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* ° h d „ b n _ d t _ " o of j, a a . c „ n a a . c c r 1 a I ! i ; j | I | | AT HAWTHORNE AGAIN. The racing scene shifted yesterday from Washington Park to Hawthorne and in the wake of the sensational Wheeler Handicap Saturday everything seemed mild and Sundaylike around the Cicero course. The grounds, grandstand and paddock especially had a healthy look and there was a record-breaking Monday crowd out. still things did not have the lively bustle that was so noticeable throughout the Washington Park meeting* There were twenty odd bookmakers on and they did business in the regular old-fashioned way. posting their prices on slates. This way booking does away with considerable pushing and crowding in the ring, and a person had chance to put a bet down without having his clothes torn off. The Hawthorne paddock always was a treat on a hot afternoon, but yesterday, with a brand new supply of tan bark for a footing, it was more inviting spot than ever before. The betting shed is far more comfortable than the one at Washington Park, and it must have been a treat for the bookmakers clerks to once more be separated from the crowd and have plenty of room to work, as they do when slates are used, and each bookmaker has a roomy stand. The same officials occupied the same positions as they did at the spring meeting. Harry Kahl and Charles Trevathan were in the judges stand. Jake Holtman wielded the starters flag. W. R. Letcher attended to the Secretarys duties, and Harry White kept his eye out at the head of the stretch for foul riding, as well as being the paddock judge. Frank McEvoy, as usual, took care of the business end of affairs, and be was on the go all the time, having perhaps more to attend to than a small boy with a barrel of snakes. The going at Hawthorne is a trifle slow in comparison with Harlem and Washington Park, still it is far from being a slow track, as can be seen by John A. Morris three-quarters in 1:13.1, but record-breaking performances can hardly be expected. The Monadnock Selling Stakes, a sweepstakes for three-year-olds at one mile, was the event of the card yesterday. There were but five starters in this stake and three of these finished heads apart, consequently the event brought forth much enthusiasm. The close finish, however, was not commented on to any great extent, as the talk of the race was centered about Scales. This horse was a stanch favorite at 3 to 5 for the race and a ton of money was bet on him at that price. The colt looked on paper to be an absolute certainty and many went to the track especially to -back him mi account of his excellent showing in his last two starts at Washington Park. Scales belongs to P. Dunne, in whom tho public has perfect confidence, and was ridden by J. Winkfield, a colored jockey who bears a good reputation. Consequently when the colt came plowing home last by twenty lengths the crowd stood aghast and for an hour after the race were asking one another what was the trouble. As a matter of fact. Scales bad showing worried the judges and Owner P. Dunne much more than it did any one else. Mr. Dunne thought he had a cinch on the stake, and the talk after the race to the effect that the colt was sick and Mr. Dunne was aware of it was out of line, as he bet on the colt and also advised his friends to go with him. Scales got away last and lost much ground on the first turn. Winkfield also got him shut off .. • uple of times when going down the back- stretch. Still when passing the half-mile post CONTIN-CandD Oil 8KUOND PAOB. AT HAWTHORNE AGAIN. Continued from First Page. the colt was going along easily and li is chances of winning seemed good. On the far turn, however, he began to lag and Winkfield, seeing the other horses drawing away from him. pulled his whip and patrol judge Harry White says fairly burned the colt up. but not an incli could he gain ou the leaders, and at tlio head of the stretch it was evident lie had no earthly chance, and Winkfield. not wanting to punish a beaten horse, eased up. The colt was beaten off so far that many thought he had bled or broken down, but he pulled up ;is sound as a new dollar and the only excuse that can be offered for such a bad showing is that he sulked. After the race and after the colt had cooled out Mr. Dunne took his temperature, thinking perhaps he might have been a sick horse, but the colts condition was normal, and there you are. Midwood. from Green Morris stable, won the stake by a narrow margin from Silver Coin. Wax. with 114 pounds up, led up to the head of the stntefa where Deviu shot Midwood to the front and the Midlothian — Miss Woodford colt, staggering and all out, managed to last long enough to win. Although