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CORONEL A SURPRISE Scores at Long Odds in Sensational Style at Homewood. Comes From Rear With Terrific Rush to Great Delight of Fortunate Backers. HOMEWOOD, HI., June 17. The La Bra Stable furnished the surprise at Washington Park Friday when its Coronel, an extreme outsider and paying the longest price of any winner during this meeting, came like a shot through the last sixteenth to register a victory over Miss Fire and four other youngsters that started in the fifth race. . At one stage during the race Coronel was in last place and seemingly hopelessly out of it, but saving much ground, while several of the other contenders were ridden wide, enabled him to get in close proximity to Miss Fire, the leader, and in the final sixteenth continuing in game style, while she began weakening, affording him opportunity to flash into the lead seventy yards from the finish and win going away. There must have been considerable support for him, judging by the volume of noise that greeted tfee posting of 3.60 against him for a investment Isostasy was the favored one in the race, but Pool gave him a bungling ride and the colt lost much ground when he was raced wide all during the stretch running. TODAYS ORDINARY CARD. An ordinary program was offered racing patrons this afternoon, but a surprisingly good attendance was on hand to view the sport. The rains during the night converted the course to a slow state, but .it did not affect the racing to any degree. Several of the finishes were close enough to suit the most exacting. The introductory dash by two-year-olds furnished an upset when True Pal went down to defeat and failed to get a portion of the purse. His failure was in the main due to his inability tij be away on even terms with the others. He had an inner position and when the assistant starter released him he seemed to be at a loss and was quickly put back. He showed a winner performance and closed a good gap to finish stronger than the leaders, Barber John and Honeynook, two that were off forwardly and dominated the running throughout, with Barber John coming with a rush near the end to outstay Honeynook. Fair Lark having a clear course all the way, finished in third place, just beating True Pal. The latter was a pronounced favorite. The Blumfield Stable continues its successes and added the purse in the fourth race to its credit when Tyrol, favorite, led for the entire distance and beat home Forehead and Pat Field. At one stage Tyrol threatened to make it a runaway race and assumed a ten-length lead, but he began tiring in the stretch and in the last sixteenth had to be roused to outstay the fast-finishing Bedwell representative. Pat Field came from far back in the last quarter and finished with a rush. REST FIELD OF DAY. The best field of starters engaging during the afternoon came to the post in the sixth race, at one mile. It resulted in a victory for Bob Rogers, which is among the entries for the American Derby. He scored a lucky victory over Fair Wind. The latter suffered much interference at some stages in the race. Sixty finished in third place. Aregal, another Derby entry, was beaten off and never proved a serious contender. Jockey P. Herbert was declared to blame for the interference to Fair Wind and was suspended for five days by the stewards. The second race, in which a dozen platers of the cheap variety engaged, furnished a spirited finish when Adventuress just managed to outstay Keegan, with Idle Thoughts also close up. The final sixteenth found the trio driving hard with Adventuress lucky to last it out. Keegan was probably the best here, but he suffered some interference soon after the start and it probably cost him the race. Ponjola, the early leader, tired badly when urged hard in the last eighth. Colonel Schooler furnished the upset in tho third race when he just managed to outstay the extreme outsider. Mayor Behrman, for the purse, Bathilde Seth landing before the others. Mint Toddy was a well-backed one here, but he was away slowly, raced far out of it for the entire way and never figured at any stage. Best Friend moved into a long lead soon after the start, but he began shortening his stride soon after reaching the last eighth and tired badly right at the end. The winner raced steadily and strongly for the entire journey, but, at that, would have been beaten in a few more strides by Mayor Behrman. Bathilde Seth also would havo been more closer to the leaders but for racing wide at the stretch turn.
