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3I.UDIiA.RKS DAT. The Harlem Association seems to ba on the oats with the weather man and ha seems to eoak it to them every chance that be gets. The track was drying out nicely Friday morning and everything pointed to fast going for today bat at neon a steady rain tot in and kept ap all the afternoon. Consequently tne track is now more like a mad hole than a racecourse. The attendance does not seem to bo affected to any great extent by the miserable weather and the crowd yesterday numbered over 4,000. Of course, the racing was tame and winners very hard to pick. Evidently the chilly weather hes pat the liorsemen to thinkiDg about feed for the winter, for the entries were enormous. Particularly larga were the fields in the first and second events, thirty-two being the total of bath eighteen starts in the eecond and fourteen in the first. In both of those events "good things" "were numerous, bat it is safe to sjy that the Ting profited, as neither of the winners were backed to any great extent. The first was at three-quarters of a mile for two-year-olds, and Tha Rash, owned by the Schorrs and ridden by T. Burns, won rather easily. It was a lucky win, however, for Hrownie Anderson, the favorite, was much the bast, and it was only Conleys slowness in getting away from the post and bad racing lack generally ihat beat her. As it was, the filly ran a very good, game race, and was beaten only threo-qaarters of a length by the winner. It was write your own ticket on everything bat Andes in the second race. He, with Burns up, was an even money choice in an eighteen horte race. Andes seemed to far outclass the lot he was in with, bat at that the price was altogether too short and those that backed him displayed bad judgment. Andes looked good, but he did not run that way and finished beaten off. He broke eighth, bat moved up to third place on the backstrotch and until the three-eighths post was reached he had a chance to win. But when Burns called upon him he had nothing left to respond with and the jockey, after punching him for a bixteenth of a tnilo, -eased him up. Fantasy, ridden by the midget Dominick, won the race running away. Fantasy is a good-looking chestnut filly by Foueo Eva 8., and is consequently a fnll sister to B. J. Johnstons once famous racehorse Rudolph. A few old-timers who noticed the breeding of Fantasy played her through sentiment and profited richly, as the filly was at some stages of the betting as good as 50 to 1. Mr. William McGuigana Tulane came to life with a start in the tnird race and at a juicy price came within an ace of landing. Tuianos last race was so bad that the form players threw him out entirely in their calculations. He certainly outclassed the bnnch that he was in with but the fact that an inferior maidan like Hamlet had beaten him so far the last time he ttarttd led the public to believe that the colt was of no account. Evidently McGaigan thuught differently as he had Barns to ride. But oven with Barns up the pablic ref ased to back Iulane and the colts price drifted from 3 to 1 to 5 to 1 bat was then backtd down to 4 k 1. He had speed galore and lay eecond head and head witti Tappan to the stretch turn atd ior an instant it appeared that he was going to win but Tappan proved to possess the most stamina and landed the purse by a neck. Mdlo, with top weight up and favorito at, ;, 9 to 5, came home by himself a very easy winner in the fourth mce. He is an exceptionally coo a inud runner and as Oveitou took no i chances with him he bad no tiouble in winning ; by eight lengths. Intriguer,, who finished . second, ran a fine race after being badly interfered with on the first turn. Decoy, ridden by Barns, captured the long end of the purse in the fifth event. He got off fourth and was never better than second until the stretch was reached. Then he galloped over Miss Fee as though she was tied and eventually won as he pleased. It was a very hard task to see the horses in the last race so thick was the fog. Daily Racing Form, however, had scouts out on all the turns and consequently the race is accurately reported. Damocles got a flying start, but was outrun down the backstretch by Eva Wilson. Tho latter is not game and under pressure in the stretch she gave way to Damocles and he won in a canter. There will be an auction sale of horses in training in the paddock at Harlem today, at 12.30 p. m. They are the property of E, T. Graves, James Arthur and M. T. Danaher.
