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BRAGGS GOOD RACK. Despite the mediocre quality of the card offered "by the Chicago Jockey Club at Harlem yesterday, a large crowd was present and witnessed some exciting finishes. The most pretentious affair was the fourth race, a free handicap purse of 00, for three-year-olds and upward. Vulcain was selected by the talent as the best and was made a 7 to 5 shot, but the best he could do was to run an indifferent third. Bragg, heavily backed by a select few, won in one of the closest finishes of the year, by a nose, from Brulare in a desperate last eighth struggle. None but the judges were in a position to say which horse won. After the first sixteenth had been run Bragg and Brulare ran as one horse. In the the last hundred yards it appeared for a moment as if Brulare would win, hut Ranch rallied Bragg with all the strength he could summon and fairly lifted him under the wire. It was strictly a three-horse race throughout. Lampoon proved to be much the best in the days opener. He jumped into the lead at the raising of the barrier and never relinquished it thereafter, winning easily ty one rand one-halfJJengths! from Almaric; which; beat! Pure Daleaseven for second place. Almaric Ishowed big improvement over his previous-efforts here and should givojagood account of himself from now on. SenatorJMorrison, which was made a decided first choice, ran a bad race and was never in a position to give his backers the.faintest hope of success. Jelsi evidently does not run to his best form on a soft track as evidenced by his poor showing in the second race. Ho was supposed to hold the race at his mercy, being held at even money in the betting, but was never dangerous at any part of the race, finishing a distant fourth. Penance led by a fair margin until well straightened for homo, where Miss Manners, which had always, been running second, moved up fast and passing her with ease won easily by one and a half lengths. Goody Two Shoos finished third one length bacK of Ienance. b-.The big surprise of the daywasthe victory2of Picquart; in. the tthird race. Heretofore he has hardly been able to run six furlongs, but yesterday in armile race ho moved!uD fast in tnellast quarter and finishinglstrongly, beatlout Little Scout Jbyfa neck on tho post in a stirring last sixteenth hook up, In tho last lOOJyards Little Scout tired rapidly, but Coburn tried his best to keep himtogother without, success. It appeared about seventy-five yards from the wire as if Picquart slightly bumped Little Scout, but it certainly made no change in tho result. Coburnllodged aj claim of; foul with the judges, but it was not allowed. Archie finished third ten lengthsbacK. .Ho tired almostto awalk in the last eighth, Mareoslran a bad race andlwas hopelessly beaten off atj tho end. He is Tprobably nowhere noar up to his best form. ESardine, an odds-on favorite in tho betting, simply ran away with tho purso in tho fifth race, winning as herridor pleased by two lengths from Old Mike, alrank outsider, which beat Add a neck on the post for second placo. The latter finished resolutely and would have been second in a ttrido or two. It was strictly a three-horse race throughout. Tho last raco went to Delia Ostrand without a struggle. She led all tho way, winning in a canter by two lengths from Marion Lynch, which beat Declaimor one for second placo. Tho track was drying out fast, and will probably be in pretty fair shape today, although slow and dead.
