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THE CNKNOWSS SENIOR STAKES. I Threatening weather or a muddy track does not seem to have any effect on the race going folks these days and Saturday afternoon between 11.00 and 12.0C0 people were at Harlem. There were seven well balanced races carded, the Senior Stakes, at nine furlongs, being the feature, and this, thanks to Kuhns clever riding, was won by The Unknown. There were but five starters in the stake race, namely. The Unknown, Dissolute, Owensboro, Wax and Star Chamber, and from this quintet the talent selected P. Dunnes Star Chamber and at about 7 to 5 he was strongly backed, it being all the way from 3 to 1 to 13 to 1 and take your pick against any of the others. Mr. Dwyer sent the field away on their journey at the first attempt to a pretty break, with Dissolute in front, Wax second and Owensboro third. This same order prevailed passing the stand, with the exception of Star Chamber being third and Owensboro fourth. Around the first turn there was a general scrap for posit ions out in the middle of the track, the result being that Wax slipped through on the inside and when headed down the backstretch he was in front, closely followed by Star Chamber. This pair had everything its own way around the upper turn, but shortly after passing the three to rlongs post Owensboro sneaked through on the rail with a rush, while The Unknown, who had been cleverly rated all the way, moved up rapidly on the outside. The consequence was that when the stretch was reached it was anyones race, but the early pace told on Star Chamber and Wax, and this pair collapsed about the eighth post, leaving The Unknown, Dissolute and Owensboro to fight it out. The former won simply because he had been well saved during the early part of the race and got the decision by about one length. Dissolute aid Owensboro had it hammer and tongs for second place, and Bloss, outfinishing Tally, gained that position on Dissolute. Nose finishes were the order of the day. there being no less than four of them. Peace, in the first event, handsomely ridden by H. Stuart, just managed to last long enough to stagger heme a nose in front of Jim W. The result of this event was very dissatisfying to the speculators, as neither of the betting choices, Josephine B. nor Braw Lad, was in the first three. The second event was also one of those close fits where everyone is on their tiptoes until the judges official numbers are hung out. This time the finish waE between Onoto and Chico-pec, both outsiders in the betting and Onoto was the one to get the verdict, while Tyrba and Delia Ostrand the favorite finished fourth and ninth respectively. Peaches, with Kuhn up, was the "real thing in the third race. For this event Shut Up was a stanch favorite at 6 to 5, but after the rough treatment he jiot at the start and again at the three-eighths post he was fortunate in finishing second. The right change was down on Irish Jewel in the fifth, and this unsexed offspring of Springbok— Emerald "delivered the goods" finely, with Oxnard second and Barney F. third. Hermoso was a life-saver to the talent in the sixth race, but his narrow hair-line victory over John Baker gave those who hadjbacked him a series of chills, no one being certain that he had beaten John Baker until number four was displayed by the judges, then one mighty roar went up from the stand. Obsidian, almost a stake horse in the mud, lad from end to end in the last race, finishing f. ve open lengths in front of Molo. The following statements were issued yester day by Col. A. W. Hamilton, presiding judge at Harlem : "Jockey Grimes is ruled off for pulling the horse Prestar in the sixth race Friday, August 17, and his valet, Edward Leigh, is also ruled off for complicity therewith. The case is still under investigation, and promises to involve one of the most prominent bookmakers at the track, also a trainer of another stable, and other parties. "After deliberation, the judges cannot see their way clear under the power conferred upon them by the Turf Congress law, to take action in the Ezell-Doss-Horton assault case. Horton claims he was assaulted because he bid up the horse Hacy. Ezell claims it was the culmination of an old feud that had its origin in Texas fifteen years ago. The evidence upon this, the vital point in the matter, is not sufficiently conclusive to warrant judicial action. "The evidence brought before me shows that the assault was a wantonly brutal and cowardly one; it was, however, committed outside the Harlem race track, and outside the limits of Chicago. The Turf Congress law confers large, and in some instances, arbitrary powers upon its officials within their own grounds, but it does not im power them to regulate the personal conduct of ruffianly horse owners outside of them." The total value of the Senior Stakes was ,040, 15 of which fell toT. P. Hayes, owner of The Unknown. Eggerson, the steeplechase jockey, left Harlem last night for the east, where he will ride the "timber-toppers" belonging to William L. Oliver. Two car-loads of horses were shipped from Harlem last night to California. In the consignment were the stables of C. W. Chappell, O. P. Romigh, P. Ryan. J. Coffey and R. C. Ferguson. Following is a list of owners, who, during the first two weeks of the Harlem summer meeting, have won more than C0 in purses: J. Bre-neck, ,857; T. E. Barrett. 00; G. C. Bennett. ,325; A. C. Clark, ,115; P. Dunne, ,318; J. J. Donovan. ,041 ; C. Drake, 00; Pred Foster, ,025; H.T. Griffin, 43; W. F. Gibson. ,195; 1 T. P. Hayes, ,365 ; R. J. Laughlin, 50 ; S. Lazarus, 55; J. D. McMillan, 37; J. E. Mad den, 25; G. W. Poole, 36; J. B. Respass, ,285; O. P. Romigh, 05; D. P. Rodgers, 75; J. F. Schorr, 34; Wagner fe Weber, 00; ; Woodford and Bnckner, ,095. Of the winning horses at Harlem last week nearly 48 per cent were favorites. The following table shows how many first, second, third i choices and others which won during the week : First Second Third Date. ChoiceChoiceChoiceOthers. August 13 4 1 1 0 I August 14 3 1 2 0 » August 15 4 2 10 I August 16 1 1 3 1 August 17 3 1 1 1 1 August 18 3 1 2 1
