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MUTUEL HANDLE INCREASING Despite Hot Weather Attendance and Play at Dade Pick Up. Quickaway, Neglected in Betting, Runs Fast Three-Quarters to Victory Heupel Again in the Spotlight. HENDERSON, Ky Aug. 23. The popularity of racing as conducted at Dade Park, home of the Dade Park Jockey Club, today successfully withstood the test of just about the most oppressive weather that has been experienced here this season and surely the hottest of the meeting. Despite the near blistering heat, the sport was magnetic enough to lure out a large off-day crowd, and the volume of business handled by the mutuels exceeded that of the corresponding day of the opening week. A steady increase in betting has been one of the more encouraging features of the meeting. Up to and including today, the lightest "handle" went through the machine on opening day. Since the inaugural day, marred by unpleasant weather, speculation has increased daily, and attendance has been running far ahead of figures for any previous meeting. Some who fancy supporting outsiders added another to their frequent visits to the cashiers when Quickaway ran home in front of Darwin, Southtour and five other three-year-olds in the three-quarters second race. Quickaway, a maiden unsexed son of Whiskaway and Watch Your Stitch, flashed unsuspected speed on the fast track and, running the distance in 1:12, within one-fifth of a second of the. fastest time of the meeting, won easily. He ruled at almost forty-seven to one. Bob Morrison had the winner in front throughout and, after withstanding a mild challenge from Darwin, he pulled away in the closing fifty yards to win by two lengths as Darwin remained the runner-up. The latter reached the wire three lengths before Southtour, which nosed out the favorite, Flying Silk. Jake Heupel added another winning mount to his record for the meeting when he drove Mrs: E. L. Swikards Wayward Lad to victory in the opening race, which brought together twelve maiden two-year-olds. They raced five furlongs and the win- ner only succeeded in achieving his success by a half length over Parade Step and after withstanding a long drive. Parade Step was the leader" to within a short distance of the wire, while Chestnut Tree got up for third over Waucela, three lengths away from Parade Step. The winner, saddled, by W. H. Taylor, was rather neglected in the betting, most support showing for Parade Step and Chestnut Tree. Good racing luck was about all that saved Love Offering, odds-on choice, from meeting defeat in the third race, over the three-quarters distance. "Lucky in the ragged start brought about the fractiousness of Dazetta, who was responsible for the loss of eleven and one-half minutes at the post, Love Offering managed to stagged under the wire a neck before Benefit, whose fortune at the starting point was just as bad as the winners was good. He came through with a fine performance and was rapidly wearing down the favorite as the sprint closed. Third money went to Tight Rope.
