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FORM. EEVEttAISAT H Alt LE W. It was a raw, c Id afternoon Friday at Harlem. Tbe crowd was much smaller thn usual. It was draw-in day and, notwithstanding the dreary outlook, twenty-five bookmakers elected to do basinets. Form reversals were the order and when Jack Bradley came sauntering borne a comforable winner in the two and a quarter mile race close observers threw up their hands. Jck Bradleys last start was at Harlem September 19. at a mile and a haf. In this race he was a stanch favorite, bat did not have a bit of spfodand was beaten off, Hosi winning easily. Hosi started in yesterdays racerbut at the finish he was a long way bahind Jack Bradley. It was a startl ng reversal of form. The lumpy going and a queer contest between jockeys were the only possible routes of excuse for Bradleys somersault. Much interest is always centered in long distance races, and when the horses went to the post the batting ring was deserted and the crowd was elbowing one another to get a good place to see the ac ual race. The contest was a most interesting one to look at. Jockeys Van-dusen and Rose fought each oih-tr all the way and bumped their own and other horses the entire route. Vanduson was on Yuba Dam and Rose was on Goo-e Liver. Trie j ckey contest ruined the chances of both horso3, and this may be another loop-hole for Jack Bradleys iac9 to pass through Rose was the rough riding beginner He tried to carry Vanduson out through tbe first mile. This caused Vandusen to lose his temper and down theb ckstretchacd on the far turn be bumpad Goose Liver repeatedly, and for an instant it looked as though ha might send Master Rose over tbe outside fence Wbile all this foolishness was going on Jack Bradley was galloping along at a steady pace in a good position ai-d when caled upon at the ciiticaL moment bo shot to the front and won at his leisure. Jockey Rose has queer spells and yesterday he evidently had one of them. His ride on Sim W in the fourth race was very bid. The horse was fresh and good and had speed to loan, but shortly after passing the half-mile pest Ros9 sbot him to the front and op-nod a gap of many lengthe- Passing the three-furlong post Sim W ssemed to have the raco in hand, but for some unknown reason Rosa kept him on tbe extreme outside and in making the stretch turn lost a lot of ground. On the other band Mitchell with Kings Highway cut across the track whero tbe going was bast and by do-iug so saved mach ground, Sim W., however, beat him to tha path but hfter being so much used he had nothing left to finish with. Naturally he went to pieces at the end. Kings Highway then won very easily. This, by tha way, was another form somersault. Tde racing from beginning to end was extremely tame, therd being only one ariv n finish. This came out of the second race, which was at one mile and a bunarad yards. The contest was between The Draoonand Depending. The former won dtiviug and all out by a scant half length, bat had Powell b. en able to keep D pending straight in the last sixteenth, ho wonld bave won. Emma M. got a Hying start in tbe first race and won running a fffcy, and Mocorito won tha third in about the same way, la the Moo -rito race Damocles, the natural favorite, finished last, beaten off. Damocles is a horse with bad legs and Master D i.ai told the judge when. FORM REVERSALS AT HARLEM. Continued from 1st Page. they questioned him ab ut the race that the lumpy going seemed to hurt the horse and he would not oxtend himself. McAlbort at 20 to 1 proved a big surpriao in the last race. He sot off in front and won all the way. H. Robinson, who owns McAlbsrt, said after the race that he brought ,C00 out to the track to bet on the hoiS9 bat did not put it on when In could not g?t a good jockey. Today winds up toe racing at Hirlem for two wooka and Monday the scene shifts to Hawthorne.
