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MONK WAYMANS GOOD RACE. Harlem entertained another big crowd yesterday, fully 7,000 people being: present to practically bake in the Bun. The temporary grandstand was not near big enough to accommodate the crowd, and could give no more than two-thirds of them protection from the burning sun. This, however, did not interfere with the sport and little or no grumbling could be heard. The public is with the racing promoters to the limit and ready to stand any kind of inconvenience for the sake of witnessing good racing. ▲ handicap at one mile was the-principle attraction, and that Secretary Nathanson has his eye on the gun in regard to allotting the weights •was shown in the betting ring. Eight horses accepted the weights, and at one stage in the betting it was 4 to 1 and take your pick. Every horse was well backed. Braw Lad was cut from 5 to 1 down to 3* to 1 and Boney Boy from sixes to fours. Monk Wayman opened at 10 to 1 and receded to 15 to 1 and was then backed to 10 to 1. It was a stirring race to look at. Mr. Dwyer sent the field away at the firBt attempt to a perfect start. Old Saugus and Boney Boy at once shot to the front and raced neck and neck to the half-mile ground. At this point Monk Wayman was sixth, but quicker than a flash he shot through the field, and passing the three-quarters he had a commanding lead of two lengths. j- From the head of the stretch the Monk increased his lead steadily and at the finish was easing up six lengths in front of Moroni. Myth was third, a neck in front of The Devil. So quickly did Monk Wayman shoot through the bunch and open up a gap that the crowd hardly realized that it was he. In the sun his colors looked much like the colors Old Saugus carried, and many thought it was the latter and not Monk Wayman in front. Paul Miles has a good filly in Cheesestraw. She can carry weight and runs well in either the mud or on the dry. She was an even money favorite in the second race and won away off by herself. This filly has a habit of switching her tail at a terrific rate while running and this afforded greit amusement for the crowd. Opaque, who so easily disposed of Hobart and a fast lot the opening day, won another race for himself. He was in a soft spot in the third event and won fighting for his head and like a good racehorse. This racer is finely built, being by Iroquois— Ogarita, and is perhaps the largest horse in training at the track. Andes, who ran second, looked like a pony beside him. The first and last races furnished the closest contests of the afternoon. Idle Hour and Mary 1 Kiusella fought it out in the first, and the for- mer, after the hardest kind of a drive, eventu- ally won rather handily. Mary Kiusella, who ] pressed htm hard from the head of the stretch, » weakened badly at the end and Idle Hour was :going away from her when the winning mark was passed, £ Newsgatherer seem3d to be winning the last race easily at the eighth post, but got a J eudden attack of the "quits, and Grazielia, * coming from the rear with a tremendous rush, fi put him to a hard drive anl almost got up. Kaamn was an odds-on favorite for this race, but made a disgraceful showing and finished last. o The firm of Ksene and Ryan at last broke their a at string of bad luck. They started First Past in w the fifth race, and, after getting a flying start, ° of tie lad by many lengths throughout and won as u be pleased. et Jockey Caywood is very sick with malaria •and will Jeave for his home in Iowa Monday. I R Frank Van Ness is a recent arrival. He h as a tl the big string and will race in Chicago all summer. One of his string, Highland Ball, a very useful * performer in California, fell sick on the trip and died at the track last night.
