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HARLEMS HAREMS CLOMNG COMING DAY Chicagoans have become so used to being taken unawares that when the boat is off sounded down the Imp following the announce ¬ ment meant that yesterday would see the close of the seasons racing at Harlem scarcely a word of dissatisfaction was heard heardCol heard Col Cool M Lewis Clark declared off bets on the first race because George Leo was to carry 95 instead of 93 pounds as posted postedGeorge posted George Lees price in the second book was always 4 to 1 in the first book he had been at a shorter price Vice Regal and Hampden Hempen made the running and up the backstretch Sunburst who left the post in the rear and Double Dummy were close up On the far turn George Lee came from the rear and always on the ex ¬ treme tree outside while the others hugged the rails he found them anchored at the last sixteenth and galloping on won as he pleased from Vice Eegal Legal serond sermon D9nble Dummy thid third Sunburst and Hampden Hempen being lapped on the latter the others beaten off Pitfall was up at the six ¬ teenth tenth absolutely absolutelyThe absolutely The sun came out as the horses left the pad ¬ dock for the second race and thereafter the afternoon was bright Judge Wqfford was a pronounced favorite but Facade was also back oil down and Rio Chico Chic scratched from the handicap received strong support The last named colt led from the start to the last eighth then Judge WoffVrd Wolff headed him and as dinks colt quit the race seemed over At the betting ring however Facade was on the lead ¬ ers addle and McNickle Canticle sitting still while J Reiff Riff on the favorite floundered all over his horse Close to the wire the posit ons cons were changed Judge Wofford Oxford swerving and so los ¬ ing King the race to Facade Rio Chico Chic third beat the others off Charlo Carlo was second to the mid ¬ dle dale of the upper turn turnFor transform For the handicap even money the field was posted fiist fist of all an unusual way of opening the bolting Surely M ntgomery intoner carried enough weight as although his allotment was two rounds below the scale be was giving Billy Mason twentylive twenty pounds High T st seventeen and OConnell O'Connell four Boney Bony Boj Bo however gave the favorite Fix pounds but notwithstanding this was second choice in the betting At the fourth attempt a good start was effected Mont ¬ gomery geometry went out as if carrying a feather and plowing through the mud with tremendous power he won the race by ten lengths pulling up OConnell O'Connell was second half way home wnen neon Bonej Bone Boy came n and beat him easily The others were never in it itThe tiThe The last fixture of the local racing year was The Cicero 1000 added a selling stake for all ages at tfap tap distance of one mile It was worth 10 the winner 1230 to the second 200 to the thirn thin 10 F und running in the nann Mann and colors f Dor Door Schneider was the opening favorite at 7 t f Boanerges Beaneries standing at 9 to 5 Dunois Dubois at 5 to 1 Dr Sheppard 10 to 1 as also David Tenny Teeny Boanerges Beaneries went to the post the favorite at 7 to 5 Found having backed up to 2 to 1 The lady owner of the latter is said to be a sUp dnughter daughter of John Huffman It didnt didn't ook ok reasonable that in such putt like going a filly could hold her own with entire horses and Found titter ttnying attuning in company with Dr Sbeppard Sheppard for fivpeiehtbs of a mile quit to nothing and finished pulled up with David Tenny Teeny who WHS VHS last all the way Boa ¬ nerges merges had gone to the front at flag fall and he Jed the entire j urney gurney winnii Winnie g pulled to a walk bj twentj twenty lengths fr m Dr Sheppard who was always second although Dun is had him driving fr m the entry to the straight The horses ran Indian file up the backstretch an open length st paratiug parting all Patsy Freeman a new arrival rode Dr Shpppurd ShpppurdElirlad Elirlad Elmira hHving having opened at 8 to 5 and advanced to 2 to 1 Colonel Clark substituted Jockey Holden Olden for Hothersall Others The betting however rfrnwine fernier unchanged Great Benrt Bert carrying a peiialty specialty of tive tie pounds for winning Friday was backer from 11 to 10 down to even money while the others were practically neele needle ted Plantain went to the turn in the lead Eva Rice second Great Bend third At the half mile ground Eiidad Elided took ommand Command and followed bj Great Beid Bid the leaders pened penned five lengths into the homestretch on the others Eva Rice had fa leu bleu away long before and Plantnin Planning had shot his bolt Nobody thought f Al Fresco The great crowd pulled nnd nd squeezed for ote cote or the other of the struggling racers bnt bent Eli iad aid although hard pressed held Great Bend safe and the grandstand rang with prnisBof prison Colonel Clark as its ccupants occupants alvavs alas yet down when the Kentucky Colouel Colonel chang s jockeys And surely at the betting ring Elided wa winning But now as the lead rs cam down on the outside end were just mov move ¬ ing King on c me a horse galloping strougjy stogy in the middle of the course a bd onookers onlookers rould roulade not belteee their senses as with b e d turned to dough the backers of the favorites saw ihe he un ¬ known canter past the post a winner by sev se ¬ eral feral leisg leis hs This horse was Al Fresco a gootd good c It in the spring and lately rested up His win was a da ling for the bookies bookiesThe bookies The bow off handicap was won by News gatherer who led from post to lii ii ish dish Bloss Loss on the winner quite outer nerald Jerald the jockeys on Gleimoyne Lemon ami amid Lord Zeni Zen for as the three nt mpd pd horses swung into the homestrntch homestretch closely together Newrgatherer was taken close to the inside rail saviug saving many lengths asihe ashen others went out for the path It was thus he was rnablid rabid to win from Lord Zjni Joni in a hard drive Glenmojne Lennon finished third Refugee fourth T e race was the heaviest played of the day Moi Moil creith credit supposedly being a g od thi thin g Tl ere were Several biepkaways breakaways the gate being broken and the start made without its aid
