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FAVOK1TKS AT LAKKslDK. The six 00 purr-en offered at Lakeside yesterday were divided equally between F. T. Wood. H. Robinson and James Arthur. Of the six race-, live were won by favorites, and consequently the returning crowd was a jovial one. The track was dry from rail to fence, but as is generally the case after heavy rains, the going was not elastic, but on the other hand, seemed hard and dead. This was a drawback to fast time and makes May Beachs performance, five furlongs in 1 :01. a phenomenal one. This speedy daughter of Bobby Beach— Faithless v;b in the fourth race along with St. Cuth- I bert, Hermoso and other fast ones and was asked to carry 112 pounds. She is at her very beet now and the ring figured she had the race at her mercy and never offered better than 1 to * against her chances. The filly won and earned a grand victory for herself, but in no way did she come home like one lias reason to believe a 1 to 4 shot should. Ross was up on May Beach, and he succeeded in getting a flying start, but Hermoso, who al o got away running, hung right to her, and the pair, racing like a team, stepped the first three furlongs in 3."k seconds. Then Hermoso said "take it." and for an instant Woods sprinter had everything her own way. Rounding into the stretch, however. St. Cuthbert made play for the flying leader, and below the sixteenth post he began to gradually forge to the front. Ross, feeling May Beach tiring under him and seeing St. Cuthbert close in on the filly, at once went to work, and, hard ridden and out to the last ounce. May Beach staggered under the wire a winner by a length. St. Cuthbert is a horse of high grade -peed himself, and the fact that he lias bad legs is the only thing that keeps him from being in the front rank among stake winners. The chances are that had the track been at its best May Beach would have beaten the track record of one minute flat for the five furlongs. Ed Trotter, who is training for H. Robinson certainly has that mans horses in the pink of condition and tfcli in part explains why the I stable captured two of the six purses. Molos win of the fifth event shows that he was fit and ready to run the race of his life, . otherwise he could not have won. Down the I backstretch persons holding Molo tickets would I gladly have sold out their interest at M cents on i the dollar, but when "Wood" Hoffmans ex-bread winner got clear sailing in the stretch he • relieved his backers of all uneasiness and won i going away. i The racing all the way through was rather tame and the only finish of the day that stirred up the least bit of enthusiasm was in the third dash of mile which cleverly event — a a — Moroni, ridden by Knight, won by a head from Sidbow. Moroni was the favorite at about 4 to 5, bnt the bulk of the backing fell to Sidbow. who opened at 2 to 1 and was backed down to 8 to ~ . The tatter was well meant all right enough, but the best he could do was to get second place. Prince Plenty, ridden to perfection by the once popular and always honest jockey Willie Caywood, captured the initial mile maiden race with ease. The Prince belongs to F. T. Vo id and went to the post unbacked at 10 to 1. He is a big fine looking colt by Galore -Minerva, and as this was his first time at the races, and as he did all that was asked of him. it is reasonable to believe that he will annex ni".ny a purse to his Texas owners bank account before the season is over. The Cuban Girl, racing for the first time in H. Robinsons colors, won the four and one-half ! ! furlongs two- ear-old race off by herself. Starter Dwyer sent the big field in the last race away at the first break to a fine start, and Barney Baal, the 11 to " favorite, won from end to end.
