The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-12
TATAR WINS THE
 STEEPLE CHASE Memphis Races Furnish Some
 Great Sport JUMPING CAUSES MESSIAH Hand Vice, Who Was Played FaVorite at All Stages of the Game, Was Easily 5eaten-There Were
 Several Spills.
JUMPING CAUSES MESSIAH

Memphis Tenn, April 1.-The second week of racing at Montgomery park was concluded today with six well filled races. The stake event was the Cotton steeple chase, over the full course, and eleven eross-country candidates faced Starter Fitzgerald. The race resulted in an easy victory for Tatar, an outsider in the bet ting, while Daryl. another long shot, fin- ished second, a length before Crest. Hand Vice was always favorite, and while he took the jumps in easy fashion he did not appear to have much speed on the fiat. There were four bad spills. Lord Radnor stumbled over the sixth jump and threw his rider, Heider, heavily to the ground. The jockey was hady shaken up arid was carried from the field on a stretcher. At the last jump George w. Jenkins turned a somersault, throwing his rider several feet through the air Both horse and jockey received painful but not ser | ious injuries The other mshaps were | when Governor Boyd and Eva Mae fell, but neither horse nor rider were hurt. The first race at seven furlongs was won by Beautiful and Best, the favorite, after a wretched start. Schorrs Molinos, the odds-on favorlte, scored In the second dash at four and half furlongs.
 The third race was the best betting race of the day. Rightful was always top heavy favorite, but lot of money went to Tancred, the Don and Semper Fivum. The race was well contested and in the stretch Rightfu drew away and won by a neck from Floyd K, who beat Jake Greenberg, the extreme outsider In the ring, by a length.
 In the fourth race at six furlongs Joe Martin, the favorite, won in a gallop, while Cogswell, also favorite, annexed the last event at a mile and sixteenth.
 A match has been arranged for Tues day next between Witful the New Or leans derby winner; Claude, winner of the California and Tennessee derbies, and Flocarline the fast Ally from the Tich- enor stable The distance is one and one- eighth miles, the Allies to carry no pounds and Claude 115 pounds.
 First race. seven furlongs, selling Beautiful and Best, IA (Coburn) to 9, won; Class Leader, 100 (scully) 10 to 1. second; Joe Buckley, 1O3 CHelgerson), to ], third Time, 1:SO.
 Second race, four and one-half fur longs-Molinos, 118 (Bullman), 3 to B. won; Ed Tierney, 1O3 Henr), to 1, sec ond; Esheron 1O3 CH. Booker), 10 to 1, third. Time, :561s.
 Third race, mile-Rightful, no (Bull- man), to 1O won; Floyd K, 11O Don- nelly), to l, second; Jake Greenberg l05 GA. HalD, 100 to 1, third. Time, 1:43A.
 Fourth race. six furlongs, selling-Joe Martin, 10S (Phillips), 3 to g. won; Seyra, Ill (Key), 20 to 1. second; The Stewardess 95 (Phillips), to 1, third. Time, 1:16.
 Fifth race, about two miles; Cotton steeplechase stakes, $500 added-Tartar, 142 q. Carter), 20 to 1, won; Daryl, 14S (Stewart), 15 to 1, second; Crest, 16O (P. McAuiffe), 6 to l. third. Time, 4:431s.
 Sixth race mile and one-sixteenth, sell ing-Cogswell, 99 QIenry), to 5, won; Lapidus, sS CW. Daly), 4 to I, second; AL fred c, los GA. HalD, 4 to 1, third. Time, :49&