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THE WIND UP AT WORTH. By far the biggest crowd of the present meeting was on hand at Worth yesterday to witness the last days racing around Chicago for 1903. The sport was excellent throughout the afternoon, several of the finishes Teing of a close and exciting nature. The feature attraction was the third race, the Alpine Stakes, a dash of one and one-sixteenth miles, for three-year-olds and over. Of the nine originally scheduled to start Thane was the only absentee. Sidney G. Love, which has been running consistently of late, proved to be the best and won in impressive fashion. Big Ben went to the front when the barrier went up, and opening up a big early gap led until far into the stretch, where Sidney C. Love, which had always nin along in second position, moved up fast on him. "When a sixteenth out the latter got on equal terms with Big Ben and easily outstayed him to the line, winning slightly eased up by a neck. Big Ben finishing one length before Haviland for second place. Sidney C. Love has certainly shown himself to be a shifty little liorse this year. Haviland closed up ground rapidly in the final eighth and finished going fast. Huzzah made up ground in the last quarter and finished resolutely. Hargis ran well for six furlongs and then retired. The first race, a dash of one mile, for three-year-olds and over, went to Dolly Hay-man in easy fashion. She suffered The Don to run in the lead for the first six furlongs and then took command, winning as her rider pleased by five lengths from the former, which finished four in front of Marshalsea for second place. Grand Opera, the favorite, bled after the first quarter had been run and was pulled up. Tokalon showed herself a filly of high quality when she beat Don Domo easily in the second race, a dash of five furlongs, for two-year-olds. As soon as the barrier was released she dashed to the front and tiptoeing the field all the way won in a canter by two and a half lengths from Don Domo, which finished three and a half before Clifton Forge for second place. The time, 59J, clipped off one-fifth of a second from the track record and was within a fifth of a second of the American mark for that distance. The fourth race, a handicap of one and one-eighth miles, for three-year-olds and over, went to Bondage. Charley Thompson showed the way to the head of the stretch, where he tired. At least six of the field closed up fast when well straightened for the line, but Bondage came out of the ruck in the last hundred yards, winning by a neck from By "Ways, which finished a length before Boaster for second place. The last named made up ground rapidly in the final quarter and just got up in time to nip Our Bessie by a head on the post for third place. The one and one-quarter miles race, the fifth on the card, for three-year-olds and over, was easily taken by Tancred. He led all the way, winning by one length from Brief, which beat Sidney Sabath a half length for second place. Both Brief and Sidney Sabath finished with a rush but too late to be of any service. The last race of the year hereabouts, a dash of six furlongs, for three-year-olds and over went to Golden Rule, the well backed favorite He led from start to finish, winning easily by one length from Henry Mc-Daniel, which finished one and a half before Gresor K. for second place. Gregor K. w;ent almost to his knees in the first quarter, los-inir irround. but recovered quickly and finished fast and resolutely. But for the mishap he would have been much closer up at the end.
