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HARLEM RACIG. There was some good racing yesterday at Harlem. The fields wfra not so large as thy wflre Tuesday and Wednesday and consequently tin horses ran rmire truly to form. Favorites fared badly, only one pronounced -choice. Lord Zeni, winning. Still all of the winners seemed to be wall backed, as each one -came in for a round of opplsuse. A condition race at one mile and one hundred .yards and a three quarter dash for two-year-olds were the principal features, and both fnrnishf d interesting contests. There was a email but select field of four in the mile and hundred yards event, and Cherry Leaf with 107 pounds up was deemed to have the best chance. He was heavily b lcked at about oven money, but whatever chance he had -of winning was ruined by the miserable ride he received at the hands of Jenkins. The horse was aUhis best and went down the backstretch, at a snails pace, fighting for his bead. He was so good that he was rank and as there wss no j j excessively fast pace to the early stages of the j j race, Master Jenkins used very bad judgment in not going right on to the front instoad of choking hia mount in an effort to place him. Nutt, on Tenby, was the first to realize the situation, and at the three-eighths post he moved up rapidly from behind and stole a march on tho oilier boy?. When the stretch was reached Tenby, out about ten feet from the Tail, was a length and a half in front of Cheny Leaf. The latter was running easily, and Nutt,. seeing this, immediately pulled Tenby to the Tail and cleverly shut Cherry Leaf off. His horse was clear and be committed no foul, but it was certainly an astuto piece of jockeyship. Here is where Jenkins mace a bad mistake. He liad no possible chance to squeeze iu between Tenby and the rail and he could not jump over Tenby. There wa3 only one thing for the boy to do, and that was to pull up and go around. Had ho dona so the chances are that he would have won. but he ssemed in a trance and raced in behind Tenby to the wire. Evidently a happy thought struck him then, and after making his "weight ho rushed up into the stand and made a claim of lonl. The judges, of course, laughad at him and ignored his claim. "Bud" May has not been at the track any great length of time but it seemed that he has been there long enough to get his Bersan Mnry Anna colt Avenstoke in first-class condition and he cut him loose in tho three quarter dash for two-year-olds. The youngstor had Unsuhtly to beat but he beat her once boforo and bis owner thought he could do the trick again. Avenstoke caught all the wise play and went to the post an equal favorite with Unsightly at 2 tol. Ho was lucky enough to get off in front and led all tho way, winning in a mild drive by a length and a half UnBight.y was all "tangled up at the start and had a rough journey but nevertheltss she boat the others easily enough and finished second. There w as a lot of speed in the third, a three-quarter selling race, luc.udmg old Meddler who closed an equal favorite with Sim W. at 21 to 1. Meddler had one of his mean epells on and refuted repeatedly to break. When the start was eventually mada Meddler was hb uc a half dozen lengths back of the bunch but was on his stride and ran up to third position while going down tbo back stretch. He then tired and finished fourth. Magg.e Davis, vith 88 pounds up, jumped out iu the load as soon as tho barrier went up and set out to make a runaway race of it and succeeded. She waB roughly ridden by little Jed Waldo and only lasted loLg enough to beat Bim W. by a ncse. Maggie Davis was enteied to ba sold for 00. Ed Ryan raised her to 00 but she was retained by her owner. After this race Judge Hamilton decided not to allow Meddler to start at Harlem hereafter. He is now barred from both tracks. Azua won the first race in a drive from Aileen Wilson and Lord Zeni, well ridden by Enapp, cantered home with the second. The sixth furnished a bumping finish and a noso victory for Lucky Monday. It was a cloudy day. The track waB fast, but not at its best, and a big crowd was out.
