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HABLEUS GOOD B A CINQ. 1 The usual big gathering was on hand again yesterday at Harlem and witnessed a splendid card of seven races. Close finishes were the role of the day and a better days sport for a lot of . parse offerings conld not have bean given any- where. The feature event of the day wbb the fourth race, a dash of one and one-eighth miles for four-year-olds and upward. Only three , faced the barrier, the talent hitting upon Pat Dunnes Star Chamber as the probable winner, and such proved the case, but it was not until after a pretty stretch brush with Malay that Mb number was hung. up. To a perfect start Star Chamber at once shot to the front, closely followed by Strangest, with Malay laBt. Star Chamber increased his advantage to almost three lengths while going down the hacltstretch, while Malay easily displaced Strangest in second place, the last-named gradually dropping away after the first half had been run. Malay closed on the leader somewhat SB the latter straightened for home. It seemed when they were at the last eighth post that Starr Chamber would win easily, but in the last one hundred yards he began to tire and Malay closed up on him. Winkfleld went to work with vigor and he managed to get Star Chamber under the wire a head in the lead, while Malay beat Strangest three lengths for second place. The finish was an intensely exciting one and was productive of much enthusiasm in the grand stand. Star Chambers victory was due in a great measure to the fact that there was no pacemaker in the race and for the want of one the horse set hie own pace. The hurdle race over a mile and five furlongs route proved to be a well contested affair despite the fact that two of the jumpers fell at the third hurdle. Old Refugee made his initial bow at the jumping game and showed to fine advantage, being beaten on the poet by only a nose. Eva Moe, the winner, fenced cleanly throughout, but was hardly a match for Refugee on the flat. The old rogue lost Borne ground after taking each obstacle, but made up the lost ground between hurdles. He was slow in getting over the last jump and lost about three lengths, but was making it up fast in the closing strides. Mazo ran well for a mile and an eighth and then began to tire. Both Corrillo and Cassio went down at the third jump. Master Mariner appears to have a mortgage on Eprinting races hereabout judging from his excellont showing of yesterday. He was pitted against eo speedy a horee as St. Cuthbert, but made the latter give it up after running head and head with him for five and a half furlongs. To a gcod start he and St. Cuthbert ran as one horse to the last sixteenth, where Knight was -forced to go to the whipr and then it was seen that St. Cuthbert was beaten. Master Mariner then came away and appeared to be winning easily, but AndeB came with a surprising rush at the end, compelling Bassinger to urge out Master Mariner to the limit to win by the shortest of heads. St. Cuthbert was three-quarters of a length back. AndeB made up much ground in the laBt eighth and showed startling improvement over his last previous raco. Toah made up ground in the run in and altogether rana.fair race.5,Velma CJark showed a fair racelland is about ready to win when placed right. Landeeer was much the beBt in the fifth race a five and a half furlongs Bcramble for two-year-olds.ZHe was outrun by Lingo for the first five -eighths, but closed up stoutly in the last sixteenth and had no trouble in beating out Lingo by a length. Lingo was much the best of theZothers.beating Throstle by two lengths for second place. Neither Santa Teresa nor 1 . , Legal Maxim ran their races. Prince Webb showed a good turn of speed for a half mile. The sixth race, a dash of one mile and twenty yards was simply an exercise gallop for Searcher, which immediately went into the lead at the flag dip and remained there to the end, winning in a canter by five lengths from Adelante, which lasted long enough to beat the fast closing BaBselas a head on the post for second money. The latter ran a good race after making up some ground in the last quarter. About showed speed for seven furlongs but began to tire in the last eighth. Ida V. was right there for six furlongs. The days opener went to the consistent Huz-zah which beat Lucy Locket easily by a length and a half. The fight for second place was a spirited one, Lucy Locket just managing to get her head in front of St. Tammany aB the wire was reached while Foray was only a head back of the pair. Foray ran a sparkling race, coming from nearly laBt position when entering the stretch and finishing with a rush at the end on the inside rail. Both Zella Knight and Blue-mint showed early speed. Favonius won on his higher class in the last race despite the fact that the talent picked Flying Torpedo to beat him. He laid along in third position to the final eighth where he was called upon and came away with a rush, winning easily by a length and a half. Flying Torpedo was second, a half length in the lead of Captain Hamm. The last named showed a good turn of speed, leading by a length when turning for home but he begin to tire when the rub came. Flying Torpedo was badly outrun in the early part of the race, but was moving at a fast clip when nearing the wire. King Dellis came with a determined ruBh at the end and would have beaten Captain Hamm for third place in another stride. The Butcher was right there for six furlongs. The racing was marked by considerable bidding up, in which Sam Hildreth played the star part. He ran Landeeer up to ,000 and led him away to his barn along with Searcher, which he also bid up to ,200 and bought. He also bought Duty for 00 and Precursor for 00 at private Bale, and altogether seemed to be a man in need of horses and in a hurry to fill the void.
