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HiWrHORSE RACING. The racing at Hawthorne yesterday was very tame in comparison with that of the day before, and the crowd present hardly seemed to ba animated by the usual measure of intereit in the sport. Not one of the finishes was close, and had not Goebel broken .the track record for three-quarters, and Croesus made a new mark for the track at one mile and a quarter the day would 1 have been devoid of incident out of the ordinary i- line of an ordinary racing day. A conple e of young ladies on horee b*ck in the center field s jemed a greater attraction to a portion of ,f of the crowd than did the races. Goebels race was the second on the card and d he had to baat the consistent warrior Bouey Boy. He did bat him but in doing so had io o run fas-tor than he ever has done bafore and H also staud.a drive part way through the stretch. u Boney Boy beat the barrier about a length 2 and Vitatoe at once set out to kill the others off in the fii st part of it. He went the qaarter r down the back stretch in 23i seconds, bat could i not get away from Goebal, who was fresh and j good and had speed to loan. The pair raceil i like a team around the far turn, but when they y straigntened away for home Boney Boy was a neck in front and the cry went up: "Boney Boy ยป wins. Everett, however, had something up , his sleeve, and although he never touched j Go3bel with his whip .lie drove him hard witn his hhiids ana heels and about the eighth post t he was a neck in iront. At this point Vitatoe , went to his whip but it was of no UEe as Boney Boy was out to the last ounce and tired enough ! to lie down. Goebel won rather handily at the , end by a good length. Croesus, who had been a maiden up to a few , days ago, overraced himself inthelongdistanca , event and ran much faster than his owner or anyone else ever dreamed he could. He was backed and backed good by Sam and Ed Wagner and their friends who got a juicy price for their money. The gelding opened at 6 to 1 but not a penny was bet on him until the price drifted back to 10 to 1. Then the Wagners cut loose and at post time 6 to 1 was the very best price in the ring. Butter, who rode Uarda, set the pace, and, considering it was a mile and a quarter race, it , was a terrific one. He rushed the filly to the | front directly after the start, and stepping the first three-quarters in 1:14, had a lead of ten lengths. Around the far turn Uarda began to tire, and Croesus, stealing up slowly but surely, was within striking distance when the stretch was reached, and standing a hard drive through the final furlong, gal u?t in time to win by a half i length. Monongah, the even money favorite, j could not keep up and finished a distant fifth. He was kicked in his last race, and this may have had a bad effect on him. Still, it was a very fast race throughout and he was not beaten 1 so far off at the eud. The race was run in 2 :06i. i This takes a full second ond one-quarter off the t track record, which was held by Daily America. ] He carried 103 ponnds and was a four-year-old 1 at the time, June 6, 1895. t Tom Hayes has bat and lost twice on Lord Weir, but yesterday the colt ran the race he ] was expected to run some time ago, and with 10 to 1 against him romped home the easiest t kind of a winner in the first race. | Old Meddler, who seems to be at bis best now, tow-roped his field in the fourth event. He was t presented with a running start aad won away t off by himself all the way. r Piccola was in a soft spat in the fifth, a mile dash for fillies and won as she should, eased up. Hanlight got the place and Ostra was third. Butter rode a skillful raca on Robert Bonner in the closing mile race, and, coming away cleverly in the stretch, was pulling up a half dozen lengths in the lead at the finish. Butter has the style of riding with very short * stirrups and while pulling Robert Bonner up after winning he fell J off and the horse ran away a mile before he conld ba stopped. Of course e Rutter wonld not admit that he fell off but claims the horse hit an obstacle and stumbled.
