And that, HondoNation, closes the barn door on this year’s version of Hondo At The Races, which ended with a loss by Rutherford B., who couldn’t find his way through the haze in the sixth at Belmont yesterday. Unfortunately the bad news didn’t end there as the Padres lost another one the hard way, causing the deficit to expand to 1,840 davalillos.

Tonight, he will tee off on the back nine with a 10-unit play on Tomlin and the Native Americans.

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Congrats to Conan O’Brien for receiving four Emmy nominations. He also agreed to split one with Dirty Dave Letterman in a category called: Talk Show Host Whining The Most About Getting Screwed By Jay Leno . . . A federal judge ruled John Edwards’ trial will begin in October, even though his lawyers said they needed more time. Apparently, Pretty Boy Edwards feels three months isn’t long enough to get his hair appropriately primped for the courtroom . . . From emailer Bob Fox: “All you do is constantly rip Hillary. Why don’t you ever bring up the fact that she is nice enough once a week to lend a pair of her pants to CC Sabathia when he pitches?”

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