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FAVORS MUD RUNNERS » Washington Park Track Heavy After Early Sunday Storm. ♦ Blackwood Continues On His Successful Way Scoring Third Consecutive Victory. • HuMEWOoD, 111. June 17.— The heavy Storms of early Sunday which visited the Washington Park track, again brought about conditions favorable for mud runners and caused a wholesale scratching from todays different races, one in particular being so riddled that it was necessary to declare it off and substitute a claiming race. In spite of the difficult track some good contests resulted in which close finishes furnished additional incident. The attendance was again of large proportions. Blackwood continues his triumphant march and made it his third successive victory at this course when he took the Lakeside ,500 Purse engaging four starters and serving as th2 afternoons best offering. He was a pronounced favorite and w;m with consummate ease at the end. but at times his backers did not feel too sanguine, particularly during the early stretch run. when he was momentarily headed by Roane and Caffsman. Blackwoods rider, however, began urging him determinedly and he speediiy flashed by Ruane and, overhauling Gaffsman, beat the latter home by a couple of lengths, Gaffsman had little difficulty outstaying Ruane. The latter was ridden into the deep going when beginning the stretch, which aided in his undoing. Barone, the other starter, was beaten off. The it. competency of Heigle was glaring. He almost had Barone left at the post, then proceeded to race him into exhaustion by taking him through the deepest going and into the lead. He was completely done after going a half mile. BY WIDE MA KG IX. i i The substitute race, which engaged the largest field of the afternoon, resulted in the hollowest victory of the afternoon, when Homcwood led the others by a margin of ten lengths, after having led throughout the three-|uarters. Master Ace finished in second place, with Participate in the van of the others. Participated jockey was unprepared when the start came and it almost caused his mount to be left at the post. He closed an immense gap to land in third place. The winner showed high speed from the start and after going into a safe lead for the first half mile, increased his advantage thereafter to win as his rider pleased. Take a Chance and Athey raced prominently in the early part, but tired badly in the stretch. The Rancocas stable inaugurated the week ■with a victory, when its Labor got home in front of Sir Argo and Sweet Sentiment In the first race. Labor had to be best to win, and he also displayed a liking lor the rough t going. Sir Argo, under good riding, secured an early advantage, but Labor, running gamely in the stretch, wore him down in the last sixteenth. Sweet Sentiment also ran a good race. Ill isTAYS THK FAVORITE. The second race brought another band Of two-year-olds to the barrier, and it enabled the crowd to see Tom Taggarts colors in victory for the first time here when Chief Pettijohn outstayed the favorite, Alta-var, to win handily. Altavar might have reversed the decision with the winner but for lacking racing room at the start, which caused him to be away tardily and he was hard ridden in the first quarter to reach the lead. His duel in the stretch with Chief Pettijohn was of short duration and the French Lick Springs representative drew Sway steadily in the last sixteenth. Calcite came steadily through the stretch to displace Lyda .Mae for third place. Jean DesslMe, coupled with Tommy Doyle, Scored a lucky victory in the third race, for whi. h OtiltS was an overwhelming favorite, villi Mary Gardner next preferred. Mary "Gardner was probably the best, but because of laulty riding she failed by the narrowest hind of margin. OttUs follow td the leading pair home. Mary Gardner displayed the most early speed, but was taken back suddenly In the last eighth and to race wide. She came with a rush near the end, but Jean DessJMe, under Taplins energetic ride, just lasted to get the verdict. Ham was winner in the sixth race, incidentally, making it the second winner that L. Jones, who earlier had ridden Ilomewood to victory, s ored. Jones used the same bustling tactics that he had employed on HoSS£-Wood and, taking a long li;i l. successfully withstood the challenge of Genie Crit in the filial stages. Genie Crit came from tar out of it in the last three-eighths and finished going fast. M-I.aciu-e. an extreme outsider, landed in third pin e aft r having b. en a prominent factor troni the Start. There was considerable backing tor Wood-Rain, but In* was done after going half a mile, and the poor tiding of R. Heigle kept Thistle Coot, the favorite, from being a factor.
