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- QUALIFIES FOR DERBY * Lightning Bolt Looms Up as Serious Contender for Big Race. « Defeats Spanish Play, Oswego and Other Eligibles in Hazel Crest Purse, Fridays Feature. » HOMEWOOD, 111., June 5.— Lightning Bolt, an unsexed son of Wrack — Margie C. . loomed as a serious contender for the American Derby when he defeated a good band . of eligibles for that classic event in the Hazel Crest Purse, feature race of todays Washington Park program. Coming from ! fourth place at the stretch turn under a strong ride by jockey C. E. Allen, he caught Spanish Play a sixteenth out and won by slightly over a half length drawing away. Spanish Play lasted to be second, while ! Oswego, making his first start in many months, was third, and Burning Up, the , favorite and winner of five straight races, Was fourth. It is probable that Spanish Play was best, but he was weakly ridden by jockey K. Russell ; | and after taking a slight lead in the J Stretch could not hold the winner. Burning ; Up. breaking quickly, led the field of nine away from the barrier and was soon joined by Oswego, with Spanish Play racing third I in close quarters next to the rail. When i the far turn was reached Burning Up and Oswego were head and head, with Russell ! still sitting still on Spanish Play. Rounding the turn, Spanish Play finally got clear r and, although his rider was not urging him i hard, he reached the leaders on his own ; courage at the stretch head and assumed and short advantage when straightened out ! for the run home. In the last furlong it appeared as if the son of Spanish Prince 3 II. would win despite the early interference, but Lightning Bolt charged from behind i with the aforesaid result. Burning Up quit badly in the stretch, while Oswego also • tired. HELD AT GOOD ODDS. The race was a seven furlongs, and Lightning Bolt ran the distance in 1:25. He was 5 one of the outsiders and paid 0.92. Insco and Knights Call, rated among the prominent - contenders for the American Derby, , were starters in the race, but both were outrun - all the way. The day was cloudy at the outset, but by f mid-afternoon the sun had broken through i the clouds, and climatic conditions improved I with each race. The track was fast and 1 the attendance good. Two fillies bearing the colors of Joseph i Leiter, Chicago turfman, finished first and 1 second in the opening race. Princess Nancy, . a daughter of John P. Grier. was the winner, , while Princess A. O. was second. Gala i Flight, the short priced favorite, was third. . Twelve two-year-olds sought to graduate e from the maiden ranks in this race, and 1 after May Pennant and Princess A. O. had i alternated in making the early pace. Princess - Nancy moved to the front in the stretch l and held sway to the end. Gala Flight, the high priced sister of Insco. was off slowly and made up much ground, but failed to 3 perform as well as expected. Jockey E. i. James was on the winner. EASY FOR SUPREME SWEET. Supreme Sweet, backed with confidence e by her connections, easily accounted for the e second race. Rushed into a commanding ; lead in the first quarter, she was never in i trouble, and won by a big margin. Justina, ., winner of her last two races, got up in i time to nose out Chicago Girl, a field horse, i, for second money. Scone, well backed, met t with some interference on the far turn and I was never dangerous thereafter. Another r big field went to the post, and it was the e second Chicago victory, as the winner races s for the locaily-owned Superior Stable. The Bill Bee Stable of Willard Mack furnished - the winner of the third race in the e western-bred two-year-old Suns Son. The e young gelding, racing in a forward position i from the start, overtook Meadow King, another - California racer, on the stretch turn i and led to the end to head Oh Dave. Third I fell to the favored Anita Ormont. which fin- - Continued on twenty-first page. i , , . . . j , 1 , . 1 , . . , QUALIFIES FOR DERBY Continued from first page. ished in courageous fashion. Monel, making her first start since arriving from Mary-. land, was the medium of quite a play, but after racing close up most of the way tired in the last furlong. The winner was ridden by R. Jones, and had many supporters. The many fans who flocked to the support of Skirl, the Whitney colorbearar in the fourth race, were doomed to disappointment as that odds-on favorite failed to finish in the money. Camp Prince was the winner, scoring by a scant margin from Whileaway, with Vermiculite finishing third. While-, away led for the better part of the first half-mile with Skirl close up, and when the latter got through on the inside to take a good lead many figured the race was all but over. On the stretch turn Skirl showed signs of tiring, and Whileaway took the lead, but Camp Prince, coming fast on the outside, wore down the leader in the last furlong and, taking a short advantage, lasted to win. Whileaway came again near the end and was barely beaten, while Vermiculite finished fast. Paul Neale rode Camp Prince, and it was his first successful mount in some time.
