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SEY SETS A NEW RECOKI. Excitement reigned supreme at Harlem yesterday and if the present gait keeps up the meeting will pass into turf history as one of the most sensational that was ever held there. There were about 0,000 spectators present yesterday and many of them yelled themselves hoarse for the judges to declare bets off after Lord Chesterfield, favorite in the jumping race, went wrong. Judge Hamilton was of the same opinion as the spectators were and after the race called Jockey Joe Flynn into the stand and asked him, if he could, to explain how it was that his horse happened to go wrong. The boy could give no satisfactory excuse, so the judge promptly ruled him off the turf, and to protect the public declared all bets off. This decision pleased the crowd and they cheered the Kentucky Colonel loud and long. Either Flynn is the nerviest cheater that ever rode a jumper or else he is a victim of circumstances, and when the judges declared all bets off they not only made a popular decision but also a correct one. Lord Chesterfield i6 ubout the neatest fencer at the track and in yesterdays steeplechase he led his field by about ten lengths throughout, and just before the last obstacle was reached he seemed to be far enough ahead of the others to fall and then get up and win. Flynn claims, however, that the gelding bore in with him and that he was unable to keep him in the course. The consequence was that Lord Chesterfield ran around the last jump instead of taking it and was pulled up, thereby ending Flynns career as a jockey and giving the judges a chance to make a popular ruling. Jockey Bnllman made his local bow in the saddle on Sly in the second race, and not only did he ride her to victory, but he also made the speedy daughter of Racine— Aurelia II. step the fastest six and a half furlongs ever recorded. Georgie held the record for that odd distance up to yesterday, she having set the mark at l:19ilast summer at Hawthorne, but Sly with 109 pounds up clipped ■ quarter of a -econd off Georgies record and it is safe to say that it will be some time before Slys time is beaten or equaled. Bullman rode a grand race on Sly, saving her for the run tli rough the stretch, while Princess Thyra. with Rose up. was out in front setting a terrific pace. In the stretch Kullman struck Sly a couple of time6 with his whip, and quicker than a flash the filly overhauled Princess Thyra and at the end won rather handily. Jockey Cay wood seems to be in his best form at present and his excellent handling of Adme-tus in the last race is worthy of comment. Cay-wood was always a good judge of pace and also a strong finisher, but never before in his career as a rider did he use better judgment or put up a stronger finish than he did on Admetus, and this landed Pooles gelding a winner by a nose 1 from Red Pirate, who was the better horse of the two. Lady Idris skinned the rails on the stretch turn in the first event and won a lucky race by about a length from, Edith Q. Cora Goetz, at "JO to 1, after showing a lot of ! speed, lasted long «-nougli to stagger home two lengths in front of the favorite. Likeness, in the i fourth ,race. while Donation, at the liberal i price of 21 to 5, had a picnic in beating a lot of cheap selling-platers in going a mile and a furlong. Green B. Morri , with the remainder of his ; stable, including Pupil, the American Derby candidate, arrived yesterday. Mr. Morris looked as strong and hearty as ever, and is welcome back west once more. The place betting on The Elector in race No. , 1S644 should have been 4 to 1 instead of 5 to 1, as printed in the chart. By the claiming process, Red Pirate passed from the stable of Mrs. H. J. Smith to that of "Texas" Smith, after the last race at Harlem yesterday. Cora Goetz also came near being owned by Smith, as he ran her price up to 00 after the fourth race, but Goetz and Co. retained the filly with the usual bid. Among the arrivals at Harlem yesterday were Green B. Morris, James Arthur and Ed Brown | Brown Dick. Morris came in time to see I jockey Bullman on Sly create a new worlds ! record. Dr. H. E Rowell shipped his stable to St. LouiB last night from Harlem. Hi6 horses will remain there until Harlem opens for its summer meeting. ; Jockey W. Dean, for repeatedly breaking his I engagements, will not be permitted to ride again at Harlem during this meeting. Two new records, one of them a worlds mark, were hung up at Harlem yesterday. In the second race, at 64 furlongs. Sly ran the distance in 1:19. The former record for this distance was held by Georgie, a three-year-old, which, on Sept. 16, 1899, on the Hawthorne track, ran the distance in 1:191 . The other record was made by Viking, in the steeplechase race, reducing the Harlom short course record of 3 :55 to 3 :43i . Jockey Bullman has been engaged to ride four horses at Harlem this afternoon. There will be an auction sale of horses in the paddock at Harlem this afternoon at 1 oclock. The following thoroughbreds will be offered for sale: Henry Launt. Ben Magen, Rivonne, Nat Roe. Tamer, Fidel Youlin. Manlius and others.
