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OBIA A SUKPKISK The free handicap at Hawthorne yesterday in the fourth race resulted in a close and exciting finish the winner turning up in the rank out ¬ sider Obia which barely laited long enough to beat ont Robert Waddell a short head with Malay third a length away It was a peculiarly run race Mitchell on Robert Waddell probably holding the Long filly too cheaply and thinking she would come back to him in the final quarter He rode the Derby winner with force anddeter mination down the last eighth when he saw that Obia WES in front to stay but try as he would he could not quite pet up Immediately at the barriers rise Robert Waddell jumped into an easy lead being a length in front of Obia at the quarter with Malay end The Con ¬ queror II necks apart a length back of Obia Tbere was little change in these positions until paEEing beyond the half mile poEt where Obia shot to the front with a suddenness that was surprising opening a gap of tvo and a half lengths on Robert Waddell on which Malay and The Corqueror II were lapped Little heed was paid to ibn leader as she swung into the stretch ne it was expected ehe would come back to her field but in this the spectators were mis taken as she continued veil in front being a length in the lead of her field at the last eighth Along in here the three back of Obia were on equal teime but The Conqueror II was first to retire swerving under punishment Robert Waddell then set Bail for the daughter of Par dee grtdualJy closing on her lut she just had enough left to win by a elicit head the Derby winner beting Malay a length for ascend place The Conqueror II finished a length and a half back of Malay all out to the last ounce He is an erratic colt and very difficult to guess guessThe The next surprise of the day turned up in Magi which won an extremely lucky race by the shortest of margins from Dorcen It was in the fifth race of the day a dach of six fur ¬ longs for ycungetere South Trimble was made a decided favoiite but was given a miserable pilotage by Knight who found many pockets for the colt in the last quarter utterly spoiling whatever chance he had of winning To a good start Megi went into the van closely attended by Hoodwink with Lord Qnex third three lengths away As the field ap ¬ proached the quarter post Magi waa still in front while Eonth Trimble moved up and joined the other two The quartet ran in close prox ¬ imity to the final straightaway where Hood ¬ wink began to fall away and Doreon moved np fast All down the last eighth the Applegate filly managed to keep her neck in front There was a great deal of crowding and bumping along in here South Trimble probably getting the worst of it Nearing the line Doreen came with a determined rush but could not quite get up Magi beating her by a ehort head with Lord Quex a lapped on third Knight finally got his mount out of an ugly pocket a sixteenth ont but it was too late to be of any advantage and he had to be content with finishing just outside of the money Hoodwink put up a good race only quitting in the last sixteenth She is ready to win when placed right rightTammany Tammany Chief winner of the last race was another rank outsider that surprised the talent There was come prottj fair material entered in this race many pinning their faith to Myth which has not started in some time Pirates Queen Constellator and Captain Gaines also had many supporters while the winner was completely overlooked The race was run just to his liking Pirates Queen and Myth both being run into subjection by Constellator whose parly exertions took all the stamina out of him in the last sixteenth BO that when ha was chal ¬ lenged by the Schorr colt he had nothing left to finish with Tammany Chief was sadly outrun for the first six furlongs but closed with a great burst of speed in the last quarter and just man ¬ aged to get up in time to neck out Constellator on the post He swerved into Constellator in the last few strides but it hardly impeded the latter and no notice was taken of it Pi ¬ rates Queen tired perceptibly when a furlong out Captain Gaines ran a dull race and was never a contender Myth fell clear out of the contest after running well for seven fnrlonge fnrlongeMany Many thought Silurian was thrown into an easy spot in the second race but Whitfleld mado him extend himself to the laei ounce to beat him a nock on the line in fact with any kind of racing luck Whitfleld would have won Princess Stratbmore a 100 to 1 shot led by a good margin up to the last eighth where Wink field brought Silurian up with a rush and he easily passed into the lead Along in here Whilfield picked np his field with such rapidity that he got dangerously close to Silurian in the last fifty yards The latter had just enough left to stick his head over the line first for in a few more strides WhllSeld must surely have wen Illilouon was a fair third after makingnp ground in the stretch St Bluff was right there up to the last eighth but faded away Searcher ran a doll race raceThe The days opener went to the favorite Harry Wilson which was coupled in the betting with hie stable companion W F Mohr Harry Wilson put up a good race and coming strongly in the last sixteenth easily pa seed those in front of him winning by two lengths Fnllen who finish ¬ ed second ran an impressive race coming clear from last position and closing with awhirl on the inside rail He beat out Huzzah a head for second place the latter himself putting up a good performance and finishing fast in the last eighth Pnryear was badly pocketed a furlong ont and could never get through It was rather a poor field at the best
