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OFF DAY AT HAWTHORNE A damp chilly day and a track seven seconds slow rain having fallen in large quantity during the night were the unfavorable con ¬ ditions editions yesterday at Hawthorne where the attendance was below the average and the play light for the nineteen regular and two field bookmakers The scratches were as 3 to 8 but fortyseven foreseen horses were left in for the six races Nora C was hopped on by the sharpshooters at the rosy price of 5 and she going to the post at 2 to 1 delivered the goods and carried to the front for the first time in Chicago the black boy Dupee Dupe who shot the filly along from behind at the last eighth and catching Rio Chico Chic close in beat him home Mr Sinks horse had risen from 2 to 4 to 1 in the betting Sid tilla till was a close third therefore the horses ran one two three by the betting Eosie Erosive Burke was close up The Grinder was second to Sun Go at the first quarter but was cut off in the homestretch by Teutons Stetsons both finishing fairly welij Eli weli eli j Sspioaage Espionage was as good as she could be and wh ° n Genna Henna tried to head her at the start for the second race Ezells Bezels crack filly showed her ability to take the track but was at once re ¬ strained by Bloss Loss Genna Henna leading by two lengths at tin far turn Mr Johnson was here lapped on Espionage and all others were from ten to forty lengths behind the rear being helo hello by the newcomer Bob White The three leaders ran closely together after making the straight but Espionage always hold the others safe and she won in gallant style hard held from Mr John ¬ son who whipped in secured the place from Genna Henna simply because of having up the better jockey Stamina led the trailers trailersAs trailers As is so ofcen ocean the case with Harry Kuhls Skulls handicaps the unexpected happened and Mis Miss ¬ tral trail II a long shot took down the purse for the third race This horse ran well early in the year but lately has been rested up Ho is a stable companion of Elidad Elided and several of ttiS Otis handicappers said when 7 to 1 was posted That is a long price Grazialla Grail led to the quarter where Found passed her and kept the lead to the last eighth where Mistral II went by the favorite as if she was tied to the fence and an instant later when George Lee came up Mistral II easily shook him off winning handily Found stopped to nothing but finished third as Graziella Grazie and Prince of India were away back It was Indian file up the backstretch Found leading Graziella Grazie two open lengths Mistral II third and Prince of India last lengths separating each Dare II cannot run in the mud was the cry and so John Huffmans Huffman friends got on at 3 to 1 Locust Blossom was the only horse that headed him in the race and Dare II raced her to pieces so that she finished in the ruck truck and from the upper turn galloped the remainder of the way winning easily by three lengths from Lena who was ten lengths behind the leaders at the half mile ground on the backstretch where Basquil Basque was third to Locust Blossom and Dare II and King Bermuda fourth The latter i third and beat Hosi Hoi who led thebunch trebuchet ten 3 ths this Hosi Hoi and Paul Kauvar Kava were interfered with and knocked back at the first turn turnIn turning In making book for the fifth race the use of the arc lights was necessary as the heavy clouds held in the smoke and darkness was threatened chickens went to roost but aroused themselves as a passing breeze swept away the smoke and allowed the placing of the horses Newsgatherer Newscaster went out gaily and with only Lord Zeni Zen to beat after the horses straightened out up the backstretch ran head high in air1 three lengths in the lead to the last threesix threes ¬ teenths tenths where he dogged and although punched out was easily beaten by Wallaces Wallace horse which was well ridden by Knapp a valu value ¬ able addition to the ranks of local jockeys Czarowitz Carbonize leaving the post last of the bunch with the exception of Lady Callahan who was left standing still had Harry McCouch McCoy beaten in the first half mile and finished third Fausalight Flashlight was plugging along up by the six ¬ teenth tenth post and Jim Blackburn did not do much better betterThe better The smoke and log made it hard to dis dais ¬ tinguish jingoish the horses in the last race Idle Hour was touted as a good thing and Cass Sloan get ¬ ting him off well took him back and allowed Teeta Tetra May Amanda and Brother Fred to make the pace When striking the straight Idle Hour was given his head He ran right away from the others and won in a romp Teeta Tetra May managed to beat Brother Fred third by a nar nard ¬ row margin Calla Lily chased in the bunch bunchThe bunch The day was uneventful on the calm before the storm principle Tomorrows card quite outside of the Stallion Stakes is a very strong one There is to be a full course steeplechase and in it will appear Populist a Canadian horse upon which the money of his party will be wagered the Canucks Amuck saying the horse will win in all probability He will have to beat Jezebel Troil Roil and others There is also a race at two miles for selling placers and two 1 116 mile dashes dashesMr dashes Mr Corrigan said If it rains no more be ¬ tween teen now and Saturday afternoon the track will be fairly good and should also the sun come out tomorrow and the wind blow freely we will have a splendid course upon which to dec de the Stallion Stakes a race I think to be a very open one The starters will all carry weight for age with the exception of Carter H Hairison Harrison Jr which gelding has ten pounds off seven for being a maiden three because of the nonwiiining of the get of his sire Watercress WatercressCaptain Watercress Captain J B Malone is here with D C Shaf Shaft ers lot of yearlings which will be sold in the paddock at Hawthorne today There are sixteen head the get of Blazes Prime Minister Forest and Lord Esterling Sterling a horse bred much on the lines of Topgallant It is the first crop of For ¬ est colts a good racehorse racehorseJames racehorse James R Hand is back from his western trip He sold his entire lot of eight head of horses in South Dakota near the Missouri river and says that on the Black Hill ranges there is plenty of horse racing the cowboys even at times running their ponies for 500 a side sideJust side Just after the second race Jinks worked three quarters of a mile carrying Jockey Gray and ran as fast as had Espionage in her race
