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FAIRY WAND DISQUALIFIED Interference with Papp and Flags in Main Race of Day the Cause Loses Decision After Achieving Sensational Victory Night ¬ sticks Success Costly New York September 5 An ordinary card in ¬ cluding four races over the straight course and u maiden steeplechase was offered today and produced the inevitable dissatisfaction attendant when horses are compelled to race over the straight course The feature the Autumn Highweight Handicap was marred by the disqualification of Fairy Wand after the Cochran filly had run a spectacular race The five starters ran bunched to the elbow where Fairy Wand bolted from the middle of the track to the outside rail first jostling Papp and then carrying Flags with her forcing the Brighton candidate to pull up Hollister and Ima Frank free from interference finished near the inside rail Immediately after the finish the crowd surged to the judges stand where the stewards after sending for Loftus Midgley ami Kelsay ordered the disqualification of Fairy Wand WandOnly Only three horses faced the starter in the initial dash and the Kentucky Stables Nightstick was an easy winner He was ridden by Robinson who took him to the front with the rise of the barrier and the old Broomstick gelding easily maintained his advali tage and was drawing away at the end endThe The steeplechase race of the afternoon was for maiden jumpers Moccasin III a son of Yankee and bred in France carrying the colors of the Green tree Stable was installed favorite He proved a good jumper and was the apparent winner when he lost his rider The winner turned up in J H Lewis Max Meadows He had his work cut out for him until reaching the eleventh hedge where his nearest opponent fell after which he merely cantered to the winning line lineThe The Uncle filly His Sister graduated from the ranks of the maidens when she carried Frederick Johnsons colors to victory in the third race a lush of five and a half furlongs for twoyearold maidens His Sister took the center of the track and displaying a high order of speed ran straight and true to win by a wide gap Pluviada was sec ¬ ond and Dahinda got the short end of the purse purseGARBAGE GARBAGE WINS LUCKY KACE KACEAfter After Garbage had secured a big lead in the fifth race he suddenly began to show signs of dis stress in the stretch and while he won by a safe margin he was a tired horse It was a close thing between Elderken and Puts and Calls for second honors the former just managing to last long enough to get the judges eye eyeThe The hardest fought contest of the afternoon was in the last race A K Macombers War Kiss nnl Jefferson Livingstons Lillian Shaw putting up a great stretch struggle with the result in doubt until the official placing was announced War Kis was awarded the verdict The favorite Merry Princess lost all chance by being forced to the out ¬ side in the early running runningIt It looks as if there will be a small field for the Lawrence Realization Stakes on Saturday The only probable starters at this time are Johren and either War Cloud or Hand Grenade from the Macomlwr stable with a possibility of both going to the post Johren has shown no signs of lameness and has done all his trainer James Rowe has asked of him Trainer Jennings said he has not yet decided just what he will do but intimates he will have at least one starter starterBob Bob Rose one of the bestknown followers of rac ¬ ing in this country and owner of the celebrated horse Clifford has left for San Francisco where he expects to remain for some time timeAfter After the roundup of slackers yesterday at Bel inont Park only six were found who could not pro ¬ duce registration cards cardsM M A Silvers has just received word that the horse Viewpoint which he bought from Sam Hil dreth last year and sent to Peru won a stake at Lima Peru recently He was first in a field of four horses covering a mile and a half in 233 carrying 123 pounds and paid four to one in the mntuels On the same day at Buenos Aires the celebrated horse Botafoga won a stake worth 9000 covering two and a half miles in 410 Botafoga is said to be the best horse in the Argentine Republic and it is claimed can run a mile with a stake weight up in 136 136After After Nightstick scored his easy victory in the first nice W C Weant advanced him to 2000 at which figure lie was protected with the customary 5 advance
