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HAWTHORNE RACING The regular large attendance was on hand at Hawthorne yesterday and witnessed a fair days sport The betting was not as brisk as usual Silurian took the free handicap in rather a handy fashion proving himself to be a gelding of fair class Gaheris showed to advan ¬ tage and closed with a vim after being outrun in the first part of the race raceYulcain Yulcain heavily backed had no trouble in disposing of Uerito and Algarota He was easily the best Ed Austin giving away weight to every youngster in the second race smoth ¬ ered his field with speed and cantered home Coburn grew careless on Laureate in the days opener and allowed Thurles to nip him on the post He was fined 50 for carelessness carelessnessA A blinding rainstorm came up just after the fourth race and the last two races were run over a sloppy track Our Nellie and Plead fought it through the slush in the fifth race for the last sixteenth the former prevailing on the wire wireThe The track will be heavy this afternoon
