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ANACONDA IN FRONT First in American Legion Handicap Fairmount Park. Jockey T. Boot Riding Star of Day With Three Winners, Including Feature Race of Afternoon. COLLINS VILLE. 111., June 14. The American Legion Handicap featured Flag Days offering, provided by the Fairmount Jockey Club, at the southwestern Illinois course. The feature race was named in honor of the Legion, while the fourth race, which served . as a supplementary attraction, was named for the United States Veterans. Improved weather conditions and high-grade racing served as a magnet to bring forth a good attendance to Fairmount Parle. The American Legion Handicap, for a purse of ?1,200, accompanied by a silver trophy, presented by Alton Post No. 12 of the American Legion, went to owner C. D. Pryor when his good four-year-old sprinter Anaconda trimmed E. E. Majors Take a Chance, and Harned Bros. Reputation, which finished second and third, respectively, while S.. Louis Lounger and C. Wessingers Huntsman were the unplaced starters which brought up in the rear at the termination of the three-quarters dash. - Anaconda, always a forward factor and, coming to the outside of the leading Take a Chance and Reputation, after entering the stretch, wore them down and outgamed them in a hard drive which ensued throughout the final eighth. Reputation set the pace to the stretch turn, closely pressed by Take a Chance. The latter then assumed a brief lead and momentarily appeared the winner, but Anaconda was still to be reckoned with and, coming with a terrific rush, wore down Take a Chance, and got up to outfinish him just as they flashed by the imaginary wire. TItOPIIY FOR EIDER. Jockey T. Root, became the riding star of the afternoon, for the lad, after having ridden the winners of the third and fourth races, was also astride Anaconda, and gave the latter fine handling. Jockey Root was also the recipient of trophies presented to him by the U. S. Veterans Hospital of Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and also the American Legion. Mrs. W. F. Meehans Greyface showed startling improvement and apparently was put to no great effort in taking the measure of the lowly band of three-year-olds which made up the field in the first, a dash of three-quarters. Greyface got to the finish under restraint, landing three lengths in advance of C. Irbys Shasta Love, the latter outfinishing the Wild Rose Farms Cheval for second place. Fallen Leaf was far in the lead for the first half, but gave it up thereafter, finishing well beaten. Shasta Love was a well-backed favorite, but was a laggard in the early stages. j Considerable interference was offered several of the starters, when a nasty spill occurred at the quarter-mile post. Eva M., racing in close quarters on the inside, suddenly went down, throwing jockey C. Yates clear in a hard fall. Trevis was unable to avoid the fallen filly and, striking her headlong, fell over her, throwing jockey T. Hale. Aside from a slight shaking up, neither of the riders was seriously hurt, but both were fortunate to escape serious injury in the melee which ensued directly after the spill. VICTORY FOR II. T. ARCHIBALD. . An allowance race for. maiden two-year-old fillies brought out a field of nine likely looking youngsters for a dash of five-eighths. Several first-time .starters were included in the group and two of this class accounted for both first and second money. Arch Duchess, a filly from the H. T. Archibald barn, snowing the way to her other opponents virtually from the start, took the purse, after staging an interesting duel with Joyous, from the Audley Farm Stable, the greater part of the journey. The Missouri Stables Betty Browning took the minor award, outfinishing the favorite, Greta, the latter not proving formidable in the heavy going which existed. W. M. Cains astonishing six-year-old plater Louisville and Nashville, after having previously scored four successive wins at the meeting, increased his score to five straight victories, when he downed the fair band of sprinters which were engaged in the third race. The good apprentice boy, jockey T. Root, piloted the veter4n racer in fine style and, refraining from indulging in the pace set by the early leaders, came with reserved strength and challenged at the last quarter, wearing the leaders down gradually. He caught and passed Post Mistress midway of the stretch and held her safe in a hard drive. The winners backers profited handsomely when he was overlooked in the betting In favor of Pocket Mouse, which ruled a heavy favorite, but the latter was unable 4to finish better than fourth in the field of ten. Post Mistress, though unable to cope With the winners final determined challenge. ANACONDA IN FRONT Continued from first page held on gamely to the end and outf inished the others for second place. Chick Up easily bested the tiring favorite. Pocket Mouse, for third position. Jockey T. Root came further into the limelight when he brought Villager from far back in the stretch and daringly rode his mount up alongside the inner rail, saved much ground, and got up in the closing fifty yards to win going away from Sweep-NeL Open Fire and the four other starters which competed in the fourth race, at one mile. Ruth Gold flattered by leading the others safely for the first three-quarters, but she tired fast thereafter. Sweepstakes and Chief Sabattus, the latter the favorite, were other prominent early factors in this contest, but both faded badly after going a half i mile. J
