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QUITE REMARKABLE FINISH Seven Clipsetta Stakes Starters Only Heads and Nose Apart Believe Idle Hour Winner Over Miss Muffins Drastic Beats Be Frank Narrowly t I5Y J L DEMPSEY DEMPSEYLATONJA LATONJA KV June A more interesting finish than that which mine in the Clipsetta Stakes was probably never witnessed on any track The seven starters contesting for the flt0 net that went to the winner were less than a length apart E K Uradlcys ISelieve Idle Hour defeated Miss Muffins by a head the same margin separating tlie latter from Aphie Dear with heads and noses intervening between the others At one stage of tlie race Miss Muffins appeared an easy winner for site had a clear lead of five lengths and was seem ¬ ingly going easily but in the last sixteenth she tired unexpectedly and steadily but surely the oth ¬ ers closed in on her Uelieve Idle Hour succeeding in the last stride to pass her Some time was exhausted at the start where Itelieve Idle Hour began showing characteristic traits of her mother Loveriiot She pivoted and lunged continuously but when tin start was effected it found lier fitlly in her stride and away fast Miss Muffins from an outer position dwelt a bit but at once settled in her stride She raced by Relieve Idle Hour like a flash and reached the streteli five lengths to the good Lyke however iwrsevcred with the JJradlcy filly and found her responsive to his hard riding culminating in her victory AphUy Dear rartTT following far back until straightened5 out in the stretch came with a terrific rush and was going fastest at the end At a longer distance she would have won Jacobina representing J K L Koss had no mishaps and was outrun all the way wayTin Tin Camden pair JSettina and Helium ran well and Jossip Avenue only gave way in the Jast eighth eighthAn An attendance almost rivaling that of Derby day took advantage of the fine weather and good racing Offering of this afternoon and crowded the pic ¬ turesque course The volume of speculation was in keeping with the big throng The full battery of mutuel machines had to be employed and were at times inadequate to accommodate the demand The mile and an eighth handicap was another thriller with victory in doubt for any of the start ¬ ers until in the last sixteenth wiiere Drastic and lie Frank drew out slightly from the others and fought out the finish Drastic winning by a neck Pastoureau landed third At one time after the field rounded the stretch turn they were in cavalry alignment and catised a wild frenzy of cheers from the huge crowd crowdThe The erratic Flags carrying the colors of the late J 15 Elwell furnished a surprise in the three quarters dash in which he met some good ones and acting tractably at the post was away with the others but drew out instantly intoa good lead and retained it to the finish In his last race he was left at the post but since then he has worked a trial in phenomenally fast time timeMysterious Mysterious irl barely got home in advance of CalliCurci in the mile and a sixteenth dash her margin of a nose at the end being due to laUi Curci tiling suddenly after she apparently had this victory in her control controlMLEAN MLEAN COLORS TO THE FORE FOREKapid Kapid Day carrying E K McLeans Colors had little trouble in scampering home before the others in the initial race and Sir Uiwnfal after a InifU effort managed to outstay Judge Pryor in the sec ¬ ond race for which Winchester was a pronounced favorite but had his winning chances destroyed as a result of interference he suffered from soon after the start The stewards were dissatisfied with the ride of J Koberts on ISradleys Choice and questioned him after the race The boy claimed that the horse propped after the start and swerved out The latter contention about the horse swerving ut was supported by the starter M Shields owiier of Uradleys Choice was also questioned by the stewards and stated that he bad bet on his horse The matter will be further investigated by the stewards stewardsThe The stewards declared invalid the claim made by J McPlierson for the horse Frank W because of deficient registration of the horse Merchant the error being clerical and not purposely irregu ¬ lar No fine was imposed by the stewards stewardsThe The horses of E 15 McLean are seemingly a mark for the claiming brigade and Kapid Day was lost to the stable through the claiming route W O Stoner securing him for 5800 The same owner recently claimed Japhet from tile McLean stable stableJ J C Milam returned this morning from Pitts ¬ burgh where he had gone for a brief visit to Captain J H Kces tlte former wellknown racing official who is confined in a hospital in Monon gahela Milam stated that Captain Kees is progress ¬ ing finely and that he will probably be able to leave for his home in Memphis soon soonJockey Jockey E Donahue has been engaged by the Williams ISrothers to do their riding and scored in his first race in the Williams colors on Mys ¬ terious Girl GirlJockey Jockey 15 Kennedy signalized his return to the saddle after a long layoff on account of an in ¬ jured ankle by riding a winner Kapid Day Iteius bis mount V Montford Jones whose horses are being raced here was host this afternoon to tin major aggre ¬ gation of the fortyfour girls and sixteen boys whose college tuition lie is paying They are on their way home for a short vacation Hvlicii they will depart for Europe to study European condi ¬ tions Their expenses will be defrayed by Mr Jones JonesJudgment Judgment in hi sum of iSI 0 was awarded jockey V Crump against his former employer E MIMIIV by a jury in a loeaf court yesterday afternoon Crump sought to recover SM7HO friMn E W Moore alleging that it was for wages and for money he had given Moore tv keen for him lit various times
