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RIDERS SCORE DOUBLES Allen and Mills in Limelight at Tropical Park Course. Bay Angon Easy Winner of Pinellas County Purse Lucille K. Shows Speed in Juvenile Contest. MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 4. From a program largely given over to the sprinters, and with no outstanding feature race, some good sport resulted at Tropical Park this afternoon. There was an unnatural chill in the air, but the crowd was a big one, the track at its best and there was no lack of interest. The Pinellas County Purse, a five and a half furlong dash under claiming conditions, had the feature position on the card and it proved easy for Bay Angon, which races under the silks of E. A. Igleheart, when he led home H. A. Coulsons Song Hit with W. C. Weants Prince Pal beating Captain Ed for the short end of the prize. The juvenile race of the day went to Lucille K., a daughter of Whiskalong and Grief, which races for Herbert M. "Woolf. It is possible she will go on to better things as she progresses. Incidentally, C. E. Allen, who piloted Lucille K. to her victory, later completed a riding double when he also had the mount on Jaz Age, which beat a good band of platers. In the Pinellas County Purse, Bay Angon found the five and a half furlongs to his liking and, after beginning well, was rushed into command and led all the way to be an easy winner by half a dozen lengths. Both Prince Fox and Song Hit offered contention, but Prince Fox tired in the stretch. Captain Ed, which has shown good form at the meeting, began slowly on this occasion and was so slow to find his racing legs that he had no chance to catch the leaders. He was passing horses at the end, but was beaten a head for third money. IN PUBLIC EYE. Allen was not alone in his riding double, for Hank Mills, after riding Mae Sweep to an easy score over a big field of sprinters, came back to score with Chancellor in the race at the end of the card. Herbert M. Woolfs Lucille K., a smart bay daughter of Whiskaway and Grief, proved best of the juveniles that met in a dash through the Coralway Course. It brought a close finish when McAtee and Brans-fields Chuck B. was a close second, with Asa Harneds Hildur Rock beating Princess Val for third. The race was one to suggest that Lucille K. is a decidedly nice sort of filly, for while her post manners were excellent, she was last of the eight away from the stalls. When she settled into a stride she quickly went to Chuck B., which, with the benefit of racing education, was showing the way and in a rousing finish she led him over the line by a head. Hildur Rock was another four lengths back and he had only saved third from Princess Val by a -matter of inches. Eleven cheap racers went to the post for the five and a half furlongs of the second race and Mae Sweep, from the Mahopac Stable, was an easy winner over C. W. Greenes Sunny Susan, and J. C. Fletchers Regal Knight saved third from J. Evans Winnie C. BY WIDE MARGIN. From a good start, Regal Knight went out to set the pace. Mae Sweep was just a bit slow to be under way, but once in full racing stride she ran down the pacemaker and in the stretch drew out to be winner by four lengths. Regal Knight tired badly from his early efforts and was easily beaten for second place by Sunny Susan and was doing his level best to save third from the fast closing Winnie C. The race run by Margaret Parker was a dull one and G. South, who had the mount, did not help her to any extent when she was badly messed about all through the running. There was a "thrilling finish in the third when W. L. Johnsons Whileaway, by a great stretch rush, won from Mrs. C. Gregorys Deemster, with E. L. Kents Lawyer a remarkably close third and J. C. Fletchers Crack Play finishing fourth. The start in this was a good one, but Crack Play began a bit slowly, and she was last of the six in the run down the back stretch, while Lawyer and Deemster were rushed out to set the pace. Whileaway was well back of the first two as theysped along at a suicidal pace. r; . Little Arthur was not riding Crack. Play with the skill he has shown at the meeting, Continued on second page. RIDERS SCORE DOUBLES Continued from ..irsf page. and the filly was pocketed and not improving her position. This was the order as the field swung out of the back stretch, and Deemster and Lawyer continued to race along in front until well into the stretch. There Whileaway was brought along with his winning charge on the outside, and got to the winner. In the meantime Crack Play was beginning to make up ground when too late. She had to race outside on the turn, but was catching the leaders at every stride in the. short run home, though beaten two lengths for third. In a day of close finishes the St. Johns County Claiming Purse, a six furlong dash for four-year-olds and over, brought about a thrilling stretch fight when M. S. Ingle-rights Jaz Age took the measure of Traitor, from the Mahopac Stable. This saw the track record equalled when the race was run in 1:12. It was W. C. Weants Matadi that was a distant third, beating Gracious Gift for that part of the prize. Totem refused to begin with the others, but the remainder left in the same stride and Jaz Age at once was rushed out to set the pace and Traitor was at his heels, while Gracious Gift was third. Jack Howe, which caused some trouble at the post, led the others and he was racing along strongly next to the inner rail with Matadi last. Traitor steadily drew up on Jaz Age, but could not catch him and the fight was on from the head of the stretch, with Jaz Age still holding his lead of three-quarters of a length. This duel took the pair of them out eight lengths before the others and Matadi rather handily ran past the tiring Gracious Gift to take third by a length and a half. Jack Howe quit rather badly and Starboard Light, the other starter, had cut no figure in the running. Another well-backed favorite won when Workless scored in the sixth race. He was ridden by C. E. Allen and won in a mild drive when he beat Frances St. L. by a length. A slow beginner, Workless was outrun from the start and Allen took him to the outside on the first turn. Straightened out for the run down the back stretch, Workless was rated along behind the pacemaker, Blue Cloud. At the head of the home stretch he caught and passed the leader and, drawing away under a mild drive, had a margin of one length to spare over Frances St. L. at the end. The latter, a contender from the start, finished gamely next to the inside rail and, outgaming the tiring Blue Cloud, beat the latter by half a length for second place. John J. McGraw, accompanied by Mrs. McGraw, got in Saturday and hurried out to Tropical Park to look the new plant over. McGraw is on his way to Cuba, where he will spend a few weeks preparatory to leaving for California, where he is booked at one of the movie studios in Hollywood .to appear in a short baseball sketch.
