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F C A At C c t to t v S h s t ■ o t n ■ I v t to V f t I t J t -u ■ • I ■ £ I I i £ j . t , . . . , j , 1 ; | ■ ■ : • 1 [ • L t - i f • P r a t j j j , j l! u • I j s g - s e v tj ;t tj 0 g FLYING TORCH SUCCESSFUL « Chaney Three -Year-Old Repeats ] in Feature Race at Collinsville. « la tor Second and Brilliant Third— Potter l Horse Biggest Disappointment of Bay — Track Heavy. « OOLLINSVILLE, 111., June 13.— Mrs. O. Chaney .s three-year-old Flying Torch, a re- , cent winner here at long odds, raced back his last good effort and again was returned victorious this afternoon. Favored t with a light impost in the weights for the Scott Field Purse. Flying Torch accomplished his success with ease and had much in reserve at the end of the one mile and a sixteenth route, over which distance the race was decided. . W. M. Cains three-year-old Aviator, another with a big pull in the weights, got to the finish closest in the wake of the winner, I making a game finish for second place and | succeeding in outstaying Mrs. W. J. Potters Brilliant, the latter finishing third. Brilliant was expected to race well and was backed the exclusion of the others, but again | proved a disappointment and brought about further losses for the backers of the short priced ones. Brilliant prevailed at odds-on. There were only six starters, and the other three — Willie K., Step Along and The Begum II. — were badly outrun after the first quarter mile had been covered and all three of them were badly beaten off by the three placed horses at the finish. Flying Torch, well ridden by jockey J. Cavens, raced into command soon after the start and, proceeding as if best, held Aviator and Brilliant safe when they challenged for the lead repeatedly and then in the stretch Flying Torch raced Brilliant into submission and came away at the end to score by a margin of two length;;. The duel for second place was a spirited affair between Aviator and Brilliant, the three-year-old finally besting the veteran in the final seventy yards, and Brilliant was a tired horse at the end. ALL NIGHT RAINFALL. An all night rain which drenched the track thoroughly resulted in heavy going for this afternoons racing and those partial to the softer footing had their inning. Cloudy skies carried a threat of more rain throughout the day which did not serve as a drawback for the turnout of another large crowd and the attendance was good. K. E. Majors Volsel, continuing to race in his best form, scored his second straight victory when he accounted for the opening race, which was for two-year-olds, at five and a half furlongs. Volsel again vanquished Georgia Herget, which was the one that offered the winner the most serious oppostiion, the pair of them practically dominating the runnng of this race throughout. Volsel and Georgia Herget began well and in the first quarter Georgia Herget moved into the lead, but Volsel raced right in her wake forcing the pace. Moving into the stretch Volsel then passed Georgia Herget, taking the lead from her. Volsel came gamely through the stretch, but was then headed again for a brief time nearing the last eighth by Georgia Herget, but the latter tired near the end, Volsel outgaming her and getting up to win i by a small margin in the final few yards. Thistle Coot, one of the outsiders, wound up in third place. Volsel ruled a pronounced [ favorite. E. McCuans Pocket Mouse, installed a i heavy favorite in the third race, proved a big disappointment when the five-year-old Theo. Cook racer, placed in his favorite go- . ing, ran a poor race and, failing completely, was unable to account for any portion of the purse. The upset in this was the unexpected victory of Mrs. L. M. Holmes four-year-old gelding Old Bill, and this one, hard ridden by jockey W. Boganowski, was winner all the way. Old Bill displayed the most speed in the lead at all stages and. holding Adven- turess safe when she challenged in the last eighth. Old Bill drew away at the end to win by two lengths. Adventuress held sec- ond place in her command to the end and easily led home Henry Sommers. the latter running a good race to take the minor award. THE RENT SCORES. Another favorite was successful in the second race, when L. Gentrys The Runt showed a return to winning form and, favored by the going, made every post a win-, ning one over the three-quarters mile to win easing up from Broomoney, an outsider, which raced to second place. J. G. Denny, also well backed, annexed the third portion of the purse. Ridden by Horvath, The Runt carried Play Hour and Queer, the other for-s ward contenders, along at a fast pace to the far turn, then disposing of them raced away into a big lead, which he held to the end. Broomoney raced far out of it to the stretch, then finding an opening on the inside quickly raced past the others, catching them tiring badly, and Broomoney was easily best for second place. J. G. Denny suffered much interference when having to race in close quarters to the stretch and but for this ill racing luck would have been a more formid- able factor. In the mile and a quarter race the colors of Mrs. W. J, Potter were carried to a decisive victory by Rodrigo, ridden by jockey V. Moore. Rodrigo won by six lengths from Lady Stone at the end. Lady Stone man-, aged to hold second place safe from soon after the start and easily held Post Horn safe in the final drive. Post Horn wound up third, but had to be hard ridden in the final sixteenth to save the small end from the fast-finishing Torcher, which threatened near the end. Only seven started in this race and Post Horn ruled favorite. Rodrigo raced into the lead under restraint until in the stretch then, after going the first mile, Moore called on the leader and he promptly moved far into the lead to win in a canter. P. Reuters Sweep-Net encountered a minor injury while galloping around the course this DM rning, and the stewards granted Reuter permission to withdraw Sweep-Net from the final race.
