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BEAU WRACK AGAIN WINNER Graffagnini Racer Beats Good Field in Wabash Purse Good ami Hot Among Placed Horsey for First Time Since Coming Prom Coast Jim Orinont Graduates COLLINSVILLE 111 June 5 Charles Graffagninis fouryearold Beau Wrack scored another victory in impressive fashion here today when he defeated the best field that went to the post at Pairmount Park in the Wabash Purse at a mile and seventy yards yardsMole Mole Hill again finished in second place and third went to the Meadowbrook Stables Good and Hot It was Good and Hots third race since coming from the Pacific Coast and his first time to finish among the first three A wellbalanced program was the offering at Fairmount Close finishes were witnessed in a majority of the events the closest com ¬ ing in the second race in which Bill Orange got a wellearned decision over Lexington Girl A crowd of about 5000 was in attend ¬ ance the usual crowd being greatly increased by the turnout of the ladies who were the guests of the management Racing was over a fast track although the skies were clouded With a threat of rain all afternoon afternoonCheap Cheap sprinters started the days proceed ¬ ings with a field of nine visiting the post for a race over threequarters which resulted in a thrilling finish in which apprentice E Goodrich proved a better rider than Cimerak and George Van S gamer than Oleman Sun ¬ shine B B Rices Angel Bright was third thirdThistle Thistle Jean which was installed the fa ¬ vorite failed to offer the contention expected and after going a half mile dropped back eventually finishing sixth The winner due to his good performance in his previous race was not neglected and had much backing When the start came the alert Goodrich had his mount in the lead attaining a good ad ¬ vantage in the first half He was joined by Oleman Sunshine as they entered the final eighth and from there to the end it was just a question of who would tire first but under Goodrichs riding George Van S held on long enough to get the decision decisionAnother Another thrilling finish resulted in the five eighths second race when Bill Orange Lex ¬ ington Girl and Amour finished the race so closely aligned that a blanket would have covered the trio A powerful ride by jockey W Kern played an important part in the winners triumph He got the Carey Clay representative to the wire a short nose in front of Lexington Girl with Amour the favorite finishing third thirdThe The first three had the race between them with the exception that Thistle Jean held third position during the opening quarter The winner displayed great gameness in his conquest for he stood a long strenuous drive in order to attain the verdict Lexington Girl also gave a good exphibition of staying power when she forced the winner along at top speed for the major part of the journey Another band of the lower grade three yearolds made up the field for the three quarters third race and M J Whalens Jim Ormont proved best but only after standing a hard drive for Hattie Seth was closing ground fast near the end and wearing him down Jockey Swigert kept him going in good fashion to get the verdict by half a Continued on twentyfourth page BEAU WRACK AGAIN WINNER Continued from first page length Morton finished third The latter which figured to give the winner strong con ¬ tention marred his chances when he got beyond control of apprentice G Cimerak and ran off three furlongs before the start De ¬ spite this preliminary exercise he gave a good performance taking a long lead soon after the start and leading right up to the final quarter where he weakened and Jim Ormont sped by him Hattie Seth which had also displaced the early pacemaker made the winner extend himself to the limit limitBright Bright Flag which came in for stout sup ¬ port near the end of the speculation period again failed dismally dismallyThe The Show Off carried the colors of A G AVoodman to a win in the one mile and seventy yards fourth race scoring his second victory of the meeting Apprentice B Han ford rated victor off the early pace and came on to an easy victory after wearing down the faltering Etonardo Penarc which turned in a winning effort in his previous en ¬ gagement raced to second place with Bari ¬ tone another that earned brackets his last time out third thirdLe Le Flore received the bulk of support but was well beaten at the end
