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t v il in 1 n f ti s t t c , J 1 1 j , . 1 1 , i J . i 1 REALISTS THIRD STRAIGHT t 1 Jockey Austin Returns to Saddle After Illness and Pilots Feature Winner. OMAHA, Neb., June 21. -Realist scored his third consecutive victory at . the meeting; when he won from a good field of sprinters the fifth race, which was the best race on, the afternoons program at Ak-Sar-Ben Field, The winner was ridden by jockey Austin, who made his first appearance today after a long-siege of illness. The boy rode well, rating his mount to the stretch turn, then sending him after the others, to get up in the final strides. Gad was second and Better Luck third. The day was Ideal for the sport and the track was at its best. Parmelee finished fast in the stretch to win the initial race. Peterson was in the saddle and was mainly responsible for tho colts short price. Marjory Seth showed improvement and was second, while Frisk-away, an outsider, was third. The public overlooked Texas in the second race, but that did not stop him from winning, and his backers received the exceptionally large price of 7.80. Texas was off in front and was never headed, winning easily from Charles Whitney and Stay On. Ninotte, another long shot, was successful in the third. Kenneys set the pace, with Ninotte at her heels, but when the stretch was reached the latter proved best and scored handily. Kenneys was second and Platinum got third money. Jockey Peterson scored his second victory of the day when he brought his contract employers Beauty Star home in front of a small band of sprinters. B. Creech, owner of the filly, can thank jockey Trippys poor riding lor his victory. The latter was on Variation and apparently had the race won ten yards from the finish, but stopped riding. Peterson, hard at work on the Creech, filly, got up and took the purse in the last stride. Seths Premium finished third.
