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COQUETTES FOX HILL HANDICAP. 3 Roly Runs a Fine Race and Defeats Cock 0 the ■ Walk and Short Grass. : Baltimore, Mil.. Septetnber 20. — Matthew Cor- : belts goad filly Coquette added another stake to her list today when -he tank a small baud of high-class -printers into camp in the Fox Hill Handicap. In today* race the little tilly sheared an even better . performance than when she accounted for tin- I Mount Royal Handicap earlier in the week. Today ! -he was asked to shoulder 114 pounds and drew the rail position. An abundance of early speed in the ■ race kept her in a jKxket until the head of the I stretch wa* reached. Then she wa- taken to the outside and easily drew away from her opponent- I to win in the good tune of 1:13%. Flittergold was j a goml second, getting up in time to nose out the j earlv pacemaker. Hanson. The race carried an I added aliie of ,000 and was worth .Ms7 net to the winner. Robert Bradley was an added starter and failed to cut any figure in the result. Large and unwieldy fields faced the barrier in a majority if the races for the selling platers. The sport, however, was of the highest order. thrilling racing being witnessed throughout the afternoon. Probably the largest Monday crowd that has passed through the turnstiles of the course was on band t 1 enjoy the races. Washington. Philadelphia and Baltimore sending large delegations. Apart from the feature race, a handicap for three-year-olds and over at a mile and seventy yards was offered. This resulted in an easy victory for 1. .1. Learys Koly over Cock o the Walk and Short Grass. Much bumping and crowding took place as tiie held went to the first turn. Blue thistle and Short Grass receiving the worst of it. Tie outstanding feature of the race was the smart improvement noticed in the running of Cock o the Walk. He wa* a close attendant on the pacemaker throughout, in contrast to his last previous performance before lieing shipped from Belmont Park. Arrivals today included Frederick Johnson, who came over to witness the performance of Cock o the Walk, and Bd Cole. Both came down from New York and will remain for a few days. Dragoman, a four-year-old sou of Bock Sand and Donna de Oro. brought from England by August Belmont, struck his front leg while being exercised yesterday morning and was withdrawn from the handicap today. At pre seat it is unknown how serious the injury may be. Part of the stabbs of W. I. Burch and Garth have been shipped to Kenning. Algernon Dalngerfielil, assistant secretary of the Jockey Club, was an arrival today from New York and K. .1. SbevHu arrived from Syracua*w Mushy Head, a Useful plater in the Bedwell stable, died this morning from fever contracted while being shipped bete from Montreal. Tommy afcTaggart was taken ill from excessive reducing on the road this morning and was forced to cancel his engagements. .L VY. Hedrick claimed All Smiles for ,000 following the running of the fifth race.
