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GOING FAST AT HAWTHORNE HAWTHORN WINS THE IRON MASK MEMORIAL IN A CANTER. Olga Star an Easy First in tho Most Valuable Race of tlic Day High Horse Makes a New Track Record. There was no particular brilliancy attaching to Hawthornes racing yesterday, ami the thriiling finishes of the preceding day were absent. All the winners got home by good margins, their victories being well foreshadowed before tho last sixteenth was reached. Two handicaps featured. One was for sprinters at three-quarters, the other at a mile and one-sixteenth with an ."Jl.SOO selling clause attachment. Ihey wore interesting contests, and were annexed by the best backed ones. Hawthorn, which J. 15. Goodman brought here from Latonia. and which won impressively on the preceding day. repeated his former good effort and led his opponents for the entire way in the Iron -Mask Memorial Handicap, ultimately winning eased up from incle Hart with Pesky following The former P.iischomeyer star sot a terrific early pace and wound up the journey, a quarter of a second off from the track i ml, when he finished in 1:1.!. riicle Hart made a game but unavailing effort, and near the end had to be urged hard to outstay Pesky. The latter with a strong rider would have been much more troublesome. The purse in this nice had 50 in money and Jefferson Livingsto io time owner of Iron .Mask, added a handsome silver cup valued at . In the longer handicap, which was for a purse of Nl.tmo. Olga Star was given confident support hud she made good in easy style alter having followed the leaders for the first three-quarters. She stripped clean yesterday, not a vestage of bandage being in evidence. Star of Love followed Roiianza closely, under restraint, for the first three-quarters and math; a game challenge when r iding into the stretch, but Olga Star passed him with ease after a slight shaking up. The track record uf 11:02 Tor the odd mile and three-sixteenth distance was broken iu the closing race when High Horse won after a close j-.lretch sprint with Amulet and Impression. High Horse sot the now mark at 11:011,. J. W. Fullers veteran Injury, was given the call in this and had stout support, but he never figured prominently at any part of the running. Impression started out like a whirlwind and set the pace until beginning the stretch turn, where he showed signs of weakening ami Amulet passed him. only to be in turn passed by High Horse. After the finish W. C. Woant advanced High Horse from his entered price of $::00 to . but failed to get him. Another run-up of the afternoon came iu the third race when Miss Fannie led a mediocre band to the finish. She was in to hi; sold for 500 and C. N. Freeman thought well enough of her to bid .noo, but owner Walsh protected her with the customary advance. II. O. RedwoHs Dine Orass Hello, that he got by the claiming route before leaving Canada, showed herself to be a right smart filly, judging by the easy manner in which she disposed oT the youngsters she met in the second race. John E. Maddens Oakwood Hoy was her closest contender at the end with the outsider Deckhand leading flu; others. The fourteen that made the opening contest were an ordi -y band, with little "to choose between them. However, Royal Tea commanded considerable betting attention and, racing to his. best form and beginning well, stayed with the leaders until reaching the stretch, when; he parted company and won easily from Orotund. James Dockery. after a good stretch sprint, almost nipped the Redwell-ownod racer for second place. Yesterdays attendance was on a par with the preceding day and no incidents or a marring nature occurred. The heavy rain that visited the downtown district missed the Hawthorne course. The weather was intensely hot. As a result of the two run-ups then; will be .,010 added to the purses for next Friday. Starter .Milton added .Mater. Hean Kpiller and Lady Powers to his schooling list. Jockey Ammanii was suspended for three days by the starter for failure to got away with the others in the third race. He had the mount on Ruth Strickland. The victory of High Horse enabled jookey R. Hack to graduate from the maiden ranks, it being his first winning mount during his riding career. Jockey Wolstenholm while at the post for the fourth race was savaged on tho leg by Guide Post. The boy suffered much pain during tin; running r the race, and he could not give Peskv. which he rode, his best effort. II. G. Hedwell, his contract owner will probably decide to confine the boys riding to his own horses hereafter. The condition books for the final eight days of the meeting, beginning next Friday, wore distributed among the horsemen yesterday by racing secretary Ed Jasper. The daily programs will bring out "good class horses as a rule, with long route races being featured. The two-year-olds also will have plenty of opportunities to win purses. Presiding Steward Chris Fitzgerald modified the suspension against jockey Rryne i enable him to ride horses owned by his contract employer, R. J. Mackenzie. Edward Wagner took occasion yesterday afternoon to deny the rumors that he would "probably give a mooting at Liliortyville. 111., following the close of Hawthorne. "Dont know anything about the matter and have no intention of giving a nice meeting at Libertyville." said Mr. Wagner. Racing Secretary Jasper yesterday received a telegram to the effect that several stables are on their way bore from Tijuana, and the horses will arrive on Friday. Included in the band are some belonging to A. H. Spreckels, the wealthy California brooder. Former jookey W. Oay wood will have six racers iu the consignment, J. Randolph eight, and J. Chapman, three. Louis Cella was among the days arrivals and he will remain for several days. He came from his home iu St. Louis. Advices from Detroit are to the effect that a large number of turfites will leave there for Chicago at the conclusion of the Windsor meeting next Saturday. It is expected that some horses will also come over. Weights for tho Chicago Merchants Handicap, for throe-year-olds and over at three-quarters of a mile, and to be run Saturday, were made public yesterday and are as follows: Horse. A.Wt. Horse. A.Wt. Dodge 3 121 Skiles Knob 4 lOli Loo Skolny 5 121! Mars Cassidy 4 105 Solar Star i 122 Impressive 3 105 Prince Henry 4 120 Ed Howard 4 105 Squeoler 5 120 Pesky 3 105 Faux-Col 3 11C. Sparkler 4 103 Sir Edgar 4 1KJ Red Cloud 3 102 The Masquerader..! 114 I In no via 4 102 Fleetabelle 4 113 Julia L 3 100 Sir Wm. Johnson.. 5 112 Anita 3 100 Grover Hughes ..S 112 Mary II 3 95 Wilhite 7 112 Korfhage 5 95 J. J. Lillis 5 10S Pookiohoo 4..3 95 Rlackie Daw 3 107 Thistle Green ...3 90 Scaramouch 4 105 Ring 5 90 Penalties accrue from Thursday, July 20, 191G.
