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HEAVY AT FAIRMOUNT ■ ♦ Rain Again Visits Collinsville and Track Becomes Difficult One. • Witchmount Furnishes Outstanding- Surprise by Defeating Medley in Feature Race. ♦ COLLINSVILLE. IlT., June 8— Overnight rains which drenched the track again at Fairmount Park caused a heavy track to prevail this afternoon and it resulted in the reduction of the number of starters in most of the races and small fields vent to the post in all of the contests with the exception of the opening race. The main attraction suffered particularly, with numerous withdrawals cutting the number of starters down to four. The smallest field of the day ventured out in the McCor-mack Handicap, the best offering, and calculations were upset when Medley and Prisoner, installed as the well-played favorites for the race, were defeated. The winner turned up from an unexpected quarter when C. Irby*s four-year-old colt Witchmount made every post a winning one, but just lasted to defeat Medley by a head at the end of a sharp tilt between the pair which lasted through the final seventy yards of the stretch. Medley was rapidly overhauling Witchmount in the final strides," but missed getting up and had tojbe content with saving second place. Medley was the real favorite, carrying much the most support, while Prisoner, which was next in demand, failed badly after showing a good turn of speed from the start to the stretch turn, where he tired badly and began dropping out of it. Willie K., after being outpaced and in last place to the stretch, easily disposed of Prisoner and got up to take third place. Summer-like weather. Summer-like weather was again the rule and made things pleasant for a large crowd , which journeyed to the course to view the entertainment. A bulky field of maiden two-year-olds furnished the opening contest and the race had the expected result in the victory of Mrs. J. L. Brannons Sporting Blues, which finally managed to graduate into the winning class. G. W. Lofts youngster Hamca landed in closest pursuit of the winner at the end, securing second place. Mrs. EC Ramseys Euonymous showed a good effort and was the third to complete the five-eighths. Suno-lin and Euonymous were the ones to set the pace to the stretch, where both tired badly, permitting Sportir.g Blues and Hamca to overtake them approaching the last sixteenth. Hamca was in the lead briefly until Sporting Blues challenged the latter and then Sporting Blues raced into a short advantage and held Hamca safe. Euonymous just managed to last for third place. Sporting Blues was the favorite in this, but paid his backers good odds. There were but seven starters for the five and a half furlongs second race and it developed into a strictly two-horse struggle between Altura and Crispie Seth. Crispie Seth was the most in demand and ruled a strong favorite, but there was much backing also for Altura and Lila G. The last mentioned failed of getting among those placed and ran poorly. Shortly after the start Crispie Seth took the lead, with Altura right in her wake forcing the pace. This pair left the others far behind and it remained for them to fight it out for the purse. Crispie Seth set a good pace to the stretch, while Altura moved up on the outside, slowly wearing the leader down. Near the last eighth Altura overtook and passed Crispie Seth after a brief drive and easily kept the lead to the end. Crispie Seth held on well and was never in danger from Mother of Pearl, which held third place safe throughout. FINALLY STAKES GOOD. B. B. Rices Southern Kiss, backed to the exclusion of the other starters in the third race, finally made good and won a purse for her owner whn she took into camp the very lowly band of platers that started over five and a half furlongs with her. Of the eight that started. Intense offered the most strenu-out opposition to the winner and it was only in the final seventy yards that Southern Kiss succeeded in catching and wearing down Intense, to win drawing clear of the latter at the end. Ormo Girl and Intense alternated in setting and forcing the pace to the stn ten, with Southern Kiss racing closest in pursuit. In the last eighth Ormo Girl was done, while Intense ractd into the lead briefly, oniy to lose it quickly again when unable to cope with Southern Kiss. Thistle Glad outfinished Ormo Girl and took third. The running of the National Live Stock Association Parse brought about a handy victory for S. W. Richards four-year-old racer Potent, the son of Archaic taking kindly to the going and proving best of the small field of good ones that matched strides over the mile and a sixteenth of the fourth race. Dr. Larrabee was a strong finisher and, coming fast through the final eighth of the stretch racing, got up at the end to overhaul Scotland Forever to land in second place. Scotland Forever held sway gamely to near the last eighth, where Potent wrested the had away from him. and tiring, was unable to save the place, but wound up third. %
