Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-13
MORRIS PARK RACES.
Wilson's Highlander Won Harlem
Selling Stakes.

The racing at Morris Park yesterday was
of a sort that can be adequately recorded
without the use of red letters. The associa-
ton offered a program of the ironing day
variety, and the fields in at least five Of the
six races were conspicuously deficient in
class. And even in the absence of any dis
tinguished members Of the great family OF
thoroughbreds to overshadow the efforts
of the lesser lights, those that were de-
pended upon to afford an afternoons diver
sion failed to produce any great or perma-
nent thrills. The weather. possibly. was
the most brilliant feature Of the afternoon.
The sixth running Of the Harlem selling
stakes over the Withers mile was the only
stake race on the card, and after Pierre
Lorillard had withdrawn Mineral to start
him in the handicap and P. 8. P. Randolph
had scratched his colt Red knight, only
five contestants were left in. OF these r T.
Wilson's useful colt Highlander was made
an odds on favorite. with Frank Farrelrs
three-year-old ColOnist generously sup
ported second choice.
The finish was decidedly Of the kind that
digitalis goes well with. Burns was riding
the favorite, and twice in the stretch his
followers thought they saw their money
hopelessly ignited. Highlander was really
beaten twice, and had the distance been
fifty yards further he would have been
beaten a third time. At 1t was he won by
the shortest Of noses and the credit Is prob
ably due mostly to Burns, although on this
point there was a great difference Of opin-
lon. Those who had pinned their faith in
and placed their dollars on Colonist insisted
that Highlander's victory was wholly
negative one. as Fuller. on the Farrell colt
rode considerably worse than any wooden
boy possibly could have ridden. To that
great throng OF race track enthusiasts who
look upon the thoroughbred as cleverly
devised toy that Is wound up and runs
given length Of time through no volition of
its own the boys method of handling Colo
mist undoubtedly seemed to deserve censure
He did not use his whip when the advocates
of machine made race horses thought he
should have used 1t, and he was generally
listless and shiftless. AS q matter of fact
1t is altogether likely that the boy handled
his mount with excellent judgment under
the conditions that confronted him.
Colonist sulked in the early furlongs Of
the mile. The colt did not care to run. and
all through the backstretch he made his
intentions to begin individual strike
manifest. That Fuller succeeded in jollying
this pernicious doctrine out of his head re-
fleets some credit on his skill. In the last
sixteenth the colt had a change of heart
and came on with an exhibition of speed
that convinced the automatic race horse
enthusiasts that he could have won had a
jockey with carpet beating attachment
been on his back. To great many in the
grand stand 1t seemed that he reached the
wire a fraction Of an inch ahead Of Bon
Mot, but the judges thought otherwise and
he was placed third
In the mile and a sixteenth contest over
the hill Numerals heart was stouter than
the heart of Hunter Raine, and he made
the Longstreet colt surrender in the run
home. Animosity seemed to have the race
we'll in hand at one stage In the Journey
but she tired badly at the end of three
quarters. McWilliams lasted long enough
to beat her and .Rosanco for the little end
OF the purse.
Ishlana, whom the railbirds declared they
had seen gallop five furlongs in one minute
fiat. was the good thing Of the day. She
was only asked to go the last four and a
half furlongs down the Eclipse course and
she handily defeated the Ave youngsters
who were opposed to her. She was played
all over the ring. and the weight Of money
wagered on her reduced her price from 15
to l to to /. Ishlana is owned by W. ].
Arkell, who races in pink under the name
Of the Lotos stable. 1t is the first time his
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 to make him worthy of
his royal name. won his race yesterday as
impressively as on the opening day. He
showed eleven pretty fair sprinters the way
around the last six furlongs of the Wfthers
mile. Odom was compelled to ride him out
in order to shake off Mesmer In the last
sixteenth. The other winners were Tim
Sullivan and Remorse. In the second race
Hack. Hoar, Cochran and Shea were each
fined SIS for disobedience at the post.