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j : : : ; ! 1 . SINGLE STAR AND MILLS Winning Combination in Headline! at Hialeah Park Course. - Close Finishes in Majority of Race Stir Miami Crowd Pleasant Weather Prevails. MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 10. In a day of racing that was remarkable for its number of close, fighting finishes at Hialeah Park this afternoon, one of the best came in the running of the Peters Purse, a six furlongs claiming race that attracted good sprinters. It fell to Joe Edwards Single Star and gave Hank Mills his first winning mount since his suspension for rough riding. At the end the mare was only a nose before J. Norris, Jr.s, Tombereau, and it was O. Blanks Salisbury that was third. In the second best race of the day Glenside, Please and Knowl-ton swept past the line closely lapped and it was a nose finish that decided the race for juvenile fillies, when Mint Drift earned the purse from Lady Bracadale. Another day of bright sunshine resulted in a crowd of good proportions being out for the sport and the thrill that came with almost every finish of the day made it remarkable sport. Seven went to the post in the Peters Purse and he start was a good one with the consistent Tombereau first to show. He was rushed along by Chiavetta until he was a length and a half clear in the first furlong and that lead was increased to four lengths after he had turned out of the back stretch. Mills was sitting still on Single Star as he raced in second place, and Ellice was showing the way to Salisbury, which was being ridden listlessly by Montgomery. SPECTACULAR FINISH. Turning into the stretch, Tombereau was still well clear of the others, and Mills had not yet made a move with Single Star. Ellice was hanging on to third place, but doing her best and she was still followed by Salisbury with the others already beaten. Until well inside the last furlong, Tombereau looked a sure winner when Mills finally called on Single Star, and the mare, finishing with a great rush, got up to earn the decision in the final strides. Salisbury was another length back. While it was a winning ride, it appeared that Mills had waited a bit too long with Single Star and an earlier call on her speed would have prevented the finish being so dangerously close. The second nose finish of the day came in the running of the fourth race. This was christened the Silver Bluff Purse and was under claiming conditions. At the end of a furious stretch drive, Mrs. V. M. Duncans Glenside won by inches from J. W. Mays Please, and F. A. Carreauds Knowlton was just another head back. From a good start, War Saint, Glenside and Knowlton soon drew away from the others and raced along closely lapped with Knowlton on the inside. They were a couple of lengths clear before the run through the back stretch had been completed. War Saint tired after turning out of the back stretch, but the battle continued beween Glenside and Knowlton as they went along lapped. They swung into the stretch going stride for stride with first one head and then the other showing in front and it had narrowed to a question of courage. GAME PERFORMANCE. In the final furlong Please charged along outside of the pair and threatened to pass both. At the time Glenside had his head before Knowlton and the son of Eternal, responding to Malleys call, stuck it out to save the day, though Please would have been the winner in another stride. Knowlton was just a head back and three lengths before Donie. W. H. Wrights Blue Arab, making his first start of the winter season, was an easy winner over the three-year-old maidens that started in the opening dash. El Puma was the one to race to second place, with San-sarica, from the Howe Stable, a distance third. Mills had El Puma away in full stride, but he soon gave way to Make Speed, and Blue Arab moved into second place. Sansarica was restrained back of these, but when Kurtsinger tried to rouse him he failed to respond and was badly outrun. Early in the race Cleverley had Blue Arabl under restraint as he galloped along baclH of Make Speed and when the Lowensteini gelding showed signs of tiring he took the lead to never leave the result in doubt. El Continued on twenty-second page.. SINGLE STAR AND MILLS Continued from first page. Puma was easily second best and lost some ground swinging into the stretch, where he was carried wide. He finished well, but Blue Arab had something in reserve as he crossed the line winner. Sansarica was another five lengths back, but a greater distance before the tired Make Speed, which saved fourth place. There was another Willis Sharpe Kilmer victory in the running of the juvenile dash of five-sixteenths over the Nursery course, when in a game finish Mint Drift was the winner over E. A. Iglehearts Lady Braca-dale. A. B. Gallahers Oswego Princess saved third from J. E. Wideners Algeria by a narrow margin. There was a slight delay at the post. In one of her crazy lunges, Transpose unseated Chiavetta, but no serious damage was done. The start was a good one, but Oswego Princess, which broke from a position outside the stalls, crossed over rather sharply and that aided her in her share of the purse. Mint Drift was away in the front division and forced the pace all the wayf but through the final sixteenth she was doing her best to withstand the determined rush of Lady Bracadale. The daughter of Mint Briar fought along with rare courage to earn the decision by a nose. Lady Bracadale was a length before Oswego Princess, which, in turn, only saved third from Algeria by a head. Mrs. Sadie Bennetts Bosafabo was winner over the cheap band that started in the third when he led home E. McCuans Parties, with R. A. Smiths Phantom Rock saving third from La Golondrina. La Golondrina was the one to set most of the pace, and Hieover raced after her with Bosafabo not far back. Parties was badly outrun in the first half mile. Catrone made no serious challenge with the winner until going to the stretch turn there he moved up on the outside and, safely around the stretch turn, took command readily as La Golondrina tired and at the end was a length clear. Parties came with a belated rush to take second place by two and a half lengths from Phantom Rock, another that finished gamely.
