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ADVANCE GUARD BEATEN The card offered at Hawthorne yesterday was of a much higher order than that given the day previously and consequently a larger crowd was on hand to witness the sport sportThe The feature attraction of the day was a free handicap at a mile and seventy yards in which Louisville with 95 pounds up met Advance Guard carrying 125 and Vnlcain 114 The son of Great Tom was made the favorite but ran a somewhat dull race failing to show his usual stretch burst of speed speedLouisville Louisville as the barrier arose immediately went to the front and remaining well within herself held her advantage for the entire route winning handily by two lengths from Advance Guard who closed stoutly in the last hundred yards and in a desperate drive nipped Vnlcain on the post by a head for second money It was whispered about after the race that Advance Guard had had only a slight workout since the Wheeler Handicap HandicapThe The long distance race was won by the consist ¬ ent Alaska who cleverly ridden by Knight laid within easy call of hie field to the head of the stretch then came away quickly winning by a length and a half from Tammany Chief who finished strongly under punishment beating the tiring Frangible a length for second place Ben Chance finished well but Gormley was nn ablo to give him the vigorous ride that he re quires and the best he could do was to run fourth With a good strong boy in the saddle he would certainly have cut an important figure in the race Our Nellie ran well for a mile and then gave it up upBrief Brief with her light impost of 92 pounds and backed for a good thing ran away with the purse in the finale winning by five lengths from El Gbor who beat Sam McKeover a nose for second money The winner although off poorly picked up her field gradually and moved up into the lead from next to last position just before straightening away for home From here to the wire she simply cantered home The Bondman closed with a dash in the last eighth and would have gotten third money from 8am McKeevor in another stride Ado lante ran well for about half a mile mileEd Ed Austin appeared to be thrown into an easy spot in the second race a dash for youngsters at five and a half furlongs He was made an odds on favorite with Bnllman in the saddle and showed a clean pair of heels to the others for the entire route Off in front he was ac ¬ companied a short distance by The Giver but long before the stretch had been reached the latter had anough and Ed Austin simply can ¬ tered the rest of the journey winning by two and a half lengths from Jaubert who beat Bed Tip four for second place South Elkhorn ran fairly well for a half mile and then faded away The Giver showed a sharp turn of early speed but could not carry it far farDespite Despite the fact that a report was circulated that The Lady had bled in a recent workont ahe was made a red hot favorite in the third race but succumbed to Livadia who put up a high class race and won in impressive style The Griffin mare was luxuriant of speed hold ¬ ing a commanding lead throughout the six and a half furlongs The Lady after lying in fourth position to the head of the stretch closed up with determination but was not able to beat the winner who won quite handily by a length Savoy tired as usual when the pinch came finishing third a length and a half back of the Hildreth filly Favonius ran a splendid race making up much ground while coming down tha last quarter and finishing with quite a burst of speed He would have been a factor in the race had it been at seven furlongs Len nep failed to show much of a race and is prob ¬ ably waiting for mud to show at her best Sharp Bird as usual displayed his sharp turn of speed but could not carry it far farA A poor lot faced the barrier in the days opener the talent being all up in the air so far as picking the probable winner was concerned The victor turned up in Latch Key a rank out ¬ sider who came with a well timed rush in the 1 last sixteenth and won with ease passing over the line three lengths in front of Zacatoao who beat the fast tiring Mary Moore a length for second place Hop Scotch backed by a select few for a sure thing ran a short five furlongs and then retired finishing utterly last
