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JOHN li AKERS GOOD RACE. cc Harlom was knee deep in sticky mud jester- day, bat Secretary. Nathanson offered an extraordinarily good card, and the big half-holiday -crowd was tieated to soma high class .racing a 3t was a gocd day for favorite?. Four of them to won and the ring got a fierce drubbing. A mile and one-sixteenth special was the racing feature, ana although only four horses 61 started they were so evenly matched that it was almost impossible for the wise men to a make a eelection. The quartette that started was Macy, John Baker, Jolly Roger and Kings Highway. Macy and John Baker divided thB play and a lot of money was bet on them, Macy 6 opened at 13 to 5 and was backed down to 8to 5. 8 There was some 2 to 1 John Baker but very, little and at post time he, too, was 8 to 5. Jolly Soger had a stout following and so had Kings Highway. The race was interesting of aspect for about seven furlongs, Then, John V Baker, an extremely shifty horBe in heavy c .going-, came away and won easily. He was con- t ceding a horse of class like Macy eight ponnds t and did it like a gentleman. Rose rode John Baker, took him to the front immediately after c the start and rated him there cleverly. Macy C was always within striking distance and all t down the backstretch he seemed to be running s very easily, and from the stand it looked as f though he could run over John Baker when he 1 got ready. The latter, however, had a lot in t reserve, and on the far turn stole away from Macy. Burns, who rode the latter, made his move at the thre6 furlongs post, but he rever could catch John Baker. Macy easily beat Jolly Roger for the place. The latter is a i sulker and did not run his race. Old Montgomery has bsen in the worst kind of luck lately. He could run second and third t all right enough but it seemed impossible for him to win a race. He broke this spell of bad -j luck in the first event and after a most deaper. ate drive through the stretch got up just in time to nose out Antiquary. From the sixteenth post heme this pair had it hammer and tongs and it was principally through Burns superior xiding that Montgcmery won. Dugan, who rode Antiquary, seemed to got tired when the pinch came and let the colt bore out. This cost liim the race. The finish was a very close one and a noisy crowd foolishly gathered around the stand after the judges bad hung out Mont- 1 gomerys number. The defeat of Goodrich in the mile and a quarter race was a hard blow to the talent. The horse seemod to bo Ihe best of the bunch, and, with Burns up, was figured as a good thing. He is a noted snlker. Goodrich ran kindly enough for a mile and seemed to be winning at the head of the stretch. Here a bumping match ensued. Goodrich was the chief aufferar and Joe Shelby appeared to bo the offender as to him. After the collieion Goodrich hung and sulked. In an instant Joe Shelby took the lead, and, standing a hard drive gamely all through the stretch, managed to beat Goodrich by a length and a half. It seemed natural that Barns would claim foul against Joe Shelby, but ho didnt, and the judges took no notice of the interference. That Verify is one of the best mud runners in the west was demonstrated in the second race. He was an odds-on favorite over Sam Lazarus UJsq. and six others, end won running away. Ho got off in front, and although H. B. Tobacco headed him for an instant down the back-atretch he was never in danger. On the far turn Vititoemado his run with Verify and Cahns gelding opened up a big gap in fifty yards. After that there was nothing to it as far as a cc a to 61 a 6 8 contest was concerned, and Verify pulled to a canter won by ten lengths from Sam Lazarus Esq. The mile race for two-year-olds went to Hoods Brigade. He led all the way and after hard drive just managed to last loDg enough win by a half length from Ulorizar. On the latter Mitchell rodo a very bad race. He should have won. The boy did not seem strong enough to hold him together and he slipped : about all through the journey. : P. M. Givill won Ihe last race with Bishop Reed, but through winning he lost his horse. The Bishop won in an impressive way. fie was entered for 00 and W. P. Magrane, who ran second with Mary Kinselia,bid him up to ,000. 1 Civill let him go at that price.
