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SPECTACULAR CONTEST Prince Tokalon, Waterway and Mar- tis in Close Finish. Victor Hugo Purse at Miami Fur- nishes Big Crowd With Many-Thrills Track Heavy. MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 26. In one of the most exciting finishes of the season, G. W. Ogles good campaigner, Prince Tokalon was winner of the Victor Hugo Purse, a condition race over the mile route that occupied the feature position on an excellent card at Hialeah Park this afternoon. It was Frank Grossmans Waterway that made it a close finish and third was the portion of Dewey Benthams Martis. While there was no more rain the recent drenching saw the going heavy and difficult though the surface was drying out rapidly and it is possible that the going will at least be good, if not fast, for the running of the Florida Derby. The crowd was an exceedingly large one for a Friday afternoon, there being many new arrivals who came on to see the running of the Derby. In this condition race, the Victor Hugo Purse, five started, but it was a horse race all the way. Robertson went out to force the pace with Martis and he was attended by Waterway, while Hanford had Prince Tokalon back of them. The son of Prince Pal was fighting for his head and, going to the half-mile ground, Hanford made an unsuccessful attempt to go between the leaders. When this failed, he took back and rated his mount along until near the stretch turn. There he made a second effort and went the outside. This time there was ample room, but both Waterway and Martis were still racing well. A furlong out Waterway had Martis beaten and he looked like a sure winner, but Prince Tokalon was coming with a great rush on the outside under a vigorous drive and in the final strides he had dropped his head down in front to earn the decision. Waterway was a length and a quarter before Martis and he, in turn, had beaten Rip Van Winkle by two lengths. The only other starter was Impish and he had raced last all the way. CAPTAIN ED HANDILY. G. W. Ogles Captain Ed was rather a handy winner of the opening seven furlongs dash that engaged a cheap lot of three-year-olds. R. W. Collins Anthony Wayne raced to the place, with Mrs. N. G. Fishers Sun Teatime beating W. F. Yergasens Prepare for third. Prepare caused a delay at the post, but the start was a good one and Mills had Captain Ed showing the way as they left the stalls. He did not long enjoy his command, as Pollard rushed by with Anthony Wayne to open up a considerable gap, but Captain Ed held to second place and, before the stretch was reached, the Collins colt was weakening and Captain Ed closed on him with every stride. Swinging into the stretch, Anthony Wayne carried Captain Ed wide, but Mills shook up the son of Captain Alcock and he came away to be the winner by a half dozen lengths. Sun Teatime saved ground in the Continued on twenty-third page. SPECTACULAR CONTEST .Continued from first page." stretch as the others went wide, but Anthony Wayne stuck it out to beat her five lengths for the place, and the others trailed along in strung-out order. Billies Orphan was winner of the three furlongs dash for plater juveniles, the second offering. This miss, which races for McAtee and Bransfield, began her racing at Tropical Park with a victory, and her score in this was an easy one. Fred Kahns Ipral, Mrs. S. F. Murphys Modesto and Robert L. Gerrys Nutlet followed in close order as named. There was considerable crowding during the running and Unsettled was knocked out of the contention, while Modesto met with some interference. The winner forced most of the pace, and at the end was going away, with three lengths to spare. Ipral outfin-ished Modesto under a long drive, and Nutlet was finishing strongly under punishment to be beaten only a head for third. Eight cheap ones were brought together in the third race, at three-quarters, and it went to Mrs. J. M. Franklins Fervid, which won rather handily from Ward and "Burtons Dedicate, with G. McMitchells Parnell Bound a distant third. From a good start, Dedicate was the one to cut out most of the running, but Robertson was close after him with Fervid and, when the stretch was reached, he picked the best going by coming out from the rail, while Lewis sent Dedicate along on the inside. At the end Fervid was three lengths clear, while Dedicate had beaten Parnell Bound by seven lengths. There was no good excuse for Parnell Bound. He was with the leaders leaving the stalls but was unable to keep stride in the going. Bill Southam, a cast-off from the E. R. Bradley string that now races for Smith and Williams, was winner of the mile fourth race, for cheap ones. He" was one of the maidens oZ the company, and a maiden was second when J. Evans Winnie C. raced to second place. Mose Lowensteins Zegora saved third. Zegora was the one to show the way and she was in command to the stretch, but Bill Southam was close after her and, there, Montgomery came out with him in search of the best going. Stout saved ground with Winnie C, but she was in the deep going and, while she readily ran down the tiring Zegora, to beat him by six lengths for second place, she was half a iength back of the winner. Fair Blanche, after being in second place for a stage of the running, stopped badly, while Lucky Racket ran an exceedingly dull race and was never close to the contention. Emmett Hileman will receive applications for trainers licenses for the Illinois Turf Association at Hialeah Park. Late applications may be mailed to secretaiy Charles W. Bidwill, Illinois Turf Association, 31 East Congress St., Chicago, 111.
