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RACINGS GREATEST TESTIMONIAL TREMENDOUS CROWD Gathers at Hawthorne Despite the Unpropitious Weather. Croupier, at Home in the Sloppy Going, Scores Impressively in Morris Handicap. 1 As a further proof, or, as a matter of fact, as absolute proof, that Chicago in general favors racing, a gathering of slightly over 20,000 was present at Hawthorne for the second Saturdays racing of the meeting. It was feared by many that the rain during the forenoon would spoil the afternoons racing from an attendance standpoint. However, this fear proved unfounded, as the above figures show. Rain the first encountered during the meeting began falling early Friday night and continued intermittently until noon Saturday. However, Chicagoans refused to let such a little thing as rain interfere with their pleasure, and shortly after the noon hour they were on their way to Hawthorne. As the Saturday half-holiday hereabouts doe3 not begin until 1 p. m. for a great many, they naturally missed the early trains to the track and did not reach the course in time for the opening race. The track got a good soaking and horses with a known penchant for sloppy going found favor in the eyes of the public. Saturdays program was given mostly to the help of the U. S. Remount Service, the following United States army officers joining Major E. O. Trowbridge to assist in the demonstration, which was held between races during the afternoon. Major General George Bell, Jr., Sixth Corps area; Colonel C. E. Hawkins, U. S. Remount Quartermaster Corps, and Sergeant Sam Woodfill, the "worlds greatest" hero. A musical program was arranged for the afternoon under the direction of director Banks Creiger of the Washington Park Band. The entire grandstand was draped with Old Glory and it was truly a patriotic day at Hawthorne race course. OLD KUKLUX DANGEROUS. The Morris Handicap, the fourth and feature race of the afternoon, was delayed by the army officers addresses. The sky began darkening before the race and it was barely possible to distinguish colors at the far turn. The race was at a distance of one mile and seventy yards, for three-year-olds and over, for a purse of ,000. A field of five well-matched horses met in it and after a brilliant stretch battle between Croupier, a son of Dick Finnell Alice Baird, with the popular Russian E. Petzoldt in the saddle, and C. W. Halls seven-year-old Kuklux, under R. Doyle, the former was returned victorious by a safe margin. The speedy Coyne was the early pacemaker and for a time threatened to run away with the race. Kederis sent him to the front with the rise of the barrier and Coyne soon had a lead of several lengths. He maintained his advantage until reaching the stretch, where he began to tire in the sloppy going, his heavy weight beginning to tell on him. It was at this point that Croupier challenged and soon displaced the favorite. Then came Kuklux with his bid for first honors, but after a hard stretch battle he was forced to surrender to Croupier, the latter drawing clear at the end. ANOTHER FOR W. C. WEANT. The opening race of the afternoon, a maiden dash for two-year-olds at five-eighths, which was run in 1:07, was a fair test of the track condition for the remainder of the card. W. C. Weants well-bred Dr. McArthur, chestnut son of Leo Skolny Bachelors Blend, under the skillful ride of jockey J. Kederis, triumphed over Fernandos from the J. L. Keating stable when jockey J. Singleton was caught napping during the stretch running and allowed Dr. McArthur to win by a neck. My Lorraine, the J. Allgyer youngster, saved much ground on the turns and finished a fast-going third. ; Eris, even under the energetic E. Petzoldt, was unable to reach the leaders. A field of ten starters faced the barrier in the second contest of the afternoon, a claiming race, for four-year-olds and over, at three-quarters of a mile, in which E. Sterrett3 Carl Roberts, nine-year-old son of Gen. Roberts Janice Marian, outgamed E. L. Fitz- 1 geralds Different Eyes, ridden by E. Petzoldt, in a hotly contested stretch battle. Walter ! H. Pearce, under jockey E. Owen, saved a lot of ground and finished a fast-going third. Continued on sixteenth pajo. r i i 1 i j i " 1 1 i i 1 1 ; 1 1 1 i ; 1 ! , TREMENDOUS CROWD Continued from first page. War Pennant, sharing favoritism with Different Eyes, dropped back badly after reaching the stretch turn. Cavalcadour II., from the C. Irby stable, came from far behind to finish fourth. Early scratches cut the field for the third race from a field of thirteen to eight starters, thp best mud runners being left to battle it out for the one mile and seventy yards. After a little bad post performance on the part of Desert Rose, starter Miller sent the field away in" perfect alignment. Grayssian, the bay son of Hessian Dorothy Gray, a well-supported one, ran well up to the stretch, where he took the lead over Friz and won by a short margin. Walk Up, four-year-old daughter of Cock o the Walk Kedean II., under E. Petzoldts able ride, was a fast-going third with a wide margin over Madge F., which held the others safe. A field of four faced the barrier in the fifth race of the afternoon, a claiming affair at five and a half furlongs, for all ages, in which Harry B., from the Cain and Sanford establishment, was victor. He was ridden by E. Petzoldt and it was the second victory of the day for the leading Hawthorne rider. Harry B. was extensively supported and he had a safe margin from Buddie Kean at the end. Belle of Elizabethtown finished third, while Incognance, the only other starter, was left at the post The closing race of the afternoons program had a field of six starters and furnished a thrilling encounter during the early running. It was another claiming affair, at a mile and a half distance, the longest race of the meeting to date, for .three-year-olds and over, which resulted in S. Jones Tokalon March, eight-year-old bay son of Marchmont II. Tokalon, winning in a canter, with a wide gap separating him from the nearest contender, Bill Hunley, owned by the Syndicate Stable and ridden by C. P. Phillips. Black Watch II., five-year-old son of Mac-donald II. Black Venus, finished a game thirrl
