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.YEBDALES HAWTHORNE STAKES Hawthornes first two weeks term of racing closed yesterday, and the Hawthorne Stakes ยป for two-year-olds, worth ,800, was the feature of the day. The Cicero course was in a terrible condition, being deep, sticky and lumpy. In fact it would be hard for a track to be worse than it was, still a fair lot of horses contested for the different events and the racing as a whole was good. The fact that Miss Bennett and Silverdale were to lock horns wae sufficient to draw out a , big crowd, whicli was about evenly divided as to the relative merits of the two youngsters. The general public stuck stanch and true to Silverdale, with Tommy Burns up, and he was always a slight favorite over Miss Bennett, although the latter was backed by the supposed wise one6, every owner, trainer and jockey, at the track being down. The filly had worked so well that such shrewd horsemen as Pat Dunne, Tom Ryan, Charley Hughes, and others remarked in the paddock before the race that she was a "moral." Nevertheless Silverdale and Burns were not to be denied, and this combination proved altogether too strong for Miss Bennett, and in fact she did not even finish second, Invictus beating her out for that position. Miss Bennett was conceding five pounds to Silverdale and this was quite a handicap, considering that the field was held at the post for over ten minutes and that Miss Bennett is a nervous, fretful filly. The delay at the post was caused by In Shot, whose saddle girth broke, and was not the fault of the starter. When the field did get away there was a frantic rush for the path on the outside and in this rush Miss Bennett m bumped and interfered with to some extent. On the other hand Silver-dale had clear sailing and got the best of the going. After the first quarter of a mile it was evident that Miss Bennett had no chance, but Invictus hung to Silverdale like a leach, and at the eighth post in the stretch had a fighting chance, but when Kiley drew his whip Inviticus darted to the inside, losing much ground and leaving Silverdale to come home by himself. Miss Bennett, whipped out, was third-Prince Blazes at 7 to 10 and Trimmer at 16 to 5 had a battle royal in the fifth race, the former gaining a well-earned decision by a nose. The race was at a mile and three furlongs, quite a journey in the sticky mud, and Cay woods clever handling of Prince Blazes is worthy of praise. The Prince always had a liking for mud, and going a route is his long suit, but he met his equal in trimmer, and had the latter received the same kind of handling that the Prince did the result probably would have been different. As it was. Trimmer fought hard for every inch of ground and was beaten only in the last few strides by a short head. All the winners with the exception of Barney F. in the third eveut were at short prices, and he was only 10 to 1 at the best, being backed .down a point to V to 1 when going to the post. "Kid" Weller, whose given name is Barney, laid against the horse on general principles and got a good trimming. Barney F. went to the front early and won all the way. Thanks to jockey Roses bad ride on Old M ike, the favorite in the first race, those that backed Lake Mills witli E. Ross up, cashed their tickets. Old Mike was worn out in going the first three furlongs and Rose took him through the very deepest goiac in the stretch and then Lake Mills only beat him by about a length. It was Handpress and T. Burns that came home in front in the second race. The Schorr horse was a strong favorite at about I to 5, and Barns followers "went to it" like ducks to the water. Consequently, every book in the ring had many tickets to cash after the official result was announced. Braw Lad was second and Emigre third to Handpress. Pat Dunnes Derby candidate Reminder was made an odd6 on choice over The Elector in the closing mile condition race, but from all indications Reminder was short and after flattering his backers for about seven furlong be suddenly collapsed and was easily beaten by The Elector. The latter was backed from 2k to 1 down to 8 to 5 and his win was not beneficial to the ring. Today the racing scene shifts to Harlem, where there has been many improvements made, and the program offered for the first day is a most tempting one.
