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NUMEROUS SCRATCHES I Early Morning Rain Responsible for Many Withdrawals. ; Quince Gardens Defeat Outstanding Upset Four of Six Fa- i vorites Are Successful. j - HAWTHONE RACE TRACK, August 22. The heavy rain which visited the Hawthorne track early this morning was responsible for the program being riddled by withdrawals, all the races suffering extensively by the lack of starters. The intended feature, a three-quarters handicap with its ,500 added, only brought three starters to the post, with Quince Garden a pronounced favorite and furnishing an outstanding upset by his defeat. He was beaten home handily by Alle-de,n, recently claimed by M. Shapoff and making his initial start in that owners colors. Eva Ackley was the ether starter. i Quince Garden, on whioh Earl Pool had - the mount, essayed the task of pacemaker, and incidentally it was Pools object to hustle ;liis mount so far in front during the early stages that it would insure his victory. In this he was thwarted, for Alleden kept pace with him from the start; in fact, measured strides with him from the outset and it was little trouble for him to shake off the Baker representative in the stretch and win by more than a length. Quince Garden was just as easily second ahead of Eva Ackley under the weak ride she got. . IDEAL WEATHER PREVAILS. Ideal weather conditions again prevailed and as it was generally unknown that a storm had visited the track bringing about .changed conditions and a wholesale scratching of the card, an immense crowd was again on hand to view the sport The racing was I interesting, several close finishes furnishing many thrills for the spectators. Favorites again fared well, four of the six being successful, the offenders being Quince Garden and Gail Ford. The latter showed a dull ; performance. , The race in which he met de- feat produced the only longshot winner of ithe afternoon. Vanishing Boy, the victor, being an extreme outsider. He led for the entire way but was giving away fast at the end and only got the verdict by less than a head from the weakly ridden Billy "Watts with Round Robin only a head farther back. The opener introduced the usual dash for youngsters and on this occasion Golden Lynn easily proved her superiority. She was away slowly but raced all around the others and beat home Little Jimmy, which had been backed with rare confidence, Try Again, the early leader, finished in third place. The ! claiming brigade was active here, the winner j being taken by M. Shapoff at a cost of ,500 ! and the same amount was paid by Henius and Earl for Stay On. The latter was well sold at the price. Golden Lynn appears well worth that paid for her. BATTLE SHOT SENSATIONALLY. i The newcomer. Battle Shot, was given considerable consideration in the second race and he made good in somewhat sensational fashion after being apparently out of it for he was a distant follower until the last half mile where he began moving up steadily and the final eighth found him engaged in a stren-!uous battle with the leader Kufiya. The latter tired in the last seventy yards and the "good thing" won by a short neck. Kufiya was a good distance before Ebony Belle. ! Lavinia, a pronounced favorite, that Earl .Pool rode, secured a purse for R. L. Baker when she won out after a hard tilt with the j suddenly improved Bessie Leighton. The latter moved into contention with a rush j soon after the start and it took Pools best I effort to shake her off in the last sixteenth, f Lavinia ultimately winning by a length. I Corto just managed to outstay Voogeria for ; third place. f The closing race found some fairly good ! platers engaged and it enabled Mary Ellen O. jto triumph over Betsinda with Hoy in third place. Soldier II., was a staunchly backed ono here, but his helpless rider was totally t at a loss what to do in the race, resulting in Soldier IL being far out of it at the start and j f inishing a distant last. Hoy might have been a serious factor but for Montgomerys action on Plus Ultra of interfering with him several times. Soldier II. found a new owner after the race, W. F. Knebelkamp j claiming him for ,000. H, Jn the event that good weather prevails during tho final week at Hawthorne larger crowds are expected daily as there appears Jio diminuation in interest in the sport as the closing days of the meeting draw near, f A dispatch from Springfield, Ohio, an-nouaced the death of Stewart Hunts mother.
