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THE CLOSE AT WORTH. a A heavy rain in the early morning hours -of yesterday rendered the going at .Worth somewhat /soft aniTfslippery, but there was a hard bottom to the track that made it • safe. In all the races horses that run to their best form in mud were successful. Many scratches* made the fields small, with the exception of the second, in which twelve horses faced the barrier. The most important race of the day was the fourth,, a handi--cap purse of 00 for three-year-olds and up-•ward. The. betting in this race was centered ■i • V furlong out. She appeared the winner when opposite the paddock, but here Glisten came up with a rush and , under a vigorous ride beat her out by one length, with Lady Free Knight third before Salto for second place. Lady Free Knight tired-badly in the closing strides despite* Grays efforts to hold her to-■ gether. Belle Juan showed early speed, but: found the; pace . too fast after the first half1 had been ruri. Elie was never a serious contender and evidently does not like a soft track. Continued on fif th page. between Linguist and Rankin and the result of the dash proved that the public had guessed it aright. Linguist took kindly to the going and opened up a gap of a length and a half in the first quarter with Rankin second and the other* two within easy call. Linguist held his advantage until just before turning for home, where Rankin closed up gradually on him and by the time he had straightened out for home Rankin was on even terms. All down the stretch the two fought it out sharply, Linguist outstaying Rankin and beating him in a hard drive by a neck. Hermencia finished third, seven lengths back, with Flying Torpedo last. The latter seemingly could not extend himself freely in the slippery going and Hermencia had little trouble in wearing him down in the last sixteenth struggle. St. Minor is certainly a high-class sprinter in soft or muddy going. He was made a decided favorite in the fifth race, a six furlongs handicap for three-year-olds and upward, and won as the betting indicated he lead for thand.fjrsjf quarter and then swept to the, front with ease, moving away fast, from the field in the stretch run. He was. eased up in the "closing -strides, but even at that won by five and a half lengths from Autumn Leaves, which beat Uranium four and a half for second place. The last named had little chance when the barrier went up, being some lengths behind, but thev jockey went on with him and persevering throughout finally wore down The Forum in the last eighth, beating him three and a half lengths for third place. The Forum did not appear to take kindly to the going and ran a poor race. The days first race, a dash of five furlongs for two-year-olds, resulted in a surprise. Glisten, a rank outsider in the betting arid | against whose chances as good as .30 to 1 could be had, winning in a stirring finish. Salto was supposed to be much the best, and was made a decided favorite, but third was the best he could do. He-led by a fair margin until just ;after turning for the stretch run, where Lady Free Knight moved up fast and had film -well beaten when a THE CLOSE AT WORTH. Continued from first page. Of the unwieldy field that faced the barrier in the second race, a seven-furlongs dash for three-year-olds and upward, Gracious proved best. She led from strat to finish, winning handily by one length from Fullback, which beat Safeguard three and one-half lengths for second place. Fullback made an ineffectual attempt under a hard drive to close up on her in the final eighth. Safeguard tired very fast when put to the deciding test. Neither Mauser nor Pirate, the two choices, was ever a serious contender. Fake was easily best in the third race, a six-furlongs dash for three-year-olds and upward. He suffered Goody Twoshoes in the lead up to the head of the stretch, where he passed her and held her safe all through the last eighth, winning under restraint by a neck, with Dr. Worth IL third, eight lengths back. Sister Kate IL showed scant speed and evidently did not take kindly to the peculiar going. The concluding race of Worths spring meeting, a dash of one and one-sixteenth miles for three-year-olds and upward, proved to be an easy thing for Sidney Sabath, held at 10 to 1 in the betting. He ran along in fourth position for the first half and then gradually moved up, turning into the stretch on even terms "with the leader, Henry of- Trastamare. In the last eighth he easily came away from the latter and won as his rider pleased by four lengths from Henry of Trastamare, which beat Omdurman one and one-half for second place. The usual big crowd was out and betting was heavy all through the afternoon. The track was drying out fast by the time the last race was called.
