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HiRLEMs SECOND DAY. It was cloudy and windy yesterday at Harlem and the track was ankle deep in sticky mud. The crowd present, considering that the day before was a holiday, was above the average and the racing as a rale was good. The finishes * in the second, fourth and sixth events were E clo-e and brought forth much enthusiasm from the crowd. The second, a five and a half furlong selling race , was especially close, and only the judges could decide correctly what horse had won. The betting was strictly between Idle Honr and Pitfall, and so was the race. The pair got off together in front, bat idle Honr could not keep up the first part of it and dropped steadily back i net i! the half-mile post was reached, where he was fonrth. Pitfall had the most speed of the bunch, and, passing the point mentioned, was a length and a half in the lead. On the far turn Idle Honr began to move np, and when the stretch was reached he was third and within striking distance of Pitfall. Down the stretch Idle Hour gained inch by inch and one hundred yards out was on even terms with the leader. From there home the pair had it hammer and tongs, but Clay outfinished L. Scott a trifle and landed Idle Hour a winner by a head. It was certainly a lucky win for Idle Hour, for the next stride past the wire Pitf ill again got his head in front. Whirmantiline, who finished third, was lapped on the pair. Newsgatherer, with A. Dorsey up, was the medium of a heavy plunge in the fourth race and he delivered the goods, but it was only after a hard drive and by a scant half length. This was a queerly run race, and as it was run Al Lone perhaps should have won. On the extreme outside in the stretch there was a hard path, and if a horse was lucky enough to get it he was almost sure to win. Al Lone had the best opportunity in the world to get the path, but jockey I. Powell must have been in a trance or had his eyes closed. Rounding for home the mare was clear of the others by a length and a half, but for some unknown reason Master Powell stuck to the center of the track and Al Lone naturally tired. Newsgatherer ran one of his best races. He was last but one at the start but made up his ground gradually and by skinning the rail on the stretch turn gained several lengths. As none of his opponents were on the path he did not have much the worst of the going, and the ground saved on the turn more than offset this. He responded gamely to a weak drive, and to the surprise of his backers, got up in time. Sirdar, a 20 to 1 chance, was second, and Treopia third. Frangible, owned by W. E. Applegate bat trained and raced by Bishop" Poole, proved to ba the best mudder in the initial four and one-half furlong two-year-old race and won by four lengths from the odds-on favorite Maharajah. It was not until the third race that the path on the outside was found and Jockey Holden was the pioneer in its discovery. He rode King Bermuda and never made a move on him until the three furlong post was passed. He then started to ride for all he was worth and headed the King for the outside fence. Many thought the horse was trying to run out. but Holden knew what he was doing, and so did those that saw the race as soon as King Bermuda struck the path. When the gelding hit the hard footing he passed those in front like a flash, and eventually won pulled op by ten lengths. Directly on top of this rac e came Powells exhibition on Al Lone. The next two races were won by J. E. Cush-ings horses and both used the Holden path. Fonclif at 4 to 5 captured the fifth and Mulvi-hill the sixth. The new arrivals at Harlem yesterday were C. P. Fink, W. Landsberg and Jockey N. Hill.
