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CRUMP COLORS VICTORIOUS IN JUVENILE HANDICAP , Head Play Scores With Gloritone Second and Miss Brilliant Third Riding of Melvin Lewis and Victory of Supreme Sweet Among Outstanding- Incidents of Hawthornes Half-Holiday Program - CICERO, 111., Aug. 20. Head Play, fleet chestnut son of My Play Redhead, which races for Mrs. W. Crump, wife of the former jockey, earned ,675 by winning the Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap, outstanding attraction of todays week-end program at Hawthorne. Running back to his recent sensational workouts, the colt, which was carrying top weight of 120 pounds, displayed fine speed from the start and finished more than two lengths in advance of Mrs. M. B. Prices filly, Gloritone. Another filly, Miss Brilliant, from the barn of R. C. Schwarz, was third, and E. R. Bradleys Bubbling Over, gelding, Ballygran, fourth. Head Play ran the six furlongs in 1:13 and paid 4.54. Jockey Herb Fisher was in the saddle. A field of thirteen lined up to compete for the rich two-year-old prize, which was having its third renewal today, and the winners early speed benefited him in the large band. Starter Harry Morrissey got them off at once and Miss Melody, speedy daughter of Prince of Wales, showed in front. It was not long until she was joined by Head Play, however, and the pair set the pace down the backstretch. At the far turn there was a jam when Knights Gal, racing in a forward position, came over on Hope to Do, which was attempting to get through next to the rail. Hope to Do was shut off and in pulling up interfered with Swivel, which, racing coupled with Projectile, was favored in the betting. CONSIDERABLE INTERFERENCE. With the animals racing in the rear division meeting with more or less interference, Miss Melody and Head Play, with Miss Brilliant close up, raced into a good lead. On the stretch turn Head Play moved to the front, while Mis3 Melody showed signs of tiring, and Gloritone was moving up. At midstretch Head Play held a good advantage and in the final run Miss Brilliant gained second place. Gloritone staged a strong finish, however, and caught the Schwarz miss right at the end. Ballygran was a game fourth, while Miss Melody dropped back to sixth place in the final sixteenth. Jessie Dear was fifth. The favorites, Projectile and Swivel, both met with early interference and had little chance, while Esseff lost her opportunity by her tardy beginning. Red Whisk was another to suffer in the early stages. The Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap was the second important victory of the season for Head Play, he having been successful in the Cincinnati Trophy at Latonia some weeks ago. Jockey R. Martin, rider of Knights Gal, which caused the jam on the far turn, was suspended for the remainder of the meeting for rough riding. DDEAL RACING DAY. The crowd that attended thi3 afternoon was about on a par in size with that which witnessed the Illinois Owners Handicap last Saturday, and the management could not have been favored with more agreeable weather. It was an ideal racing day, and a fast track was in order. For the third day in succession jockey Melvin Lewis rode the winner of the first race when he piloted Hour Zev, a maiden, to victory in the opener this afternoon. The son of the former Kentucky Derby winner, Zev, scored a handy win, moving forward gradually in the stretch to overtake the early leaders and win going away. Lucille K., Fair Image and Chuck B. made the pace and Lucille K.,-the favorite, lasted to be second. Sweet Peach got up in time to take third money from Fair Image, while Chuck B. stopped badly. Hour Zev was an outsider. Easy took the measure of a small band of distance performers in the second race when he staged a strong finish to win going away. The gelding had enough early speed to keep close to Fort Dearborn and Straightaway, the pacemakers, for the first mile, and staged his run in the final eighth. Fort Dearborn, well backed, was second and Straightaway third. Considerable play developed for Prince Pest, which recently arrived from New York, but jockey Hains-worth took the gelding wide and he wa3 Continued on txoenty-second page. , , , i i i CRU1P COLORS VICTORIOUS Continued from first page. unable to overcome the loss of ground and could not get up. Pigeon Hole, former handicap star, scored his fourth straight victory in claiming ranks when he finished far in front of an ordinary field of distance runners in the third race. Much the best, the seven-year-old gelding was held under tight restraint by jockey Remillard in the early stages and when ready passed his field with ease approaching the stretch turn to win by eight lengths. Crimean Lad, a maiden, raced to second place, while Southland Belle was third. Pigeon Hole was a strong favorite and paid but .22. Grand Prince, well backed, defeated a good band of sprinters in the fourth race. After following Camp Boss closely from, the start, Grand Prince saved ground on the stretch turn to hold on gamely under punishment and defeat The Point by a half length, while Very Well, an outsider, was third. There was considerable crowding in the stretch in this race, and The Point and Camp Boss, the latter the early pacemaker, were the chief sufferers. The distance was six furlongs, and the winner was ridden by jockey T. P. Martin. Supreme Sweet, speedy representative of the Superior Stable, won the Southtown Handicap, the days secondary feature, when she defeated My Dandy, the favorite, and four other fairly good sprinters. Showing fine early speed, the mare opened up a four-i length lead after going a quarter, and, although tiring fast at the finish, had enough left to last. She won by slightly over a half length. My Dandy, always closest to the daughter of High Time, made a game effort in the stretch, but, although gaining, could not get up. Rehoboth was thrid. Jockey M. Lewis made it a double for the day by pilot-i ing the winner. I
