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GRKAT GYRATE 1JBND DEFEATS DONNA KIT A AJust Just Just a little sunshine thawed out the crickets of the turf and their chirping made things lively for the sixteen bookmakers at Harlem yesterday The track was about as bad as it could be although no rain had fallen for twelve hours The air was not uncomfortably cool and by comparison just as the Austrian imprisoned by the Dervishes is happy now that he is released and can put on a clean shirt oftener than once in four years the racegoers racehorse enjoyed themselves themselvesTom themselves Tom Barretts Barrettes good colt Teutons Stetsons it is said that War Jig Murphy tcok cook a 20 bill for him was always the favorite for the first race and he won by a neck from Judge Wofford Oxford in a pretty finish participated in by five horses J J T went out and opened a big gap on all the others except Bam Lazarus Esq The latter raced the newcomer to death but killed him ¬ self although be led at the last 150 yards Teutons Stetsons a slow beginner did not get up until the last few strides when he appeared on the extreme outside attended by La Josephine ho being at his saddle fifty yards out still J2fy got third money Judge Wofford Oxford had taken the rails at the last turn and could not have been caught until the last few strides He ran well in the race wherein Teutons Stetsons beat Espionage but since has done poorly Sam Lazarus Esq finished close up as did Miss Dooley Nellie Fonso Fonts was last away to a fair start startW start W C T led all the way in the second race and won with a trifle to spare from Mistral II who was never worse than third Up the bact bract stretch Agitator was second but dropped to fourth coming into the straight and there finished just beaten by Sunburst The latter ran two lengths in front oif coif Ramona up the backstretch the pair being behind all the others and many lengths back of W C T Ramona finished fifth three lengths behind Agitator Her head was bobbing the first part and W Dean who rode her has a queer idea oi racing in the mud for no horse could gain the ground she had lost in such heavy going goingIn going In the mile and a half dash George Lee lying off for a mile a few lengths ahead of Winslow came up to the leaders Clay Poynter Ponte Beth ¬ lehem Lethe Star and Lucid on the far turn and had everythiag everything beaten at the last quarter walking home Winslow made play when George Lee started to go on but could never get up He beat Clay Poynter Ponte several lengths for place the last uamed unarmed horse having a hard tussle with Bethlehem Star the others beaten off Hosi Hoi was third for threequartars then dropped out of it Lucid ran well for a mile mileThe millet The fourth race was the betting event of the day and although Timemaker Tidemark was at all times the favorite the play was strongest on Great Bend and Donna Rita The former showed in front at the first turn but as Dean on Donna Rita showed a disposition to take the track Dupee Dupe laid along closely behind Licalzis Localism filly with Great Bend The pair ran right off from the others so that passing the half Timemaker Tidemark and Basquil Basque were five lengths away and this Trv Rv ance Vance widened so that Timemaker Tidemark third w beaten fifteen lengths at the finish Gov Go ¬ ernor senor Sheehan was outrun all the way At the upper turn Donna Rita who was leading by two open lengths did something Whether she stumbled or was taken back it is tot easy I to decide but she lost ground and yet her head was high in air At the sixteenth inside the straight she was driving so was she the other day but now she faileil faille to respond and Great I Bead hard held beat her home quite comfort ably There were two pounds iu favor of Great Bend as against tle tale v eight if thp hp previous race which was one sixteenth further and won by Donna Rita Probably Great Bend had be ¬ come accustomed to the mud mudJosephine Josephine B the property of Tom Barrett Barrette was a great tip for the next race on the strength of a fast trial and was backed from 6 down to 3 then advancing to 4 to 1 There were several breakaways and her party thought this delay at the post would beat her but when the gate went up she took command and opened a gap instanter instant Sea Lion however got to her at the head of the straight and both losing ground by going wide for the path Doremus Dorms next the rails was abreast of the leaders at the last eighth The trio drove home and from the grandstand none could say which horse had won Col Cool Clark placed them Josephine B Sea Lion Doremus Dorms Our Nellie ran a fair fourth and Currassier Cuirassier was well up Buena Ventura well backed showed third on the turn Seventeen indifferent racehorses contested the last race Grey Gray John and Fred Broens Barons re ¬ ceiving ceiling the most backing Ironical was sent from 100 down to 30 at the post The race was run in the dark Fred Bioens Biomes won ho sticking to the inside rail in the homestretch being the only horse to win during the day from that position Surmount was third at the last quarter and was easily second from Peg Parks she just beating Gnome the others strung out One horse was left at the post the start other ¬ wise being a good one There were several breakaway George C Bennett of Memphis has bought of W H Roller Kings Counsel ch c 4 by Queens Counsel Dazzling Light This horse oromised promised much but went amiss last year He will be used as premier stallion at Mr Bennetts Bennett stock farm an elegant place of 1100 acres located near Memphis Its owner has a harem of splendidly bred mares many of which were good racers among them Charm Urania Urbana Irish Lady Miss Francss Francs sister to Strathmeath Treatment Jane Nina Louise Dot S and Letter B An ¬ other stallion on the place is Dr Walmhley Calmly Mr Bennett will race a string of fifteen head at New Orleans the coming season Many of the lot are good horses not started this year Jockey OLeary O'Leary famed in the east has been secured by Mr Bennett as his former employ ¬ ers the Hitchcocks Hitchcock have gone to jumping horses OLeary O'Leary can ride at 100 pounds poundsJ pounds J J Carroll is apt to be insulting to his patrons and yesterday spoke harshly to a man who at once went to the judges stand with a complaint against chb chub bookmaker Col Cool Clark it is understood was at first inclined to rule off Carroll but later reconsidered as the tall Vir Vr ¬ ginian Indian promised to apologize to the injured party and conduct himself like a gentleman in future futureHarry future Harry White after acceptably filling the posi posit ¬ tion ion of patrol and paddock judge at Haw ¬ thorne thorn is again in harness working for the success of the winter meeting at New Orleans He has been in the employment of the Crescent City Jockey Club for nine years yearsColonel Colonel May ExSecretary Execrator of the Gloucester track in its palmy palm days and later known in the west as the owner of the fast sprinter Captain Brown has of late suffered from rheumatic gout and yesterday was taken to St Lukes Lukens Hospital for treatment treatmentEd treatment Ed Austin says that a letter from his wife tells that the health conditions of New Orleans are of the best as the city has been cleaned as never before The schools are open and there is no fear of yellow fever feverEugene beverage Eugene Leigh is lauded on all sides for his excellent management of the Pepper horses the sale of which reassures breeders of good stock Ed Trotter has arrived from the Canada cir ¬ cuit cubit Yesterday Clay Poynter Ponte and Buona Bona Ven Venn ¬ tura turban ran in bis bias colors colorsEd colorEd Ed Corrigan will not leave for California in ¬ side of a week He is now almost as good as new newGeorge newer George Crozier Cozier was down from Milwaukee
