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SOME RECORDS BROKEN. The largest crowd of the week, bar Labor Da;, waa out to Harlem yesterday and wit-1 uesscd a ciackirg gocd days sport. The track I was lightning feat and two track records were emeebtd to imitberf ens, Jimitez lowering the mark for one mile and seventy yards from 1:43 to 1:4196 aid Nellie Y addeil cbippirgoff three-tenths of a eecrnd frcm the half mile figures and asking it iM. The star event of the day was the Sapling Stakes, a half mile scramble for two-j ear-olds, eome of the best babies in the west going to the post. Ed Austin was made the choice in the betting but the best be could do was to run third, Nellie Wad dell jumping into the lead at flag dip and fairly smothering her field with speed. She led by frcm two to three lengtl B all the way and won eased up by three frcm Megi, wbo beat Ed Austin a length and a half for second place. Magi put up a fine per. formance and undoubtedly Tan the best race of her career. Ed Austin was badly outrun in the first quarter, but closed up etroDgly, although hevaenctgccd enough to beat Mai. I in the final stride. FmetLion about ran hie race. Boeewar was alwajs outrun. Jiminez was in grand fettle yesterday, showing a turn c f i peed in the third race, a daeh of one mile aid Bcventy yaids, that has rarely been witnessid tnj where. Be led by a good safe margin from start to finish, winning easily by twoand a half lengths fromFedeial, which beat Charley OBrien five lergtbs for second place. Coburn cn federal made a determined effort to close on the winner in the last quarter, but gave it up ae a bad ji b lei g before the last sixteenth bed been reached. There was a spirited struggle for third place between Charley OBiien ai d Argregor in the last quarter, the former gainkg the verdict on the post by a head. Eurnie Euntons race with Money Muss on August 31 put her on keen edge, and she dashed off six fuiL ngs yesterday in the sscond race in the fast time of 1:12Jb, beatiig Headwater easilj by tvo lengths, the latter finishing six in front of The Lady for second place. Bnrnie Bunton Ehowed the most speed for the entire rcute, and tiy as he would Knight on Head water could not close up on her in the final eighth. The Lady ran an indifferent race, and besides being interfered with waB far from be. ing up to a gcod bruisitg contest. Miftrel II. end Wyetb are the first two-year-olds lhat were asked to go a mile in the west thiE year. The former v.ith bis light impoBt of seventj-two pounds surprised nearly every one pn sent by taking the lead in the fifth race at fleg fall end mainteiDirg it to the end, winning under persuesion by two lengths from Anthracite which beat Brutal a head for second place. The laEt nenud wes undonbttdly the best, was given an incompetent ride by Banscm who not only had the gelding cut off badly at the first turn loeitg a number of lengths but cr uldnotget him into his stride until well into the backstretch. By the time be got the gelding to extending himEelf tl ere was almost twelve lengths separating him fr m the leader. He made up much ground after the half-mile poet had been reached, but it took too much cut of him and he had nothing left to flniah with. Kut ja ran a fair race, tut swerved slightly toward the outside rail in the closing strides. Wyeth, con-eiderirg Ihe weight he carried, put up a fair performance. Mejur Dixon clc Bed up ground while coming down the last quarter. Belle of Kitco drrppsd cut of the clouds in the sixth race, as she did occe bffore in the early part of the season, and wen in a rather bandy fashion at long edds. She came strongly in the laBt eighth, beating Dodie 8. to the wire i by a length, the latter finishing one in front of I Btep Onward for second place. The last named J ran a sparkling race and would certainly have I won with any kind of racing luck. She waa almost last when going down the backstretch, but picked her field up fast in the last quarter and was running past horses at the end. Both Buzzer and Mabel Winn quit badly when the pinch came. An unwieldy field of eighteen maiden three-year-oldB lined up to the barrier in the first race a dash of six furlongs. The crowd backed everything in the race, but the talent hit upon the right one, Delia Ostrand, who ran a clever race and had no trouble at the end in winning by three lengths. Haidee waa second, a length in front of Biverdale. Haidee showd a fine turn of speed for five and a half furlongs, but faltered when the pinch came. Biverdale was right there all the way. Birch Tree and Utilize both well up for five furlongs, fell away biaten in the final eighth. Besides bujing Federal for ,000 yesterday Sam Hildreth ran Denman Thompson up to ,000 after his winning race and became his owaor at that figure. After Belle of Minco had won W. Carroll bid her up to 00, a run up of 00, and Is now her owner. Jockey Bullivan was fined 00 by the judges for fouling The Lady with Anna Bain. The starter fined Coburn 5 for misconduct while at the post and Mclnerny waB set down for the week for a similar offense. A little fellow named Mayo, employed aB an exercise lad by one of the stables at the track, was struck by a Wi consin Central train yeeier-day and instantly killed.
