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DOUBLE FOR MILAM COLORS . ♦ Scarlet Brigade Feature Winner — Fortunate Girl Graduates. ♦ ~ Daughter of Light Brigade Scores Second Consecutive "Victory in an Impressive Fashion — Altera Wins Fourth Race. ♦ COLLINSVILLE, 111., June 19.— The Lions Club Purse, which served as the fifth and feature race on the program offered by the , Fairmount Jockey Club at Fairmount Fark s this afternoon, attracted a band of good two- "year-olds and resulted in victory for the J. C. Milam stables Light Brigade filly i Scarlet Brigade. Racing in her best style , and ridden by jockey J. Berry, Scarlet Bri- gade carried the Milam silks to their second victory of the afternoon, also scoring her second straight victory here in a like number of starts. J. C. Milam scored a double when Scarlet Brigade won, having furnished the : winner of the opening race, when Fortunate Girl cantered to an easy victory in a maiden race. Scarlet Brigade outran her opponents all i the way and. always in the van in the late . stages, held Roy Gibson and General Rickey safe to the finish. Roy Gibson showed bet- i ter form today and, in a close and exciting . finish for second place, just managed to got ! .up in the final strides to down General , Rickey. The last-mentioned one was a strong factor until the last sixteenth, where he began to bear out badly, costing him second place, and he almost lost third place to ■ Zurich, just lasting to beat him by a head. J Zurich proved the big disappointment in the feature. He was installed a well-backed favorite, but offended badly. Zurich had a sliRht excuse when he was knocked back j after having been raced into a pocket near | the far turn but, by a big saving of ground ! ; in the stretch, Zurich had plenty of chances i to recover the lost ground which he suffered ; j when knocked back, but he was not good enough. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER. : Threatening skies finally burst forth into a heavy shower just previous to the sixth race, while atmospheric conditions were again uncomfortable, a sultry heat prevailing most of the afternoon. J. C. Milams Fortunate Girl, a pronounced favorite with the big crowd, made a runaway affair of the opening race, for maiden three-• year-olds and over. Ridden by jockey J. Berry, Fortunate Girl, helped by an advantage secured at the start when she was sent away from the barrier from outside the starting gate stalls, proceeded to race away into a long lead. Sh? continued in the van decisively to the end, winning in a canter. M. Lowensteins Tom Nash showed the second best display of speed and raced In closest pursuit of the leacr to the finish, but began tiring slightly in the final fifty yards and just managed to outfinish the fast-gaining Ladoga for second place. The three-year-old | gray Stefan the Great filly Ladoga, racing : in the colors of J. E. Widener and ridden by ; Horvath, raced impressively when, after she ; was forced into tight quarters directly after ; the start, she gamely worked her way out of the difficulty and, gaining fast on the leaders in the last quarter, got up at the end to . down Tom McCue for the third end of the purse. M. Eckmans five-year-old Pheasant, at long odds, was a lucky winner of the second race, another dash of three-quarters mile. Jockey J. Ford, who rode the winner, put up a thrilling finish when he just managed to get his mount up on even terms with the leaders in the last twenty yards of the stretch, and by hard riding just got Pheasant up at the finish to nip Tempter at the end. Tempter, in turn, only succeeded in outfinishing Alex Woodliffe by a similar margin as they flashed past the finish. Body Guard set the early pace, while Tempter and Alex Woodliffe raced in close pursuit at all stages, but Pheasant came from far back to race his way out of close quarters ino a clear course in the stretch and then, finishing like a flash, he made his victorious rush. Southern Kiss and Red Blaze, three-year-olds, were the choices in this, while Ruth Gold was also much In demand, but all three of the well backed ones failed badly and were unable to cope with the first three. The second successful favorite won in the third race when C A. Coyles Alborak proved slightly best of the small field that started "over the mile and a sixteenth route. The Waite patented stall gate starting machine was brought into use for this race, it having to be moved from its regular location at the three-quarters starting point. C. Irbys Frank Andrews was the one to race to second place and in so doing barely missed catching the winner at the end of the stretch drive and only failed to win by a neck, easily outfinishing Oregon Fir, which wound up third. ALIOIAI PROVES BEST. Alborak raced under restraint to the far turn, then when called upon raced into the lead, passing Frank Andrews and Oregon Fir quickly. He continued to hold sway to the last sixteenth, where he suddenly began tiring in an alarming manner and Alborak was lucky in lasting to beat home Frank Andrews when the latter came again at the end and, with better riding, possibly would have been the winner. In another of the three-quarters mile races, Altura. racing for Brownell Combs, farther upset calculations with a well deserved victory over a fairly good band of sprinters that matched strides against her in the fourth race. Jockey 10. Jlumm redeemed himself for his poor riding of Frank Andrews In the previous race and put up a fine exhibition of daring riding, to have Altura home winner by a half length over Focus at the end of a ■ long and hard stretch struggle. Focus was a factor at every stage and held on gamely | in the final stages after losing the lead to j the winner but was unable to cope with the filly near the end.
