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WHAT ER LOUS WATERLOO. | Cool, pleasant weather, a fast track, good attendance, spirited racing and an almost complete overthrow of favorites were the prominent features at Harlem yesterday afternoon. Marcato was the solitary favorite to reward the partiality of his backers, and Tulane the only winner that could justly be termed a "long shot." Perhaps tl « most sensational occurrence marking the afternoons sport was the defeat of Whater Lou in the chief race of the day, the dash of a mile and an eighth. Always hovering near the even money mark in the quotations, he appeared to bs as nearly the conventional "sure thing" as a horse can well be; but at the end of a fast and good race he landed in third place, with tbe promising and speedy colt Brigade a handy winner by a length, while the inconsistent Monk Way man ran a slashing good race and captured place honors. What er Lou swerved in the stretch and in other respects did not run to the full measure of his capacity. Brla dOr has b en knocking at the door repeatedly of late and yesterday it was opened for her. Well handled by a jockey unknown to fame, she managed to scramble home three parts of a length before Caloocan in the first race, with Mission a distant third and the favorite, Azua, lost in the ruck. Tnlane established an early lead in the ses-ond race and managed to hold it long enough to win by a length from Finem Respice, with tbe favorite, Oanace, a good third. Cauac 5 was probably the b»st of the starters, but she is characteristically unlucky and met with sufficient bad racing fortune to deprive her of first money. Marcato scored an easy trinmpb in the third race of the day. He took the lead soon after rounding into the backstretch and retained it to the end without trouble. Old Winslow, at long odds, came with a rush through the homestretch and snatched seccnd money away from Beasmela at the wire Inuendo gave promise of belter things by pressing Marcato closely around to the stretch and then was done. Uncle Abb made up a lot of ground in the last half when it was of no value except to show that the veteran could run fast when of a mind to do it. The fast colt anova came out in fine condition after a long retirement, and in company with Helens Pet made a show of speedy Eugenia Wickes in the six furlongs spin that wa9 the fifth race of the day. Helens Pet went to the front early and ran so fa9t and so far out in the lead that it appeared she hail marked the race for her own, but her speed and breath both failed her when most needed and anova captured her in front of the stand and beat her out by a half length with the favorite, Eugenia AVicke3, a bad third five lengths away. Frank Thompson, a good horee when right, and evidently about in the bloom of good racing condition now, raced away from Banquo II. and old Egbart at toon as he was given hie head in the closing race of the day and won off by himself from a badly strung out field, Ban-quo II. beating Egbart for place honors by a comfortable margin. j I I I j j ! j j . ■ 1 1 :
