view raw text
HARLEMlS good racing. Mondays racing at Harlem was full of shorp angles. Monongah, a heavily-played favorite, -was beaten through bad racing luck though by far tbe beet horse, and Silver Fizz, anothor betting choice, won because jockey Dagan overcame the difficulty incident to a broken saddle. Two long shots landed during the afternoon. ZDeepito the miserable weather and bad track the sport was above tbe average. Monongahs downfall came in the third race, -which was at eight and one-half furlongs. ; Wilson beat him. Jockey OBanion on Timon -was the cause of Monongahs defeat and he came within an ace of causing a seriocs accident. On the first turn OBanion seemed to be Tiding with his eye3 closed. He bumped into and almost threw Monongah. The latter went to bis knees and for an instant it looked as though be would surely fall. Patterson, who Tode him. was almost unseated, and by tbe time he got the horse straightened ont Wilson -was far in front and retained bis winning lead. The mix-up on tbe first turn must have rattled Patterson, for after it he used miserable judgment. He set sail for Wilson down tbe bark stretch and mad? up lost ground too fast. Then ho foolishly tried to get through between De-bride and the inside iail and was shaiply cut off. Notwithstanding all this Monongah would not give up, and when straightened out for home he gained steadiiy on Wilson, and the latter barely lasted long enough to win by a narrow margin. Timon was baten off ten length?. Silver Fizz was carded to carry 87 pounds, bat tbe best Dagan could do was 90, and then he rode with a pad in place of a saddle. It seems that the filly is sore -and the trappings could not be sufficiently tightened on her. Shortly after the start the surcingle slipped and Master Dugan was fortunate in being able to keep bis seat. He kept it and his head both, and succeeded in winning the race. The filly was a stout favorite and Dugan was cheered for the judgment he displayed. The fields in the first and second races were big and bad, fifteen starting in tbe first and eighteen in the second. Inuendo and Eittie G. had racing luck enough to land the events. Wordsworth was favorite for tbe first and beat the barrier, but when the pinch came in the atrotch, ho was not equal to the task and Inuendo and The Plutocrat both beat him. Eittie G., at the long price of 40 to 1, captured the second race. It was at five furlongs and eighteen very ordinary two-year-olds ran. The winner did not gtt away any too well but she had clear i ailing and eventually won very easily from Iznik, the favorite. W. Jones rode tho latter but the judges did not like his work and suspended him. Prestar is an extra good mud rnnner. and with only 95 pounds up made a show of his field in the fourth event. He was heavily backed at 3 to 1 and won all tho way. His first quarter, through the very deep mud in 25 i seconds, waa phenomenal. Lord Fairfax was second and Maizlla tbird. Ont of tbe last race came a very close finish and a popular win. Blue Lick, with Barns up, was royally supported at about oven money, and after a terrific drive all through the stretch managed to baat Tne Bondman by n narrow margin. On Blue Lick Barns rode an extra good race. He picked tho best going and rode most carefully through the stretch. It is surprising bow tho crowds keep up in the face of such weather. By actual count 3,752 persons paid for admission yesterday. Lakoiidc opens up Octobar 28 and will run for fifteen days. Twenty-eight books cut in yesterday for two days. Jockey Vititoe leaves for 8an Francisco after tbe Harlem meeting. He is under contract to ride for Ed Corrigan this winter.
