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DWYER IS FORM. I Star tor Richard D wy er broke all local records yesterday in the way of dispatching his fields promptly and landing the racegoing crowd back into the city early. In each of the six events Dwyersent the field away at the very first break, and as a rule all about on even terms. Consequently the first returning trains from Hawthorne, especially the one on the C , B. and Q got into the depot at about 5:30. The starters good and prompt work waB by far the feature of the day. The racing all the way through was very tame, the only exciting bit being the hard fight b-tween Boney Boy and Branch for second place in the third race. This event was at nine furlongs and brought together a small but select field of five. Brigade, with only 97 pounds up. was tbo favorite, but receded in the batting from 3 to 2 to 8 to 5. Macao and Boney Boy were the others most strongly backed, the former from j 2i to 1 down to 2 to 1. Boney Boy opened at 7 to 1, went to 10 to 1, and was then backed down to 5 to 1. Each boy in the race had evidently received waiting orders and the consequence waa there was no fast early pace end the race was nothing more than a sprint through the last quarter. Brigade proved the best at this game and won off by himself. Branch and Boney Boy hitched up at the eighth post and from there to the wire had it nip and tuck. In the very last stride it happened to be Boney Boys turn to be in front and he got the verdict. Only two favorite3, Brigade and Lady Elite, won during the afternoon and the ring reaped another harvest. It was a typical dBy for form reversals and surprises. The track was deep and wet in spots and then again there were streaks of hard good going, and, as a rule, the horses that were lucky enough to strike the latter got home in front. The two principal form reversals were those of Hardly and Pat Garrett. Neither was in the first three or even made a good showing in their last races and naturally after they won, there was scandalous talk. The greatest surprises were the disgraceful way Montgomery was beaten and the easy manner in which Sim W. ! won over a track that the knowing ones said he J could not gallop on. Hardlys slap at form came in the fourth race, which was at a mile and a sixteenth. Everett, the seme boy who rode her the last time she performed, was up, and getting off second, he went right to the front passing the stand, and after leading all the way won with a bit to spare from Samovar. Hardly opened at 4 to 1 and remained at that price throughout. C. P. Fink, her owner, says he did not bet a dollar on her and was as much surprised at Baeing her win bs the form players were. It was in the last race that Pat Garrett came to life, and he scored handsomely at the nice price of 12 to 1. This fellow was backed to some extent. He opened at tens, went to fif teons and was then backed down. He was always in the ruck until the stretch was reached and then he weaved his way through gamely. Bieping had him in next to the rail in the very worst going, but this cut no figure, and at the winning point he was four lengths in front. Montgomery performed in the fifth race which was at three-quarters of a mile under selling conditions. Ho soomed to be in a soft spot, especially when all the wise ones predicted that Sim W. would not run a yard over the lumpy track. The ring opened Montgomeiy at 3 to 5 but no one seemed to want to bet on Mm and he wa3 carried ud to even money. This price made the public "loosen up" and secured an array of backere. They got a run for their money for about three-eighths of a mile and then Montgomery closed up like a clam and did oot finish one, two, three, Old Sim W. fooled bis so called wise followers and seemed to be right at home in the going. He moved up to Montgomery and Murat like a good racehorse on the far turn, and when the stretch was reached he had the race safely won. A well-balanced field of two-year-olds went to the post in the first race, and Lady Elite was the favorite at 3 to 1 and also the winner. She went to the front down the backstretch and stayed there to the end. Barrack, backed from 6 to 1 down to 4 to 1, finished second and Decoy third. Tappan proved the best of the fourteen that j faced the barrier in the second race, and after a long, hard drive won by a length and a half from Little Jack Horner. Jockey Vitatoes father chastised him Saturday for his carelessness on Branch in the handicap. The boy, who has a bad disposition, did not like this a bit and sometime Sanday ran away. He either went to"St. Louis or Fort Erie, but Mr. Vitatoe says he will not allow him to ride at either place. The bey is nothing more than a child and Mr. Vitatoe would thank anyone who would toll him of the youngsters whereabouts. Jockey Piggott, Charles Ellison and W. M. Porter were visitors at the track yesterday. The trio came up from St. Louis. John Schorr, Jr., will get in today and jockey T. Burns Wednesday. Owner Charles McCafferty is certainly in bad luck. Yesterdays purse with Sim W. was the first he has won in a long time and he did not bet a cent on him. Furthermore Frank Doss ran the horse up S300 over his entered price, depriving McCafferty of the purse. The horse was in for 00.
