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LAKESIDES GOOD RACING. Lakesides second day showed a decreased attendance and as backers could navigate the ring betting was livelier than when all avenues are crowded. There was no crush at the gate, agents supplying admission tickets to the track while yet the customer was on the train. The day was lovely, bright sky, clear air and light breezes, being the conditions. John Condon, the owner of the course, wae out enjoying the weather. The track, drying out fast, will soon be up to record breaking. In the first race the winner brought back the memory of the day when at Washington Park, his sire, The Hero, won two races in one afternoon. Another Chicago favorite, Bobby Beach, was recalled by his son Henry Batchelor II. Orlandine, owned by Fredman and Hess, a filly by Wadsworth, was backed down from 30 to 1 to 10 to 1 in the second race. Sidarth. which hor.-e had been nibbled at, ran away twice and finished the course. Manilian, in the third race, lost his jockey. Flick, pulled off by the barrier, and ran several miles, not keeping a direct course, but traversing the track in both directions. Finally caught, he joined the field, but did not run the course. Sam Fullen, the hot favorite of the day, was beaten by Alpaca in the stable of H. Robinson, a turfman who, starting omly four horses at the meeting, bag bagged three first and one second money. The colors of Kinzea Stone, well remembered as carried years ago by Kingman, factor in the big suit against Washington Park, were carried by Princess Thyra in the third race.
