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LOLLIE LILLIE BASTINS BASINS SURPRISE SURPRISEThe Surprise The feature of the racing at Sheffield yester ester ¬ day was the threequarters treasurers of a mile handicap in which the three placed horses finished noses apart It was a triumph for the handicapper but a blow to the talent as Lollio Lollipop Eastin Easton just managed to beat the odds on favorite Assignee AssigneeA Assignee A very large crowd took advantage of the fine weather and saw a capital afternoons racing the finishes being close The track was fast and three State records were broken Lollie Lillie Eastin Easton knocking a quarter of a second oil the three quarters of a mile mark Cunarder Unordered four seconds from the mile and a half hurdle and Miss Young a quarter of a second from the five and a half furlongs furlongsThe furlongs The handicap at threequarters treasurers of a mile which was the principal event of the day was somewhat robbed of its interest by the scratch ¬ ing King of Magnet while Miss Young and Walkover also declined the issue Assignee of course was the favorite and 7 to 10 appeared a very liberal price to lay against him The Kitten was off in front to a good start with Millie M second Assignee getting away last At the half The Kitten led by a head with Assignee second half a length in front of Lollie Lillie Easton Bound the turn Assignee was cut off and at the three quarters Lollie Lillie Easton led with The Kitten second and Assignee in third place In the stretch Assignee showed in front and at the eighth pole the lot closed up In a rattling finish Lollie Lillie Easton won by a nose with Assignee second the same distance in front of Tue Tues Kit ¬ ten Simmons came very fast at the end but could not get through throughIn through In the opening event Luciuda Lucida and Mollie King were the choices The Sculptor behaved him ¬ self and backed by his stable though ho got off badly won a good race by a head from Santa Cruz It was very close for third place but Repeater got the verdict verdictThe verdict The books laid a liberal price against Zamar Zamia JI in the 2yearold race Laredo got the best of the start aud Maud led for a furlong Zamar Zamia II then went to the front and he and Yours Truly raced together to the end Honigs Honing colt winning han ¬ dily dilly by a length lengthThere lengthier There were some speedy ones in the third race Outgo opened favorite but Evanatus Vanuatu and Roy Lochiel Cloche were both backed and went to the post equal first choices Roy Lochiels Cloches leg did not trouble him yesterday and off first he made the running followed by Hartford Boy andJBrodhead handbreadth with Evanatus Vanuatu lying back In the stretch Roy Lochiel Cloche and Brodhead Brooded seemed to have the race between them but at the sixteenth polo Dorsey Dose brought up Evanatus Vanuatu with a rush winning by two lougths ploughs Roy Lochiel Cloche beating Brodhead Brooded a tiose otiose for the place placeMy Lacey My Luck was an odds on favorite for the hurdle race but Cunarder Unordered beat him easily South Park was no good goodIn Godwin In the last race Miss Young was the favorite Walkover raced in front nearly the whole jour ¬ ney NE Miss Young taking the lead in tho thou last six ¬ teenth tenth and winning by three lengths with Walk ¬ over second secondWiley secondarily Wiley Wily Jones the jockey arrived at Sheffield yesterday He will ride for Chas Hughes
