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HAWTHORNE RACING. i it It was a typical Chicago crowd that attended the races yesterday at Hawthorne, and after a close decision of the judges in the fifth race a | portion of it proceeded to show how some Chi- . cagoans can misbehave themselves when they think they can see better than the judges. The hooting and jeering given the judges was entirely out of line and entirely uncalled for. It came about in this way. Kid Cox, a staunch public favorite, was heavily backed by the pikers, and passing the lower end of the stand he was winning, but Miller is such an incompetent rider that in his effort to help the youngster when the drive came did everything but fall off. and Gold Badge slipped up on the inside and won by about a neck. In fact, the finish was not close enough to cause any discussion between those who -tood anywhere near the wire. and it was laughable to see the howling mob that , gathered under the judges stand making idiots of themselves. 1 There might have been some chance for the crowd to disagree with the decision in the last race as Orlandine and Oxnard flashed by the wire m close together that it was almost impossible to tell which horse had won. Mold is in grand form now and lo t a hard race to ireat Bend in the third event. The latter is a quick breaker and was also favored a trifle at the start, otherwi.-e he could not have won. As it was Molo ran a grand race and, after a bruising finish, was only beaten by a head. Ros-s drove Molo for all he was worth through the last three furlongs, but the old horse never flinched and after the race his great gameness was commented upon on all sides. "Lige" Bruster sprung a surprise in the opening race of the day. His filly Princess Tatyana was backed from 30 to 1 to 20 to 1 by "Kid Wel-ler. and with little Willie Waldo up. she won away off by herself by ten lengths. Another -nrpri.-e cropped up in the second race in the way of an old-time jockey coming to life. Marty Bergen, one of the best riders on the American turf at one time, had the mount on j Innovator, and after leading Braw Lad, the heavily backed favorite, all the way he won by eight lengths. Woodtrice. well ridden by Ross, came from behind and won the fourth race with ease. "Lut" Gibsons trainer. Charles Hughes, and Jockey Boland, fresh from the walkover in the Latonia Derby, arrived at Hawthorne. The attendance was good and the track decidedly heavy. The card for this afternoon is a fine one with the valuable Turf Congress Handicap as the principal attraction. The crack two-year-olds Silverdale and Garry Hermann are to meet in the first race, and the timber-toppers in the third race present an additional attraction.
