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CORRIGANS DAY. Harlem started its midsummer meeting yesterday with a splendid card and a big gathering. The feature attraction of the day, the Garden City Stakes, was taken in impressive fashion by Ed Cor-rigans fast mare Rose Tree, which ran one of the fastest six furlongs of the year negotiating the distance in 1 :12 and beating so fast a sprinter as Burnie Bunton. Fifteen of the fastest horses now in training in the west faced the barrier, making the field unwieldy but Dwyer got them off to an excellent start with Death, Wainamoinen and Burnie Bunton thefirst three off. Nearing the first quarter Money Muss darted to the front and opened up a gap of two and a half lengths, with Burnie Bunton four in front of Rose Tree and the rest well strung out. There was little change in these positions until just after turning for home, where Money Muss fell rapidly away beaten and Burnie Bunton assumed what appeared a winning lead. In the laBt sixteenth Rose Tree moved up fast and coming with an irresistible rush gradually wore down Burnie Bunton, beating her easily to the wire by one length with Wainamoinen a poor third. The last named finished stoutly, nipping the tiring Toah a head on the post for third place. The latter tired perceptibly in the closing strides. A. D. Gibson was moving fast at the end. The race was strictly a three-horse affair throughout. The stake was worth ,340 to the winner. Ed Corrigans consistent sprinter LEtrenne, the favorite in the betting, took the days opener without much trouble. St. Cuthbert, closely attended by Theory, set a hot pace for five furlongs, but in the final eighth Birkenruth brought up LEtrenne with a rush and, getting through next to the inside rail, won handily by a length. St. Cuthbert finished second, two and one-half lengths before Winter, which finished fast, beating Andes out a half length for third place. Theory tired fast in the last eighth. Dick Welles, which runs to his best form on a fast track, was in an easy spot in the second race, a dash of five furlongs. At flag-drop he rushed to the front and simply ran away from the field, winning by four lengths, not fully extended, from Sidney C. Love, which beat Mirance two and a half for second place. The last named finished strongly. Bay Wonder showed speed, but tired badly after running four furlongs. Watoma showed scant speed and ran nowhere near to the form she is known to possess. Over Land and Sea was practically left at the post. Walter Cleary is probably the best and most consistent jumper that has performed here this year. He took the short course steeplechase with ridiculous ease, gradually going away from the field after the ninth jnmp had been taken and winningin a big canter by line lengths. Old Fox was much the I best of the others, finishing second twelve lengths in front of Falella. The jockey that rode Anchor was the cause of much merriment among the spectators during the race. He clung on for dear life and rolled all over the horse, which showed speed, and was so exhausted in the final eighth that he slipped off the horses back just after passing the wire. Porphyrogene fell over the ninth jump and Helen Paxton lost her rider there. The greatest surprise of the day was the defeat of Waswift in the fifth race, Bon Mot beating him handily. Waswift was held at 2 to 5 in the betting, but even at these short odds was heavily backed. He led for seven fnrlongs, where"Woods brought up Bon Mot and after a short brush in the last sixteenth, gradually drew away winning by a length. Marcos finished a beaten-off third. He tired fast in the laBt eighth. Autumn Leaves ran a bad race and was only a contender for a half mile. Her race was too bad to be true and should be thrown out of future calculations. Scarlet Lily, with her light impost, took the sixth race in a canter by four lengths from Favonius, which beat Orontas a half for second place, Scarlet Lily showed much speed and the result was never in doubt. Ed Adack was a keen contender for almost a mile, but quit badly when the pinch came. Orontas moved up fast when turning into the last quarter, but for some unaccountable reason tired palpably when hooked with Favonius for the second place struggle. Ravensbury took the finale by a neck from Tammany Chief, which finished three lengths before Hayward Hunter for second place. Tammany Chiefs reversal of form was surprising. Miracle II. gave up the struggle when the pinch came and the same may be said of Peat. A crowd of at least 10,000 was present and witnessed a splendid days sport. The track was at its best and fast time was made throughout the afternoons sport.
