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THE FIXJSH AT HAVVTHOKSF. The racing at Hawthorne Saturday was the conclusion of the most successful meeting in a financial way that was ever held at this handsome coarse. The racing, tinder the vigilant control of Captain Rse3 and Harry Kubl, has baon extremely clean. It has been Judge Bees motto to land owners, trainers or jockeys when it appeared that a false move had been made. No less than a score have come to grief through Captain Rees strong rulings, and at the very last minute Saturday jcckey Dngan and trainer IIeck" Blum were landed. Dngan and Blum came to grief on account of Harry Nutters poor showing in the fourth event. The race was at a mile and a half and at about 8 to 5 a great many bet heavily on the colt. He was giving away weight to all the other starters but in the opinion of some experts he seemed to outclass them. Somehow or other. Harry Nutter did not seem to have as much speed as he usually shows and Dngan seemed to get into every pocket available. Consequently Harry Nutter did not finish in the first three. After the race Judge Rees hard-ly gave Dngan time to make his weight beforo be informed him that he was suspended. Then tha judge sent for trainer Blum and immediately put him out of business. Captain Rees will rf main in Chicago a few days and further investigate the race. Reliable men like T. P. Hayes, J. C. Oahn and P. M. Civill say that Harry Nutter hasdeveloped into a snlker. Mr Hayes claims that he saw Blum trying to work the colt the other morning and the best he conld get him to do was a mile in 1:46, and try as hard aB Blum could, he could not gat the colt to go on further. The Harry Nutter race was won cleverly by Croesus, who was ridden to perfection by Mc-Qaade. Not cue favorite scored during the entire afternoon, making thirteen consecutive betting choices that have been beaten in the laBt two days. Algareta, with the best of the weights, won the principal event. It was a five and a half furlong condition race and in it was a lot of speed. May Beach, at 11 to 5 and with Burns up, closed a alight favorite and sue, aftor having a rough journey, landed in second place. Algareta won Use the high-class filly that sho is. She was never near the front until the stretch was reached, then eho was fifth, but the leaders tired badly and at the end Algarata was going away. The first, third and sixth races famished very cloEe finishes and incidentally plenty of sport for the big half-holiday crowd. Zaza, Man of Honor and Tom Gilmore passed the winning line so close together in the first event that only the judges could separate them. Jockey Mitchell, on Zaza, outnnished Wilson and Trotter and got the decision. Nora I . gained a head victory over Little Alarm in the third, simply because alio ont-gamod the bir, lumbering son of Little Minch Alarming. Mitchell rode Nora C. Again, and for the fourth time, Mitchell csme to the front in the closing race of the day. He was on Tillio W., a 7 to 1 chance, and beat Tommy Burne, who was on the 8 to 5 favorite Mary Kinsella, by a nose at the pest. Jim McCleevy. who was the natural favorite for the fifth race, but for somo unknown reason was at 3 to 1 in the betting, won running away. J. H. Smith, the terror of the selling race game, has heretofore bjen unjustly estimated. Smith ia not looking for any the best of is and is more than satisfied with an equal break. He I gained many frioads by a kindly act Saturday. Smith claimed Canace one day last week from Nick" Hall and got her at a bargain. Saturday morning Mrs. Hall went to the Texan and in a polite way informed Mr. Smith that the filly belonged to her and asked him to return the filly which he did, and from now on Canace will again run in Halls colors.
