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HARLEM RACING With all sails set tbe tube barque of racing cut the billows at Harlem yesterday True she was somewhat light but the passen passe gers gears the more greatly enjoyed the voyage because of the shifting of the ballast The crowd was large considering that it was wash day and the same twenty bookmakers plied their trade in the same gentlemanly fashion The weather was perfect The track looked to be dry and smooth enough on the homestretch but the going was heavy the hoofs sinking into a soggy soil underneath and especially was this the case on the far turn where there are traces of quicksand Scratching did no injury to the card save in the case of Espionage EspionageA Espionage A delay of some thirtyfive thirty minutes at the post in the first race was largely due to the refusal of Refugee to join his horses There were many breakaways but at these no horse ran far It looked as if a start was rendered im posfible possible on one occasion by the failure of the machinery of the barrier to work smoothly Refugee was practically left at the post Fred fcens fens got off in front but was quickly outrun wy Our Hope and Red Gidd Giddy At the far turn Grey Gray John who had been touted as sure to win at his first start skipped past all the others and when he showed clear by throe lengths ihreeeighths from home the grandstand rang with the cheers of his supporters The leader maintained his marked advantage until at the last eighth post he stopped and began to swerve An in ¬ stant stat later as Mary Kinsella Knell came up on the inside Grey Gray John bumped her and she ex ¬ changed positions with him as he darted to ¬ wards the inside fence The interference cost Mary Kinsella Knell the race as Roger B who had rated along and ran third into the homo stretch got past her before she recovered her stride and beat her to the wire Sugar Cane was a fair third Our Hope ran prominently for a time The sharpshooters winged the bookies as the horses delayed the start and backed Roger B from 4 down to 2i to 1 the old gelding being certain to race even should there be a hundred breakaways breakawaysWinslow breakaways Winslow was plumped on by figure players on the strength of his remarkable performance at his last start they reasoning that any horse that could come from so far behind must be a wonderful animal Such men were greatly dis dais ¬ satisfied with the race shown by Barretts Barrettes horse yesterday he apparently lying off up the back stretch and then whipping into the home ¬ stretch still far in the rear of the leaders This kind of bandicapper handicapper is greatly at fault in his calculations as any man will fall short that only pays attention to cold figures Winslow is not a fast horse but a very game one On Fri ¬ day last he gained so greatly over the others simply because he plugged along at an even rate of speed and as the animals in front stopped to nothing he still kept on Yesterday he should have been a 20 to 1 shot as he usually is when the track is good The probability is that he can run nearly as fast in a swamp as on a cinder path vjka second race was another of the kind wJB jab e the horses first and second at the final sixteenth do not finish one two three To a good start made at the second attempt Croesus Cress was slightly in front Pete Kitchen took the lead at the turn the horses going wide with the exception of Nannie Nannies Ls Sister taken in next the rails and so beaten at once In second po ¬ sition sitting ran Croesus Cress closely followed by Alvarado Allargando II and Bridgeton Bridgetown Close order for all except Winslow Pete Kitchen and Nannie Nannies Ls Sister at the middle of the upper turn where Tonto Onto was in front Alvarado Allargando II next So to the las eighth where Double Dummy Bridgeton Bridgetown and Croesus Cress came up together and ran home nearly locked in one of the prettiest of finishes the judges decision being mecessary necessary to settle the question in the minds of the grandstand peo peon ¬ ple pale as to which horse had won wonSurvivor Survivor was backed on his class from 8 to 5 down to even money and he delivered the goods in fine shape never being in difficulty To a good start Rio Chico Chic Etta P and Prince Me Clurg Lug showed in the front rank but the two last named were weeded out in the first quarter reaching which Falomacita Valencia led by two open lengths Rio Chico Chic Survivor and Capsicum forming the next division all others already beaten Survivor caught and passed