view raw text
HAWTHORNE RACING. 1 c Exciting racing aDd close finishes were the order at Hawthorne yesterday. In all of the j events with the exception of the fonrth the winner was folly extended and naturally the crowd was keyed up to concert pitch the entire afternoon. i The last race, which was a five aod a half , furlong dash for two-year-olds, famished the best contest of the day and also demonstrated , that Unsightly is by far the best two-jear-old filly at the local tracks, and judging from this , raca few, if any, of the colts can beat her. Sh9 was the natural favorite and even money i seemed like a royal price, but a second or two : after the barrier arose and Unsightly had been bumped and knocked back until she seemed to j be hopelessly out of it the speculators would have hesitated abont makicg a b9t that she would win even if 10 to 1 had been offered. She proved to be as game as they make them, however, and after Beaucbamp tcok her to the outside and got clear sailing she picked up her field one at a time, and coming through the stretch with an even graceful stride eventually won by a scant half length. It was a grand exhibition of thoroughbred stamina and the filly waB given a hiaity reception when Beauchamp cantered her back to the stand to weigh in. Previous to Beanchamps good ride and caie-fnl handling of Unsightly he gave an exhibition of rank carelesness and did just what Daily. Racing Form has predicted several times that he would do, throw a race away. He did this on Kamlet the favorite in the first race, Hamlet was on the rail swinging into the stretch and opposite the paddock had a safe lead of about two lengths. Beauchamp looked bshind and saw that all those in reach of him were driving hard and in distress and then stupidly cased up on his mount. Quicker than a flash Kastaine shot out of the bunch and before Beauchamp knew what had happened the wire wrb reached and Kastaine had beaten him by a head. Everett oame near throwing the fourth race away on Jolly Roger. After getting out of a tight pinch with him on the far turn and having the race in hand he bscame overconfident, and Jim McClevy coming with a tremendous ruBh almost nipped him, Everett, though, was not as careless as Beauchamp had been, and saw Jim McClevy coming in time to get his horse going again. A big surprise came out of the third event. Helens Pet, a 25 to 1 chance, winning from Boney Boy, Brigade, Espionago and other fast ones. Helens Pet has always been a filly of great speed but she has heretofore shown a disposition to stop, and as this raca was supposed to be beyond her distance she did not appear to have a remote chance. As the race was run there was a lot of luck connected with her success. She got away Hying and had a lead of two lengths when the stretch was reached. At this point Vitatoe was out about ten feet from the rail, and Everett seeing this started . through on the inside. At about the same i time Everett started through, Vitatoe pulled i over closer to the rail and shut Brigade off. . Boney Boy was now lapped on Helens Pet and this put Brigade in a pocket. Everett tried 1 several times to force his way through, but ; could not do it, and to keep from jumping on and cutting Helens Pet down, ho was obliged to pull up and surrender the place to Boney Boy. The race had a queer look to tho spectators . and many thought a foul had b09n committed. There was none, though. It was 3 simply a bad piece of raciDg luck that often 1 happens to horses and jockeys when racing 1 down the backstretch and escapes the eye of f 1 c j i , , , i : the spectators. Everett, of course, made a claim for foul, bnt it was ignored. Jockey Mathews displayed a clever bit of jockeyship in the second race which he won with Cy Hughes colt Decoy. Mathews squeezed through on the rails in the stretch and after a desperate finish, in which he clearly outrode Vitatoe and Ratter, won by a head. Decoy was entered to be sold for 00, but was run up to 00 by Albert Simons. Hughes retained his colt for the odd fiver. Egbart, long overdue and at a tempting price, won the fourth race as he pleased. Bloss rode him and used excellent judgment. He loafed along in second position all the way aud never made a move until the stretch was reached. Jockey Caywood, who has been sick for a loDg time, was at the track. He will begin to ride at once.
