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PRINCESS ZELDA WINS Silvery Suffers From G. Rileys Rough Riding, Beaten. Victorious Mare Recent Arrival aE Hialeah From Havana Bun D. Successful for Bradley MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 22. For a holiday feature the offering of the Miami Jockey Club at Hialeah Park this afternoon was naturally the George Washington Purse. It was at a mile and a furlong, under claiming conditions, and brought about the most thrilling finish of the day when E. J. Reeds Princess Zelda just lasted to beat the rapidly closing Silvery, which bore the silks of H. Wells. Third was the portion of J. H. Musgraves Lion Hearted, and the three were well out before Outpost, the one to save fourth. It was the first start of Princess Zelda since her arrival from Cuba and a particularly lucky score, for G. Riley, who had the mount, was guilty of rough riding in which Silvery was the sufferer, and as the race was run Silvery was plainly better than the winner. The holiday attendance was large, and, while clouds hung over the course for most of the afternoon, the weather continued ideal. WINNER UNRULY. In the claiming feature Princess Zelda came to the post wringing wet, and she gave considerable trouble by her unruly actions, unseating Riley in one of her lunges. The start was a good one, and Mills drove Silvery away from the inside in the van, but Princess Zelda, leaving from a stall farther out on the track, came over sharply going to the first turn,, and Mills was forced to take his mount up to avoid an accident. Lion Hearted, showing more early foot than usual, moved into second place as a result of this roughing, while Princess Zelda jumped out to a clear lead. This was enough advantage to see her safely home, but the troubles of Silvery did not end with that crowding on the first turn. Through the back stretch D. Smith on Lion Hearted kept the mare in close quarters, and she did not have a fair chance to extend herself. Riley was permitting Princess Zelda to step right along, and she rounded into the stretch with two lengths to spare. Silvery and Lion Hearted were the only ones with any chance to give her an argument, and Lion Hearted faltered when called on, but Silvery responded gamely and, stride by stride, she was wearing Princess Zelda down, but the daughter of Chatterton had lasted to be the winner by a matter of inches. A length and a half back of them Lion Hearted saved third with no trouble from Outpost. DOUBLE FOR RILEY. The race completed a double for G. Riley, as he had ridden Edward R. Bradleys Bun D. to victory in the juvenile dash. The opening dash was at six furlongs for maiden three-year-old fillies and it resulted in something of a surprise, when L. D. Oldhams Spanish Flirt was an easy winner, with Mrs. A. Crouchs Lady Ara finishing second, while J. E. Wideners Native Wit was doing her level best to save third from Strategy. Spanish Flirt went into an early lead, had speed enough to force the pace all the way and drew out in the stretch to be the winner by three lengths. Lady Ara and Native Wit were never far from the winner until the closing stages. Then Native Wit pinned her ears and she was quitting so badly that she was beaten a length and a half for second place and only saved third by a nose. Kitty Bruce, the only other starter, ran a dull race and was last all the way. The juvenile race of the day was a three furlongs dash, for maiden fillies, and it brought victory to E. R. Bradleys Bun D., one that was sold in the field group. Mrs. J. H. Whitneys Shavings raced to second place and Mose Lowensteins Royal Purchase was a close third, beating Lady Bracadale, another field horse, for that part of the award. From a good start, Royal Purchase was more alert than the others leaving her stall, but she was closely followed by Train and Bun D. Royal Purchase held to her lead through the early racing, but she swerved rather badly and Bun D., bearing over from the outside, was rapidly making up ground. Shavings, while off well, was in some early difficulty and she was closing rapidly at the end, only to be 1 Continued on twenty-second page.. PRINCESS ZELDA WINS Continued from first page. beaten a head by the Bradley filly. Royal Purchase was lapped on the pair of them and only a length before Lady Bracadale. A good finish marked the third race at one mile, when Jack Howards Mike Carey, after a stretch drive, was winner over W. Woodwards Cholla, with E. R. Bradleys Chicsu just saving third from Pass in Review. After a considerable delay at the post it was Cholla that went out to show the way, and she held command until the closing strides, where she tired under the challenge of the winner to be beaten three parts of a length. Mike Carey was always close after the Woodward filly and he was only winner after a gruelling stretch drive. Mills had saved ground all the way with the daughter of Chatterton, and her race was a good one despite her defeat. Chicsu made up some ground in the running, but probably needs the race to thoroughly fit her. It was her first racing effort of the winter season. Broadway Lights, which now races under the silks of T. McCarthy, was an easy winner over the platers that met in the Virginian Purse, a claiming affair for the three-year-olds. He scored over C. E. Hamiltons Catherine Fox, which in turn only beat F. Wettach Jr.s Line of Fire a narrow margin for second place.