Faloma Alma ¬ cita cia at the last eight and the latter dying off gradually finished just behind Rio Chico Chic who had a tight fit with Capsicum for the place La Josephine was near Falomacita Valencia and the others bar Blue Lick Etta P and Lemoon Lemon beaten off ran a creditable race raceTony acetone Tony Licalzi Laical having the reputation of start ¬ ing King a horse fit to race Al Fresco was by the public made the favorite at even money although the colt has not performed for some weeks The Devils price of 6 to 5 was too tempting however to the horsemen in the light of his last out and a rally all along the line sent their choice to the post at 9 to 10 Al Fresco advancing to 7 to 5 It may be said that Licalzis Localism colt was never in it as when Her F3vor and The Devil raced paired in front up the backstretch Al Fresco at the half mile ground was having hard work to beat the 100 to 1 shot Muskadine Misaimed and soon succumbing fin ¬ ished dished pulled up absolutely and many lengths in the rear a happening which hurt the pencilers pencil as a sucker will always play at 8 to 5 to show anything on four legs in a four horse race Her Favors 7 to 5 place did not mend matters The Devil raced away trom tromp Rodegaps Bodegas filly entering the straight and won away off Muskadine Misaimed at the last eighth looked to be dangerous for place placeHistory patchiest History repeats itself was exemplified when Hardy Pardee Parsee in the center Harry Nutter Mutter on the inside and Mr Johnson on the outside drove in from the last furlong alongside and interlocked as in the case of Modesty Bob Cook and Kosciusko in their memorable finish for the American Derby of 1884 But this latter day tri equirate quirt of more moderate pretensions than their predecessors still furnished by far the greater contest as they hooked up soon after the turn for home and therefore kept at one another for nearly a quarter of a mile Sea Lion the favorite had taken command at flag fall and Hardy Pardee Parsee was lapped on the first throe eighths Here Harry Nutter Mutter joined the flying pair and rounding the upper turn the three raced abreast Mr Johnson an open length behind Sun God the other starter never having been in the hunt Entering the home ¬ stretch Sea Lion was outrun by Harry Nutter Mutter and Hardy Pardee Parsee The firstnamed firsthand was in the center of the track Applegates Appeases colt next outside In making the upper turn Joe Hill on Mr Johnson had moved up closely to the leaders and he made his run on the extreme outjde outdo a fatal mistake as Delongs Belongs horse here showed to have the speed of the party and if trailed to the straight and taken down the tracks center he must have won So that when Harry Nutter Mutter came out for the path he shoved Hardy Pardee Parsee over onto Mr Johnson The run in was the most exciting bit of racing ever wit ¬ nessed messed by the writer First one head showed in front then another Amid great cheering the horsts hosts ran past the judges and the numbers went up quickly Hardy Pardee Parsee was placed first Harry Nutter Mutter second Mr Johnson third After questioning all the jockeys in the race Colonel Clark disqualified Harry Nutter Mutter the testimony showing that not ocly focally did Rose his jockey hit Everett on Hardy Pardee Parsee with his whip but also fouled Sea Lion at the entry to the homestretch Rose was suspended indefi indefinite ¬ nitely nicely nitelyDiggs Diggs Digs well ridden by HoldenJ Olden came from the rear in the home stretch and with something like an old time flight of speed beat Marzella Mazola close in she having led all the way Warren Point was prominent the first part of the journey but died off and Good Friend got the show money from Cherryflame Cheryl and St Alfonses Alfonso D who were close up Mr Dwyers Dyers work was exceptionally good and the delay in the first race could not have been obviated except by leaving Refugee at the post after giving each horse three trials trialsFremont trials Fremont Sloan who spent Sunday at Cedar Lake Ind Indo with Little Barney1 and a few of the boys said that Ruskins Ruskin injury Saturday was not serious the horse being jumped on an old wound was reopened and naturally Mr Pagets Pages horse gave it up Starter J F Caldwell was at Harlem yester ester ¬ day looking hale and hearty He is on his way from New York city to San Francisco for which point he will leave Thursday next nextThe nether The Milwaukee sports were at Harlem yester ester ¬ day got some of the money and enjoyed them ¬ selves
