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HILARIOUS WINS WITHERS KEENE COLT LEADS OPPONENTS ALL THE WAY AND FAYETTE FINISHES LAST. Sir Wooster Takes the Whitney Memorial — Live Wires Gocd Race — Very Bad Weather, but Good Attendance. New York. May 22. — The historic Withers Stakes was won by James R. Keenes Hilarious in the comparatively alow time of 1:411 at Belmont Iark today. Only three horses, one of the smallest liehls in the history of this famous fixture, were sent for what is now one of the richest prizes on Un-American turf. The contestants were Hilarious. S. C. HiMreths .loo Madden and J. E. Maddens Fav ettc. The victory of Hilarious was impressively achieved. At no stage of the mile journey were his pair of strenuous pursuers ever dangerous and chief interest in the race finally centered on the struggle between them for second honors ill which Joe MaddfB prevailed, the favorite betes, decisively worsted and winding up a bad last. The winner, though nominally second choice in the betting, was really th»- best backed horse in the race, his price being forced down several points, while a weak market prevailed about Fayette, the opening choice. from the start, so that at the close both were practically on even terms as to price. The Whitney Memorial Steeplechase over the two miles and a half course, the secondary stake feature carded, was also handicapped in the matter of material, a bare trio of starters essaying the difficult and soggy inlield course. The horses took close order in the early running and for nearly two miles fur nished an interesting and spectacular struggle. But In the last hall mile all semblance of a contest dta-amanred. Sir Wooster. the prohibitive priced favorite, pulling away from his opponents as if they were anchored until finally the race became a procession Kentucky Beau flattered his backers for a long time, showing a promising iierforniance for a green one. The two juvenile races were one sided affair-, their respective winners. Big Stick and Starbsttic. displaying pr nounoed superiority. This u utiles also to the !ast race, won by Cohort. From a parely racing viewpoint the handicap, at one mile and a sixteenth, was the fastest and lie-1 race of the afternoon. Live Wire confirmed Ms present grand form bv dominating it running throughout in wonderfully swift time, weather and track conditions considered!, The third and las _. races wore spoiled bv wholesale scratcnings. A fifty-mile gale blow in from the nearby ocean and made the grandstand and exposed portions of the enclosure uninhabitable. The rain had stopped before the first race, but promised to recommence at any time. Several flurries drove the sac inhere of the titrf curb market on the lawn under cover. Despite the acutely disagreeable weather conditions the attendance approximated 6.000. An effort wis made to induce s-ecul.itors lo hold their session- in the old betting ing. but without success. As their regular enclosure was known by the term "betting ring." and was put into existence for the couve afeaee of bookntakora. the art seat day aryega foar-.l that if they carried on any betting there the courts Bright bo more likely to hold them to Im- in viola tiou of the law. Notwithstanding Hie public assurances from the Jockey Club of the legality of marking odds oil programs, and that all racetrack patrons would be protected in their rights and privileges, very fe»v layers tried the experiment, being deterred from so doiae by the fact that those transacting a considerable business would probably cotne under the ban as suspects on the tl -corv of having unduly or ostentatiously displayed their txlds with a view ot attracting bettors. On the arrival at the Belmont Park terminal of the one oclock race track train from Long Island City today, a man mimed M. F. Corkerv. an emplore in the water, gas and electricity department of New York, was run over and instantlv killed. He was a passenger in one of the front toaches and lumped on before the train stopped. Losing Lis balance he slipped between the plat form and the tracks. I he steps of one of the coaches struck hiai and threw his IkhI.v under the a heals.
