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GOOD RACING AT HAKLE5I.. 5 Large fields and close finishes were the order j at Harlem yesterday. It seemed that almost every horse in the vicinity was entered, and the card was an extraordinarily big one. So was the crowd that was on hand. The fifth and sixth events both furnish ed hair-raising contests, and so great was the excitement caused by thsse two events that a majority of the crowd forgot to flock to the early returning trains. The consequence was that the later J trains were packed to the guards , , Th9 fif th race was atamila and nine started. Mistral II., with "Monk" Ovarton up, waB the natural favorite but receded in the betting from , to 5 back to 13 to 5. This caused the betting public to beiome suspicious and kept a great many who thought the horse was a ciuch from betting on him. However, Mistral II. was fit .and trying, and so was Overton, and the latter Tode one of those finishes he use! to ride in days gone by when few if any jockeys in the country could outride him. Mistral II. met with bad luck on the first turn being carried very wide, in fact almost to the outside fence, by Latch Key. Consequently when the field got straightened out down the "backstretch Mistral II. was last and appeared to be hopelessly beaten. Overton, however, Tiovergaveupand going to the outside where he could not get Bhut cff he set sail for the lead--ers. The horse proved game and when the stretch was reached he was within str.king distance. At this point Overton drew his whip and by the hardest kind of driving managed to set up in time to win from Fonclif and Three Bars. It was a strong bit of riding on Overtons part and a game performance f or the torse. Both were warmly received when they came back to the stand after the race. The struggle in the sixth race between the two fillieB, Merito and Ban Cecelia, was a grand one. .This pair hooked up at the eighth post nd from there to the wire struggled like fiends to get ahead of one another. They had a nodding finish and when the wire was reached it happened to be Meritos turn to be in front and ahe got the verdict. Merito was the favorite .and she was heavily backed at about even money, so her victory was an extremely popular one. She is undoubtedly as game as a pebble, otherwise she could never have won. Mathews got her off in a tangle and had all sorts of bad racing luck early. Jenkins, who rode San Cecelia handled her with skill and redeemed himself for the bad ride he put up on Cherry Leaf Thursday. Twenty of the cheapest maidens in training made up the field in the first race and they certainly kicked up a lot of dust. After it had cleared away and the numbers were hung out Grey John was no longer a maiden. He was fortunate in getting away anu not being interfered with and after staving off PrincesB Mur-phya rush, won by an open leDgth. Nullah, on account of the route being five furlongs, had very few friends in the second race but those that stuck to her were well regarded for she won handsomely at 41 to 1. 6 to 5 for the Canaco was a warm choice at third ract, but whatever chance she had of winning was ruined by either the miserable instructions Beauchamp got, or by his own lack of judgment. The filly, in all of her best races, ;1ibb come from behind, but for some unknown reason Beauchamp rushed her out to the front as soon as possible and wore her out in pace-imaking. Bacivan won the race in a mild drive from Aureole a 80 to 1 chance. Algareta, who was a crackajack as a two-year-old, has evidently regained a touch of her best form. This filly has be3n sick for two 5 j years, but in the fourth race she was backed from 2 to 1 down to 8 to 5 and beat a fast lot, including Flora Louise, rather handily. "Big Bill" Lange was a visitor at the track and judging from the way he rooted for almost every winner he must have had a good day.
