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MIAMI SEASON ENDS Final Days Racing at Tropical Park Brings Out Large Crowd. P Consistent Prince Tokalon Establishes New Track Record for Mile and a Sixteenth Winning Feature. MIAMI, Fla., March 19. G. W. Ogles Prince Tokalon, one of the most consistent performers during the Miami season, rounded out his campaign at Tropical Park this afternoon by an easy victory in the Miami University Handicap, and he established a new track record for one mile and a sixteenth of 1:45 to score over W. C. and E. W. Reicherts My Dandy, with A. Ketchells Batty saving third from Polygamous. The only other starter was Martis, and after a rough journey he was rather a bad last. For the final day of the second meeting of the Gables Racing Association, the Miami University was the beneficiary to a considerable extent when it shared in the admission and the crowd was one of the largest of the season. There were other attractions beside the racing which were furnished by singers and a fashion show that made the last day of the meeting a novel one. In the Miami University Handicap, it was My Dandy that set the pace, when after breaking from the outside position, he was rushed into an immediate lead. Going to the first turn Clancy, on Batty, came over so sharply with Batty that Martis was badly pinched off and Meade had to take up to avoid an accident. Polygamous broke in stride and Prince Tokalon was slower to be under way. Riding a supremely confi- Continued on eighteenth page. MIAMI SEASON ENDS Continued from first page. dent race, Riley was content to permit Prince Tokalon to settle nicely into his stride before asking him to run and when he did move, he chose the outside to escape any possible interference. My Dandy was holding to the pace in resolute fashion but rounding out of the back stretch it was apparent that Prince Tokalon would run him down. Polygamous .and Batty were in close attendance while Martis, which continued to suffer from interference of Batty, was soon hopelessly beaten. In the run through the stretch, Riley showed the same confidence and he let Prince Tokalon wear My Dandy down in his own fashion. The result was that he was only winner by a neck, but it was an easy score. Batty had outstayed Polygamous to take third by a like distance, but she was two and a half lengths back of My Dandy. Martis was eased up at the end when entirely out of the contention. Four horses were left at the post in the first race, and the race was more or less ruined. The ones that had no chances were Discobolus, Afro American, Winnie C. and Fair Blanche. The race fell to R. Smiths Lucky Racket, and it was On Leave that saved second place from Manassas. They were fortunate in the poor start and were always in the front division. In the stretch Lucky Racket came away easily and at the end was a length and a half clear. On Leave was always in the front division and beat Manassas by seven lengths for second place. Howee, one that appeared to have a good chance before the race, bolted on the first turn, and when Ensor got him in again he was on the inside but hopelessly out of the running, and he was eased up when the chase was hopeless. A close finish came in the second "when H. V. Stephens Crushed Stone, racing in improved form, got up under a hard drive to beat B. G. Lewis Prince Toy and Gibbys Choice was a distant third. The finish would have been closer had it not been that Montgomery, riding Gibbys Choice, lost a stirrup when crowded between Crushed Stone and Prince Toy at the head of the stretch. In this the performance of both Braggadocio and Putter was disgraceful in the light of previous efforts. Gibbys Choice was the one to set the pace and he was still showing the way until the stretch was reached, where Crushed Stone and Prince Toy gained on him with a rush and he was caught between the pair of them. Putter and Braggadocio followed the first three, but both were exceedingly dull and the race was far below what should naturally be expected of each one of them. G. W. Ogles Fort Dearborn, after having run two disgraceful races recently, was a different horse in tfie mile and a sixteenth of the third, and proved an easy winner over E. L. Kents Lawyer, which in turn had no trouble saving the place from J. Heelans Plutarch. Corbeau finished third. McLaughlin had Lawyer away from the post in full stride and he was showing the way at the first turn, followed by Pass in Review and Fort Dearborn. Corbeau was slow to be under way and he was last of the lot when the back stretch was reached. Pass in Review did not last long in second place and Fort Dearborn was rating along strongly back of Lawyer when the turn out of the straight was reached. Heading for the stretch turn, Montgomery called on Fort Dearborn and he moved to Lawyer. The son of Tryster fought along for a time, but weakened in the final sixteenth and Fort Dearborn drew out to be the winner by almost three lengths. Lawyers battle to save the day took him out five lengths before Plutarch and when Corbeau was fourth he- had closed a big gap but was too late to share in the purse.
