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BREAKS TRACK RECORD ♦ Hillsborough Lowers Seven Furlongs Mark at Washington Park. ■ Runs Distance in 1:24 to Win by a Nose From Sundot Under J. Maibens Perfect Ride. 9 HOMEWOOD, 111., May 31.— A new seven-furlong track record was established at Washington Park this afternoon when Abe Bartelsteins Hillsborough, ably piloted by jockey Johnny Maiben, ran the distance in I 1:24 to shatter the mark of the former F. M. Grabner racer, Chicago, by one-fifth second. The winner, which was well backed, earned his victory mainly by the use of Maibens superior riding. The veteran put up a perfect ride, saving every inch of ground possible and had Hillsborough up to win by a nose from Sundot, while Pansy Walker finished third. Pansy Walker, showing all her old time early speed, went out to make the pace and travelled at a fast clip. She travelled the quarter in :22"i, the half-mile in :451ft and the six furlongs in 1:11, but then she began to falter, and Sundot, which was racing wide, took a short lead as they entered the final furlong. In the last sixteenth it seemed as if Sundot might last, but Hillsborough was coming fast on the rail and, with Maiben riding hard, got up in the last stride. Six horses took part in the contest, and Hyman and Jean Lafitte showed some early speed, while Chicsu was outrun all the way. CLOUDY WEATHER. I The weather was cloudy this afternoon and rain threatened, but the racing strip was in better condition than at any time during the meeting. The attendance was up to week-day average. Jockey C. E. Allen went into a tie with J. Neel for the riding honors at the meeting when he piloted Axia, a two-year-old from the Mereworth Stud Stable of Walter J. Salmon, to victory in the first race. Allen, who recently severed his connections with the stable of Herbert M. Woolf, took advantage of openings in the early running and, getting his mount to the front at the stretch turn, opened up a long lead on his rivals and made his mount last to defeat the favorite. Flying Fleet, by a neck. Bianoz, heralded as a strong possibility before the contest, was third. Axia was well backed. Silverdale, odds-on favorite in the second race, took command in the stretch to make good in an easy manner. The westerner was in rather close quarters back of Judge Primrose around the far turn and with the remainder of the field close up gave his backers cause for anxiety, but after getting clear in the stretch and taking command Silver-dale never left the result in doubt. Portmanteau finished second and Broad Meadows raced to third place. The race was at six furlongs and the winner, which was ridden by jockey Gilbert Elston, paid .24. GOOD SCOUT SCORES. The Three Ds Stable uncovered a likely looking filly in the third race when they sent Good Scout, a daughter of Phalaros — Girl Scout to the post. The youngster, winner of her only previous start, ran five furlongs in 1:00 to beat a shifty band of two-year-olds, and her victory was most impressive. Dashing into a prominent position soon after the start, she permitted Little Gertie to set the pace until well into the stretch, but when ready went to the front and defeated Polygeny, from the W. R. Coe stable, by slightly over one length. Black Squaw, racing coupled with the winner, was third. The entry was well backed and paid slightly less than even money. Jockey J. Smith rode the winner. The Warm Stables Our Grief was the third straight favorite to win. The filly competed against eleven other three-year-olds of her sex in the fourth race and, under good handling by jockey R. Jones, won by two lengths from Parties, a previous winner at the meeting, while Chicon was third. Our Grief was placed in a prominent position in the early running and got to the front in the stretch. Jockey C. King, leading rider at the Exposition Park meeting, suffered a bad looking fall when his mount, Rosie, stumbled and tossed him early in the contest. He was taken to the track jinanital lot examination.
