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GRiYESEND MEETING ENDS BRILLIANT RACING AND A BIG CROWD PRES ¬ ENT FEATURES OF THE CLOSING DAY Angel us Defeats Fair Play by Inches in the Oriental OrientalHandicap Handicap Joe Madden Takes the theProspect Prospect Handicap Now York September 20 Getaway day at Gravesend had a lushclass card down for decision and a big crowd was present to witness the glorious racing it develoi ed The opinion was general that the wholesale arrests of the day before would have a deterrent effect on the attendance this afternoon but seemingly they did not for more people and greater enthusiasm were in evidence at the popular old course on this occasion than on any day of the meeting The features were the Oriental Handicap the Kings County Steeplechase and the Prospect Handicap HandicapA A splendid quartette of thoroughbreds Fair Play Aliening Dorante and Dandelion faced the starter for the big race at one mile and threesixteenths Dorante was ah added starter In the running An gelus threatened to spreadeagle his opponents and for one mile Shilling pursued these tactics with the Hitchcock horse so effectively that Gilbert on Fair Play seemed to have become disheartened early delayed making bis first real effort in the stretch iiml when he did it was lamentably weak and inade ¬ quate Irresolution and hi underrating the capacity of the wonderful horse under him cost Gilbert the race with the favorite Winners and losers alike deplored the defeat of Fair Play whose speed anil courage on this occasion wen something to marvel it A 1 Joyner cancelled all of Gilberts Aque ¬ duct engagements to ride the Itelmont and A hjt nev horses after his extremely crude work in the Oriental and the lad will probably be sent back to ilifornia with the Williams horses which leave to ¬ morrow Tin Held in the Prospect was composed of genuine ilwnile cracks in Trance Fitz Herbert Joe Uladileii 3fcitomau and Hilarious KHz Herbert broke well SUav and despite the terrific pace ran well lapped n Trance for half of the journey before he gave war The pairs exhaustive pacemakkig tactics liroujrht about their undoing in the end both falling asv victims to the lightly weighted and patiently reserved Joe Madden which got up with an irrcsist sible rush right at the end Trance fought out the linlsli with unavailing gameness while Fitz Herbert which had been swallowed np at a point midway o the stretch came oil again with renewed speed and Kiurage into a fastgoing third although Statesman anil Hilarious were crowding him at the finish finishThe The Kings Highway Steeplechase quickly resolved itself Into a procession JSayonet leading all the way with Ironsides always a close and contending second The other two fell Uufus was remounted by a black stable hand best known by his nickname of Snake Charmer No horse or jockey this season ever received the ovation that this povertystricken Jianger on of the race track did for bringing Rufus isatVly home Snake Charmer was made happy shortly afterwards by receiving his riding fee of 20 20Messrs Messrs Beliuont Parsons and iAuerbach held a lengthy conference during the afternoon in the ciub Iitmso 3Ir Itelmont when asked if he had anything lo give out regarding the racing situation said iliat ho had not having come to the course simply ao sec Iiis horse Fair Play run runPriscillian Priscillian the other great threeyearold in the Itclinont stable has gone wrong The trouble is located in the tendon of Iiis right foreleg which tilled up immediately after his linal preparation for todays big race in which he was an intended starter jit tlie express wish of his owner who was anxious to set lK th of his marvelous colts in action actionHereafter Hereafter for the remainder of the present season iockev Notter will be denied the privilege of accept ¬ ing outside mounts His riding henceforth is to restricted wholly to the horses of his employer 1 It Keene It is rumored that the postponed investi ¬ gation Into his ride on Fair Play when the latter was beaten by Big Chief in the September Stakes lit Sheepshead Bay took place yesterday with the aforesaid result Those in the best position to know iy that the present action in Notters case was laken by his own stable stableThe The stewards of the Jockey Club announced during the ttfternoon that the license of Eddie Dugan has ietn suspended until December 31 of this year Tills is the linal disposition of one of the most aggravat ¬ ing cases of foul riding on record which resulted in nearly fatally injuring one jockey and seriously bruising another the killing of one horse and injury of another Six anotherSix additional bench warrants for the arrest ol alleged bookmakers were issued today of which live were served immediately after the last race Among those taken into custody were Melville K Collins James Cullcn George Shephard and L D iloote A J Levy learned that there was a war ¬ rant out for him this morning and immediately gave jhimsclf up In the warrant Levy is described as a tiookmakers clerk in the employ of Orlando Jones and as charged with aiding and allotting Jones in the making of a book on the races The charges againsl tin seven race track men arrested was bookmaking Their examination was put otf until October 2 a1 i oclock before Judge Geisman of the First District Magistrates court Brooklyn Hon John Stanch ilield will appear for the prisoners and argue the motion for their dismissal on the grounds that the sicts charged do not constitute bookmakiug and therefore no crime was committed committedS S C Hildreth is making preparations to ship his eastern string of racers to California next Wed ¬ nesday a WellsKargo express car being placed at iids disposal today The going lame of King James ieter Quince and Restigouche within the past ten lays compelled Mr Hildreth to leave here consider ¬ ably earlier than lie had Intended Ieter Quince came out of his last race in poor condition Ilesti gouclie has developed a quarter crack since he left the Keene barn and King James is still too sore lo appear in public This makes the most valuable consignment of thoroughbred horses that ever left the ast to be raced in California Mr Hildreth iu Jiiids to stop over in Chicago for a week weekJ J J Long shipped his horses to Louisville this ynmning Henry McDaniel accompanied by the crack jockey C II Shilling leaves tonight for Los An ueles with twentyseven racers K L Thomas entire stable is included in this shipment shipmentJames James It Keene said that there was no truth in the report that he hail planned to sail for Knglanc next Thursday But 1 wish it was so lie ex exV V it has developed that Danoscara was nearly ruined ruinedP P liy being jumped upon and cut severely on the hock her right bind leg during the running of tLJ tLJhandicap handicap on Friday It is said that tills beautiful beautifulKauford Kauford filly which was just rounding to her best bestform form will have to be retired for good goodThe The condition of Henry Smith the little colored apprentice jockey who was so badly injured by a fall from the horse Madman in the race at Graves end September 22 Is much improved and the doctor tsavs he has an even chance to recover recoverT T Shaw the bookmaker arrested yesterday gave bis check In payment for the horses purchased by Tiliu Powers today todayHotilton Hotilton was barren this season and P Hyan her owner has put her into training again The mare uid her yearling colt by Yellow Tail will be raced at Oakland next winter winterLanders Landers band will furnish the music at Bplmont Park as usual There will be one week tlic first In twenty years on the local tracks without it and I that is at Aqueduct j
