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OMDCRBANS STRONG HWSH. r The threatening, rainy weather that pre- vailed about noon yesterday had no apparent effect upon the attendance at Lakeside, the usual large crowd being on hand. Just enough j moisture fell to partly settle the dust and, if anything, made the track faster than ever. j The betting waB ae brisk as on the preceding days end the racing well within the pale of consistent form. The principal feature of the day, a handicap y at one mile for three-year-olds and upward, f -was robbed of its interest by wholesale scratch- j in g, as but three of the eight originally carded c to start faced the barrier. Hnviland was al- ways held at 1 to 2 in the betting, but had to f succumb to Heimencia, which, favored by his light impost of 95 pounds, won with consum- mate easo, Andes and Haviland ran almost as one horee after tho first quarter had been reached, with Hermencia trailing along in the . rear. Just before entering the last quarter Goimley brought up Hermencia with a rush , and was on equal terms with the two leaders when searing the last eighth post. Andes was first to tire and fall away beaten and then , Haviland began to falter and it was an easy" ". thing for Heimencia to moveinto the lead, winning in a canter by two and one-half lengths. Haviland best Andes four and a half lengths for second place. The latter was well epent at the finish. Omdurman came within an ace of having a cloEe call of it in the third race, a dash of one mile for all ages. He was held at 11 to 10 in the betting and was the medium of a heavy plungo by talent and public alike. After Tolamon led by a fair margin for the first quarter Lou Woods dashed into the van and held it clear up to the la6t eighth, where he tired and gradually fell away beaten. Here Miracle II., which had always laid eecond, took command and appeared all over the winner in thelaBt sixteenth, but little Knapp was of no help to him and Om-dnrman, coming with a rush, boat him out by a head going away. Miracle II. beat W. J. Deboe a length for second piece. Telamon ran well for seven furlongs and then quit badly. Lou WoodB race was a good ono. He maintained his speed exceedingly well for soven furlongs. He is at his best and bears watching from low on. Henry of TraBtamares race was much better than it eeems on paper. He was well up until well into the stretch and showed much improvement. Ho is ready to win when placed right. The days opener, a dash of six furlongs for twc-jcar-oldr, resulted in a surprise party, Marcos, to which little chanco had been giyon by the wise players, finishing -first a head in front of Inspector Bhea, which baat tho fast cloeing Dandola a half length for second place. Marcos has always stopped heretofore aftor running a half mile but yesterday he moved up fast in the last eighth and stood a long hard drive with gameness to the wire. He was tiring rapidly at tho end and had just enough left to etagger homo in front. Inspector Shea was slightly outrun in tho first part of the race but came on fast in the last sixteenth. Dandola wasprobably the beet but was the recipient of a weak ride. Hope took him wide when swinging for home losing some ground. Tho horse finished strongly on hia own courage. Crescent CityLwas speedy for five furlongs. He will be a hard horse to beat in his class the first time jn ud prevails, Joe Brown and Puryear both showed early speed. In the Eecond race, a sprint of six furlongs, Harry Herendeen long overdue at last scorod. He was in his form and dashing to the front at flag fall simply smothered hiB field with fleet- r j j y f j c f . , , ". nesB. Ho won well in hand by three lengths from The Boer, which btat Bummer one and a half lougths for second place. The Boers sud- A A den improvement was surprising. He finished fast and was easily the bast of the others. Bummer, well thought of by the talent, ran a dull race. He ran well for a half mile and then began to prop. Maggie Davis would have A beaten him for third place in a stride or two. Cnd L If You Dare fihowed a good turn of speed for five furlongs. He had the worst of the weights, 29 but showed up well at that. The BuBh was 28 supposed to be a good thing and was generously backed, but after showing a flash of Bpeed for a 29 short half mile went "up in the air" and finished 29 back in the ruck. He is far from the good 9 sprinter he formerly was. 27 Guy H.s victory in the fourth race was the 26 form revereal of the meeting. The day before, after being backed heavily, he put up a dull race and was beaten off at the end. Yesterday in about the same kind of a field he simply can- tered homo and made his field look cheap. On a, both occasions he appeared stiffjand lame when si going to the post, but yesterday his supporters J were few and far between. Nyx, closely at-iendebj J-Gtafc shos?s$ thayBT upt?hp -V final eighth, where Winkfield brought up Guy H. with a rush and swept paBt his field ae if it waB tied. He won in a canter by four lengthB from Little Lois, which finished a half length in front of Fleetwing for second place. Big In- jun came fast in the last eighth. Kohnwreath, 5; supposed to be the best by the talent, was never 2! a serious contender and ran far below expect a- tions. 2! The finale went to Mary Moore which with 2! Coburn in the saddle won in a big canter by three lengthB from Zack Phelps, he beating the 2! fast closing Azim a neck for eecond money. 2! Azim made up much ground in the laBt half and was running past horses at the end. Hans, wurst moved up fast in the last sixteenth. Amoroso and Evas Darling ran well for seven furlongs. g
