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A FAVORITES DAY. The drubbing the Hawthorne bookmakers got yesterday was something to be talked of for eome day6 to come. Four heavily-backed liberal-priced favorites and two second choices that should have been fa vor i tes won. This tells the story of a disastrous afternoon for the layers of odds. Owing to the condition of the track the attendance in the past three days has fallen slightly below the average, but from now on the track will be at its best, and as an extraordinarily good card is offered for today, a great increase in attendance can be looked for. From a speculative standpoint yesterdays card was a smashing good one and the betting portion of the public got the money ; still there was an absence of good-class horses in all the races save one, which was the mile and a sixteenth handicap. In this particular event was Found at 98 pounds; Ohnet, 95; Scales, 108; Florizar, 107, and Our Nellie, 103, and this field at the weights was an evenly balanced one. Scales, simply because he belongs to Pat Dunne and with Winkfleld up, was n.ade favorite at 6 to 5, but it is hardly probable that as much money was bet on him at that price as there va6 on Found, who opened up at 16 to 5. and was backed down to 5 to 2. This Huffmans filly, Found, is the "real goods under light weight, and with her ninety-eight pounds it was a caution what she did to Scales. Master Tally was fortunate in getting away in front and he at once went out to make a runaway race of it, and succeeded beyond a doubt. Passing the fir»i quarter post Found was eight lengths in the lead and after that, as far as the others were concerned, it was a question as to which way she went. Scales was second during the early part of the journey, but when the real racing began in the stretch he gave way to Ohnet. who beat him two open lengths at the end. The fifth race was a kaleidoscopic affair at the end, and probably no one outside of the judges stand could tell just what horse really did win. A few yards from the wire the first seven horses were in the closest bunch possible, and the finish was one that is not seen every day. Patroon got the decision after a terrific drive from Pay the Fiddler, who was second by the minimum margin of a nose. The going was made to order for tire first four horses in this race, and it was reduced to a battle of jockeys, in which Bloss proved the most skilful. Just why Donation was made the favorite would be hard to tell, although, as a matter of fact, he ran a splendid race considering that he stumbled and almost fell at about the eighth post. When Donation stumbled he sharply interfered with Papa Harry, who ran a smashing good race. The sixth event proved to be a "eakewalk for the favorite Owensboro, who rotnpeu nome an easy winner by four lengths, which he no doubt could have increased had it been ueceb-sary. There was a battle royal behind Ovvtuo-boro for place honors, in which Plautaiu barely got up in time to nip second money from Aloha II., who was becoming "leg weary" after his fruitless chase for the leader. Old Lew Hopper was well thought of by the handicappers in thL- race and was held at about 3 to 1 in the betting, but never justified the esteem of his backers wlien the race was on, as he was not a factor at ;iuy stage of the journey. The Bre-uock gelding was sharply shut off on the first turn, however, and afterwards sulked, so this accounts in part for his poor showing. It seemed on paper that Scarlet Lily could not lose the second race, and at the opening, at 4 to 5, the Barnes filly was hurriedly backed down to 7 to 10, and at this price the ring took a world of money oi the supposition that the filly would not be able to get away well enough to win. This foolish idea of the bookmakers, however, did not work out well, for when Starter Holtman gave the signal Scarlet Lily was second, and going to the front before the half mile post was reached she managed to stay there to the end, eventually winning pulled up by six open lengths. Second to Scarlet Lily was Locust Blossom, who ran a smashing good race and is probably on the improving list. Little Boy Blue, being affected in the wind, "blew his horn" all the way, but nevertheless landed in third place. Jake Marklein is certainly one of the best men with two-year-olds in the business, and with Bengal and Barbara M. he captured both of the juvenile events. The first was at five furlongs, for colts and geldings, and Bengal, with Tally up. was the favorite at 9 to 5. there being no less than a half dozen other "hot things" heavily backed besides him in the race. Starter Holtman was good to Bengal and let him off about two lengths in front of his field, and after that there was nothing to it but Bengal, who flashed by the wire two open lengths in front of Little Henry. The latter is a recent arrival from the Canadian circuit, and is by Tom Griffins once famous horse, Henry Young, out of Lizette. Barbara M., in the third race, was the second two-year-old that Marklein scored with and like Bengal she was favored by the start. Barbara was sent away flying and she won all the way. Audie was second and Regea third to the Marklein filly. Dr. Kinder, of St. Louis, bought Miss Mae Day from Harry Robinson yesterday for ,500. Owensboro was run up 00 over his entered price of 00 by P. Civill. but was retained by his owner. A. C. Clark bought Owensboro out of a selling race from P. Civill early this spring at Lakeside. The Prairie Stakes at five and a half furlongs for two-year-olds is the main feature of this afternoons attractive card. It has a good field named to start with Jiminez the top-weight and Handy Man lowest in the scale. Senator OBriens sturdy colt Wild Pirate, fresh from St. Louis, where he was a good performer, makes his debut here and will be likely to beat more than will beat him. Fancy Wood. Sortie, Harry Herendeen and Possart will all be likely to have a follow , ing. With a good track in prospect this stake should furnish a hotly contested and pleasing race. A steeplechase with an entry of six well seasoned performers is another feature that should draw well and a six furlongs dash with such speedy sprinters as Found, Georgie, Sim W., The Lady in Blue, Maggie Davis, Miss Mae Day, Highland Lad and Cbappaqua holds out promise of a fine race and a rattling good finish. The other races show such good performers as Barbara M., Cora Goetz, Princess Tatyana, Sad Sam, Fondo, Sauber, The Lady, Mellocole, Tuthill, Molo, Blue Lick, Greatland, Handpress and Judge Denny among the entries, and altogether there seems to be abundant reasons for paying Hawthorne a visit this afternoon.
