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HAWTHORNE RACING The cool spell that prevailed around Chicago 7osterday kept the attendance at Hawthorne almost down to the regulars The card was of mediocre quality and somewhat uninteresting The betting was rather light The track had dried out considerably but was dead and slow slowReseda Reseda took the free handicap without any trouble from the much abused Boney Boy Lee King cleverly handled by Woods beat a fair field in the fifth race Blue Lick and Ben Chance had a hot tilt for second place the former outgaming the latter by a head Im ¬ promptu well backed rolled home in the last race while H T Griffin turned a neat trick with his filly Chaminade in the days opener Hargis easily prevailed over a field of twelve youngsters in the third race raceThe The days sport was rather lifeless owing probably to the cool weather
