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MAY BEACHS INDIANA HANDICAP. I Lakeside had a combination of good and bad weather for its wind-up Saturday, but a cracking big crowd was on hand to bid the Indiana track adieu until fall. Secretary Nathanson overtaxed himself to give the half holiday race track patrons good sport, and his efforts were well rewarded, for the racing was by far the best seen at the Lakeside track this spring. The principal attraction was the Indiana Handicap, with a gross value of ,800, at three quarters of a mile, but beside this there was a nine furlong handicap in which eight good handicap horses started ; also a half-mile two-year-old race with three of the speediest youngsters in the West entered, and four other events which aroused more or less interest. With OConnell, May Beach, Abe Furst, Alga-reta, Andes, Dr. Walmsley, Sam Fullen and Cheesestraw as starters in the Indiana Handicap, a good contest was looked forward to, but as far as the winner was concerned, there was no argument. May Beach, despite the fact that she was giving away weight to all the other starters, won from end to end. She was always as good as 4 to 1 in the betting and had quite a following at that price. Ross, who seems to be the best jockey around here just now, was up on the filly and he mauaged to get her away flying, took the shortest route and won all the way. Dr. Walmsley, with a pull in the weights was second and Abe Furst third. OConnell, the 3 to 2 favorite, finished last. From pood authority it was stated that OConnell was sent to t lie post a sick horse suffering from kidney trouble. He races in the name of J. J. Baron and Co., but is presumably owned by Tom Costello, the feed man. The public is fond of the faithful old sprinter and he was baeked loyally at a favorites price. Jockey Ross good ride and Molos game race seemed to please the crowd, and after the nine-furlong handicap there was a grand round of applause. Molo is in rare form at present and with 114 pounds up lie was heavily backed to beat even other good handicap horses, all of which seemed to have a chance worth backing because of the way the weights were allotted. Ross always had Molo close to the front, but, being on the inside close to the rail, there was great danger of getting interfered with, but the boy rated along with rare judgment and waited for the natural spread to come at the head of the stretch. Then he made his move, and Molo, Hashing by the leaders like a shot, won the race cleverly by three. quarters of a length from Strangest. Money Muss, Kid Cox and The Cuban Girl • furnished a rattling good contest in the second event which was at a half mile. Money Muss, at even money, won but he had to be fully extended to do so. and had the race been differently run and the jockeys switched perhaps he would have been third. As it was The Cuban Girl got pocketed at the head of the stretch and Kid Cox suffered from bad handling. Knightbanneret, after being beaten twice before at the meeting by ordinary horses was, for some unknown reason, made a 1 to 2 shot for the fifth race. He may have been the best and probably should have won, but Knight rode a miserable race and allowed Sidbow to beat him two lengths. Icon, favorite in his last two previous starts, was at a liberal price in the sixth race, and awakening with a start he showed a surprising turn of speed and won by ten lengths. Starter Dwyer was good to Icon, sending him away Jibout t wo UB**tlis in front of the others, full on his stride. The fir6t event was easy for Little Reggie, and , I Crossmolina. at 10 to 1, came home first in the closing mile race.
