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HAWTHORNE RACING. The track at Hawthorne yesterday was knee-deep in sticky mud and as is always the case under such conditions, the sport was mild, most of the races being of the Indian file order. Bangles win of the second event was the most sensational bit of racing of the day. and it aroused quite a lot of enthusiasm. Bangle was in receipt of seven pounds weight from Hermoso still the latter received the bulk of the backing and opening at 3 to 1 was backed down to 13 to 5. Bangle was always about 24 to 1 or better and only the suspicious ones who figured he was not doing his best in his last two previous starts when he was a staunch favorite, backed him. That Bangle was the best, and outclassed such horses as he was in with, was evident after the race was run and the air was full of "1 told you soV. Hermoso is a horse of phenomenal speed and likes soft going, consequently everything in the way of track conditions was in his favor and for the first half mile he flattered his backers, being five open lengths in front when he rounded into the stretch. But Hermoso is an awful quitter and along about the eighth post he began to show signs of distress, and Bangle slowly but surely overhauled him. but Bangle is a bad horse himself, and when Buchanan applied the whip he swerved badly, almost colliding with Hermoso. Buchanan, however, straightened Bangle away before any damage was done and after a brief struggle easily shook Hermoso and Ed Gartland II. off and at the end was going away. Durwad. in the steeplechase, furnished a sensation in the way of a form reversal. The gelding has not displayed form enough in any of his previous races to warrant backing, but a select few went down the liue on him backing him from 10 to 1 down to 6 to 1. That those who bet on him knew what they were about is a certainty, for Durwad fenced without making a mistake, showed fine speed on the flat, and in the stretch, when the other horses showed signs of weakness, he came right along, winnisg well iu hand by a length and half. Little Willie Waldo, on Princess Tatyana, cleverly won the opening five furlongs two-year-old race. The filly was first choice at 9 to 5 in the betting and was far the best of those entered, otherwise she could not have won. On the far turn Master Waldo got into a tight place with the filly, and to keep from going down had to pull up. This lost the Princess many lengths, but she made 1 up the lost ground in the run through the 1 stretch, and at the wire was a full length in 1 front of Dandy Jim. Great Bend, a famous mudlark trained by Benny Vincent and ridden by W. Kelly, won the ! mile and a sixteenth handicap off by himself. ■ At the start Great Bend collided with Larkspur and after this he never got to the front until the half-mile post was readied, then he had clear sailing in front and made those opposed to him look cheap. Forbush won the fifth event rather handily from John A. Morris, and after the race changed hands. He was entered to be sold for 00. but Dr. Kowell said 00 and got him. J. H. Smith never enters a horse too cheap, and if other people do not want to buy horses they had better not bid on any of SmitlTs that happen to win for he will surely drop them. Such 1 a man as Smith, who is always on the lookout [ to catch some owner out of liue in a selling race, is a good one to have around. Bishop Reed, away third in the last race, , , immediately went to the front and smothering j his field for speed, won pulled to a walk. A queer incident happened after the first race. . J. H. Smith put in a claim for Kid Hampton, but the claim was irregular, being made out on a New Orleans blank and addressed to Sheridan Clark. The judges paid no attention to the claim on that account, but both Dr. Rowell. who owned the colt, and J. H. Smith, who claimed him, were satisfied with the bargain and Mr. Smith got Kid Hampton for 00. Monita pulled up quite lame in the jumping . race. Neuberger, in the fifth event, took the rubber | tubing of the starting machine away with him when he left the post and carried it wrapped : around him in a hundred different ways through the entire route.
