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SPBEDY MAY BKACH. Tom Hayes ia pretty shifty about saving a horse and making a foray with tha right kind at the right time. Yesterday at Hawthorne he swooped down upon the ring and made an old fashioned cleaning up on his maiden, Tom Mid-dleton. This colt is well bred, being by Florist Mary Louise and incidentally a brother to that fast mare. Flora Louise. He had been well tried, rumor having it that he bad worked a mile and a quarter in 2:08. The talk of this fast work, though, was after the race, and if it was true Mr. Haves did well to keep his maiden eo well under cover. On account of Tom Middletons breeding the ring was naturally a little timid about him at first, and just as a "feeler," 4 to 1 was the first quotatiou againBt him. At this price there seemed to be no ono eager to bet on him and the wily bookmakers, in a bold wsy, carried the price up to 5 to 1. At this figure the "right money" began to pour iu, and slowly, but surely, Tom Middletons price was cut to 8 to 5. He was truly a "good thing" and won like a stake horse. Vititoe had the mount and it proved an easy one. The boy got off in front, and, but for an instant when passing the stand, -where Euterpe showed in front, he led all the way The colt is emoothly gaited and he simply played with the other horse3. Vititoe held him "back to his field to the head of the stretch where lie let out a link in his reins aud the big colt bounded away from the others as though they were tied, and at the wire wa3 pulled up six longtbs iu front of Ealmia and Brown Dick. The tw last named had a hard fight for the place and Kalmia outgamed "Dutch" Boilers maiden. May Beach is certainly "Hawkins Hoss" all right and the way in which she disposed of Ed Corrigans crack two-year-old, Golden Eule, stampa her as the best of her ege and sex at the local tracks. A meeting between May Beach and Golden Rule, with 101 pounds on the filly and 81 on the two-year-old, proved to be the interesting feature yesterday. Both had many friends and both owners, Mr. Corrigan and Mr. Wood, thought they would win, consequently the betting was brisk. Tommy Burns was on May Beach and his being opposed by such a small boy as Dominick naturally made the filly the favorite. There was as much again bet on Golden Rule as there was on May Beach, still the filly closed favorite at 4 to 5 while even money was offered against the colt. The only chance Golden Rule had to beat bis speedy opponent was to go right out with her from the start and race her to a standstill. This Dominick tried to do, but instead of succeeding ran his own mount out of speed, and before the stretch was reached it was evident that May Beach would win. She headed for borne two lengths iu front and was running well in hand, while Golden Rule was under pressure and swerving. All through the last eighth Burns was easing the fill up. Still when the wire was reached she was four lengths in the lead. Jim Arthnr seems to have nothing but hard luck. Ho started Moroni at 3 to 5 in the last race and the colt wi n with all ease Arthur did not have any great amount to bet on his horse but anythng from his stable is always trying and the 0O purse is useful, and when Moroni ven thore wbs much joy in the Arthur camp-This was short .lived, however, for when the horse wes brought into the ring to be auctioned off W. H. Laird raisod him 5400 over his entered prica and to keep him coat Arthur 05 more than tha purse. In the first race, which was a five furlong scramble for two-year-olds, W. H. Laudeman sprung a supposed "good thing" in Medford. This youngster was backed heavily but he was green and ran his race at the post and finished fourth. The winner turned up in Orletta, who was long overdne and at the false price of . 4 to 1. Silver Tone is strictly a mudlark and "Packy" Ryan aud his friends "didnt do a thing" with . the ring over his win in the fourth race. The ; gelding waB at a remunerative price and was heavily backed all three ways. He got off in . front and tho other starters in the race dia not ; know which way he went. He opened up a gap of eight lengths going to the half and then came home under a pull a half dozen lengths in front of Racivan and Canace. The fifth race was an easy thing for Lomond. This was at six and a half furlongs and Ma-granes colt won all the way. He was held at 4i to 1 and was heavily backed. Jockey Dominick was strongly reprimanded by the judges for punishing Golden Rule after the colt was plainly beaten and without a chance to win.
