view raw text
CROCKET IX A KOMP, and It was scorching hot at Harlem yesterday and as the air was full of humidity the great crowd that went to the races for sport was iairly melted before the afternoon was over. What the crowd suffered, however, was not a marker to the sufferings of the bookmekers. In the first piece the betting ring was like a bake oven and again six favorites won right off j the reel. They were all well backed and the i xing must have suffered a financial as well as a g s phy sical scorching. f There must have been a heavy rainfall in the vicinity of Harlem early in the morning as the -track was thoroughly soaked and, while not heavy , it was quite slow, slippery and cuppy. This of course altered the calculations of the . Jhandicappars; the talent had its eyb cn tli6 gun and picked the entire program. The principal event of the day was the fourth -which was a nine furlongs condition race. The conditions were such that Tenby, carrying top weight, only had up 107 pounds. Crocket was in at 98 pounds, and aa the track was just to her liking and a handicap to all the other starters she seemed to bo in a soft spot and 3 to 2 a xoyal price against her. There was nothing to the race as far as a contest was concerned. Crocket left the barrier in front, and the farther they went the more did Crocket increase her leadand when the finishing point was reached the hlJy was easing up a half dozen lengths in the lead. She won so very easily that one of the big bettors in the stand remarked in a joking way, "It is a shame to take it." When Durham and Applegate purchased the two-year-old Merito they certainly got a good, same, honest filly. Unsightly scratched away irom her in the five and a half furlong race and she appeared to have an easy thing then, but before the race was over Merito had to be fully extended to beat off the maiden Bocklight. The latter recently worked a half in 481 seconds and on the Btrength of this he was heavily backed in a race last Tuesday but he ran like a counterfeit. In this race, however, he showed a fine turn of speed, and had the race been a trifle shorter he would have beaten Merito. Meritos gameness from the three-eighths post until she caught Bocklight earned for her a good round of applause. Oar Gertie seems to be at her best now and the three -quarter allowance race was nothing more than an exercise gallop for her. She got away from the post third, but it did not take her long to get to the front, and setting a pace to suit herself, she won pulling up by three lengths from Maceo. Our Gertie was backed from 2 to 1 down to 7 to 5. Out of the first race cama a fighting finish between Tildy Ann and Tildee. The latter carried five pounds overweight and Caywood, and this is what beat her. Caywood has been very sick a greater part of the summer, and he did not ssom to have Btrength enough to help Tildee 1 when help was required. The pair hooked up at the head of the stretch and fought hard to to the wire. Bon Jour came to life with a suddon start in j the second race and beat a bad lot of horses 3 juBt likn breaking stickB. He was a 7 to 5 favor-ite and received a good ride at the hands of f Jesse Mathews. 8am Wagner and his friends bet a world of f money on Alabaster the last time he started, but owing to bad racing luck ho finished outside of the first three. They stuck to him 1 again, however, in the last race of the day and the son of Springbok Emerald delivered the e goods handsomely. W. Dean rode him and was g lucky in getting away and took no chances, , winning away off by himself. and A carload of horses left Windsor for Chicago. Among them were the useful jumper, Pommery Bee, and the racer, Dog Town, that has won some good racos on the Northern Circuit this summer.
