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ESPIONAGE TAKES THE STAKE STAKEThe Stake The track at Harlem Saturday was probably ten seconds slow While the water had soaked In out of sight the clods of dirt turned up by the harrow and thrown about by the horses hoofs were wet and sticky and the going was terribly distressing heavy and holding as it was The day was a splendid one overhead there floating in the sky clouds sufficient to furnish a breeze yet not dense enough to ob ¬ scure secure the sun The crowd was rather small for Saturday but twenty bookmakers cut in and had a lively day of it in trying to keep their money Among the visitors were Qus Quos Bluhm Blum and Al Taylor TaylorAlderman Taylor Alderman Tom Careys Carneys Inspector Hunt was a heavily backed favorite for the first race but after lying second to Fred Broens Barons clear into the last eighth the son of Inspector B flinched when the final struggle came and finished in the ruck truck Astor who had been in fourth position rounding the last turn came at Fred Broens Barons close in and Branch joined in the fight the former winning in a drive from Branch who beat Fred Broens Barons an open length Pitfall was fourth close up Marcus CartwrJght Carter managed to lose 1500 on this race There should be some sort of rule framed to cover cases where owners race in identically the same colors Here both Astor and Nat P wore Terra Cotta white sash and cap and as both horses are bay in color the only difference between them is that the former has been added to the list To make matters worse Astor was No 1 and Nat P No Noill Knoll ill illHosi millhouse Hosi Hoi set the pace in the third race and led to the halfmile half ground on the back stretch Cant Dance followed two lengths away and Prince Blazes third was three lengths further back at the first threeeighths Thelatter Theater so improved in position that at the far turn the threenamed threesome horses were lapped but in the next eighth Rose got Prince Blazes to the front and into the home stretch was leading Cant Dance by two lengths while Hosi Hoi was going back at every stride The leaders ran easily until the final eighth wheti whet both were sent to the whip The thong might have been spared by Rose as Prince Blazes won without difficulty A quar quark ¬ ter tear from home Forte had been many lengths be ¬ hind Hosi Hoi but a vigorous ride by Gray narrowed the gap gradually and in an exciting finish Pat Dunnes Dunes horse got third money although Cant Dance beat him fifty yards yardsThe yards The Garfield Selling Stakes five and onehalf Neal furlongs for twoyearolds toeholds worth 1135 to the winner 150 to second ana 75 to third was the feature of the day and brought to the post six starters The opening odds were Sea Lion 8 to 5 Canace Cancel Boney Bony Boy Espionage and Good Hope 4 to 1 each Prince Dudley 15 to 1 Sea Lion went to the post at 11 to 10 Thu Thou start could not have been bettered all getting away bunched Sea Lion last being ridden away from the post in fact he was ridden hard all the way it being understood that his jockey J McDonald was greatly interested Espion Epsilon ¬ age showed her colors in the lead before an eighth had been covered and Canace Cancel ran second to her Prince Dudley and Good Hope next In turning for home Prince Dudley ran out and jspiouage espionage first Canace Cancel second left all the others except Sea Lion which colt had been taken close to the rails around the turn and here was shot obligingly across the course If he had had epeed epee enough Sea Lion would have landed on the path ahead of the leaders As it was they ran by before he reached the good going and the best he could do was to finish within two lengths of Canace Cancel she just beaten by Espionage in a hard drive from the last six ¬ teenth tenth post to the wire The others were well back backlie backslide lie LaLdicap Baldric at a mile and a sixteenth brought to the post only three starters The 1 to 2 that was first posted against Found looked to be a royal price but it lengthened to 3 to 5 and there stuck Plantain and Charina Carina receiving good backing as the general opinion ran to the effect that the distance might prove to be too far for the favorite and if at the finish she should need lifting that her baby jockey J Reiff Riff could not help her any The starter was roundly hissed for practically leaving Charina Carina at the post this mare standing sideways when the flag fell When the assistant starter later crossed the track he too was greeted with a storm of dis dais ¬ approval eviiiced in long continued groans Still it is almost a certainty that the accident affected the lesult result not at all as Fonnd Fond and Plantain ran right away from Charina Carina To this the latters clatters backers would say Stevens having no chance didnt didn't try with Charina Carina She was finally beaten twenty lengths by Plantain who was a like distance behind Found although Bradleys Bradley horse had been within two lengths of the favorite after fiveeighths firefights had been covered coveredWhat covered What happened Carnero Caner or rather what Joe Hill was trying to do with him is past finding out Getting off well it was a fair start Paul Griggs Rigs last away on the outside when the leaders made the back stretch Carnero Caner was lengths behind all others and he lost ground the next quarter then near the outside fence he came into the home stretch second to Donna Rita and so scared Rutter Ruttier that he at once began riding the favorite The latter led all the way and won easily by two lengths after a drive at the last eighth Czarowitz Carbonize had attended her up the back stretch but going on to the upper turn it looked as if he was interfered with and stopped by Paul Griggs Rigs being taken across from the outside toward the pole by Skeets Skeet Martin Paul Griggs Rigs was close to Donna Rita on the upper turn but turning for home he faltered and three lengths separated them but as Donna Rita swung wide while Martin took the center of the course the gray looked dangerous a sixteenth further along It was here that Carnero Caner came up and while Donra Dora Rita drew away he and Paul Griggs Rigs had a tussle clear in to the wire nearing which Dunnes Dunes horse stag ¬ gered geared and lost the place He had been kicked by Carnero Caner at the post to which Chugnut Chung limped as usual usualThe usual The last race was by far the best betting one of the day Several horses receiving strong support Molo Moo was always the favorite how ¬ ever and lying in the bunch which was an ex ¬ traordinarily close one at the upper turn he was brought on in the straight by Skeets Skeet Martin and won very easily at the finish Her moso moo who made the running finished four lengths behind the third horse and alongside of Warren Point The driving finish between King Bermuda who led from the far turn to the last eighth and Jackanapbs Jackanapes third into the straight for the place was the exciting incident of the race Ruskin was second and third for five eighths where he began to fall away and finishing at the eighth he was probably cut down Vice Regal was never dangerous neither was Borden both backed by smart money Red ¬ skin was left at the post postThe apostate The manager of the combination book got a bad dose through the negligence of a clerk He had posted 15 to 1 against calling the horses in the stake race won by Espionage and these figures still showing on the board they should have been erased and new ones made for the threehorse threescore race won by Found some sharp ¬ shooter got on a few dollars at 13 to 1 to place three horses After the race the manager re ¬ fused to pay but was ordered to do so by
