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HAWTHORN A GOOD RACER C F BUBCHEMEYEES 10006 GELDING CON CEDES WEIGHT TO GOOD OPPOSITION Scores Impressive Victory in Prospect Stakes at atDouglas Douglas Park with Impost of 125 Pounds Grovcr Hughes Wins Another Handicap Louisville Ky October 2 Carrying 123 pound and conceding much weight to his opponents that included the best juveniles to be mustered in these parts Charles P Buschemeyers 10000 Hastings White Thorn colt Hawthorn today clearly estab ¬ lished bis superiority by an impressive victorv lu the Prospect Stakes Handicap six furlongs valuf 1670 to the winner The Widow Moon was second and Rostnrtium third The unplaced contestants included Solar Star Gowell and Benanet Haw ¬ thorn showed extreme speed from the start run nlng the first half mile in 46 and the first quartei In 23 The Widow Moon kept him close company for most of the way and just before the last fur ¬ long post was reached appeared the probable winner but Loftus shook Hawthorn up smartly and he druvr away to win well in hand by a full length Th Widow Moon under hard pressure retained second place with Rostnrtinm pressing her closely at the end The latters showing represented a decided improvement over his recent efforts Solar Star rait disappointingly and ceased to be a serious facto after he had traveled half a mile while Gowell was eased up on the last turn turnFine Fine weather and a good card served to bring out a big crowd The betting also showed vast im ¬ provement The contests were spirited and fast time was generally recorded The talent fared poorly only two favorites Hawthorn and Grover Hughes scoring The latter showed consistency by taking the overnight handicap that served as tbo secondary feature of the afternoon after a game effort In which he successfully stood repeated chal ¬ lenges from Kootenay Three Links and Jim Basey The latter finished in second place and but for be ing taken back in the first quarter might have won the purse purseFollowing Following Ella Brysons victory in the fifth race over Mud Sill the favorite It F Carman bid her up to 1200 from her entered price of 600 The bidding was in retaliation for the loss of Colonel Ashmeade last summer at Latonla Adair Baker having taken him from Mr Carman ont of a selling race Adair Baker retaliated for the runup this afternoon by claiming Mud Sill for 1030 1030Amos Amos Turney furnished the beaten favorite in the opener In Glint which failed to place Flying1 Tom winning from Volita with Sam Hirsch in third place Another bump for the talent came in the second race when Trance heavily backed finished in the rear having broken down in the first half mile Cohort showed improved form and took the purse with Salesia in second place and Gagnant third thirdWorking Working Lad in the closing dash was another favorite to fail He finished third and would have been closer at the finish but for repeated Interfer ence to which he was subjected by Buxton on Char tier It also enabled Beautiful to save enough ground into tho stretch to win winJust Just before the running of the fifth race Merry Lad was transferred by private salo to Charles Cannell a wealthy contractor from Cleveland O The horse ran in his new owners Interest this afternoon and will be trained by Archiu Zimmer ZimmerJockey Jockey Wingficld was suspended for the rest of the meeting by starter Cassidy for disobedience at the post postJohn John W Schorr telegraphed to Wayne O Toplin today that he would not ship Star Charter here until Saturday night Todays arrivals from Toronto included John Wal ¬ ters who brought seven horses AV E Nunn with four and William Hurley with three In the latter consignment came Cracker Box which lias recovered from his early spring mishap while being trained for the Kentucky Derby DerbyJockey Jockey E Jahnscn left tonight for his home in California to rest until the opening of the Juarez track trackEntry Entry blanks for the Juarez stakes were distribu ¬ ted to horsemen this afternoon afternoonSecretary Secretary E W Maginn Is at present actively en ¬ gaged on the program book for the first six days of racing at Latonia He will distribute it among the owners next week weekAll All the members of the Kentucky State Racing Commission except Chairman Milton Young were visitors at the track this afternoon to witness the racing racingTrances Trances breakdown was of such a grave nature that she will be retired to the stud at once onceThe The twohorse combination composed of Flying Tom and Cohort yielded its backers 11255 for 2 The threehorse composed of rover Hughes Ella Bryson and Beautiful paid 1S 30 30James James Murphy was among todays arrivals from Vancouver B C where he reports that a success ¬ ful meeting was held heldStake Stake blanks for the events to be run over the Norfolk track this fall were distributed to the horse ¬ men this afternoon afternoonComplaint Complaint was received yesterday by tiie Humane Society from a woman regarding the condition of Follio Levy Owner Odouis attention was called to the matter by the officers of the society aud bo assured them that the cnlargmeut of the knee that is bothering the filly is not of a serious nature He further volunteered the information that if every man woman and child received the sanio care that Follie Levy did it would be a happy world worldC C F Buscheineyer stated after Hawthorns vic ¬ tory that the colt would be pointed for the Ken ¬ tucky Derby of next season and that he felt reason ¬ ably sure of winning it itFollowing Following were among the best workouts this morning morningBen Ben Prior Mile in 149 149Charley llJ5iFlex Charley Straus Threequarters in llJ5i Flex Tlireequarters in llC = i iHigh High PrivaterMIle in 142 142McClIntock McClIntock Mile in 144 144Mockler Mockler Mile in l49i l49iXash Xash Cash Threequarters in 113 Old Hank Mile in 143 143Portarling Portarling ton Mile in 140 = Rossini Mile in 144 144Sir Sir Blaisc Mile in 144 Sleeth 144Sleeth Threequarters in 110 Sun Queen Threequarters 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