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TALL TIMBERS SPEED Gives Him an Easy Victory in the Babylon Handicap. 1 Muskallonge and Sande a Winning Combination Again Diamond Dick Makes It a Double. NEW YORK, N. Y., September 28. Richard T. Wilsons Tall Timber, his home-bred son of Camp Fire and Pyx II., was an easy winner of the Babylon Handicap at Aqueduct today. It was the feature of rather an interesting card and to score he raced its three-quarters in 1:11. The race was worth S4.800 to the winner. The Greentree Stables Cherry Pie was second and third place fell to John E. Maddens Heremon, which beat Osprey for that part of the prize. There was a touch of winter in the air and overcoats were in demand, but the crowd was a large one and the bright sunshine made it a good day to be out, even if it made one think of the coal situation. It was a good day for the Bud Fisher silks when ho scored a double with Muskallonge and Diamond Dick. In the Diamond Dick race there was an unfortunate happening right after the start when Runmath collided with Soviet and knocked him down. J. Mooney, who had the mount, was rather painfully hurt as a result of the fall. An even half dozen went to the post for the Babylon Handicap and they were a fast and promising band. Little time was lost at the barrier and when it rose Ensor had Tall Timber ready and he left the mark well in motion. Cherry Pie had actually begun in front, but Tall Timber left in such good style that he was showing the way in a half dozen strides. Once out in the lead Ensor shot him along at a pace that kept him in command all the way. Cherry Pie held to second place and in the early running Sando had him under slight restraint. After rounding into the stretch he called on the son of Chicle, but he was unable to cut down the lead of the winner and at the end he was still two lengths away. Heremon, one of the light weights of the field, was always third and at the end had no trouble in beating Osprey for that place. The Belmont colt began from an outside position and he did not seem to find his racing stride in the early running. Then McAtee raced him on the outside all through the race and he did perform within many pounds of his previous race when he ran five-eighths in 58 with three pounds more in the saddle. Frank G. and Runviso were also outrun and at no time cut any figure. D03IIXGOS STEEPLE CnASE. Domingo, racing under the silks of F. S. Von Stade, was winner of the short course steeplechase, framed for maidens, from the three-year-old Reparation and Black Fox, another three-year-old. Meadow Grass II. was fourth, Yorkshire fifth and Shrapnel a distant last. Black Fox and Yorkshire made most of the running, while Jones was saving Domingo, and, to keep him out of any possible trouble, was on the outside most of the way. In the last mile Reparation made a promising rush and moved up to Yorkshire, which was leading at the time, but Black Fox was never far away and Domingo held his place without any trouble. It was not until in the last half that Jones really permitted Domingo to run free, and when he began his winning dash Reparation went with him. The three-year-old hung on well, but at the last fence Domingo beat him over easily and then in the short rush Reparation swerved out badly, but readily saved second place from Black Fox. Yorkshire quit badly as a result of the free use that had been made of him in the first turn of the course and at the finish was being eased up by Smoot. It was not much of a trick for Bud Fishers Muskallonge to gallop off with the three-quarters sprint that was the opening race. Sande took him to the front in the first eighth and, saving ground with him on all the turns, the result was never in doubt. Daydue raced to second place and third was the portion of Gladiator. Much of the promised contention was removed when Max Hirsch scratched George W. Lofts On Watch, and the others to decline the race were Cum Sah, Taffeta, Opperman and LEffare. DOUBLE FOR BUD FISHER. Diamond Dick made it a double for the Bud Fisher stable when he won the five-eighths dash for two-year-old maidens that was the third offering. Lady Rose raced to second place and third was the portion of Bowsprit. There was an accident came right after the start when Runmath collided with Soviet and knocked him down. J. Mooney, Continued on twelfth page. TALL TIMBER S SPEED Continued from first page. who had the mount on Soviet, was painfully hurt by the fall. Diamond Dick left the post running fast and saving ground on all the turns had a bit the best of it. Lady Rose was knocked about in the early running and McAtee had to swing her out at the eighth post. She closed up ground when she found clear sailing, but was never close enough to seriously threaten the winner. J. A. Coburns Canyon was the winner of the mile dash that was the fifth offering after a lively stretch battle with C. K. Moores Quesada and the Bud Fisher silks came into the picture again when his Overtake was third. Back of them came Sunnyland, Leghorn and Regal Lodge. Quesada and Canyon had it between them all the way and to tho head of the stretch Leghorn was being saved not far from the leaders, after having met with some slight interference when leaving the backstretch. When swinging for homo Fator took Leghorn to the outside and drove her hard in an effort to save the day, but she swerved in toward the rail and her last chance was gone. In the last eighth Overtake made a threatening rush on the outside, but Canyon was good enough to win by daylight, while Quesada saved second place from Overtake. Books for the racing at Atlanta reached Aqueduct today. The meeting there is set for six days, from October 16 to October 21. The purses are 00 and 00, with four races a day. It is a meeting framed for cheap horses and it is not likely to greatly interest the New York stables.
