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GOOD RACING AT HARLEM Heat has no terrors for the racegoer racketeer as was shown yesterday when at Harlem there con ¬ gregated reacted the average crowd of persons The day was a scorcher and 110 hotter place could be picked out than the betting ring and grand ¬ stand the former being peculiarly constructed and so unfavorable to a circulation of air while the latter is entirely unprotected from the fierce rays of the sun which during the latter part of the racing day seem to come directly across the infield and not only roast but blind the spectators But no one ever heard of a racing regular being sunstruck unstuck and the health of these persons is amazingly good goodThere goatherd There they were yesterday as always giving the bookmakers a grand battle The man who on Saturday last was shoveling in his money by the hundreds on Tuesday was only in the way as the saying goes but he was hustling just the same and next Saturday may be a high roller The card was that of an off day yet a variation asserted itself as the conditions of second race forced the starters to carry their nnks inks thiee thieve of the horses each having on 122 122Kinds Kinds KindsMuskadine Muskadine Misaimed was taken to the front by Everett soon after the word was given and led all the way winning handily after La Champagne who ran second had sbot sabot her bolt at the last one hundred yards Kalmia a hot one backed down from 4 to 1 to 11 to 5 finished third It was said that she was better than Ghantilla Chantilly in the same stable but for her there can be no ex cuses causes offered as the start was a splendid one and Kalmia was fifth on the upper turn Penso Peso Roso Rosa was first away from the post and stayed in company to the homestretch where Fremont ran second Kalmia at a breakaway threw Skeots Sets Martin but did not get away and was at once remounted Canova Canoga finished right be ¬ hind Kalmia and Weird was close up upDwyer udder Dwyer never effected a better start than when in the second race he sent off all the horses abreast Beau Monde set the pace and led to well within the home stretch where he bolted Black Fonso Fonts always second then took the lead but at the last eighth Roger B who had raced throughout in the front bunch came on and although Prosecutor cut oat after him won easily while the favorite was lengths better than Necedah Necked third The last named had the inside position at the start and shut out at the first turn was last after going one half mile Here Inuendo Innuendo took the rear position only to run home strong and true and finish well up Barataria Barratries the best backed of the starters was close to the leaders until the last quarter where she dropped back beaten beatenBatten beaten Batten popped off in the lead to a straggling start in the third race and won all the way fin ¬ ishing dishing three lengths better than Queen of Song second The latter was fifth at the first six ¬ teenth tenth but ran second from the head of the homestretch Boney Bony Boy was third nearly all the way but was beaten close in by Souchon Soupcon who got third money Dollie Dollied Wiethoff With got away second but gradually was outrun Riches and Free Hand were never in the race Col Cool Clark J d the jockeys to the stand as the horses joing joking to the post postStorm protestor Storm King won from post to finish What Next ran second after leaving the half mile ground Before this he had been next to last Rutter Ruttier on the winner was riding with his hands at the last eighth but it was unnecessary Inconstancy third was beaten off offThe often The seventeen twoyearold toehold fillies that lined up rather tried to line up for the fifth race made such a shakebag shake lot bar the favorite Aprils Lady and the second choice Good Hope that nearly half of the bookmakers made show book only Their brethren of the chalk availed themselves of about 30 per cent the best of t e speculators It was such an affair as few care to bet on still fewer care to see At the first breakaway Ostra Rostra ran the farthest at the second Aprils Lady ran about threesixteenths and Ostra Rostra also covered much ground Then they were off to as good a start as could be expected Elsie G off in front was soon passed by Mazie Maze V Ostra Rostra and Good Hope lying along with Bradleys Bradley filly to the turn for home where Good Hope got through next the rails and with plain sailing led the pack to the wire Aprils Lady was fifth at the last turn but ran a close second At the last sixteenth Good Hope was raced to a head by Flirtation who stopped a trifle and finished third Close behind Flirtation came Oatra Ogata Mazie Maze V and Lucille Bramble Schanken Shaken and Wilmingtons Wilmington Pet brought up the rear rearThe breathe The last race furnished one of the kind of turf surprises that keep alive the game The horses figured to be best in the race were nowhere and the 30 to 1 shot Sauterne led all the way while Tonto Onto second a 40 to 1 chance gave him a close race Meddler third was second from the head of the straight until the last strides Sangamon Seagram was third nearly all the way while the favorites were never heard of The book ¬ makers made a sweep and were done paying off in five minutes minutesOn minutes On one of the October days set for the Chi ¬ cago cargo Peace Jubilee there will be run at Harlem The Columbia Stakes 2 18 miles for which the conditions will be hereafter an ¬ nounced bounced At this course Joe Murphy 4 on August8 189i made the worlds record at 2 18 miles of 342 carrying 99 pounds poundsChicago pounds Chicago racing will not be greatly injured by the migration of horse owners to Newport As far as known the only ones to ship and these go Sunday next will be H J Scoggan Slogan May Son Robinson Moore and W A Sanith Snitch SanithToday Sainthood Today at 130 p m in the paddock at Har Hara ¬ lem ylem W O Scully Sully will sell at public auction the horses Yours Truly Papa Harry and Patroon Patron the property of Mrs F C Bauman Busman BaumanJinks Jinks bred by Williams Radford Bradford Hopkins ville vile Ky was by the breeders sold at Latonia Antonia in the spring of 1897 and went to W H May Son at 100 100There There were fifteen regular and two field books
