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THE END AT WORTH. t The Unal day at Worth for the season of .1901 . was its banner day in regard to the attendance, , which was very large. The half holiday crowd was ont in foil force, the grandstand, batting . ring and esplanade being well crowded. The . sport waB excellent throughout and a better days racing has not been witnessed hereabout . in some time. The track was at its best and . fast timewas made throughout. . The star attraction was the Flyaway Handi- . cap, a daBh of one and one-eighth miles for three-year-olds and upward, with ,000 added. . Ont of the nine originally carded to Btart Boiling Boer and Vulcain ware scratched, leaving a good field of seven to start. Hildreths entry, , St. Marcos and Hermencia, waB made the , favorite at 9 to 5, while Denman Thompson waB well fancied at 13 to 5. The race was a well . contested affair throughout and was won by St. Marcos in impressive style. First Beseda and then Ode or showed the way, the latter holding , the van until juet before turning for home, where he fell away beaten and Denman Thompson darted into the lead. He seemed all over the winner when nearing the laBt eighth post, but here St. Marcos, which had been nursed cleverly up to this point, came with an irresistible rush and passed Denman Thompson with the utmost ease, winning by two lengths, while the latter just lasted long enough to beat the fast coming Omdnrman a nose on the post for second money. Denman Thompson was thoroughly tired by the time the line had been reached. Omdnrman could not get through at the head of the stretch until the natural spread came or else ho would have been second. Hermencia ran an excellent race and was right there at the finish. Odnor ran a good race for a mile and then retired. Beseda showed well for Bix furlongs, but fell away beaten long before the last quarter had been run. McChesney, giving away much weight to everything in the third race, the Morton Park Handicap, a dash of seven furlongs for two-year-olds, simply played with his field, winning in a canter by three lengths from Lucien Appleby, he beating Miracle II. two for second place. Contrary to expectations McChesney rushed L into the load after the first quarter had baen 1 run and was his own pacemaker thereafter. Lucien Appleby ran right to his best form. Mirecle II. was tiring badly at the end and would have lost third place in another strido to Pronta, which cloEedup fast after being badly outrun in the early part of the contest. Little Scout and I. Eameleon cut little figure in the race after the first,half mile had been run. McChesney is a high-claBS youngster and is much the.beet two-year-old now in training in the west. The Iodk distance effair twice around the circle proved an easy thing for 8oarcher. He simply cantered the last half mile in front of Tub field. He wen by a head under strong restraint from Tammany Chief, he beating Kentucky Babe one length for second place. Tam-.many Chief finished with a rush in the last sixteenth under a weak ride and was much the best of the others. Kentucky Babe tired rapidly in the last eighth. 8tracgest ran a dull race and quit badly in the last quarter. St. Cuthbert easily cantered homo three lengthB in front of Harry Herendeen in the days opener, a dash of six furlongs. He was at bis best and made his field look cheap, showing remarkable improvement in a short time. Harry Herendeen boat Star of Bethlehem two lengths for Eecond place. The last named horse came fast at the end, beating Bummer in the last few strides for third place. Duke of Connaught waB the best of a field of twelve two-year-olds that faced the barrierin 1 t . , . . . . . . . , , . , L 1 the second race, a dash of five furlongs. The race was spoiled somewhat in point of interest by the poor showing of Corinne Unland and Dandola which had no chance after the barrier arose, both meeting with an early entanglement that threw them hopelessly out of the contest. Duke of Connaught led for the first quarter and was then supplanted by Smiths Beel which held the van up to the last eighth post where be began to tire and sprawl. Duke of Connaught had little trouble in regaining the lead, holding it without much trouble to the end. He won easily by a length and a half while Jane Oaker beat Smiths Beel a half for second place. Aaron Pond showed speed for a half mile. The finish in the last race of the season at Worth was one of the most intensely exciting of the meeting, Gonfalon, Constellator and Benck-art passing over the line so closely together that none but the judgeB could separate them. Constellator led by a fair margin up to the last sixteenth, where Benckart closed up on him, the two hooking up for a hot tilt in the closing strides, but in the last fifty yards Coburn brought up Gonfalon with a rush next to the inBide rail under a desperate drive and got his mounts head over the line first by a nose, while Constellator beat Benckart about the same distance for second place. The last named was probably the best, but Seaton rode him all over the track and was of little or no help to the horse when the pinch came. Pay the Fiddler finished with a rush and probably ran the best race of his career. The other two were always outrun. An incident of the day was the purchase of the crack colt McChesney, by S. C. Hildreth, for the reported price of 0,000. It was said that Hildreth offered , C00 for him before his race without avail but secured an option at 0,000 which the coltB showing in the race turned into a completed sale, As prices for good horses have gone this year he secured a bargain, and if he trains on next year in good and improving fashion it is quite within the range of probabilities that this fleet and stay- ing son of Macduff will bs a formidable can- didate for American Derby honors and, may- hap, the winner. Burns and Waterhouse wired Jockey Coburn they would pay a good salary and all expenses if ho would come to the Coast and ride for them this winter, but he declined the offor. F. Cook refused an offer of 1901.sh,500 yeetorday for his two three-year-olds Odnor and Omdur-r man.
