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ALEDO"S SPECULATION STAKES. Pat Dunnes Esher -Elopement colt. Alcedo, won the ,000 Speculation Stakes Saturday at Hawthorne, easily heating Sam Fullen and Larkspur. Alcedo had started and won once before during the week, but was picking up nine pounds from that race and on this account the ring took liberties with him, and in the first betting quoted him at 5 to 1. Pat Dunne thought the colt would win and l et on him. So did all his friends, and at post time Alcedo was the favor-ite at 2 to 1. Tom Ryans jockey, Devin, had the mount on Aloedo, and he rode a perfect race. The boy wae last but one in leaving the post, and, racing on the outside, where the going was best, never improved his position until the stretch was reached. Then Devin made his move, and Alcedo like a flash went to the front. He first put Sam Fullen to a drive and easily disposed of him, and opposite the paddock he got to and passed Larkspur. For an instant it seemed that the latter was going to wive Alcedo an argument, but it was a false alarm, and, untouched by whip or spur, the Dunn horse sailed under the wire two lengths in front. Miss Bennett, with the reputation of being Sofalas equal and one of the best two-year-old fillies in the west, was beaten and beaten easily by Col. W. S. Barnes Prince of Monaco — Sara filly Fancy Wood. The pair met in the first race, which was at five furlongs, and Miss Bennett, with Garry Hermanns scalp hanging to her belt, was backed from 1 to 3 down to 8 to 10, the "sure thing" players remarking that it was a shame to take the money and declaring that she was the fastest two-year-old that ever wore plates. It i6 true that Miss Bennett has a grand turn of speed, but Tenny Belle, a 100 to 1 chance in the same race, is also a speedy one. and she carried the favorite at such a terrific pace the first part of the race that it made her tire. Then when Fancy Wood, who was cleverly saved by Dupee in the early stages of the journey, made her bid Miss Bennett had nothing left, and the Barnes filly "walked" home. Mies Bennett was lucky to be second as she was staggering and all out and barely beat Battns, who was miserably ridden, a no6e. From all indications Miss Bennett was short and may reverse the decision the next time she and Fancy Wood meet. Charles H. Smith of Chicago, owner, of Lieutenant Gibson, the Kentucky Derby winner, is bent on having, if possible and money can buy it, one of the foremost stables of race horses on the American turf. He never was cheap from any angle, and Saturday when he went to Jake Marklein and offered the latter 0,000 forGarry Hermann it did not take the pair long to come to terms, and from now on Garry Hermann will be trained by Charles Hughes and raced in the all purple of Mr. Smith. After purchasing a 0,000 race horse Mr. Smith thought it the proper thing to win a bet, which he did on His Excellency in the mile-and-a-sixteenth handicap. Mr. Smith recently bought His Excellency from T. C. McDowell at a fancy price, and judging from the way the colt won this handicap he made no mistake. The colt was giving away all kinds of weight to all the other starters, still the ring held him at a short price, Mr. Smith averaging about even money for the amount he bet. Crowhurst rode His Excellency and, never being worse than second, won in the easiest kind of a way by a length and a half. Goal Runner, Pay the Fiddler and Maggie Davis finished so close together in the second race that only the judges could separate them •which they did to the satisfaction of the crowd. Globe II. is "Hawkins hoss" right now over the sticks and with Eggerson, who seems to have the other jumping riders beaten as a pilot, he easily disposed of Viking and Chenier. Lomond easily won the closing mile selling race and was bought for 00 by W. P. Magrane, who boosted him 00 over his entered price. Jockey R. Narvaez, and the stable of Mrs. F. Zuehlke and Co., have been reinstated by Judges Kuhl and Trevathan at Hawthorne. Close inquiry developed the fact that there was nothing wrong in the running of Rollins. The stables of Green B. Morris and Barney Schreiber arrived at Hawthorne Saturday. H. J. Scoggan will be in Monday morning. There is likely to be an increase in the number of starters in the Juvenile Stakes Monday, as owners have uutil forty-five minutes of post time in which to decide. If the track is good Monday morning there will probably be a large field.
