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ANOTHER STAKE FOR SCHORR. Always after heavy rains and just as the track is drying out is when judges of horse racing have their troubles. Some horses run well in thin, slushy mud; some like deep, sticky mud; others like lumpy going, and, in fact, almost every different horse has his likes and dislikes in regard to track conditions. This leaves a loophole for owners who do race their horses inconsistently, and is the cause of so-called form reversals in many instances. The going at Hawthorne yesterday wa6 of several different varieties, being deep in close to the inner rail, lumpy about ten feet from the rail, slow in the center of the track and streaky further out. Under these circumstances it is no wonder that form calculations were upset, some horses improving suddenly and others running below expectations. Two horses. Rollins and Annowan. improved to such a degree as to make them win while in their previous races both were beaten off. Rollins improvement can be explained on the ground that he is a bad horse at his best, being strictly a front runner and one that wants to and has to win running away if he wins at all. Just as old Redskin was fond of little "Bobby" Hothersoll. Rollins seems to have taken a liking for little Willie Waldo, and both times this youngster has ridden him he has been first past the post. R. Narvaez was up on Rollins the last time he started, and the same kind of horses he was in with yesterday beat him away off. In that race he was backed from 4 to 1 down to 3 to 1. being a good indicator that there was "something doing." but yesterday he opened at 8 to 1 and receded to 15 to 1, being cut to 13 to 1 at post time by sentiment players who follow Master Waldo. Rollins broke near the front, but was soon leading his field and won all the way. His owner had a five-dollar note on him at 15 to 1. Jockey Narvaez and the stable of Mrs. Zuehlke were suspended, pending an investigation of Rollins marked improvement. Horses from the Schorr stable with Tommy Burns up have quite a shade in their favor and for the second time within two days they have captured the stake events. Farmer Bennett, at 3 to 1, cantered home in front of Gold Badge, Odnor and Matin in the Test Stakes, which was for two-year-olds at five and a half furlongs with a value of ,800. Farmer Bennett is a good, game youngster and had to be to win, as he encountered all kinds of bad racing luck, being shut off no less than three times, but this did not seem to bother him to any great extent, and when he had clear sailing in the stretch he went to the front like a shot and at the winning line was two and one-half lengths in front of Gold Badge, who nosed the favorite. Odnor, out for the place. Out of the first event, which was a seven-furlong • dash for three-year-old fillies, came a Tattling good finish. Mitten, a 10 to 1 shot, beating the 1 to 3 favorite. Scarlet Lily, by a breath. • The latter was the best, but Dupee got lier anchored in the deep going down the backstretch and also on the far turn and this was too great ■ a handicap for her to overcome. Popular Pat Dunne, with Vain and Alcedo, . captured the second and third races. Both i horses were well backed and the ring was hit hard on their account. There will be a sale of horses in training at 1 oclock next Saturday in the Hawthorne paddock. J. J. Marklein and "Bob" Tucker will i weed out their stables. Jockey Vandusen will be an addition to the riding talent next week.
