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FAVORITES TRIUMPH Fairmount Park Choices Success L ful in Majority of Races Chester Handicap Falls to Blue Bluefish fish With Manzana Second Secondand and Ocean Current Third COLLINSVILLE 111 June 8 Racing was conducted at Fairmount Park this afternoon under ideal conditions for the sport warm BummerKke weather prevailing and a good program of races was conducted over a fast track A large midweek crowd was on hand to witness proceedings and was treated to a brand of the sport conducted along high grade lines Favorites and wellbacked choices accounted for a great number of the races making for a profitable afternoon for the followers of form Supported by the four less important races three good features were decided including the Burlington Trail Purse the Chester Handicap a claiming race and sixth on the card the Kirkwood Purse a condition affair The Chester Handicap came fifth on the program following the success of C D Pryors Anaconda in the Burlington Trail Purse and furnished one of the best races of the afternoon Bluefish took the measure of a small but select field of good ones over the mile and onesixteenth route Bluefish proved best in the last fivesixteenths of the long journey and was well in advance of Manzana at the end Manzana showed the way to Bluefish and the three other starters to the stretch but lost the lead to the ultimate winner and was forced to be content with savins second place Ocean Current got up in the final strides to down Edward Gray for third place Edward Gray was the favorite receiving slightly more public support than Manzana ManzanaTHRILLING THRILLING FINISH FINISHThe The Kirkwood Purse brought about the closest finish of the day and proved a real thriller It was another dash of three quarters Seven good ones started and pro ¬ vided a stirring contest It resulted in an ¬ other success for J B Respess and Polk Laffoons Busy American colt Hornsby which narrowly defeated the Audley Farm Stables Purple Pirate when L Pichon who had the leg up on the winner outrode Legere the latter upon Purple Pirate in the final seventy yards of a furious drive driveH H T Archibalds Candy Star showed one of her good efforts and wound up in third place placeHornsby Hornsby had an advantage racing on the inside most of the way enabling him to save ground and allowing him to slowly wear down Purple Pirate and poke his nose in front as they flashed past the finish finishRepeating Repeating her recent good winning effort E McCuans Queen Clara again sprinted to Victory in the introductory race of three quarters getting home slightly in advance of Chesterbrook while the latter safely out linished Harry B for second place Run dark was the early pacemaker with Queen Clara Post Mistress Kindred and Chester brook among the first division Harry B was a laggard at the start and raced far out of it to the stretch After making the final turn Rundark tired Queen Clara tak ¬ ing command Post Mistress also tired and dropped out of it Queen Clara held her lead to the end and managed to outstay Chesterbrook by a neck while Harry B finally managed to get going at his best an eighth out and soon disposed of the others to take the minor award Queen Clara en ¬ joyed the bulk of the public support being beingOUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING SURPRISE The outstanding surprise of the afternoon came with the running of the second race under claiming conditions for maiden two yearolds The lightly supported White Seal racing in the Penthorn Stables colors displayed the most speed and was in the lead virtually from the start to score handily from Greta Sister Maggie and the nine others which started Jockey I Hale had the winner away well and took command to show the way to the others at all stages and seemed to have much in reserve at the finish Greta one of the field horses was away slowly but worked her way up steadily and sprinted up into second place in the last seventy yards Sister Maggie outfinished the others H P Headleys Uncle Boot was sup ¬ posedly a good thing ruling a heavily backed favorite but could do no better than third place placeE E McCuans Pocket Molise wellbacked favorite had a comparatively easy time of it in the third race a dash of threequarters which brought eight good sprinters to the post He led for the entire distance and had a considerable margin over Alex Woodliffe at the finish The latter held second place safe virtually from the start while third place was the award of Spanish Star Spots which figured strongly here was a keen sufferer at the start being almost hopelessly left when he became tangled up in the webbing and was the last to leave Jockey R Patriquin piloted Continued on twentieth pace FAVORITES TRIUMPH Continued from first page I the winner his second winning mount of the afternoon having previously ridden E Mc Cuans Queen Clara to victory in the first race His successful riding of Pocket Mouse in the third thereby chalked up a double for E McCuans horses for the day dayThe The Burlington Trail Claiming Purse fourth on the card and another threequarters mile i race was a real thriller in which C G Pryors Anaconda also a wellregarded fa ¬ vorite ultimately won by a safe margin from C A Coyles Alborak in second place while Harned Brothers Estin garnered the minor end of the purse The race was a nipandtuck affair the field racing closely grouped to the final turn Booze Beyer showed in front to that stage with a display of the most early speed Anaconda was j always in striking distance of the pace ¬ maker and coming with a resolute challenge in the stretch raced into the leacl and held sway to the finish Alborak and Estin both came from behind in the last seventy yards to take down the minor placings
