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HAWTHORNES GOOD O PEKING. The midsummer meeting at Hawthorne yesterday opened auspiciously, the pleasant weather drawing out one of the largest Monday gatherings of the season, bar Washington Park. The spacious grandstand, which is almost three times the size of the old structure, was filled to repletion. The building is not quite finished as yet, but probably will be in a few days. It is undoubtedly one of the prettiest and most commodious in the country and is a big improvement on the double-decker that was destroyed by fire last spring. Of the racing it must be said that the days sport was fruitful of several big surprises, the victories of Little Scout and Jane Holly being the most notable. The former won the Speculation Handicap, a dash of one and a sixteenth miles for three-year-olds and upward with ,500 added. Of the fifteen scheduled to start, eight dodged the issue, but the adding of Artena made up a field of eight to face the barrier. The Corrigan entry, consisting of Rose Tree and Artena, was made a decided first choice, being held at 6 to 5 in the betting, while as good as 10 to 1 could be had against Little Scout, To a poor start, in which Piederich was virtually left at the post, Roso Tree shot to the front, closely pressed by Hunter Baine and Harry New. Little change took place in these positions until well down the back-stretch, where Hunter Baine began to fall back and Corrigan moved up. Bose Tree still had a slight advantage when turning for home, where there was a general closing up, but in the laBt eight Coburn, who had always been lying within easy distance of the leaders with Little Scout, called on his mount and the colt responded with fine speed. In the last sixteenth Harry New moved up on even terms with Little Scout, the two contesting every foot of the distance to the wire, but Coburns vigorous and determined finish prevailed, Little Scout winning by a short head. Harry New finished two lengths before Artena. The latter finished fast. Bose Tree was well spent when a furlong from home. Bon Mot ran a dull race and was never a serious contender. Piederich ran an excellent race from where he got off. Corrigan showed well for seven furlongs, but needs the mud or a soft track to run to his best -form. Hunter Baine appear to have trained off. The stake was worth ,185 to the winner. Jane Holly, held at 50 to 1 in the betting in the fifth race, furnished one of the biggest surprises of the year. She has shown to poor advantage since her first start and really appeared to have but a remote chance on recent form. It was a dash of seven furlongs in which some good sprinters faced the barrier. Off well in her stride she rushed to the front in a bound and simply spreadeagled the field, winning in a canter by three and a half lengths from Brulare, which beat Gonfalon one for rsecond place. Brulare finished strongly, but simply could;not;cut downithe winners lead whencalled on in last eighth. Gonfalonshoweri toladvan-tage and is worthy of attentionjlfrom now on. Talpa was runningjfast at the end ana would have been third in another stride. ToahlsimDly could notjconcedolthe weight. Thejsteeplechase over the short course provedan easyjlthingffor MacLaren, Jbnt Dr. Nowlin would probably have given him a jspiritedargument had he notibeen badlyijinterferea with by MacLaren in the lastilsixteenth, the latter cutting acrossflhim and compelling this jockeyto pull him up. Mac-Larenljled fromSatart to finish, jumping cleanly throughout and winning by one and half lengths, while Dr. Nowlin finished six before Captain Con-over for second place. Golden Link fell over the sixth jump, Old Fox over the nintn and Helen Pax-ton lost her rider over the last. The first race of the day resulted in a rattling finish between Federal and Elsie L., the former getting up in time to wiu by a short head on the post in a desperate driye. Elsie L. led for the first five and a half furlongs and appeared "the winner, but Buchanan brought up Federal under a resolute drive along in here and gradually wore her down. Nickey D. ran a poor third, tiring fast in the last eighth, up to which point ho had been a keen contender. Ahola, showing much gameness under a steady drive, proved to be the beBt of a field of two-year-olds in the second race, a dash of five furlongs. She laid along a close third to Goodman and Au Revoir until well into the last quarter, where she came away gradually and had an advantage of one length over. Au Bevoir at the end. The latter beat The Picket a half length for second place. Goodman ran in improved form and is worthy of consideration from now on. Jerry tired fast when the pinch came. The last race of the day went to th heavily-backed favorite, Lingo, which led all the way and won as her rider pleased by three and a half lengths from Dark Secret, which beat Santa Teresa one and a half for second place. A crowd of between 7,000 and 8,000 was present and enjoyed an excellent days sport. The track, although hard and dusty, lacked springiness, probably on account of long disuse. In case of no rain it should be good and fast today.
