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ORIMAKS BKRWTS STAKES. J. T. 8tewartg Sir Dixon— Prairie Queen fast horse Orimar, he who closed the recent Washington Park meeting with the sensational performance of a mile in 1 :38. won the Berwyn Stakes at Hawthorne yesterday in a common canter in the fast time of 1:25. for seven furlongs. This performance of Orimar"s convinced a great many who were in doubt as to the time of the Washington Park race that the horse is capable of running that fast, and over the Harlem track is liable to repeat his Washington Park performance. He was pulling up at the end of seven furlongs yesterday in 1 :253. and at this gait he would only have to step the next eighth in 12; seconds to make it a mile in 1 :38 flat. Considering that the Hawthorne track is nowhere near ae fast as is the Washington Park track, and that Harlem is about on a par with Washington Park, it is probable that Orimar may step a mile better than 1 :38 at Harlem before the season closes, as he is a horse of phenomenal speed that heretofore has been underrated. The Berwyn Stakes is for three-year-olds and upward, with 00 added, under selling conditions, which practically means an owners handicap, as each owner enters his horse at what he thinks he is worth, and the weights are distributed according to the entered selling price. There were ten starters in the stake race, but only one. Orimar, had a chance of winning after the Hag fell. He was on the inside, and Mr. Holt man sent him away running fully a length in front of the others, which were badly strung out. with Sidbow last and Tayon. heavily backed, next to last. Orimar "just sifted in front at a terrific pace all the way. eventually winning hard held by three lengths. Great Beud. who got through a small opening at the head of the stretch, was second and The Lady, with Bergen up, third. After seven straight favorites being beaten Wednesday the public was a trifle chary about betting on Cora Goetz at 24 to 1 in the first event and played all arouud her, but few landed on the right one. Scallywag, who beat Kohn-wreath by a nose in a staggering finish. This made eight straight favorites that fell by the wayside and it seemed that one was due to win consequently there was a heavy plunge on Goebel, he being backed from 11 to 5 down to 9 to 5 but the horse named after the deceased Kentucky statesman failed to deliver and finished a distant seventh while the second choice in the betting, Marsara, was eighth. The winner turned up in L. T. Caton who beat the poorl ridden Greenock by the narrow margin of a nose. Tuthill finished third in this race but was disqualified for crowding the "show" money thereby going to Algareta who perhaps would have won with clear sailing. After eight straight favorites had been beaten it remained for Passe Partout in the steeplechase to save the talent from ruin, which he did after leading from end to end. After the Passe Partout win came the victory of Orimar, who was also a favorite, and to make it a good measure Possart. at 6 to 5, came home ia front in the three-quarter two-year-old race. The last race went to Aloha 11.. who was 13 to 1 in the betting and very lucky in the race. Steeplechase jockey OBrien, who has been on the sick list all spring, is in riding form again and willing to take another chance on any old horse over the sticks.
