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HEAVY TRACK RACING Overnight Rains at Fairmount . Thoroughly Drench Course. : Associated Freight Agents Purse Goes to Cloud Idolizer -Close Finishes Feature Races. . COLLINSVILLE, 111., June 21. Heavy going prevailed for todays running of the Fairmount Jockey Clubs program of racing at Fairmount Park, overnight rains haying flooded the course. High caliber sport- wsts the order throughout the afternoon, however, close finishes being plentiful, while surprises were numerous. Cloud Idolizer, son of "War Cloud Adeliza, three-year-old colt, which races for the Pen-thorn Stable, carried the .green and white silks .of. his owner, M. Shields, to a well ac-compished victory in the main event, styled the Associated Freight Agents Purse, fifth on the card. The race was at one mile and brought a small but select field of five to the post. Greyface again raced in improved form and accounted for second place, while- W. J. Salmons Ennui, the favored one, landed in third place, beating home Montello and Beau Galant, the other two contestants. Montello was briefly in the lead during the first quarter of the mile ; thereafter Greyface assumed command to the final turn. Montello continued to race well up, while Cloud Idolizer was under restraint in third position. Ennui and Beau Galant were well back and seemingly outpaced in the going for the first three-quarters. Entering the stretch, Cloud idolizer, after having closed up a small gap which existed between himself and the leader, came with a strong challenge in the middle of the track and, wearing down Greyface, the leader, near the last eighth, Cloud Idolizer then took the lead, but was ridden out to score under strong urging, but by a margin of two lengths over Greyface. JlltS. HOOTS COLORS. Mrs. li. M. Hoots Beggar Boy showed a great liking for the heavy going and defeated a band of maiden three-year-olds entered in the opening race, a dash of three-quarters. W. J. Salmons Salutation proved second best and accounted for second place verdict, while A. L. Kirbys The Captain wound up third. Beggar Boy was a choice, being backed to the exclusion of the others when they went to the post The Captain gave the backers of the favorite some anxious moments in the first half of the race when, in displaying much speed in the going, The Captain quickly raced away into a six-lengths lead going up the back stretch. However, he tired rapidly after going a half mile, and Beggar Boy, coming with a great rush in the stretch, was able to easily overhaul him, and went on to win as his rider pleased. Jockey F. Armstrong rode the winner. Murky carried E. McCuanes colors to victory In another three-quarters mile dash, landing in advance of W. M. Cains Gay Hallie. Gay Hallie finished fast in second place, before J. C. Gillems slow-starting Flames, which finished fast near the end, taking the minor end of the purse. The favored one was Martha Boos, but the latter did not show her best form and, seemingly outpaced, was never a very formidable contender. Murky displayed the most speed at all stages but had to be urged in the last eighth, tiring somewhat, and was endangered by the strong challenges of Gay Hallie. Flames was far back in the early stages but, closing a gap quickly, finished right in the wake of the leaders, and would have won at a longer distance. McCULLOCH MAKES GOOD. - After several unsuccessful attempts, Harned Bros.s McCulloch finally won a purse, when ho defeated some good ones in the third race, at a mile and a sixteenth. The diminutive jockey H. Philpot made It two wins in a row for himself, he having previously piloted Murky, the winner of the second race. Philpot had McCulloch home a winner by three lengths, defeating C. Graffagninis Har-ras, which, in turn, got up in the final strides to head C. Irbys High Prince for second place. High Prince challenged the leading McCulloch In the stretch, coming to the middle of the track, and looked in a fair way to overhaul the leader, but failed to do so when he suddenly tired inside the last eighth. Overdraft was installed the favorite but, after setting the early pace, tired badly and finished well beaten in fourth place. W. M. Cains Aviator again provided the upset in the two-year-old race, the Alton Day Purse, narrowly defeating E. E. Majors Governor Seth in the last strides of a hard stretch drive. Homewood finished gamely in third place, Elevate and Shasta Klan were the other two badly beaten starters. The race was. pretty to witness, when all ran In almost perfect alignment to the first turn-of the field, where Governor Seth and Aviator, racing on the outside seemingly came oyer suddenly and sharply, Homewood being forced back between them, while Elevate, racing on the Inside, suffered severe crowd- Continued on twentieth page. HEAVY TRACK RACING Continued from first page ing at this stage. Aviator and Governor Seth were left to fight it out strenuously between them, the former getting the decision, finishing on the inside at the end and was only up in the last stride to head Governor Seth. Alton Day at Fairmount brought out a crowd of which a very goodly number were from the "city of bluffs." Mayor T. W. Butler headed the party and, with Dr. P. A. Schaffer, occupied the stewards stand as guests during the running of the Alton Day Purse, the fourth on the- program. After its finish, Mayor Butler presented a floral blanket to the winning horse, a loving cup to the owner and a wrist watch to the winning rider. As an added attraction, tho famous Alton band played during the afternoon.
