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W OVERTON OVERTONE FIRST AGAIN AGAINThe Against The Edgewater Digester Stakes five and onehalf Neal fur ¬ longs for twoyearolds toeholds worth 1950 to the win ¬ ner near was the drawing card at Washington Park where all conditions for good racing obtained and a large crowd witnessed the contests contestsFor contests For the principal event of the day it was only natural that J W Schorrs Scorers W Overton Overtone should be the favorite On paper it looked as if Ken ¬ tucky tuck Colonel should give him a tussle that is could one adopting the methods of the handi hand appers appears throw out his last race when on July 1 he ran second to Onomastus Conformists Formero Former also was thought to have a chance should he recover his form of the early spring An added starter was Carter H Harrison Jr formerly Tu thill thrill a bay gelding owned by Ed Corrigan and California bred being by Watercress out of Lucille Murphy It was this two year olds first start and 15 to 1 was his price W Overton Overtone standing at 4 to 5 Formero Former at 2i to 1 and Ken tucky tuck Colonel at 4 to 1 When the change of name of Corrigans Corrigan gelding was announced in the betting ring the odds gradually lessened some saying Ed would not name a horse w than a good one after the mayor of Chi ¬ cagos cargos son while Jimmy McCormicks McCormick He will go well if he gets off was taken as a tip and 7 to 1 was the post price W Overton Overtone going up to 9 to 10 and Formero Former advancing to 3 to 1 And Carter H Harrison Jr ran well for a quarter of a mile and then stopped to a walk W Overton Overtone to a splendid start took command immediately and with Tommy Burns looking around after the straight was reached came home the easiest of winners Forme Fore ro was last the first quarter but beat Kentucky Colonel for place Carter H Harrison Jr was beaten off Found the 8 to 5 favorite for the first race at once went to the front and wqn wan pulled up after leading all the way Official always second was brought to a hard drive to beat Roger B who finished third King Bermuda was close up for fiveeighths firefights Cutter might have been third if not interfered with in the stretch Kriss Kiss Kringle Cringle a warm one and quickly backed down from 5 to 3 was beaten 100 yards Eoger Eager B was strongly backed all three ways waysAfamada Afamada Alameda the 7 to 5 favorite ridden as was Found by Clawson Lawson likewise never left hs back ¬ ers in doubt about the second race winning all the way Canace Cancel upon which filly little Jed Waldo Weald was up was as easily second the jockey nicely taking hold of her up the back stretch and sure of his position in the straight sitting still until the last fifty yards where he whipped like an old hand meantime keeping a good hold of the fillys fills head Hohonzollern last away to a good start was third Holland came through thb tb last quarter very fast and finished well up upFor UFO For the fourth time of the day the winner was apparent after the horses had covered the first quarter This time it was Willie Martin who shot the chutes asonBing stoning Binger Bringer he sailed quite away from the others from post to finish Libertine was always second Ballicoso Bellicose running him to a nose at the finish The favor ¬ ite bite somewhat bumped in going to the club house turn rounded into the back stretch the last of the bunch many lengths behind Bing Being Ginger Pinar Pindaric del Rio seemed to be in some other race so far behind was she Joe Ullman Pullman was beaten before the half was reached and pulled up absolutely Bishop Reed did lit ¬ tle tale better The betterThe better handicap was a sure enough horse ¬ race and the betting showed that the weights were well adjusted as far as public opinion goes Eugenia Wickes Wickets sprinted to the lead but was passed by Traverser Traverse after onehalf Neal mile had been run Here Floronso Florins was second and David Tenny Teeny third close up while Cherry Leaf fourth was two open lengths away Eugenia Wickes Wickets al ¬ ready beaten In the same order the last quar quark ¬ ter tear was reached Traverser Traverse will hang on to ¬ day went up and Bradleys Bradley horse still led to the north end of the betting ring Traverser Traverse was on the rail and between him and Floronso Florins appeared a small opening through which Skeets Skeet Martin brought David Tenny Teeny with a rush and Dunnes Dunes horse gaining with every stride was soon onehalf Neal length to the good David Tenny Teeny won Floronso Florins second Traverser Traverse third and the patrons of the track were de ¬ lighted with the race no matter what horhe chore had been bet on Enchanter for once got away in front and with Tartarian Agrarian in company led to the last three sixteenths where Hurly Burly always third passed on and won the race from Algol who fourth up the backstretch came next the rails on the turn Clawson Lawson took no chances but kept Burns from getting past him even had Algol had the speed which was lacking En ¬ chanter just beat Tartarian Agrarian for the show money Mazo Matzo got off well back and had no chance He was played to show by the stable boys In this race Hurly Burly beat the track record by one half second covering the 6 14 furlongs in 1 16 flat Clawson Lawson had five mounts all favorites and was first three times second once and third once onceIt conceit It was cut in day and twentythree twenty book mukors makers drew in for two days Marcus Cart wrights two books and Colonel W E Apple gates single were the newcomers while Dave Wright was forced to quit by reason of ill health healthOwner halftone Owner Landsberg Lindbergh has arrived from Fort Erie with Storm King Governor Sheehan and three other horses horsesFrom horses From Denver ten head of what are designated as a bad lot got in inThe inter The presence of George Thurman Human so many years with Marcus Cartwright Cartridge cheers his host of friends i iJudge Judge Judge Dooling Doling of Nashville came up from the south southMarcus southwards Marcus Cartwright Cartridge of Nashville the richest bookmaker of West or South arrived from Fort Erie yesterday on his way to Mackinac Mackinaw where with his wife he purposes to spend some weeks With him came fifteen people bookmakers clerks and their wives Among them being young Pesch Peach son of old Joe the celebrated St Louis poker player and Budd Buddy Langford Clangor of Nashville son of old man Langford Clangor who used to be with the eccentiic eccentric Burton Budd Buddy says that his father has retired from the turf for good and is keeping a grocery store in Nash ¬ ville vile where the well remembered Henry C Brown is keeping a poolroom Cartwright Cartridge put in two books at Washington Park today Pesch Peach and Redon Redo being the block men He said They have got too swift for me and I will lay off and let the boys see what they can do At St Louis this year I quit 17000 loser and a few thousand more was dropped at Fort Erie I sometimes feel like quitting the turf permanently Cart ¬ wright fifteen years ago was a butcher boy in Tennessee He always had a penchant for gambling and if a man wished to buy a quarter of beef Marcus would flip whether it was a whole half or nothing With John F Donovan lately deceased at St Louis he once at Wash ¬ ington Kingston Park tossed up a coin for 1500 a side and all through his long and honorable turf career has been a high roller His home is on one of the richest river farms of his native state
