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FREQUENT SURPRISES Outsiders Victorious in Majority of Collinsville Races. Victories of Martha Washington and Swizzle and Armstrongs Riding Outstanding Incidents. COLLINSVILLE, 111., June 27. Today was a day of surprises at Fairmount Park, the principal one of which resulted in the fifth, the Belleville Purse, an allowance race at one mile, the outstanding attraction of the afternoon. In it the colors of Wl J. Salmon were carried to a convincing victory by the five-year-old mare Martha Washington, a daughter of Brown Prince II. Piloted by jockey L. Schaefer, she took into camp such good ones as Fitzgerald and Pattersons Dr. Cardenas and the Capital Stables Happy Bob, which took second and third places, respectively. There were but six starters Ruane, Agnes Call and the beaten-off Adieu being in the wake up the three placed ones. Martha Washingtons good performance was anticipated by few, and her admirers were paid a handsome dividend for having placed their confidence in her chances. Dr. Cardenas was the most in demand, and went to the post a strong favorite, while there was much support and nearly an equal amount of backing for Agnes Call, Ruane and Happy Bob. HARD FOUGHT CONTEST. The race was exceedingly hard fought, for the winner, Dr. Cardenas, Happy Bob, Ruane and Agnes Call raced closely bunched and lapped one another for the first three-quarters of the mile, while Martha Washington was a couple of lengths behind them. On entering the stretch, there were but two lengths separating Dr. Cardenas and Martha Washington, the former in the lead while Martha Washington was racing in fifth position, headed also by Happy Bob, Ruane and Agnes Call. Nearing the last eighth, Schaefer shook the mare up and she gamely ipassed the leaders one by one and reaching Dr. Cardenas, seventy yards out, soon wore him down, outfinishing him by a length in a sparkling finish. Dr. Cardenas just lasted to take second place by a matter of inches over Happy Bob, the latter holding on well -to the finish, while Ruane and Agnes Call tired and gave up right at the end. Jockey F. Armstrong carried off the riding honors for the afternoon, scoring a triple when he piloted the winners of the first three races on the program. Another large crowd turned out this afternoon to witness a good program of races con-, ducted over a fast track with ideal weather conditions prevailing. The daily race for maiden two-year-olds ushered in the sport and the afternoons first .favorite met defeat, when the Missouri Stables Betty Browning was easily beaten, .finishing In. fifth place. G. W. Hursts Char Lady, also a well-fancied one, proved the vic- . tress here, when she got home well in advance of her nearest rival to take down her .owners first purse in some time. No Quarter was second, while C. A. Coyles My Sister ran a remarkable race to finish in third place, racing in a manner that suggested, had the race been five and a half furlongs in place of the five-eighths distance, she would probably have been the winner. Jockey F. Armstrong had the leg up on the winner and rode well, which contributed to Char Ladys sparkling success. THREE FOR ARMSTRONG. After scoring a double, by riding the winners of the first and second races, jockey F. Armstrong came back and converted his double into a triple when he piloted one for his contract employer, H. E. Brown, owner of the H. E. Brown Stock Farm Stable, and he had that stables Swizzle home a surprise winner of the third race, at one mile. The diminutive Armstrong, a lightweight rider, used daring tactics to bring Swizzle home successfully, riding his mount along the Inner rail, saving much ground throughout the mile, which eventually gave him the advantage Of coming through on the inside in the stretch to pass the tiring pacemaker, Sieg Margon and Seldom Seen, and Swizzle, urged by Armstrong, got up in the last strides to vanquish Seldom Seen for the purse. Seldom Seen, after following the pace set by Sieg Margon to the stretch, held on gamely to the end and landed in second place, slightly before H. T. Archibalds Candy Rock, a strong favorite. Candy Rocks performance was much the best when, under poor handling, he was allowed to drop far back in the early stages, but worked his way up steadily, closing a big gap on the leaders, and finishing fast in the Jast eighth, which suggested that under a stronger rider. Candy Rock would have justified the confident support placed in him and probably would have been an easy winner. . E. Lutz broke into the winning column for the first time since his arrival when his Continued on twentieth page. FREQUENTJURPRISES Continued from first page filly Grapestone, capably ridden by jockey F. Armstrong, accounted for the second race, a dash of three-quarters. J. Whalens Miss Maggie showed one of her best efforts and was second, while third place fell to Alex. Woodliffe. Grapestones victory was another in which the riding of jockey Armstrong was a factor, and Grapestone, slow to get started, was well back of the leaders at the far turn, seemingly outpaced. But Armstrong then went to work on his mount and, bringing her through on tb.e inside on the last two turns, saved much ground entering the j stretch, and quickly closing the gap between himself and the leaders, brought Grapestone to the outside and, wearing down the tiring leaders, drew inside the last seventy yards to an easy victory. The United States Veterans Purse, a condition affair, at five and a half furlongs, fourth on the card, resulted in another win for H. T. Archibalds Sweepanola, which defeated E. E. Majors Governor Seth in a close and exciting finish, while E. J. OConnells favored Low Gear wound up in third place, having no excuses. After the finish of the race, named in honor of the disabled veterans, over two hundred of them the guests of the Fairmount Jockey Club, also the staff and attaches at Jefferson Barracks veterans hospital, the winning rider, jockey R. G. McDermott, was presented by a committee representing the veterans with a silver loving cup, as a mo-mento of the occasion.
