud Maud beat them both in a rousing finish Elizabeth R and Rosa Masso Mass were well up upThe Ute The men of the race track have discovered in the lowly tomato a fruit superior for use in the heated term to the peach plum orange pear or banana On the fruit stand at Harlem there is a large tin pan filled with water and ice in which floats the tomatoes which are sold for five cents each Men with parched throats eagerjy eagerly accept the chance of cooling out by eating these frozen tomatoes and the venders reserve stock of the love apples is far greater in quantity than that of any other kind of fruit fruitJ fruit J E Gushing shipped to St Louis Thursday night His stable nowadays is as nothing com ¬ pared to that when Lookout Boundless and Torrent were its stars and Harry Shannon Fonclif Foci Sunburst and the others are only fair selling platers platters platersPat platters Pat Dunne when asked Are you going to Saratoga or eluswhere elsewhere to race answered I shall stay in Chicago as far as I know at present presentLa presently La Salle Sale Barataria Barratries and Candelaria Candelabra were posted on the bulletin board as each wearing two bar plates
