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RESEDAS FAST MILE MILEAfter After the brilliant racing of Decoration Day the card at Hawthorne yeatercfay suffered measurably by comparison The feature event of tho day a free handicap at one mile went to Reseda whose splendid showing was in dire contrast to her indifferent effort May 28 She negotiated tho mile yesterday in 1 40 flat beat ing Ohnet and Bonoy Boy who had run stride for stride through the entire journey by a length in the closing strides Grandona eorry effort was not his true form as ho was outrun all the way and beaten off at tho end He was undoubtedly short shortA A good thing was sprung in the first race in Sam Bryants Conundrum many shrewd punt ¬ ers getting down at big odds The Esmond per ¬ formed strikingly in the youngster race beat ¬ ing a fair field in an easy gallop in l01i for five furlongs Orimar the great sprinter that showed such splendid races hereabouts last year won a close race from the much touted Vulcain It was supposed that Orimar was not up to a good race hence the long price that was obtained against him himBishop Bishop Poole after many trials finally scored with Blue Lick The betting was fairly good Just before the last race an incipient cyclone swept across the course and frightened many in the grand stand but it blow over without caus ¬ ing any harm harmIn In order to give American Derby candidates a tryont tho Chicago Jockey Club will giva a special handicap for three yearolds at a mile and an eighth The race is to bo run Saturday June 8 Entries close Thursday next If tho weights are well adjusted there is no good rea ¬ son why Garry Hermannn His Eminence Lady Schorr Robert Waddell Jiminez Operator and other aspirants should not go to tho poet and furnish a remarkably interesting contest contestIt It was given out after the third race that Mr F B Van Meter had sold his Derby candidate His Eminence to a New York purchaser for the reputed price of 18000 The name of tho buyer was not given out
