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RACING IN REGULAR DELUGE OF RAIN One day at the recent spring Aqueduct meeting, when rali fell in torrents, Frank Hay stood in the shelter of the secretarys office and remarked that it reminded him of what he believes to have been the heaviest rainfall that ever visited a race track in this country. His specimen of heavy rainfall was that of March 14, 1003. in which S. 0. Hildreths then three-year-old Mirthful Hesponsc filly AVittull, wou the Crescent Derby at Xew Orleans. Hray stated, and the footnotes of the chart for the race bears him out, that half of the track was under water and rain fell in sheets during the running of the race. AVitfull. Gannon up. rau around the outside of tlie track and won the stake by twelve lengths from llosanco, witli Hindi Hroom in, third place. Steps of the street cars were submerged as they made their way to the track on that day. People waded iu water above their knees to get to the track: horses were taken into tlie betting ring for safetys sake, and oue of them was drowned in his stall. JVitfulI wou many races iu the colors of Uildrcth that year, and later was sent to J. E. Maddens breeding establishment. She foaled AVistful, Hrim-ful, This Wit, General Mcuocal and Alma Wasser. the latter a two year-old filly, which mad.- Iot firnt btart in life spring ConnniiKhl Part nieetint; In the colors of C, T, AVonhington,
