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CAROLER FIRST IN FEATURE ♦ Purple and Gold Silks of £. Eane» Score at Fairmount. ♦ Biff Sweep Disappointing Favorite — Lucky Hit Takes Second Place — Paton Wins Third Race. • COLLINS VILL, III.. June 11.— Caroler, the five-year-old sprinter, which came her» from Maryland, and which races in the pur- / pie and gold silks of E. Kane, accounted for the purse in the feature attraction, the Eist St. Louis Purse, at Fairmount Park thia afternoon. Ridden by J. Barry, Caroler triumphed over the crack band of sprinters at five and a half furlongs. J. C. Milams Lucky Hit was one to show marked improvement in this race, finishing second to the winner after being a factor the entire distance. Big Sweep, Lewis and Kemps representative* was a close third, having raced in that position from the start to the finish. The chances of Big Sweep were figured ta be best by the public and they chose this one as the probable winner. Big Sweep being the favorite. He raced well and was a contender, but was always held safe by Lucky Hit and Caroler and had to be content with third place. Lucky Hit began fast and raced away into a good lead, with Caroler in closest pursuit. For the first three-eighths Lucky Hit set a fast pace and was not threatened. Upon entering the home stretch, however. Caroler made a fast move to immediately race to the flank of Lucky Hit and in a few strides more moved past him into the fore to draw away into a safe lead, never to be threatened in the final three-sixteenths. Lucky Hit, when roused, gamely held on, holding Big Sweep safe and was easily best for second place. There was a continuation of the good weather and track conditions and the crowd was of good proportions. AUDLEY FARM SILKS. The Audley Farm Stable managed to score its first victory here for many days, when Top Kick won the initial race, for maiden two-year-old colts and geldings. Capably ridden by R. Russell, he raced in his best form under improved riding in this race, and after taking the lead at the start, mads every post a winning one, racing in the van to the finish, which was close, theAudley Farm racer lasting gamely at the end of a hard drive, to win by half a length. Top Kick was the favorite. An outsider, Pandean, worked his way up in the stretch and, holding on well, outstayed Thistle Lad for second place. The latter, a first-time starter, was a factor at every stage of the race, persistently forcing the pace, to wind up in third lace, in advance of Oblige. The latter was close up until the stretch, where he was bothered seriously and forced to race in close quarters in the last eighth. Sergeant Seth, racing for G. W. Ogle in the second, was the second straight favorite to come down, winning the three-quarters dash a slight margin in front of Miles Prior, the latter finishing in second place and going faster than the winner. Patsy M. was third. Benefited by a well judged ride and strong handling from jockey V. Wallis, Sergeant Seth raced prominently in closest pursuit of the early leader. Patsy H., to the stretch* then, finishing the best. Sergeant Seth wore Patsy H. down in the last eighth, took the lead a few yards out and then lasted to out-finish Miles Prior. The latter came with a great rush, moving up from far in the rear in the last eighth, getting up to just outnose Patsy H. in the final strides. After setting the pace to the stretch in the last eighth. Patsy H. began quitting almost to a wallc and at the finish was at the mercy of her, faster finishing rivals. BENEFITTED BY GOOD RIDE. Paton, benefited by much the best ride in the third race, was winner from some ordinary company, which vied for honors over the mile and an eighth route. Cannon Club, an outsider, upset calculations by racing to second place, while the improved racing of Juniors Nurse was not good enough for the first two and she had to be content with saving third end of the purse. Paton showed an unusual performance when, after racing in the lead by a small margin to the stretch entrance, he then bore out badly to the outside of the track, losing ground and the lead. Cannon Club, until then in closest pursuit, then took up the task of setting the pace and began to draw away. However, Paton, when straightened out by his rider for the final drive, recovered quickly and, coming again gamely under strong riding, wore down the leaders and managed to get up to win by a neck. War Grail, the favorite, disappointed badly and was unplaced.
