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HAWTHOKSE RACES. There was a big howl jesterday at Hawthorne J over the second race. Meddler, who has been unbeatable recently, bolted after the barrier went up and was left standing. The old rogne was an odds-on favorite and the majority of the j speculators were falling over one another to frit on him at 13 to 20, which looked to be a royal price. Meddler ehowed signs of nnanness in one of the breakaways whjn he propped and shook his hsad in a knowing way. In the next couple of breakaways he went off like a good, honest horse and this deceived the starter. Dwyer watched the old sprinter carefally, and when he mad9 the start and dropped his flag Meddler was in a good position and fully twenty feet beyond the starter. Rutter knew "it was a go" and seemed pleased at the oxcallent send-off he got, when, all of a sudden, Meddler shot -to the outside fence and turned completely around. May Beach then want on and won off by herself in l:13i, sliowinj that she is in her early two-year-old form when she had everything sinch?d at New Orleans but May Hempstead. Of course the reception Master Ruttor got when he returned to the stand to weigh in was not altogether a pleasing one. Patrons of racing are always ready to hoot at a boy when the horse he rides gets left at the post. But in this instance the boy was not to blame, and the 5hences are that he fels worse about the per-fermanca of Meddler than did anyone in the crowd that collected around the stand, and made all sorts of depreciating remarks. Directly on top of the Meddler disaster came the defeat of Cherry Leaf, an 8 to 5 favorite, who was much the bast of tho lot lie was in with. The veteran jockey, Hamilton, rode Jherry Leaf, and a more weird exhibition was seldom ever witnessed on the Hawthorne track. Hamilton did everything but fall off during the early stages of the race, and then when he had the race won in the stretch he went to "Kipps-ville" and allowed Graziella to steal up on the inside and win by a nock. EiReseda. after being backed from 3 to 1 down to 8 to 5, won the first race like a lady from Belle of the Glen, a 30 to 1 chance. Edinbor-ough. fourth, is a much better youngster than the filly and will show his quality later on. He is a grand looking colt, but wa3 lame in this race. Harry Nutter was badly treated in the fourth race. He was knocked down at the post by Marguerite Hageaian and was bumped and interfered with throughout. This, however, never "feased" him and standing a terrific drive through the stretch he beat Lime Water by a head on the post. The fifth race went to Diana Fonso. This filly beat Sam Fullen, who was touted as a good thin;," and is a grand looker and ran a fine race for a new beginner. Horace, at 3 to 1, carefully ridden by J. 1 .Mathews, was the lucky one in the sixth race. Judge Rees has ruled ex-jockoy "Willie" De-long off the turf. It seems Delong tried to 1 bribe jockey Johnson who rode Jack Hayes in 1 the steeplechase Monday. Jockeys OBrien and Johnson, who were suspended for foul riding in Mondays steeplechase, have been reinstated.
