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- HAKLKM RACING. o Yesterdays mile and five-eighths race at Harlem famished an excellent contest. There is always more than ordinary interest aroused 1 over long distance races and this one did not 1 lack a particle in this respect. There were nine entries and all started and the first five j finished very close together and all in a heap. Gnu Metal was the betting choice for this event, being backed from 2 to 1 down to 9 to 5. The play on him, however, was very light, it bsing about evonly distributed between him, Ulm, Teuton?, Barton and Hanlight. Bartons 1 price, for some unknown ieason, was 8 to 1, 1 and despite his heavy impost of 118 sounds, this 1 price was out cf line and the sharpshooters killed it straight, place and to show. It took the starter seven minutes before he gave the word, but when he did the field was closely bunched with Ulm in front, Deceive second and Hanlight third. There was considerable changing of positions in the first five furlongs and passing the stand the order was Hanlight, Long Dandy and Deceive. On the first turn Hanlight gave away to Long Dandy and he led by many lengths down the back-atretch. All this time Barton, who generally races behind, was second with Gun Metal and Ulm bringing up the rear. At the half mile ground Long Dandy had enough and Barton moved to the front, clossly followed by Ulm, who moved up on the outside like a flash. For an instant on the stretch turn the latter appeared to have a winning cbanc3, but Nutt let him swerve to the inside where he got all tangled up. In fact, all but Barton were interfered with more or less in the stretch and this helped him to win. As it was he was driving and all out to beat Teutons by three-quarters of a length, W. S. Barnes handsome Order Bonita Belle filly, Lady Elite, was in a soft spot in the fifth race, which was at five and a half f nrlongs and scored her fifth consecutive victory. This filly was held at 9 to 20 and, considering the ease with which she won, 1 to 20 would have been a liberal price. In Tulane J. E. Cushing has undoubtedly a UBoful three-year-old. Ho picked up 112 pounds and beat Greatland in the second race, at a mile, very easily. Tulane was backed from 5 to 1 down to 3i to 1 and the ring was hit bard over his victory. Greatland receded in the betting from 6 to 5 to 2 to 1 and was then backed down to 9 to 5. He ran a poor race and Mr. Wallenstein may not have such a bargain as he thought he had when he claimed him from M. F. Dwyer for ,500. Mitten, a 7 to 1 chance, won the opening five farlong scramble for two.year-olds rather handily fromthe 2 to 1 favorite, Clara Wooley. Beauchamp rode Mitten, and, taking matters easily in the first part of the journey, came with a sensational rush through the stretch. Clara Wooley is more than an ordinary filly, and after she was beaten Louis Ezell put in a claim for her and got her. She was entered for 00, and as the purse wbb 00, pluB 5 for entrance money, which always goes to the winner, Ezell paid about all she was worth, 55. Mr. Settle, Clara Wooleya owner, was a trifle put out over losing the filly at first, but took it good-naturedly and said:. "When one runs in Belling races he must take the bad along with the good," Georgia was backed for a good thing in the second race, and proved to be one. She left the post third, but immediately went to the front and setting a pace to suit herself, won casing up from Free Hand in 1:131. James Arthur at last broke his spell of hard luck. He had Diggs in the last race with an o 1 1 j ordinary lot, and, although he seemed to bo far the best, there was as good as 8 to 1 laid against him. Jesse Mattiews had the mount and by placing the old sprinter cleverly in the first part of it, he was in a good position when the natural spread came at the head of the stretch, and Bhooting through on the rail, he won off by himself from Vie Lamont and Brightie S.