John A. Morris stepped three-quarters of a mile in 1:131 in the second event, and won impressively. Devins bad ride on Mint Sauce was the feature of the race. This young-Bter could not have ridden worse had he tried. He had the gelding in and out and all over the track, ahd evidently, on the far turn, must have had his eyes closed, as he deliberately rode into a pocket. Mint Sauce was in excellent form, however, and after running around his field on the stretch turn was third when the field headed for home and seemed to have a chance of catching John A. Morris, who had been in front all the way. but Devin let him swerve at the criti. cal moment and those that had backed him had the pleasure of seeing him finish second, with the impression in their minds that with a competent ride he could have won. During Hawthornes long rest the steeplechase course has been improved wonderfully, and the race through the field yesterday was a pleasing one to the eye. Ten started for this event, but only seven finished. Last Past and Manchie went wrong at the first and second jump- respectively, while Lord Chesterfield, when ten lengths in front of his field and apparently running easily, bolted at the ninth jump. Lord Chesterfield seems to be the best jumper at the game and has a fine turn of speed, but he is a rogue of the worst kind, and in his last three starts he has gone wrong. Such a horse is liable to get almost any one into trouble, and it would be a good thing if he was treated as Tulla Fonso wa- at Washington Park— barred in the betting. Becky Rolfe. who, by the way. is trained by Gwynn Tompkins, who several years ago had that grand cross-country mare. Can Can. at Hawthorne, won the jumping: race. The mare was ridden by Tim Murphy, who managed to keep her up within striking distance of the leaders all the way and, after clearing the last fence, she caught the tiring Passe Partout an eighth of a mile from home and after that had things her own way. Jockey Stoffell. by his thick-headedness, came near causing a serious accident, such as one R. Taylor riding a horse named One Fifty did several years ago. Stoffells mount. Manchie. went wrong at the first fence but the jockey thought he would try to make the gelding take the jump and never paid the least bit of attention to the other horses who were in keen contention for the race. The consequence was that by the time Manchie and Stoffell had cleared the second obstruction the rest of the horses had gone around the course and as they were going in a different direction there was Manchie in the way and it is a miracle how a collision was avoided. Had Manchie collided with the front horse in the race it is possible that every other horse would have been thrown. Green Morris was not satisfied with winning the stake, and with his good colt Golden Age he captured the fifth race. Golden Age carried 120 pounds, but had Bullmau in the saddle, and he had little or no trouble in disposing of an ordinary lot of youngsters at five furlongs in 1 Mi. Behind iolden Age, Fancy Wood, Jiminez and Telephone Girl finished noses apart. Barbara M., a 10 to 1 chance, was the lucky one in the first event. This filly was finely ridden by the 6ulker, Rose, and after a hard drive all through the stretch beat Fondo by a neck. The closing mile and a sixteenth condition race went to Eva Rice, who was ridden by Bull-This race clearly demonstrated how a good rider can make an inferior horse win. After Orimar- sei*ational mile in 1 :38 it seemed that he held a filly like Eva Rice safe, and 7 to 10 appeared to be a royal price against him, but Winkfields bad judgment was too much of a handicap for Orimar to overcome, and the Eva Rice-Bullman contingent came home rejoicing. Why Winkfield took Orimar to the front and raced him into exhaustion is a mystery to all who saw the race, but he did and managed to get the horse beaten a mile and a sixteenth in 1:46. If the same race was to be run over tomorrow with Bullmau on Orimar and Winkfield on Eva Rice, there is not a doubt but what Orimar would win. Winkfield got lucky and rode a few winners at Washington Park, and as riders were scarce at the time he at once developed into a star. It may be that a little success made the boy conceited. He has a lot to learn, however, and a few more rides like the one he put up on Orimar will cost him his prestige. Jockeys Stuart and Devin were set down indefinitely by the judges at Hawthorne yesterday for bad rides on Tayon and Mint Sauce in the second race. Starter Holtman fined jockey Bullman 50 for Bpoilins two good breaks with Golden Age in the fifth race. Jockeys Murphy and T. Casey were fined j 10 each for bad conduct at the post with Becky Rolfe and "henier in the jumping race.
