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MUDDY AT FAIRMOUNT PARK » Miniature Cloudburst Converts Course Into Sea of Mud. ♦ Herade Makes Runaway Affair of Main Race, Easily Defeating Morocco— Clorer Club Among the Winners. • COLLINS VILLE, 111., June 24.— Racing was conducted at Fairmount Park this afternoon over an exceedingly muddy course, the program inaugurating the fifth week of the present spring meeting of the Fairmount Jockey Club. Early this morning there was a veritable cloudburst and severe thunderstorm, bringing some relief from the terrific heat which has prevailed. The downpour, however, converted the track into a sea of mud. Racers partial to this brand of going had their inning and most of the successful ones accomplished their victories with ease. Favorites and choices performed with fair measure of success and the public seemingly succeeded in picking the majority of the winners. The feature attraction was the Exermont Purse, in which five of the better grade platers were engaged. Taking kindly to the muddy footing, the Mullrick Stables five-year-old Herade almost made a runaway affair of the best race and chalked up her second victory of the meeting when she landed five lengths in advance of E. McCuans Morocco. The latter gave one of his best efforts and raced in creditable fashion, but on this afternoons showing was not nearly good enough to cope with Herade, and it was an easy matter for the mare to vanquish the English-bred colt, the latter a double winner here. Another five lengths in the wake of Morocco, which easily saved second place, came Corbeau, F. Dunns representative. Sun God II. and Blessings, the two other starters, were beaten off. The veteran A. Yerrat elected to aet the pace with Herade and assumed command while racing up the back stretch with Blessings in nearest pursuit of the leader. It was only a short time until Herade had Blessings raced into submission and, reaching the far turn, Herade opened up a commanding lead, never to be threatened thereafter, ultimately winning in a canter. Morocco, outrun for the first half mile, responded to hard riding and set sail for the leaders. He rapidly overhauled and disposed of all but Herade and found it an impossible task to even get within striking distance of the winner. In the race for maiden two-year-old fillies, Continued on twenty-second page. I I ; MUDDY AT FAIRMOUNT PARK Continued from first page. TsurtiRa, a juvenile daughter of Luke Mc-Luke — Tesuque, from the Keeneland Sttnl. showed a great liking for the going and graduated into the winning class with a handy victory. Ridden hy jockey L,. Trimble, she had the situation in hand at all stages after the start and, setting her own pace, opened up a long lead approaching the stretch. She left her rivals so far in her wake that her advantage was sufficient to allow her to take things easy in the late stages when her rider was easing her up. Netie Pebbles raced in closest pursuit of the leader and always held second place safe, and when tiring anil swerving badly in the final drive, was hard pMSMBi to out finish Loretta B. for second place. Loretta B. gained rapidly entering the stretch and with a big saving of ground on the inside, worked her way forward and waa gaining on the leaders in third place at the end. Netie lebbleswas favorite over Tsuruga by a small margin. The second race marked the graduation into the winning class of the three-year-old Will Bank, whirh races for Reichert Bros. Ridden by jockey C. Turk. Will Bank took ir.to command a large band of ordinary three-year-olds over the three-quarters route and showed a decided liking for the muddy track. Jack Up, which proved to be the strongest oppone-it of the winner, always held second place safe and landed safely in advance of Susie Pal. The latter, a factor, benefited by a strong ride and finishing gamely in the final drive, outlasted Fanta. The latter raced on the inside all the way, steadily gaining much ground on the leaders and landed in fourth place. Will Bank set the pace from sooa after the start and, racing into a length lead over Jack Up to the stretch, shook the latter off in the run home and drew away to score handily. Marcella Agnes, which wound up favorite, was prominent for the first half mile only and tired thereafter. F. Swain took down his first purse of the meeting when his five-year-old mare Clover Club, at home in the muddy going, won the third race. Jockey M. Knight was astride the winner. Vachell, the favorite, was second, outfinished by the winner by three-quarters of a length, while Thistle Boy, also one of the choices, put forth a creditable ef-! fort and landed in third place. Clover Club raced into the lead on the first turn, then, moving away into an advantage of two lengths, held the lead under restraint to the stretch. Vachell, which was always in closest pursuit of the leader, came with a resolute challenge in the final eighth and greatly reduced the leaders margin, but was not quite good enough and was held safe at the end by Clover Club. There was a race arranged for maiden three-year-olds and over and in this race, which came fourth on the program, the entry of W. McK. Jones carried off the honors when War Nymph and Starfish, forming the entry, raced to first and third places respectively. It was Griff W. which landed in second place, closest in the wake of the winner, beaten by a length and a half, while landing a neck in advance of Starfish. War Nymph and Starfish were well backed and prevailed big favorites over the remainder of the starters, eight going to the posL
