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BENNKVJl.LES FAST MILK. Close finishes were the order at Hawthorne yesterday and consequently the sport was fell of life and vim. All of the races with the exception of the fii ?t and fifth were exceptionally close and this kept the crowd keyed up to the higLest pitch the entire afternoon. Herry Knhl presented the public with another one f his well arranged handicaps, and to pick the winner out of the third event was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Of the eight acceptances all. with the exception of Gold Fox. stayed in. and an extraordinarily well-balanced field of seven went to the post. To say that the ring was at sea would not be giving Mr. Kuhl his dues. As wiss as the layers of r dds as a rule think they are, this race had them guessing. They finally settled on Great Bend as the favorite, and he went to the post at 14 to 5. Benneville and Kries Kringle being next in demand at 3 to 1 and 34 to 1 respectively. The issue of the race proved to ba as uncertain as the figure* showed, and it t uk l.enneville his life to win by three-quarters I a length from Bracch in 1:394. Branch was in front 1 saving the post but Benneville passed him end all the others on the first turn and down the back stretch went out to make a mnawey race of it. He went the first half in 48 seconds and was out four lengths in front. The five-eighths wan stepted in 1:014 and BQnnevi!le was six lengths clear. He then cams back in a measure and rounding into the stretch was ony a length and a half in front of Branch. The latter was coming strong, and Bisping seeing th:.- went to the whip on Benneville and had to flog him hard the last eighth to win. Considering the poor judgment used in riding Benneville and the gameness he displayed through the stretch, he deserves attention in almost any company around these parts. The finishes in the second and sixth races were the one that sent the cold shivers down the tjeks of those who bad backed the horses that were near the front at the wire. The -erunci was a cheap selling race at three-quarters and he t-ixtb was a split of it. There was only a half second dfleience in the time of the two races. Einer. the favorite at 34 to 1. won the second. He came from behind with a terrific rush, and getting up in the last stride poked his nose in front just in time to catch the judges eye first. Brulare was secend and Tappan third. Fair Deceiver and Marcato fought it out in the laBt race, and this was an exciting content to look at. Everett and Nutt. two of he best rider* at the track, were pitted against I »ach other and they fought e if their lives depended on the result. They flashed by tbe wire so close together that the judges only could separata them. They did not hesitate a second either about banging out number 2. This was Fair Deceivers number, and as the had been backed from tens down to twos it was nami" ally a popular win. The fourth, a selliug|aff air at one mils, also furnished a hair-curling finish. Deeriug. Blue Lick. Mallakawa and Uhler were so closely bunched at the finish that a blanket would have covered them. Dealing, thanks to good racing luck, got the verdict. Uhler, who finished fourth, was the best but Hamilton, sines his fall of the day or two before, ha seemed timid about going through on tbe first turn and took the gelding around his field, there losing ground by doing so. He also laid out of it until the stretch and made his run too late. Princess Thyra made Elizabeth Klein look cheap in the first race. This filly jumped out in front early, and, running the first three furlongs in 3ti, wa9 so far in front that all she had to do the last furlong was to loaf. Elizabeth Klein and Zaza had a hard fight for the place. The latter stopped almost to a walk in the last fifteen yards and Traversers sister nailed her by a nose at the wire. Eugenia Wickes. fresh and good, and looking every inch the race mare she is, won the fifth race off by herself. This filly is at her beet now and never before looked so good Judge Rees has reinstated Jockey J. Carter. This lad was not set down for or even ens-pected of crooked riding. He just rede a bad race and the judge went after him.
