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BIG CROWD WITNESSES INAUGURAL AT HAWTHORNE -a ; Princess Camelia Surprises in Cascades Purse and Pays Long Price My Boss Scores in Opening Race by Spectacular Stretch Rush Postscript Outstays Albane by Narrow Margin in Third CICERO, 111., July 31. Hawthorne, the popular local course of the Chicago Business Mens Racing Association, this afternoon opened its gates for a large and representative crowd for the inauguration of its annual summer meeting of thirty days. Keen enthusiasm was shown by the throng, comparable to the largest for the same day in the past several years. Despite an absence from colors of the top not.chers, the races were all sharply contested and there was a big surprise for many in the large gathering 3 when Princess Camelia, the four-year-old daughter of Royal Canopy and Sunmelia, sprinted to victory in the Cascades Purse, the principal attraction. She brought the silks of Mrs. John Marsch, of Chicago, to the finish of the six and one-half furlongs just a scant head before the Audley Farms Bright Shadow and Karl Eitel, racing for J. J. Coaghlin, was third. Springsteel, which was expected to prove the one to beat, failed badly, and at the end of the race,, was next to last in the field of eight. POOLS STRONG RIDE. Under an alert and strong ride by the veteran Earl Pool, the winner led her rivals throughout and the clever manner in which Pool saved her on the turn, stood her in good stead as Bright Shadow pressed her closely and stubbornly in the final three-sixteenths. They fought it out well in the van of Karl Eitel, which, after falling back slightly on the turn, came on in steady fashion in the stretch. After forcing the winners pace to the stretch. Merrily On tired badly, while the others offered little to disturb the leaders. The winner was badly neglected in the betting and those who backed the locally-owned filly received a straight return of slightly better than 24 to 1. Princess Camelia ran the distance in 1:18, which is within one-fifth of a second of the track record. With two of the six comprising the original field unable to fill the engagement, the companion feature, or Del Prado Purse, had to be declared off and the substitute race arranged engaged six distance platers at one mile and one-sixteenth. Gaillardia, racing for C. E. Davison, accounted for the substitute and it was a popular score, the victorious five-year-old going to the post at short odds. He won all the way and at the finish was two and one-half lengths before Reverberate, which was second throughout and a length in front of Oaten at the end. Curtsey, Old Bill and Harum Scarum completed the field. SNAPLOCK IN FRONT. With J. Westrope permitting Through Omond to weave badly in the final quarter, where he cut off Gramarye, the favorite, as the latter started through on the inside, " Snaplock succeeded in winning the sixth race, also over one mile and one-sixteenth. The victor set his own pace and won by a good length and one-half as Through Omond outlasted the unlucky Gramarye by a neck. Through Omond was the runner-up throughout and Gramarye was never out of third place. Fourth money went to Old Judge. In the first race, for maiden two-year-old colts and geldings, J. D. Weils My Boss, one of the choices, raced from a good distance back in the stretch run to win in thrilling fashion over Dogmata, Scotch Pepper and nine others. The distance was five and one-half furlongs and the close of the short contest found the winner only a half length before Dogmata, which held a similar advantage over Scotch Pepper. The latter tired badly after reaching the closing eighth far in front and both the winner and runner-up drew past him in the closing fifty yards. Round Table, the favorite, was unable to reach a contending position, a loss of ground being too much for him to overcome. J. D. Mikel furnished the winner of the six and one-half furlongs second race in Lamp Black, which led throughout and was three-quarters of a length in the van of Etcetera at the finish. The latter raced well from a slow start and, holding on in im- Continued on twentu-secand nnnej BIG CROWD WITNESSES HAWTHORNE INAUGURAL Continued from first page. proved fashion, was a threat right to the finish. He took second place by a neck from Pollys Folly, and Princess Carolyn was fourth in the field of ten. Postscript, the Polymelian Esert filly, scored her second win in successive starts under J. V. Stewarts colors when she outran Albane, Esperanto and eight other two-year-olds in the third race. The youngsters, brought together under claiming conditions, raced five furlongs and the winner, ridden by Joe Renick, was some three lengths be fore Albane at the finish. Renick brought her from behind the early leaders and after heading Albane in the stretch, drew away rapidly as the latter held second safe from the resolute Esperanto. Cabouse which shared favoritism with the winner and tired in the final drive, was fourth to pass the judges.
