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A GOOD STEEPLECHASE. Despite a mediocre card and a sticky, holding 1 track there was a large crowd in attendance at Harlem yesterday. The sport was tame through- , out, the only close finish being in the steeplechase over the short course. Crest was supposed to ba the best in this race but the best she could do was to run third, the winner turning up in Bristol. Crest led by a big margin until after the ninth jump had bsen taken where Henry Gibbs closed up fast on her, the two taking the final obstacle together. About here it appeared to be a two horse race but just as they turned for home Bristol moved up fast and saved ground by going close to the inside rail. In the last eighth struggle the last named steadily wore down the two leaders winning by a neck from Henry Gibbs which beat Crest one for second place. Entering the stretch Crest . carried Henry Gibbs out and this probably cost the latter the race. He stood the stretch drive with gamenoss. Crest tired palpably in the closing strides. Old Fox blundered at the eighth jump almost going down. The mishap practically threw him out of the contest. David S. fell heavily over the first jump and Fearful over the second. The first race of the day, a six furlongs dash for three-year-old maidens, proved an easy thing for Balm of Gilead, the odds-on. favorite. Howen-dobler was suffered in the lead to the head of the stretch, where Coburn called on Balm of Gilead and he responded with a rush, taking command when a furlong out and winning as his rider pleased by three and a half lengths from Howendobler, which beat Hose of May a nose for second place. Howendobler tired very fast in the last eighth struggle. Rose of May made up much ground in the final quarter and would have finished second in another stride. Sol ran a disappointing race and was never a serious contender. Leash was easily the best in the second race, a five furlongs scramble for two-year-olds. She shot right to the front at the rise of the barrier and held command throughout, winning by one length from Whiten, which beat Arvensis one for second place. Arvensis was cut off at the last eighth post, but it hardly made any difference in the result. . Amorous, the red-hot favorite, showed scant speed throughout and was never in a position to give his backers the slightest hope. John Powers showed some early speed. The fourth race, also a dash of five furlongs for two-year-olds, was productive of a surprise, the winner turning up in Mr. Dingle, one of the outsiders in the betting. As in the case of Leash he took command at flag fall and never afterward relinquished it, winning much as his rider pleased by four and a half lengths from Style, which boat Musical Slipper two and a half for second place. Style, under keen pressure, made an ineffectual attompt to close up on the winnor in the final eighth. Musical Slipper, badly outrun.for the first three furlongs, made up ground fast in the last quarter and finished strongly. Judge Himes race was far below the good form he has shown lately. Bobbins was of little help to him, and as he got off flatfooted he was in an almost hopeless position by the time he got into his stride. The race should be thrown out of future calculations. Hoodwink had things all her own way in the fti th race, a dash of once around the circle for three-year-olds. She easily maintained the lead throughout, winning by one and one-half lengths from Chickadee, which boat Filiform .thirty for second place. Chickadee made a bold attempt to close up on the winner in the final furlong, but to no avail. Filiform tired rapidly after the first three furlongs had been run. The last race of the day, a dash of one mile and aeventy yards, went to Charley Moore. Evelyn Byrd and Do Madge ran as one horse io the turn for home, whore Charley Moore closed up on them and passed into the lead in the last eighth, win 1 , ning easily by three and a half lengths from Star Cotton, which beat Evelyn Byrd one for second place. The last named and Do Madge ran each other into submission in the first six furlongs. Star Cotton was under heavy punishment all through the last quarter. The other two were never serious contenders.
