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DISQUALIFICATIONS AT HARLEM. The racing yesterday at Harlem was fall of ginger and life and the crowd kept keyed up to the highest pitch all the afternoon. There was considerable activity in the judges stand, and before the day was over two horses were disqualified. Disqualifications always create more or less talk, and as these two cams one on top of the other in quick succession they set the crowd to gossiping and made it so busy that it resembled a hive of bees. The decision in the third event was the one that set the crowd agoing. In this race was a lot of good ones and on paper any one of them had a chance to win, consequently the betting was lively. At post time it was 3 to 1 and take your pick between Hugh Penny, Queen of Song and Lucky Star. Flora Louise and Sam Mc-Keever were also well supported. It was an exceedingly well balanced field and the race was sharply contested throughout. To a good start Hugh Penny broke in front, with Del Hart second and Queen of Song third. The field went down the back stretch at a terrific pace, with Del Hart, Flora Louise, Hugh Penny, Pope Leo and Qaeen of Song all in a bunch. On the far turn, and after going the first quarter in M seconds, Del Hart showed p. clear length in front of Flora Louise and Hugh Penny, who were neck and neck and clear of •Qaeen of Song. Rounding the last turn Flora Louise skinned the rail, and wheu beaded for home she was a half length to the good. Del Hart had fallen away beaten, but Hugh Penny and Queen of Song were still in the hunt. About the eighth post the latter got to Flora Louise, and the pair by themselves drew clear of the others. A sixteenth out Queen of Song forged to the front, and as Flora Louise was stooping it looked as though the Queen had the race won. Jockey McCann, however, was not satisfied to leave well enough alone and reached for his whip. When he applied it the filly swerved and collided with Flora Louise. Daring this time Hagh Penny was racing in behind the pair, but just before the wire was reached he made a spurt and of course could not get through between Flora Louise and Queen of Song. Naturally, all that was left for jockey Nutt to do was to pull ap. He did 90 and made one of the prettiest grand stand plays ever seen on any track. After weighing in both Nutt and T. Knight complained of being interfered with and as jockey McCann, who rode Qaeen of Song, admitted that his mount did bear in and interfere with Flora Louise, the filly was set back and Flora Louise given the race, Hugh Penny being placed second and Pope Leo third. The other aisqualificatiou came out of the second race which was a five furlong spin for two-year-olds. First P.nst was the choice and won easily enough but there was a hard tussle between Mitten and Maharajah for the place. The former beat the princely named colt home but in doing so interfered with him and the judges, after hearing Jockey Hamiltons tale of woe, promptly set Mitten back. This moved Maharajah into the place and third money went to Hilda H. The fifth and sixth races furnished such close contests that only the judges could tell which horses bad won. The fifth was at four and a half furlongs for two-year-olds and the play was divided between Zaza and Ailaato. The latter is a new arrival , at the track and is a fairly good youngster. He got away flying and at once went to the i front and led to the stretch where be stopped ] all of a sudden and for an instant Zaza i showed in front. He soon retired, though, and l at the eighth post Inlook, from all indications, hid the race won. Master W. Bain, however, , made the same mistake that McCann did on t Qaeen of Song and foolishly went after his : whip. This cost him the race, as he found it too much of a job to hold his horses head up and use the whip. Beanchamp, who rode Ailanto, did not give up when the colt tired on 1 the turn, and by the hardest kind of work and good lockeyship, managed to get up in time to get the verdict. It was a very close fit and the 1 crowd gave Beanchamp a warm round of applause when he came back to the stand. Inlook was surely the best and it was a clear case of the whip in the hands of an inexperienced boy losing a race. Pay the Fiddler was the fortunate one in the 1 sixth race. He came through with a rush on the inside and nosed the favorite, Tenole, out. This finish was a peculiar one. The Fiddler was on the extreme inside and Tenole was on the outside. From the grandstand the angle is very bad, and it appeared as though Tenole had won, but, as a matter of fact, Pay the Fiddler beat him by a long neck. The judges said it was nowhere near such a close thing as the fifth race was. The first race had eleven cheap maidens as contenders and in very slow time Heroics beat Tulane Graziella, at the liberal price of 2 to 1, had no trouble in disposing of her field in the fourth event. The firm of Keene and. Ryan seems to be gettiDg decidedly the worst of the selling race war. Mr. Keene never has interfered in any way with it but has had his horses boosted twice at Lakeside, May 23, the last time Braw Lad won he was run up 00 over hia entered price, and yesterday after First Past won, Albert Simons raised him from 00 to ,000. Keene retained his horses in both instances. "Billy" Myers now has charge of the track at Harlem and he deserves being highly complimented for his recent work, There has been rain almost every day since the meeting opened, but the track as a rule has been better than could be expected. Yesterday it was pretty near at its best. Myers has the harrows at work all the time and even has them out between races. Heretofore owners have been afraid to start horses that are the least bit unsound over the Harlem track; but Myers claims that from now on it will have a sufficient cnshiou on top to accommodate all kinds of dickey legged horses.
