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HAVTHOKNES GOOD RACING RACINGFor For an off days card the racingat Hawthorne yesterday was of a high order the finishes in nearly all cases being of a close and exciting nature A large crowd was on hand and wit ¬ nessed a great days sport The most exciting finish occurred in the fourth event a handicap purse of 7CO at seven furlongs Scotch Plaid beating Maggie Davis a head on the post in a striking finish Gonfalon was supposed to hold this race at his mercy being held at even money in the betting but the best he could do was to run a far off fifth being outrun from start to finieh finiehOff Off to a good start Maggie Davis rushed into a lead of two lengths in front of Scotch Plaid with Andes third and the rest within hailing distance Nearing the half Maggie Davis still clung to beradvantsge while Anna Bain had displaced Andes in third position It appeared all over the Sloan mare when straightened for home as she still had a lead of two lengths when Bearing tho last eighth but along in here Scotch Plaid began closing gradually and in a desjarate finish got up to and beat her a head right on the line Andes was a poor third seven lengths away Obia met with considerable in ¬ terference in the first quarter or she might have had a chance to run into third money How so good a horse as Gonfalon could have performed so shabbily is a mystery He showed no high speed at any part of the flight and was thor ¬ oughly exhausted at the finish finishCnnmoro Cnnmoro on his recent good six furlongs showing at Waehington Park was supposed to hold the second race in fee simple but he ran about as badly as Gonfalon ran in the fourth race finishing many lengths behind Trinity Bell the winner P Dunne came near spring ¬ ing a surprise in this event his speedy Hanover geldicg Flying Torpedo grabbing the lead at the barriers rise and holding a commanding advantage to the last sixteenth where Trinity Bell came with a whirl and just got up in time to nip him on the post by a short head Jim Winn who overraced himself finished third six lengths away while the redhot favorite fin ¬ ished a diemalfifth nine lengths back of the win ¬ ner Canmore showed well until straightenec for home where he quit badly badlyFourteen Fourteen youngsters lined up at the barrier in the days opener and after several false breaks Holtman succeeded in getting them away to a splendid start Legal Maxim showed the way to the latt quarter closely pursued by The Four Hundred and Parnassus but when they got wel straightened for home McChesney came with an inesistible rush and had everything beaten before the last sixteenth had been reached From here to the line he simply canteredhome winning by five lengths from The Four Hun ¬ dred who beat Legal Maxim one for second place placeAladdin Aladdin supposed to be a good thing had a rough journey and never got clear sailing unti the stretch spread from which point he closet some ground and would have been third in another stride Lapidus as usual showec early speed but could not carry it far Red Hook ran far below his mark and his race should not be given serious attention attentionA A big field of youngsters also went to the post in the third frace a dash of five furlongs P Dunnes Zmathion was considered the best on his last performance at Washington Park but he was short of speed finishing a poor seventh The winner turned up in Loid Qnex who came with a dash in the last hundred yards after everything bad been run into exhaustion and 1 won by a length going away with Commis ¬ sioner Foreter second a head in front of Jane 3 Oaker who was fading away fast at the end Ethel Simpson displayed quite a turn of speed for a half mile as did Hat Mitchell but both retired when the crucial test came Pnryear backed by a select few for a good thing finished a bang up fourth and will bear watching from now on onOdnor Odnor with his light impost of 91 on his shoulders had little trouble in taking the fifth race going into the lead aoon af tor the first quarter had been negotiated and remaining there to the end winning easily by four lengths from Nettie Regent who beat Hermencia two for second place placeThe The finale went to Henry of Trastamare who put up a brilliant effort coming from away back in the last quarter and mowing down his field with ease He won going away easily at the end by a length from Max Bendix who fin nished three before If You Dare Max Bendix belonging to Pat Dunne made his initial ap ¬ pearance on the turf and ran an impressive race He finished with courage but the win ¬ ners energetic rush in the last hundred yards was too much for him If You Dare as usual was there with plenty of early speed but quit when the rub came Dalkeith ran a fair race and is due for an early bracket when placed right The Rogue ran far below expectations and is capable of a much better showing
