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GOOD RACING AT HAELESI. Despite a continuous downpour of rain and a certainty that the track at Harlem would be a sea of mud a crowd of about 7,000 was out to see the horses flounder through the slush. A handicap at three-quarters and two races at two miles were the racing features. Both the long races furnished close contests, the closing one being won by George Lee in the very last stride by a narrow margin. Lee was the betting choice and Master Yitatoe rode him like a veteran. The boy placed his horse well and saved him cleverly during the early stages of the journey and made his run just at the right time. Teutons, who was always near the front, saemed to have the race won in the stretch but he and his jockey, Flick, both went to pieces when the pinch came and the best they could do was to get the place. Banquo II. won the first two-mile event, but Pete Clay who rode him gave the public a shock they will long remember. Banquo had the race won after going the first mile and one-half and rounding into the stretch the last time around he was almost a sixteenth of a mile in front of his field. Master Clay looked around and when he saw he was so far in front thought he would have some fun with the other boys. He did, but it almost cost him the race. He eased Banquo II. up and then went to tleep. The consequence was that Monoogah, whom Knight had ridden .cunningly, came with a sharp rush at the end and almost stole the race. The handicap was a soft thing for Canova. He got off with the track and going to the frcnt on the far turn, won like a good racehorse. The other races were quite tame. Frank Thompson won the first race as he pleased. Inlook, whipped out, took the second, and the fifth went to John Baker, who soemed to revel in the mud, and beat a good field like a stake horse.
