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H46GIE DAVIS STAKE. I The excellent card offered by the Harlem management yesterday was the meanB of drawing ont the largest crowd of the week, barring Labor Day. The afternoon was windy and cool, , bnt deepita these conditions the time made in each of the raceB was fast. The result in the Garden City Stakes was quite a shock to the talent, an outsider, Maggie Davis, Bhowing the way for the entire distance to the best lot of sprinters in the west. The adjustment of weights in tbie affair was a clever piece of work, hardly fonr lengths separating the first ten horses. From a betting point of view the race was a very open affair, as high as 6 to 1 being posted against the first choice. To a good start Maggie Davis darted into the van, leading by two lengths at the quarter from Master Mariner, he a half in front of Headwater. Here Money Muss moved up fast displacing Master Mariner in second place but his tenure of it was short as the former regained it just before turning for home and got within a neck of the leader. Straightening for the wire Maggie Davis increased her advantage to a length and held it by that margin to the end winning handily nnder a mild urging. Headwater and Master-Mariner had-arsplrited- fight for second place in the last sixteenth, the former gaining the verdict on the post by a head. Both were very tired in the closing strides aiid bad it been a little farther would not have finished inside the money bb George Arnold and Jiminez finished strongly and were moving faBt at the end. Both made up ground in the final quarter. Money Muss had enough when a furlong out and Miss Bennett was always outrun. The handicap, a daeh of one and one-eighth miles for three-year-olds and upward went to Argregor. Leo Newell led at the quarter and then Searcher assumed command, holding the lead by a fair margin up to the last quarter, where the quartet swung into the stretch on almost even terms. About the last eighth post Knight called on Argregor and he came away winner easily by a length and a half from Strengeet, he beating Leo Newell by a neck for second placo. The sixth race, a daeh of one mile for three-year-olds as waB expected proved an easy thing for St. Marcos, he winning by two and a half lengtbB from Six Shooter, he being four in front of Denman Thompson. MoDdoro had the honor of running his six furlongs in fatter time than Maggie Davis ran hers, negotiating the distance in 1 :12, while Maggie Davis was only 1:13. Mondoro came strong and true in the stretch and had little trouble passirjg School for Scandal, winning easily by two lengths, while she beat Andes four and a half for the second place. The talent hit upon Jnlia Junkin to win the Becond race, a daBh of five furlongs for two-year-olds, but the beet she could do was to run third, the winter turning up in BeniyZitt,who led from flag dip to wire, winning easily by two atd a half lengths. Bag Tag finished second a length before Julia Junkin. Bag Tag ran cloee up with B enry Zitt to the laBt eighth, where he faltered, bnt had enough left to beat Jnlia Junliin for second place. LandBeer waB never a contender. Espionage bed no excuee for losing the third race a daeh of one mile as ebe got off second in her stride. She led by a half length until well down the bacliBtretcb, where Bynia easily passed her and remained in front without much trouble the re6t of the journey. She won by two lengths easily from Espionage, ehe beating Laureate three for second place. 3 A poor lot of platers lined up to the barrier in I , the last race, and as fourteen started Dwyer had his troubles getting them away to any kind of a fair send-off. Ale darted to the front with aBe, and quickly opening a gap of five lengths easily maintained his advantage thereafter, finally winning in a canter by four lengths from Yernetta, which beat Ida V. on the post by a head for second place.
