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fllAGlS ASPIRANT STAKES The Harlem management presented a crack ing good card yesterday some of the best horses mow in the west participating in the various races The crowd was as large as usual and the racing the best seen at the track in some time The coarse was lightning fast and the time was excellent throughout The Aspirant Stakes a dash of five f nrlongs for youngsters resulted in a rousing finish between four of the starters and was prodnctive of keen enthusiasm Magi won in a desperate drive by a head from Xmathion which beat Nellie Waddell a neck with Janbert lapped on onTo To a good start Emathion shot into the lead followed closely by Janbert and Magi Nellie Waddell laid in fourth position here and was slow abont getting into her fnll stride Ema ¬ thion continued in the lead as the stretch was reached straightening for home a langth be ¬ fore Janbert with the rest of the field well bunched bunchedDown Down the rnn in Magi and Nellie Waddell gradually cloeed on Ematbion and then began a struggle that aroused the spectators to the keenest pitch of excitement Magi clung to Emathion with great gameness and under a vigorous ride beat him by the shortest of mar ¬ gins to the wira NelJio Waddell finished strongly and was probably the bast of the trio as they passed over the line Jaubert fell out of the contest at the stretch entry bnt rallied in the last eighth and was knocking on thodoar at the end Bweet Billie was beaten off from start to finish Pink Coat at the weights was generally con ¬ ceded to be the best in the third race a handicap for threeyearolda and upward at one and one eighth miles Even at that the grand old Derby winner of 98 was as good as 2 to 1 in the betting at one time Ha rewarded the confidence placed in him by bis numer ¬ ous backers by winning in impressive style Canmore easily went into the lead at the atari with Hernando and Scotch Plaid in hot pursuit with Pink Coat trailing along in last position bnt within call going down the back Btreteb Canmpre increased his lead until by the time he bad reached the half mile post ha had the advantage of three lengths over Hernando with the rest of the field close up There was little change in these in these posi ¬ tions until curving for home where Canmoro had CBOUgh and Hernando assumed command Along here Dupee called on Pink Coat and he responded with alacrity closing on the leader when about the last eighth post From here to the end he always held Hernando safe winning in an easy gallop by a half length with Hernando a head before Argrrgor The last na ed finished strongly and mad Hernando etreteh himself to the last ounce to capture the second position Scotch Plaid ran well for seven furlongs and then cried quits Can more cjmit badly just before turning for home homeOae Oae of the surprises of the day was the de ¬ feat of Ben Battle in the fifth race the gelding OB ale previous good form appearing to have a great ekanee of winning He was the victim of a ill jadged ride however or otherwise he might have won Gormley made too much use of kin in the first seven furlongs and when he was challenged by Anthracite he had not an omnee left to finish with He led by a big mar gin up to the last eighth where he began to tire and it was an easy matter for Anthracite to pass him winning by a length and a half j witk Ben Battle five in front of Constellator The last named had enough when seven f ar longi had been ran I The daye opener went to Louis Ezells Land Mi which ran a splendid race making up much ground from a poor start and finally pre ¬ vailing at the end by a length over Bavensbnry he finishing the same distance in front of Hermis Landseer bore in a great deal on Bavensbnry on the inside rail in the last hun ¬ dred yards but the interference was hardly enough to prevent the latter winning Hermis appeared all over the winner at the last eighth post but sprawled badly in the closing strides Burnett Wallace made up considerable ground from a bad beginning and finished a bangup fourth He bears watching from now on in his class Nat Goodwin ran well for half a mile only Fallen ran an exceeding bad race raceThe The sprint race was taken rather handily by If Yon Dare which was lucky to get off with a running start in an unwieldy field of seventeen Crinkle showed him the way up to the last quarter where he easily assumed command and was never afterward in trouble winning by a length and a half from Natural Gas she a head before School for Scandal on whom John Grigsby was lapped Natural Gas was all out at the end and would have lout second place in one more stride School for Scandal finished stoutly after meeting with ill luck in the early part of the race John Grigsby closed ground from the halfmile post and was knocking on the door at the end Telephone Girl showed early speed speedThe The second surprise of the day was the victory of Banish over Brief in the last race Van Hoorebeke set the pace up to the last quar ¬ ter whire he began to tire and Brief jomped into the lead It seemed to be the latters race whsn a furlong out but Banish came with a de ¬ termined rush and although Brief gave him a battle for a short space he finally crossed under the wire a neck in front cf her with Van Hoore ¬ beke third a length away The last named hung on longer than usual and la about ready to earn a bracket for himself when placed right Chorus Boy ran well for tix furlongs and then fell away beaten Loo Newell ran as if short shortGormley Gormley and Winkficld were fined 100 each by Starter Dwyer for refusing to break in the second race raceThe The Harlem Jockey Club stewards are in ¬ vestigating the bad race of Fnllen and Alaskas last two contradictory races
