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QUBKN OF SONGS RACE. W. J. Smith has a sweet bit of horseflesh in bis Esher — Sonata filly Queen of Song. She was giving away a lot of weight to good horses in the fifth race at Hawthorne yesterday, bat woii and won in the games t manner. I This filly has started three times on local tracks this season and each time she has h?en j returned the winner. Her first start was at Harlem, Jane 7. In this race she met a lot of good sprinters inclnding Flora Lonise, Hugh Penny, Lucky Star and Sam McKeever. She won bnt was disqualified for foul. Her next start was at Harlem, June 12, and at a mile which was run in 1:404. She cleverly disposed of told Fox, Serrano, Oalathee and other good ones. Yesterday the talent thought the Qur en was giving away too much weight and took liberties with her. In the opening betting sbe was quoted at 3 to 1. This price was cut to 13 to " at post time. MeCann, who has ridden the filly in most of her races, had the mount and handled tier to perfection. The boy waited on Guess Me the first half mile and then went on about bis business. On the far turn Queen of Song opened up a gap of two lengths and held that advantage to the stretch; Here Gold Fox moved up like a flash and at the eighth post appeared to have the filly beaten. He was going easy and the Queen was driving. At this point it wae "write your own ticket" on the Queen against the Fox. but below the sixteeLtii post the latter faltered end ,the Quean, coming on game and true, passed him twenty yards out and wen handsomely by three parts of a length. Opaque, who has beaten everything he has gone against since bis arrival, at last met his Waterloo. He was in the third race, a three-quarter dash, and against a lot of speed, but as he had won all his other races so easily it looked on paper that this one was at his mercy alro. He was heavily played at about even money and his backers thought they were getting a royal i rice for their money. The big sprinter had all of his speed but B»auchamp used him up m the first lislf and when challenged in the stretch lie bad nothing left to finish with, Opaque carrie i top weight. 115 pounds, but notwithstanding this Beauchamp rushed him away from the post and sent him along the first quarter in 23! seconds through the mud. .This was enough to stop any horse and goes to show how easy it is for a bad ride to beat a good racehorse. During this time Seaton, on Boney Boy, waB tiding with good judgment, and at the proper time made his move. When the stretch was reached and Opaque and Goebel, who had raced with him all the way, were ready to lie down, Boney Boy was fresh and bade them good day and won an easy race for himself. Ooaque. driving and staggering, finished fifth.. What er Lon, under an easy ride, was running over horses in the stretch and finished a bang-np fourth. This horse is good now and should win at once. Out of the first rice came a close and exciting finish. Mocb, ridden by Rutter. beat Sir Hobart by a nose at the wire. Moch was a 12 : 1 1 chance. I sen, the favorite, finished third. The second race was an easy thing for Hoods Brigade, who is a mud runner of high degree. He got away none too well, but worked his way to the front in the first half mile and had only to canter the last furlong. Prince Blazes at the false price of 12 to 1 easily captured the fourth event, and Molo. backed from 6 to 1 down to 3 to 1, had little or no trouble in winning the closing seven furlong event. I The day was cloudy and cool, the track heav, , and the attendance was below the everage.
