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ST. M ABC OS AGAIN. The track has been in such good condition at Harlem in tht last week that the rain that fell yesterday was only able to render it a shade slow and those owners that scratched their horses thinking that itwonld be muddy were most beautifully deceived. The track was not soft enough to prevent horses that run best over a pasteboard from winning, although several surprises bobbed up during the afternoons sport. The most prominent race of the day waB the sixth, a dash of one and one-eighth miles for three-year-olds and upward. The finish was by far the most exciting of the day, Strangest coming strongly in the last eighth and beating out Searcher by three-quarters of a length, while the latter beat Charley OBrien a neck for second place. Senator Beveridge led by a length from Charley OBrien up to the last quarter with the rest well up, but once straightened for home the first named retired quickly and Searcher assumed what seemed like a winning lead. About the last sixteenth, however, there was a general closing up ontBide of 8enator Beveridge-. Strangest proved much the best in the closing strides, coming with a rush on the inside rail and gradually going away as the wire was passed. Leo Newell was lapped on Charley OBrien at the finish and about ran his race. Senator Beveridge ran far below expectations. St. Marcos when he won the fourth race a dash of one and one sixteenth miles placed the fourth consecutive victory to his credit since racing hereabouts. He has proved himself to be a colt of good claBS and has won all his races in an easy fashion. He was pitted against so good a horse as Federal yesterday and made him look cheap. The former held a fair lead up to the head of the stretch where Cobura, who had always been lying second to the leader on St. Marcos, called upon bim and he came away with a dash winning without much effort by a length, while Federal beat Kunja two for second place. The last namid ran the best race Bhe has shown hereabout this year. Brutal was the victim of a pot r ride beirg cut off several times in the early part of the contest. Ransom is unable to make the gelding run to his true form. The steeplechase resulted in a pretty fair ar-aument between QueenEhip and Lord Chesterfield, which ran in fairly close company for the entire distance. They took the last jump on close terms, but Queenehip bad the most left in the etietch inn, finally winning easily by two lengths. She interfered with Lord Chesterfield a little after taking the sixth jump, but it made no difference in the result. Duty went down heavily over the seventh jump. Chancery bolted the tbiid risk and no amount of inducement could get him to jump thereafter. Ssa Bover, which finished a hppelessly beaten off thiid, pulled up so lame his jockey had to dismount and lecd him back to the judges stand. Hat Mitchell finally diecovered a Bpot where he could Ebow his heels to a field of youngsters and he fairly ran away from them. He took the days opener, a dash of four and a half furlongs in a big canter, leading from start to finish and winning by five lengths. Major Bird was second the same distance in front of Jane Oaker. It was a poor field at best. Money Mubb seemed to be much the boat in the second race, a dash of six furlongs, and such he proved to be. Joe Martin attempted to keep company with him for the first half, but he had run the latter into submission long before the head of the stretch had been reached, and the rost was easy sailing. He won by three lengths from The Lady, she beating Joe Martin four for second place. The Lady ran in improved form and is about ready to win. Banco ran nowhere near to the form of the excellent performance put up at the same track last week. The others were never contenders. A nose and a neck on the post was the finish in the fifth race, Amiraute just lasting long enough to beat the fast closing South Trimble, with Bag Tag third. South Trimble would have won in another stride. He was badly outrun in the early part of the race but finished with great speed. Bag Tag faltered in the closing strides. Hoodwink had enoujth when a sixteenth out. The laBt race of the day went to Baird, he taking the lead after the first half had been run and was never afterward headed, winning easily by one and a naif lengths. Mon-doro, backed heavily by the talent, finished five lengths before Prairie Dog. Mondoro failed to show the remarkable turn of speed displayed in his last effort, and altogether ran a disappointing race. Evelyn Byrd and Little Duchess II. ran well for about a half mile.
