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COLD DRIZZLING RAIN Fails to Discourage the Chicago Lovers of Thoroughbreds. Crowd at Hawthorne of Good Size Despite Disagreeable Weather Mud Runners to Fore. Another miserable day. Shortly after the noon hour a cold drizzling rain began to fall and continued for the remainder of the aft-crnnoon. However, it failed to discourage the thoroughbred lovers of Chicago and a gathering of goodly proportions wended its way to the old Hawthorne course. The opening race of the afternoon was run through a drizzling rain on the heaviest track of the meeting to date. It was a two-year-old claiming dash of five-eighths witli a field of six starters facing the barrier. Jockey E. Petzoldt started off the afternoon with a victory on Eris, a daughter of Thunderer Lethe from the M. Goldblatt stable, defeating My Lorraine. The latter set the pace to the stretch, but was unable to withstand the winners challenge at the end. Anita K., ridden by H. S. Jones, was pulled up shortly twenty yards from the barrier, costing her much ground. However, she ran a brilliant race at the end and came from far behind to finish a fast-going third. Scratches narrowed the field down to seven starters in the second race of the afternoon, which resulted in the brilliant victory of the public choice, E. L. Fitzgeralds Different Eyes, under the good riding of jockey A. Pickens, who hustled the winner to the front at the start and kept him there to win by five lengths. Perch was second, tiring badly at the end. He just managed to save second place from the fast finishing Railbird, under J. Carroll. Bonero Blue and Scarpia II. ran good races in the going, but were unable to gain on the leaders. DAI PROVES VICTORIOUS. The third race of the day brought together the largest field, with ten well-matched thoroughbreds facing the barrier for the five and one-half furlongs contest under claiming conditions for three-year-olds and over. It resulted in the Baxter and Stubbs Stables Dad, chestnut son of Vandergrift Oseetah, ridden by J. Kederis, proving victorious after being held in reserve for the first part of the race and won going away from M. Goldblatts Whippet at the finish. The latter raced Rivulet into defeat, but was unable to keep pace with Dad when J. Kederis released him from restraint. Rivulet was excessively used in setting the pace and tired when entering the stretch. Another large field faced the starter in the fourth race, a claiming contest for three-year-olds and over, at five and a half furlongs, which resulted in W. C. Weants War Winner, ridden by J. Kederis, coming from behind with a sudden rush in the last eighth to triumph over Mary G., from the stable of L. M. Reuter, by a safe margin. War Pennant, another mud lark, was a game con- tender after setting the pace to the last eighth post. Melody Man, ridden by R. Doyle, had some early speed, but dropped : back steadily after reaching the three-quarter post, to finish fourth, with a wide gap sep-r arating him from the remainder of the field. I BUCKBOARD LIKES THE GOLXG. 5 The fifth race at one mile and seventy yards was won by Buckboard, eight-year-old son of Aeronaut Bettie Bouncer, from the - H. Simmons establishment, under E. Fctz- - oldt, making the second victory of the after-5 noon for this rider. Christie Holters, owned by E. E. Sterrett and ridden by R. Doyle, - was a close contender throughout, but could - not overtake the leader, though finishing a I- game second. Miss Prosperity got the short 5 end of the purse by coming from far back in the stretch and finishing with great speed, s Madge F. showed good speed in the early s stages, but tired badly at the end. t The final race of the afternoon at threo-1 quarters for a purse of ,000 for three-year-e olds and over brought together six superior mud runners, and after a perfect getaway r Jacobina scored in runaway fashion under a Doyles energetic riding. Delhimar ran well 1 to finish second, holding Bill Blackwcll safe . after a hard stretch drive. Disregarding cold and rainy weather e conditions 150 crippled world war veterans a from the Speedway Hospital enjoyed the aft-y ernoon program as guests of the Illinois . Jockey Club. Luncheon and dinner was , served for the wounded guests in the clubhouse restaurant. Herbert S. Mosher, assistant general superintendent of the Pinkerton National De- tective Agency, which has charge of tho e policing at Hawthorne, did a clever piece of e work yesterday afternoon, when he picked 0 up "Cuttie" Moran, nationally known thief from San Francisco before he had a chanca to look over the situation.
