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GREAT BENDS PRAIRIE. Tbat noted mud-lark Great Bend, by St. Blaise— Susquehanna, won the Prairie Selling Stakes at Barlem yesterday without the least bit of an effort, thereby enriching hi6 owner ,145. The distance of the Prairie Stakes is one mile and a sixteenth, which was quite a long route to send horses at top speed over a track that was as bad as Harlem was yesterday. The going was something terrible, the mud being about three inches deep and as sticky as glue. All mud seems to look alike to Great Bend just so long as it is mud, and this being a well known fact to the talent it is no wonder that he was installed favorite at odds on over Prince Blazes, Found, Macy and Ohnet. The latter is a recent arrival from St. Louis, and is a shifty article himself in the mud. Found, as she always does, no matter how faBt the company is that she is in with, went to the front at the start and tried her best to make a runaway race of it. She Hew bv the stand the first time at a terrific gait and led by five open lengths, passing the first quarter post. Dowu thebackstretch Ohnet went after Found and at the half mile ground was within two lengths of her. Great Bend, in the meantime, was galloping along under a strong pull in third place. On the far turn both Found and Ohnet began to tire and Great Bend, plowing through the deep mud like a propeller through the water, had no trouble in passing them, and headed for home with a comfortable lead of a length and a half, which he increased to three lengths before the wire was reached. Macy, under the once famous jockey, Bergen, came like a whirlwind on the extreme inside through the stretch and ran the fast tiring Ohnet to a head for second place. Jockey Tally was very much in evidence and out of five mounts succeeded in piloting three winners, finishing second once and third once. This is the ame youth that went to sleep the other day on Silverdale. allowing Tyr to beat him by a nose, thereby drawing a fine for himself to the extent of 00. It seems his experience on Silverdale taught him a lesson, and since thei never a finish lias he attempted to draw fine. Tallys best piece of riding was on Josephine K., whom he saved finely at the post and also rode with judgment throughout eventually gaining a nose victory over Lennep. The finish in this race was a very close one and those not in a direct line with the wire thought Lennep had won and made considerable noise over the judges decision. But as a matter of fact Josephine B.s nose loomed up as big as a house in front of Lennep. The latter is very speedy and has a fondness for heavy goini; and for a time it seemed that she was going to win off by herself, but in the stretch she began to tire and despite Bloss strong effort he could not make her last quite long enough to win. Thosa that followed form closely "cleaned up on Obsidian in the third event. This big good looking son of St romboli— Clara G. ran a cracking good race Wednesday and on paper seemed like a natural 8 to 5 chance, but for some unknown reason the ring, to its sorrow, made him a 4 to 1 chance, at which price the Foster Brothers horse was strongly backed. Master Tally rode Obsidian ami going to the front on the first turn, he at once proceeded to make every post a winning one, and without an effort won by ten open lengths. J. J.T., di i iiifj to the limit, heat Blue Dan by a narrow margin for second place in the race. "Brown Dicks" Etta seems to be "Hawkins boss" now and the way she disposed of The Unknown. Nobleman and Wax in the second race was pleasiDg to her backers. The filly loafed in behind The Unknown and Wax to the stretch and then comini: with a rush caught and out-gamed The Unknown at the sixteenth post and at the end won by three-quarters of a length. Sad Sam, in going precisely to his liking, and at the short route of four and one-half furlongs, managed to beat an ordinary lot of two-year-olds in the first race, and Pitfall, driving and staggering and long overdue, plodded home a half length in front of Martha Fox in the final mile selling race. Pink Coats western campaign has ended. Capt. A. C. Franklin will take the 1898 Ameriean Derby winner to Saratoga tomorrow night. With Pink Coat goes Alcedo, Tim Gainey and two of Schorrs horses. Borne Respass, with a stable of nine horses, left Harlem last night for Sheepshead Bay. In the lot are the following: Mr. Brown, Onomas-tus, Serrano, Frank Thompson. Passe, Cambrian, Onteloe, Legal Test and Elmer L. Jockey T. Knight accompanied the stable. The gross valuation of the Prairie State Stakes was ,410 and W. F. Gibsons share of it netted him ,145. By turnstile count there were 7,500 spectators present at Harlem yesterday.
