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HAWTHORNE IS CROWDED SULTRY AND UNCOMFORTABLE WEATHER HAS NO TERRORS TOR LOCAL FATRONS. Undo Hart Defeats Casey Jones in the Main Race, with Skiles Knob Third Grasmero Scores in a Canter. Considering the intense heat in those parts, a surprisingly largo attendance braved discomfort to ; lit at Hawthorne during the afternoon :ind witness tin decision of six races, featured by the Harlem Handicap at three-quarters. In the big ; crowd were many new arrivals from Windsor, when? racing came to a close last Saturday. Those speculatively inclined fared in sumptuous fashion, for they managed to land on most of the winners, even Ralph S., an outsider, received heavy enough support from the sharps to cause a hig deficit to the i "memory brokers." There was relative quiet under i the grandstand, whatever betting indulged in being of the routine order and strictly on the credit style. In the feature. Loo Skolny, Hawthorn and Sir Edgar declined, leaving five others to contest the purse, with Inclo Mart and Casey .Tones, equal in esteem and absorbing all the belling attention. The finish was between the pair with Inclo H.irt, because of his more experienced rider, taking the long end of the purse. In the early part of the race, S l ili-.s Knob, which showed a dull performance on last Saturday, and was more the cause of jockey Schnmehoriis suspension, displayed extreme speed and led the others by a wide margin until well into the last eighth, where he was headed by Casey .tones, the latter in turn succumbing to the fast rush of 1ncle Hart. Skiles Knob was good enough to retain third pkice. The l:12f.. that the race was run in, was the fastest three-quarters of the meeting and is one-twentieth of a second slower then the track record. There was vast interest attached to Skiles Knobs showing in the race, on account of Sclianieliorns suspension on him. The horse showed more life in the paddock then he did last Saturday, and began with a full stride. Murphy settled dowji to ride him at once, and he opened u clear lead in the first few strides. Horses from the Williams Profilers stable were much in the limelight during the? afternoon. Two of the winners carried the Vale blue and orange sash colors and another lauded in second place. Tliu ihuu-ss of the Williams stable began in the opening dash when James, a strongly-supported favorite, led the others to the finish and won by a good margin over Sleeper, with .1. Rufus following. The latter showed a high turn of early tfpeed, but gave way readily enough in the last eighth. Grasmore in the succeeding race was the next member of the Williams stable to earn a purse. In a betting way he was regarded as almost a certainty and he never gave his supporters much concern after the stait. for he was always under hard restraint, raced into a long lead when called on , and was pulling up through the last sixteenth to , win as his rider pleased. Miss Fannie, after racing well back to the stretch turn, made a good I effort, but was not able to get up and near the . end had all she could manage to outstay the fast coming Injury. High Horse made his debut in the i race under II. !. Rcdwclls colors. He showed speed for three-quarters, but failed to stay. Tiio "Imslier" .luugle furnished an upset in the. . fiftli race when she won in easy style over a i nondescript band, that gave the starter and his ; assistants quite a bit of trouble before they could be aligned in anything like even terms. The speedy Ctelus started out as if Ik; would mala; a i runaway and at one period enjoyed a lead of almost ten lengths, but Ik; began weakening in the ; last eighth, anil Jungle passed him near the end I at express speed. Lady Mildred came from a long : way back to take third money, beating the resuurrected Chenault for that portion of the purse. . The best finish of the day, and also the most outstanding incident of the racing, came in the closing race when Ralph S. and Fellowman fought it I out hard and landed heads apart after a gruelling : drive. Approaching the first turn there was a bad I jam and in the mix-up Type and W. W. Clark were sent sprawling in the thick dust. Jockeys Gray and 1 Guy, respective riders of the pair, lucidly escaped 1 injury and the horses also were none the worse ; for the mishap. The first claim of the present meeting came after r the running of the third race when Jocular, in for r 00. was taken for 1.100 by J. M. Shilling. W. . It. Hall, who earlier in the day had purchased 1 Tillotson from W. E. Applegate, claimed Mex from 1 the fifth race for . The new arrivals from Windsor included L. Calm. The hitter is in quest of some likely racers to add i to his stable. Owners Troxler, L. I.rewster and IT. L. Crain , will at the close of Hawthorne racing ship their e strings to Windsor, when; they will be rested 1 until the resumption of racing over the Pnrnier-Hcnilric . course. There were no new developments in the Schame-horn . suspension. Steward FitzGerald continuing active . with his probe. Trainer Jack Adkins, in charge of the R. J. . Mackenzie horses, was summoned home to Toronto, , Can., yesterday by tin; death of his mother. The i Mackenzie horses, carded as starters in the afternoon, . were withdrawn and they will remain idle e until next Thursday. Zoroaster is in a bad way and hardly expected ,1 to recover. Trainer Ward stated yesterday morning that t Dodge showed no traces of tin; slight injury ho sustained - while at the post last Saturday. He will be shipped with the others of the Ward and Weber r racers to Saratoga next Sunday. K. W. McEIroy took over Last Chance this morning from E. .T. McConnell. Grover C. linker, extensively interested in the horses raeing in W. H. linkers colors, was among ut ; tin; visitors from Cincinnati. Mr. ltaker stated that his brother and himself had at present thirty-two " horses resting at Latonia. The string includes s twelve yearlings that the linker Rrothers has purchased recently The older horses include Iady J Rotha, ISringhurst, Eoscoe Goose, Sleoth and others. Grover Raker will remain several days before returning to Latonia to supervise the training of the horses. Rradley Wilson, organizer for the Thoroughbred 1 Horse Association, left last night for New York k in the interest of the association. While here he e succeeded in enrolling as members every jockey, with the exception of one, in the association.
