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BIG MIDWEEK ATTENDANCE Sees Some Excellent Racing at Beimont Park Yesterday Manhattan Handicap Easy for forNaturalist Naturalist Fairy Wand WandVictim Victim of Weak Ride New York September 10 Bright weather and a well arranged program attracted the best inid iveek attendance of the fall season J E Widener furnished the winner of the Manhattan Handicap the stake feature of the day in his Frenchbred gelding Naturalist He was ridden by Knapp and dominated the running throughout winning by five lengths Fairy Wjnd ran another spectacular race under Midgleys weak riding While racing with the ultimate winner she ran out badly on the far turn and entered the stretch many lengths away from the rail Finally straightened she almost Mideeiled in catching Sunflasli II whichhad saved Aground throughout and ran well under Lykes strong riding Hand Grenade the favorite seemed in difficult at all stages and apparently sulked iindiT liobiiisons punishment punishmentTlie Tlie first ra e fell to Arrah Go On heavily sup parlcd by the G W Loft followers After showing high ped he tired perceptibly in the final eighth though his winning margin wa rumforttthlc Night ¬ stick meed creditably after meeting with early in ¬ terference terferenceSyoiscts Syoiscts victory in the steeplechase was popu ¬ lar thuiigh it brought about the defeat of the highly fancied Kin tore which raced creditably but tired after b iLg prominent to thf linne turn turnTin Tin change from Lomas to Schuttijigers stronger ridiog jmiinived Balustrade Jinmaasirablyr and he accounted for the Itoiikoiikoina Handicap in easy fashion defeating among others the wellsupported Aunt Dinah and Gath Aunt Dinah swerved out through the stretch running and Walls seemed un ¬ able to aid her Gath failed miserably miserablyUuckboard Uuckboard and Loftus were the winning combina ¬ tion in the fifth wee Buekboard was reserved in the early running disposed of Grouse in the stretch and drew away at the end Grouse tired badly after setting the pace to the last eighth Senator eighthSenator Trow accounted for the closing race outstaying the Wilson filly Minuet in a sharply contested stretch drive This was the sixth straight race in which Minuet has finished second secondFriends Friends of Charles F Grainger will be pleased to learn that he has s j much imnroved in health that he is ready to challenge any one of his neigh ¬ bors for a thirtysix hole golf game After gameAfter Arrah Go On had won the opening race the Lander band celebrated the occasion by rendering the old Irish ditty Arragh Go On Yer Only Fool ¬ ing with a trombone solo soloSunny Sunny Slops was withdrawn from the Manhattan Handicap today by Mr Carman as he i going to start him in the Municipal Handicap on Xntiirday over a mile and a half course If he bad won today he would have to pick up a fnsiy said Mr Carman and I did not consider that to the advanlage of the liois He will xtart Saturday UK probably meet War Cloud CloudSunny Sunny Slope was worked i milt ami it quarter between thf first anil second rare hi 212 He was well under restraint Jill tin way S wayS C Hildreth claimed Arnih it On after his victory in tin first race for S2VKI After the fifth raw D J L iry claimed Groiw for XI 820 and G W Loft claimed liiicklKuinl for 10
