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WATCH HIM IN FRONT Carries Mrs. J. D. Hertz Colors to - Victory in Hawthorne Feature. Field Horse, North Mill, Beats Ted Clark by Neck and Pays 5.96 for in Surprise Triumph. CICERO, 111., Aug. 24 Seven high class platers, the majority of them eligible for the "Governors Derby, to be decided at Springfield Saturday, met in the feature race at Hawthorne this afternoon, and Watch Him, bearing the colors of Mrs. John D. Hertz, raced to his second victory of the meeting. Piloted by jockey Earl Steff en, stable rider, the colt ran as if best and defeated Playdale, a. recent double winner, by two lengths. Rehoboth finished third and Yonkel was fourth. The distance was one and one-sixteenth miles and the winner was the favorite. Prom a good start, Rehoboth set out to make the pace and led by a good margin omder restraint down the back stretch. Watch Him was closest up and was also running under wraps. Rounding the stretch " turn Steffen moved with Watch Him and -the colt, passing Rehoboth with but little trouble, moved into a good lead and held sway to the finish. Playdale closed well, vhile Rehoboth was tiring. The Hawthorne management was again favored with good weather and entertained a large .Wednesday crowd. The track was fast. DROMBO GRADUATES. Drombo, a Chance Play colt from the Nevada Stock Farm, broke out of the ranks of the maidens when he scored in a close finish in the opening race: Leading throughout, the youngster took the measure of the favorite, Michigan Lad, while Swinhaven, sandwiched in between the first two near the end, was a close up and fast finishing third. It is probable that Swinhaven was best, but he encountered more than his share of adversity after entering the stretch and the interference killed his chances. A field "of twelve went postward and C. Landolt was the winning rider. Nusakan, seven-year-old sprinter from the stable of J. D. Mikel, fooled the public in the second race by defeating eleven rivals. Keeping pace with Tombereau in the early stages, Nusakan drew away when the fainthearted animal began to tire and jockey C. King kept him goinj long enough to withstand the closing challenge of Wee Drop. The latter, usually a fast beginner, was slow to get going today, but closed a big gap. Panchio, the heavily backed favorite, was weakly handled and could do no better than be third after racing wide all the way. FIFTH STRAIGHT SUCCESS. The formec handicap star, Pigeon Hole, scored his fifth straight success in claiming ranks when he was victorious in the third race. The winner was rather fortunate today, however. Had Curmudgeon, which made the pace, not raced very wide at the ; stretch turn the event might have had a different ending. Curmudgeon, flashing to the front soon after the start, opened up a good lead on his rivals during the back stretch running and was racing under wraps when he got the better of the light jockey, H. L. Fischer, coming to the stretch turn. With the lad unable to hold him in, he raced to the outside fence and Pigeon Hole and White Legs slipped through next the rail to take first and second places, respectively. Curmudgeon saved third money. Pigeon Hole was a heavily backed favorite and paid but .08. Three outsiders battled it out for the honors in the fourth race and North Mill, a field representative, was the winner. The gelding, ably piloted by jockey G. Woolf, was placed in a prominent position soon after the start. After Ted Clark and Monks .Star, the favorite, had become exhausted from making the pace, North Mill came along to take command in the stretch and win drawing away. Ted Clark, after heading the field at the stretch turn, lasted to be second, while Snaplock finished third. The distance was five and one-half furlongs and the race was for two-year-olds exclusively. North Mill paid 5.96. Jockey Saunders, who has been riding rather timidly of late, finally put across a winner when he steered Shasta Star to success for his employer, L. T. Whitehill, in the sixth race. The mare was on top most of the way and won as she pleased from Wise Lee, while Foolhardy got third money. The distance was one and one-sixteenth miles.
