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SAN CECELIAS RECORD RACE. Perhaps the bsst lot of two-year-olds tbat has met so far this season on local tracks made np the field in the fifth race at Hawthorne yesterday and the winner, San Cecelia, took a half second off the track record for five and a half furlongs. This filly won easily in 1 :074. There were seven starters in the race and in the oponing betting the ring offered 3 to 1 and take your pick between San Cecelia, Thrive, Merito and St. Ivor. This was apparently an evenly balanced quartette and all were heavily backed. San Cecelia closed a slight favorite at 13 to 5. It took Starter Dwyer fourteen minutes to get the Held away to only a fair start with St. Ivor in front, San Cecelia second and Thrive third. St. Ivor remained in front down the backstretcb and for the first three-eightbB, -which was run in 35 seconds. San Cecelia was always second but cn the turn for home she shot by St. Ivor Jiko a flash and, r astir g the paddock, had a safe lead of two lengths. Jenkins was cautious, however, and took no chances and at the wiro waB three lengths in front. Thrive finished second and Merito third. St. Ivor showed tho white feather when the pinch came and was fourth. This race stamps San Cecelia as one of the best two-year olds in the -west, and a meeting between her, Lady Elite, Tildee and Unsightly would be a great drawing card. A very close finish came out of the last race, which was at a mile ana a sixteenth. It was between Jolly Roger and Tulane and some of the spectators did not relish Judge Bees decision in placing Jolly Boger first. These who were in the lower end of the stand thought Tulane had won, but those who were near the wire knew to the contrary. Jolly Boger came through on the inside with a tremendous rudh and under Knapps powerful finish managed to get up in the last stride and win by a hands width. Spectators that are in no position -whatever to tell anything about a finish as cloao as this one was, use very poor judgment in -criticising the judges placing of the horses. As a matter of fact Tulane was the better horse of the two and had Overton pulled to the inside in the stretch he would have shut Jolly Boger off and won. Overton, though, was a trifle overconfident and lat Knapp steal up and outfinish him. Bough riding seems to be the motto of some of the boys and if this is not stopped at once a serious, if not fatal accident will probably be the result. In the second event Beauchamp went to a rough angle on Dr. Tarr and it was tho cause of Tom Barretts colt, Tommy OBrien, being beaten. On the far turn Tommy OBrien was in a good position and seemed to be running well in hand when suddenly Beauchamp with Dr. Tarr jammed him into the fence and Mitchell, who is by tho way, a new arrival, was obliged to pull up to keep from being thrown. This natn rally threw the colt out of his stride but he came on cgain gamely and finished a bans: up fifth. Satan, in the same race and ridden by Jenkins, was bumped and jostled and carried all over the course. He was last but one in a fifteen horse field when he hit the head of the stretch, but from there to the wire he ran over horses and finished a good third. Owing to so much interfering and bumping the race terminated in a false result, although the bettirfg favorite, Mont Eagle was the winner. Mizpah ran like a wild horso in tho third event and beat such fast ones as Fervor, Sim W., Maggie Davis and Horace es be pleased. He went to the front in the stretch and all through the final furlong Nutt was pulling him up and at the finish he was only cantering, four lengths in front of the second horse, Maggie Davis. There were seventeen maidens in the first race and Louis Ezell cut loose a "good thing, in Nellie Searcy. This filly was backed from 20 to 1 down to 8 to 1 and less and won in a drive by.a half length from Brown Dick. Marcato, the favorite in the fourth event, bolted on the stretch turn but nevertheless was good enough to win even with this handicap. He baat Celtic Bard by a scant half length in a driving finish. The lattor horse Bhonld have won but ho was carried nut on the first turn by Kenmore Queen, was obliged to take the longest route and sulked down the backstretch. When he got straightened away for home he ran like a scared deer and had the race been twenty yards longer he would have been returned the winner. frank Frisbie, with Double Dummy, Bishop Reed and others, arrived at the track yesterday. Frisbie has that good light-weight jockey Mitchell with him. The sale of McMeekin and Applegates yearlings takes place promptly at noon today. This is a grand opportunity for those wishing to enter the racing business to buy winners.
