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ANOTHER STAKE TO LARKSPUK. f Harlem certainly had a surprise in store for . race-goers Saturday, and the big crowd of 8,000 . peorle that visited the popular track stood as- . tonished and in one breath remarked, "How did they do it?" In com parison with last season, the grand . stand and grounds all around preseut a transformation scene. Everything, including the judges and timers stands, is new and a credit to John Condons energy. The new stand is a , beauty in every respect and its fine furnishings show that expense was not thought of during its erection. It is finished and ceiled in white oak, presenting a clean, healthy appearance, and from every seat a perfect view of the races can be had. From the stand to the track proper is quite a space and there a handsome stone promenade has been built. The betting ring is modeled after the original Harlem ring, only that the roof of the new one is considerably higher, thereby furnishing more light and air. In this department Saturday twenty regular and two field books had all and, in fact, more ! than they could do. To top off the pretty new stand was Hunks . | Cregier with a full orchestra, and several times 1 between races the selections played were i warmly applauded. The same officials who conducted the racing ! so successfully last year were on hand. Colonel [ Hamilton, with hie usual amount of dignity and southern hospitality, presided in the stand, , being assisted by Martin Nathanson and I Thomas M. Chivington. The popular and competent Pick Dwyer did the starting, and was ably assisted by Arthur and Maurice McKnight. The program offered Saturday was a cracker-jack, - the principle attraction being the Austin j Selling Stakes at u mile and a sixteenth, with 1 a value of ,000, and, although there was no keen contention during the early part of the journey, the race at the end furnished an abundance of excitement. Barney Schreibers Fly by Night t took the track shortly after the start and for r awhile it seemed that he was going to make a 1 | | runaway race of it but m the stretch bend 1 Larkspur joined him and from there home the 3 pair had a bumping match. Fly by Night was 3 the original offender, Buchanan trying to carry-Larkspur f out and otherwise interfering with j her. Master Walsh, who rode the latter, although a trifle undersized, is a game youngster r and would not stand for the abuse Buchanan j was giving him and Larkspur and took a hand , 1 in the rough work himself by pulling in on Fly f by Night and carrying him to the extreme inside and eventually winning by a length and a half. After the race Buchanan made a quick i bluff and lodged a claim of foul against Larkspur and Walsh. The judges properly rejected the claim and placed the horses the way they f finished, Larkspur first, Fly by Night second and Gold Fox third. There was only one close finish during the e afternoon and that was between All Gold and Eva Rice in the last event, the former winning i- a lucky race by a nose from Eva Rice. , I All Gold is "Billy" Olivers Derby candidate. • I and is a fine looking colt b Rayon dOr— Merry y I Nellie. This is the lirst race Oliver has won in „ the west this year, and after it he was very jubilant, " but when asked bj a few western owners s why he did not bring good horses from the east t if he expected to win races, he became highly iudignant. Garry Hermann won another purse for his g owner, Charles H. Smith, in the second race 8 and in doing so displayed a great amount of f gameness. The colt broke second, but all in a a tangle, and l efore he got fairly into his ■ stride Matin was a half dozen lengths in f . . . . , ! . | 1 i ! [ , I front and apparently running easily. This frightened Boland, and about the three-furlongs post he went to work on Garry and drove him fiercely until he got to the front. Under Bolands severe punishment Garry Hermann never flinched, and although he did not seem to have a chance when swinging into the stretch, he eventually won easily. Battus even beat Matin, who tired badly in the last fifty yards. Hermoso came home by himself in the initial three-quarter race, leaving behind him Barney Schreiber"s champion Bannockburn. The latter was hardly ready, but at that ran a good race. It was Oxnard all the way in the nine furlongs selling race, he finishing a length and a half in front of The Bobby and Thomas Carey, both of which should have beaten him. Bangle, who would be one of the best horses on the Western turf but for his disposition, beat an ordinary lot like breaking sticks in the fifth race. He broke last but was well in his stride and just paraded all the way. Father Jordan has a hard-luck story. A bay filly strayed away from his stable last Thursday and up to date no trace has been found of her. "Th9 reason I did not start Sofala Saturday is that the field appeared a little large for her," said Barney Schreiber. "The filly is a nervous animal, and although she wa9 fit for a race, I concluded that nothing would be gained had she run. I would like to have it made public that her nervousness alone was the cause of her being scratched." Jockey Millers tendency to swing wide on the turn subjected him to a caution by the judges. The horses of Steve LHommedieu, the noted plunger, are at Harlem. Starter Dwyer fined jockey Buchanan 5 for breaking the barrier. Until Miss Nobody is schooled to the barrier her entry will not be accepted.
