New-York tribune., 1903-05-13
NORRISPARK'S POOR CARD
SIX MEDIOCRE FIELDS
Il. T. Wilson's Highlander Wins the
Harlem Selling Stakes.

The racing ~ Morris Park yesterday was Of q
sort that can be adequately recorded without the
,,sp q red letters. The association offered pro-
rranre of the ironing day variety. and the fields in
& least five Of tire six races conspicuousiy
deficient IL class. And even !n the absence or any
DISTINGUISHED members Of the great family Of thor
e,rhbreds TO overshadow the efforts OF the lesser
lshts those that were depended upon TO afford an
afternoons diversion failed TO produce any great
O. permanent thrills. The weather. possibly. was
the most brilliant feature of the afternoon.
The SIKH running Of the Harlem Selling Stakes
over the Withers mile the only stake race on
The card and after Pierre Lorillard had withdrawn
Mineral 70 start him in the handicap and P s. 2
Randolph had scratched his colt Red knight only
five contestants left in. OF these R T. VIII
sons useful colt Highlander was made an odds on
@svorite with Frank Farrells th-ee-year-od Colo
,fs7 2 generously supported second choice
The finish decidedly OF the kind that digitalis
goes well with Burns riding the favorite, and
twice in the stretch his followers thought they
their money hopelessly igpited. Highlander was
really beaten twice. and had the distance been
fifty Yards further he would have been beaten a
third time. As IL was. he won by the shortest OF
roses. and the credit probably is due mostly TO
Burns although on this point there was a great
difference Of opinion. Those who had pinned their
faith in an6 placed their dollars Colonist insist
&C thar Fighlander-s victory was wholly negative
one. Fuller, the Farrell colt. rode consider
abiy worse than any wooden boy possibly could
have ridden. To that great throng of raeetrack
cleverly devised toy that is wound UP and runs a
given length of time through volition of its
the boys method of handling Colonist un-
douhtedly seemed 10 deserve censure. He did not
his whip when the advocates of machine made
rsoehorses thought he should have used it. and
he was generally listless and shiftess. As a mat
Ter Of fact it is altogether likely that the boy
handled his mount with excellent judgment under
the conditions which confronted him.
Coonist sulked in the early furlongs Of the mile
T he colt did run. and all through the
l,sckstretch he made his intentions 10 begin in
dividual strike manifest. That Fuller succeeded in
jollying this pernicious doctrine out Of his head
reflects credit on his skill in the last six
1eenth tho colt had a change Of heart and came
on with an exhibition OF speed that convinced the
automatic To acehorse enthusiasts that he could
The grandstand il seemed that he reached the
she judges thought otherwise and he was placed
In the mile and sixteenth contest over the
hil Numerals heart was stouter than the heart
surrender in the run home Animosity seemed 70
faye The Tace vel. Eli N nam, nanG a. on one sag r IA b @
quarters McWilliams lasted long enough to beat
Tshlana. whom the railbrds declared they had
sen gaIl9P fTs fr3hes w org IN one BE- minute & nat Ta5
10 so the last four and half furlongs down the
Youngsters who were opposed 70 her. She was
PLAYED all over the ring and the weight OF money
rsgeTed Oh her reduced her price from 10 to to
70 / Ishlana is owned by W J. Arkeil who races
4
7he time mis- colors have been in front at the
finish this year
Sovereign. the His Highness three-year-Old colt,
whose performances aside from his breeding. are
likely 10 make him worthy OF his royal name won
his Yesterday fnlpressively as on the open
ing day- He showed eleven pretty fair sPTinters
te Hav around the last six furlongs Of the Wihers
mile. Odon compelled 10 ride him out in order
10 shake of Nesmer in the last sixteenth. The
o1 fer winners we're Tim Sullivan and Remorse. In
the second race Hack. Hoar- Cochran and Shea
z7e-e each fined SO for disobedienCe at the post
JOAN + Madden has sold the colt Pulsus (Top
CaIiant-C5len Hop) 20 z. r Thomas The colt Is
entered 70 start this afternoon
FIRST RACE-2year olds winners az any time Of
1890: last 6 furIonEs withe-s Mile.
Betting