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FILIGREE WINS A STAKE GOOD-LOOKING DAUGHTER OF ULTIMUS BEATS LA PATRIE AT CHARLESTON, Pardner, After Having Finished Second in Eight Previous Starts, Accounts for Handicap That Serves as Secondary Feature of Card. Charleston. S. C. January 17. G. W. J. Bisselis Filigree, a slashing looking daughter of Cltimus and Flycatcher, had the distinction of winning the irst juvenile stake of the season when she scurried nome in advance of four others that started in the Hampton Stakes, worth ,200. Ii Patrie was see-.ind and Lady Reach third. The victory was not a clean-cut one, for La Patrie showed by her running that she was Kiligrces superior. La Patrie ran greenly and the ground she lost on the stretch turn cost her first money. Lady Reach, after having shown good speed, weakened badly, but. held on long enough to beat Idiola, a stable companion to filigree. lueal conditions again prevailed, the weather be-.ng suniuiellike and the track in excellent condition. Kvenly balanced fields provided excellent sport. In addition to the stake race, three handicaps .veie carded as features. That at one mile and twenty yards resulted in a victory for Pardner. vhich in his eight preceding starts had finished second. He was benefited by a good ride that Tur-.lor gave lum this afternoon and it really proved the deciding factor towards his victory, for Turner jutrode McTaggart on Kryulimah in" the final six teenth. There was considerable crowding during the running of the race. Czar .Michael and Old Ben being -xtensive sufferers by It. Czar .Michael finished third and Old Ben fourth. Hie public had a disastrous session, due to the allure of any of the six favorites to reach the iiiish first. Mycenae and Stealawav engaged a spirited stretch duel in the fifth and Mycenae lasted .o win by a nose. After the finish W. II. Frey bid lp the winner .f300 over an entered price of a like unount and secured him. Karl of Savoy was the eaten choice in the closing dash. He was probably test, but was almost thrown on the first turn and vas lucky to get up in time for third monev. Jolden Treasure and Wood Dove fought out the Jitlsh and the former won by a neck. Henry Ilanf was among the new layers to operate. W. G. Yanke decided to lay off, leaving fourteen In line. Several additional layers arrived today and they will likely apply for places in the ring Monday. Word was received today that jockey A. Wrispens application for a riding license lias been tabled by the Jockey Club stewards. Wrispen was recently .einstated by Judge Charles F. Price at Juarez. J. Greenwood has turned the racer Ta Nun Da jver to II. Marshall, who will handle him in future. Among this mornings work-outs were the following: Athletic Girl Half mile in 50. Banjo Jim Three-quarters in 1:19. P.arn Dance Three-quarters in 1:IS. Coy Half mile in 49. Cracker Box Three-quarters in 1:17. Cynosure Three-quarters in 1:19." Daddy Gip Thre,e-eighths in 37. Frog Half mile in 51. Front Koyal Half mile In 51. Kinder Lou Three-quarters in 1:10. Republican Mile in 1:43. Roger Gordon Half mile in 51. Koyal Meteor Three-quarters in 1:19. Salon Three-quarters in 1:18. Sonny Boy Five-eighths in 1:04. Starbottle Half mile in 51. Toy Three-quarters in 1:1S. Volthorpe Three-quarters in 1:19.
