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LONG SHUTS DAY. Long Bhots bad an inning yesterday at Harlem, and if the pikers and sharpshooters did not lay up winter money they have no one to blame bnt themselves. Starting in with the Old Nick, Satan him? o.f, at 20 to 1, long-priced horses won ovory event with tha exception of the third, which went to Silver Fizz, the even money fnvorite, and she "barely beat Oconee, a 15 t 1 chance. The greatest sensation came out of the fourth race. This was at one milo under selling conditions and had twelve startera. Violet Parsons was favorite at 8 to 5. bnt after lying second to the stretch she faiel away and finish d fifth. The winner turned up in Intriguer, who was at one tim? in tne batting as cood as 100 to 1. At this price haudicapper Ed OMaliey and several of his friends bat on him. OMaliey thought pretty well of it and tried hard to get Ben Falk to bat on him bnt tha latter gave him the laugh and said he was crazy. OMaliey may bo crazy at timss, but in th:s instance he had the langh on Falk and incidentally featberei bis irest for the winter. .Intriguer ran more like a 1 to 2 shot than a 100 to 1 chance. He got off secon 1, bnt went to the front when he got ready down the backstretch and smothering his field for speed, won away-off by himself by tsn lengths. Go.den Rod, a SO to 1 chance, was second and Fiutan third. If ever a lot of bookmakers were out of line on the price of a horse, they were on Bertha Nell in the last race. This filly has started but once on local tracks before and that day finished third at six furlongs to Free Lady and -Jim Gore II. in 1:131 with 103 pounds up. In yesterdays raoe she only had 95 pounds ud still 30 to 1 was offered against her. The filly was heavily played all three ways and every book in the ring lost over her victory. With a bid horse like Montgomery a 7 to 5 favorite the "wise ones" are always rn the lookout for Eomo long shot that has a chance, and in this instance they scored and scored . heavily. Montgomerj had no excuses. He got I -a flying start and was never bothered. On the other hand Bertha Nell got away in the middle of the field and was interfered with more or less but stood it gamely and coming through "with a rush oa the far turn she headed Montgomery in the stretch, and after a driving finish won by a neck. Crockets easy win from Garuero and Mizpah was a fazer" to the talent. The rece was ; thought to be Btrictly between the two last j named and a ton of money waB bit on them at 8 to 5. Crocket and Bishop B-ed. the only other starters, were nibbled at at abont 8 to 1. The two outsiders always had the rac to them-f Belves and finished one, two. Bi?hop Reod broke in front and led to the stretch. Bere Crocket passed him as though he was tied and, going right on about her business, won cleverly by a length. Carnero, two lengths back of Biehop Eeed, beat Mizpah thiee-qnarters of a length. The latter did not near run his race. , Tommy Burns rode one of his bad re-ces on Barataria in the seoond event, but his luck was so strong and the horse was so much ih best that he won in spite of it. Barataria got an ay last and trailed the bunch to th h-ilf mile ground. Hero Barns made a bluff about going throngh On the inside, then he chuLged his mind and btarted to go aronnd. He fooled away much time in this way, and eventually, on. iho far tnrn, he made up his mind to go aronnd. When he bit the head of the stretch hi as fourth on the outside, bat gaiuod rapidly in the run home, and won rather easily at the en I by about three-quartets of a length. Had Bara taria not been much the best it is donbtfol if he ! would have been ,-in the money." Satan won the first race simply because ho was a better stayer than Gussie Fay. The latter had a commanding lead at the head of the stretch, but hung when the pinch came and was beaten by a narrow margin. In winning the third race Silver Fizz displayed rare gameness. She was off poorly and underpressure all the way but stood it gamely and catching the fast tiring Oconee about twenty yards out beat her about a length. In the first race Fly Lotta was crowded near the half mile cost and fell, severely iv jaring her jockey, Boland. -1 : :
