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• PJCCOLAS FINE RACE. Ha wthomes first two weeks term of racing . -cloied Siturday and an exlraordinarily big half hoiday crowd of perhaps 7.000 people bid . the handsome course good bye until the Fourth of Jaly. The first term at Hawthorne was a . big8uc?e3s hi every respect. The attendance I has been greater than was ever before known at j . the track for a similar period and the racing has been clem and absolutely devoid of scandal, Captain Bees. Harry Knhl and Manager Mc-Avoy deserve bing highly complimented on , their ontiring woik in trying to make the meet- . iag what it was — a grand snccess. Oataide of the 8te5pl°chaso there was no spe. cial attraction Saturday, bat the sport was up to the standard and the big crowd seemed to thoroughly enjoy itself. The steeplechase was a beauty. The winner was in doubt until the last fence was cleared. Jack Hayes and Chenier *ere always the ccn tenders, and raced close together through the j j entire journey First Jack Hayes would seem I | to be the destined winner and then Cheniets i | | chances would appear to be the best. So the i i j S pair see-sawed all the way, and when the last fence was reached they were about on equal terms. Chenier out-jnmp6d Jack a trifle, and K the cry went up, "Chenier wins again. But when Hayes hit the hat be out-fooled his opponent, . r ud at the end was an easy winner. Del j Corouado finished th rd and Colonel Wtight-man. . with a broken stirrup, was fourth. Btratbbroeck. a recent atr.vai from Latonia, won the open.u? five furlong dash f. r twu-yeir-olds, in a hard drive, and like a good youngster, from Nullah. Strathbroeck was last but two , in the stretch but under a terrific drive h6 got up in time to get tbe verdict by a neck. His l sprint through the stretch was an excellent example . of a thoroughbreds gameaess. What er Lou, one of the best horses in the west at a mils cr over, won his first race of the season oa local track: in the closing mile event. : He was in with a faandt lot, such as Galathee, Hugh Penny and Guess Me. and had to be a good, game b« re to win in l:39i. What er Lou j j was outrun in the early stages and down the j backstretch it did no; S6em as though he had a i possible chance to get to the leaders. Butter, j however, knew what he was doing and never J sent the son of White— Alma Lamar along until Hm three-furlong post was reached. At this point Butter made bis move and by the time the field got straightened away for home he was in striking distance but was driving. On the other hand Galathee, who was now in front, was going well in hand and did not show aLy ! signs of weakening. About the eighth pott though he b;gan to get leg-weary and What er Lou keeping up his steady stride got to him and uader the whip won handsomely. After What er Lou was clear of Galathee he darted to the inside, and Beauchamp on the latter seeing that fce was beaten tboaght there might be a chaoce to make a grandstand play and get away with it, and in a suggestive way yanked Galathee uj#. In doing so be interfered with Hugh Penny. Beauchamp. of course, made a claim of foul against What er Lou but at the same time Nutt. who rode Hugh Penny, lodged a claim against Galathee. The judges were Lot long in making their decision and rightly set Galathee back. This placed Hugh Peuny second and Del Paso II. third. Dave Waldo carried off the second race with his filly Maggie Davis. The fourth was an easy thing for Piccola, who is hot rags now, and Vie Lam. at, backed from 6 to 1 down to 4 to 1, I beat Idle Hour a whisker for the fifth. . . . I j . , . Fremont Soan clamed Deerirg for ,100 out of tbe fourth race. This was a long way from being a bargain "Tally" Coulter was a visitor at the track. He came to have a settlement with J. E. Cush-ing. The pair had several two-year-olds, and as Coulter is not going to race in the west this year, he thought it best to dissolve partnership. Coulter returns east at once and out of the bunch of youngsters he and Cashing had will take three. Two are by Bramble and one by Strath-more. Tally says that "Gene" Leigh is having a very successful season in the east and is so "sasty" that one must take off his hat to talk to him. It was rumored that C. H. Smith purchased Donald Bain recently for ,500. It h only a rumor however.
