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AI GABETAS GAMENESS. George B. HaviUs sweet filly, Algareta, by Bramble Caledonia, won another purse for her worthy owner yesterday in her usual game style. The filly was giving away weiarht to all the other starters in Lakesides fourth race, which was at five furlongs, but this did not have any great effect on Algarete, and after a fierce drive all through the stretch she succeeded in outgaming Little Jack Horner, who, by the way, is a greatly improved horse of late, and sot the verdict by a neck. That Tommy Griffin has an exceptionally good youngster in Erwin is beyond doubl. This big handsome son of His Highness Vage romped home the easiest kind of a winner in the three-quarters of a mile daBh for twa-year-olds in 1:15, which, everything considered was a very good race. Erwin is a colt that likes a route, can ron in any kind of going, also carry high weight and is game as a pebble. The lot , that Erwin beat was an ordinary one, still the colt won in each an impressive way that he gained many admin re. Darkness struck the track before the last race was over, and while the horses were making the rounds of the course in this event it waB impossible for the spectators to tell which was in front or which was last. In the last quarter, however, it came down to a rousing finish between Chancery, Plantain and Walkenshaw. The former, thanks to Mitchells cunning work, got the decision. Had Mitcbell not resorted to questionable tactics Chancery would possibly have finished third, instead of first, and Walkenshaw would probably have won. Mitchell went a trifle wide on the Btretch bend, inviting Plantain and Walkenshaw up into a pocket. Then he pulled in on them and held them on the rail to the end. Both Chancery and Walkenshaw improved suddenly from their last ra:es. Catastrophe, at 12 to 1, over-raced himself and beat a good lot of horses in the third race. This was at a mile and a sixteenth, and despite a bad ride Californias full brother managed to be in front at the wire. Banneville, the favorite for this race, was unsatisfactorily ridden by Vititoe. "Dutch" Roller has been trying all summer to make Brown Dick get out of the maiden class and in the first race of the day he at last succeeded. Felix Bard ran a smart race in the second event of the day and landed in good style from Morris Volmer and Lovable.
