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BESSIE SPAHRS STAKE. The predicted showers of the weather prophet failed to materialize r Harlem yesterday and the track us usual was lightning fast. A regular midsummer crowd was present and witnessed an excellent days sport. The feature attraction of tho day was the Forward Stakes, a daeh of seven furlongs for two-year-olds with ,000 added. Out of the seven scheduled to start The Giver, Sol Lichten-stein, Abe Frank and Landseer failed to respond to the bugle call presumably being scared out of the race by the presence of Bessie Spahr. Before going to the post Bessie Bpahr was bought by Fred Cook for ,500 and ran in his colors. She was held at 2 to 5 in the betting and put up an excellent effort, winning rather easily by1 ,eDgth from South Trimble which beat Nellie Waddell three lengths for second place. Nellie Waddell started out in the lead and held it by a fair margin for the first five furlongs where Bessie Bpahr went up and felt ber. They ran lapped for a few strides when it was seen that Nellie Waddell was beginning to Bhow signs of distress. As they swung for the home run Bessie Spahr gradually drew away and was apparently winning easily but along about the last sixteenth post South Trimble moved up with a determined rush, causing Dominick to hustle Bessie Spahr out at the end. In the laBt twenty yards or so, however, she showed more speed than South Trimble. Nellie Waddell was thoroughly tired at tho end, and is probably not enamored of anything over six furlongs. Flying Torpedo was made a 6 to 5 favorite in the sixth race, a dash of one and one-sixteenth miles for three-year-olds and upward, but the best he could do was to run an indifferent third, the winner turning up in Reseda, which was backed liberally. Despite his light impost Flying Torpedo put up a poor performance and had bellows to mend long .before the last eighth had bsen reached. Charley Moore led on sufferance for the first six furlongB, where Mac Gyle dashed into the van and held it clear up to the last eighth. He appeared to be the winner for a space, but about a sixteenth from home Reseda came with a well-timed rush and ran past him with ease, winning by two and a half lengths from Mac Gyle, which beat; Flying Torpedo tho same distance for second place. Charloy Moore was fourth and altogether put up a clever performance considering the fact that he has not raced in some time. Fancy Wood was never a contender. The fourth race, a six furlongs sprint for a11 ages, brought a good field of fast ones to thu post, the talent picking upon W. J. Deboe ae the winner," making him an 8 to 5 shot. For some reason or another Henry Burt, which has been running well of late, was completely overlooked, being one of the outsiders in the betting. To prove the falsity of the odds laid against him he put up a cracking good race and nailed W. J. Deboe on the post after an exciting drive in the laBt sixteenth. Sharp Bird, luxuriant of speed, led by a good margin up to the head of the stretch, where as usual he ran out, losing about four lengths. W J. Deboe then assumed command, but abor .e last sixteenth post Doss brought up Hoc , But with a rush and joined: him. It was nip and tuck until about the last five etrideB, where Henry Burt drew gradually away on his own courage, winning by half a length from W. J. Deboe, which just lasted long enough to beat the fa t closing Merriment a head on the post for second place. The last named finished with a rush but it was too late to be of any advantage. Sharp Bird would probably have won had he not run out. Goal Runner put up an indifferent race under a weak ride. After a tedious delay of thirty-five minutes at the post in the first race Dwyer finally got the field of sixteen youngsters off to a fair start. Zibia led by a good margin up to the last sixteenth, where the light-weighted Step Onward came fast and true, winning by a length going away. Zibia beat Lawrence M. the same distance for second money, Inspector Shea, which had been second all the way, tired in the last sixteenth. Ashbrook ran well for four and a half furlongs. Pigeon Post, which has been a "good thing" several times, finally made good, taking the second race, a dash of six furlongs, much as his rider pleased. He led from start to finish, winning by three lengths from Boomerack, which beat Lady Idris a half length for second place. Oscar and Emma C. L. Bhowed early speed, but the former had enough when turning into the final quarter. Delmarch, with Coburn up, was the medium of a heavy plunge in the third race, a three-quarter mile affair, but Irish Jewel proved too much for him in the final sixteenth, outgaming him in a hot drive and winning by a length. Delmarch beat Impromptu a length and a half for second place. The last named appeared to have a chance in the last eighth, but quit badly in tho closing strides. John McGurk was much the best in the last race of the day, a dash of one and one-eighth miles, but after Steele had allowed him to be cut off several times and messed about generally in the last quarter, whatever chance he had of winning waB spoiled. Judge Redwine beat him a nose on the post in a hot drive, while Valdez was third two lengths away. The last named was backed heavily, but ran an indifferent race and is nowhere near the horse he is cracked up to be.
