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BENXEVJLIE STILL WINKING. J. H. Smiths Bonneville demonstrated yesterday at Hawthorne that he is c ne of the best, if not the best, sprinter on either of the local tracks. In the fourth race he picked up 117 poundB and beat Montgomery. Oar Gertie, -Canova and Miss Bowena rather handily in 1:131, What makes Bonnevilles race so good is the fact that he galloped under a stoat pnll all the way and came from behind without serious effort when given his head. The horee had won his laat out and smashed the Hawthorne six and a half furlong record to pieces, still the talent made Oar Gertie favorite -over him at 11 to 10, he going to the post at 3 to 1. Ia this race Dick D wyer made one of the b3st starts he ever made in his life. He caught the field of six together and sent them away at the -first attempt so well that passing the timers fleg they wero so closely bunched that it was impossible to tell which was in froat. They raced in this close order to the half mile ground. Here Montgomery and Miss Rowena left the bunch and raced together around the far turn. Miss Rowoaa soon had enough and on the turn for home it seemed pretty sweet for Montgomery but jockey Yitatoe, instead of skinning the rails on the turn, went wide. This gave Dean and Benneville an opportunity to get through. They grasped at it, and before Yitatoe knew what had happened Benneville was sailing along in front and had the race -won. To show the uncertainties that baset horse TaciDg the last race may be cited as a good example. Rafaello looked like a cinch on form and the speculators were falling over one another to bet on him at 6 to 5. All of a sudden it was whispered about the ring that the colt was lame and that after warming up he was hardly able to walk soundly let alone ran. The effect this had on the speculation was marvelouB. J nicker than a wink Talane was backed from 2 to 1 down to 4 to 5 and the "bookies- carried Eafaello up to 2 to 1. It was true enough about Eafaello warming up lame and trainer Rogirs tried to get him -excused, but Judge Rees would not allow it, so all that remained to be done was to race the colt. Those that had bat on him swore that they were "in wrong"- and others that were -fortunate enough to get 2 to 1 about Talane tapped themselves on the chest and with a knowing wink remarked, "Oh, I guess I was crazy." "Perhaps this is poor; 2 to 1 against a 4 to 5 chance." All such remarks were plentiful. But, as Jim OLeary used to Bay when some one would bet him a chunk on one of the Ryan "good things," "Dey has to go once around de ring before dey pays off, dont dey?" proved true in this caee, and after the journey had been made and Bafaellos number was hung out the Tulane backers were uot half bo wise and had little or nothing to say. The fields were too big for true running in the first three races. Galoocan, at 4 to 1 proved the lucky one in the first, Heroics, at 15 to 1 took the second and Garland Barr, another 15 to 1 chance, was first past the post in the third. In the third, starter Dwyer wbb very unfor-tunata in getting the field away. When he gave the word the dozen starters were strung out like a flock of sheep. The favorit", Dutch Comedian, was left at the post in .the fifth rase, but the starter was not to blame for this. He fooled away about hall an hoar trying to get him off and did not give up in disgust until the judge gave him the signal to start the field without the Comedian. This race went to Lord Zani at 3i to 1. G. B. Havill, owner cf Algareta, charges that jockey C. Grimes ran away from his stable and took with him about 00 worth of property that did not belong to him,
