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PROGRAM IS CHANGED ; Hawthornes Original Fourth is Canceled, Substitute Race Run. Hope to Do, Suited by the New Track Conditions, Easy Winner of Kickapoo Purse. CICERO. 111., Aug. 29. Two-year-olds met in the best race on todays revamped program at Hawthorne. This was the Kickapoo Purse, which was offered as the third event and engaged nine, several well regarded. Rain over the week-end left its "effect upon the racing strip, and the slow, rather tiring going that prevailed was so much to the particular fancy of the speedy Hope to Do, which Mose Lowenstein races for Gary T. Grayson, that he was returned a decisive winner over Isaiah, Ted Clark and the others in the Kickapoo. The distance was three-quarters, and but for a brief distance immediately after the start Melvin Lewis had the successful son of Black ,Toney and Oubliette in1 front. For a half-mile Hope to Do was not extended to show the way and, upon reaching the stretch, soon clinched his victory, which added another triumph to the score of the favorites, when he drew into a long lead, which at the end amounted to five lengths. " Isaiah and Ted Clark always were in the van of the others and, proving well matched, they battled it out to the small difference of a neck for second, which went to the former. Transbird, last of the nine to get tinder way, came through with a good effort and was fourth to complete the distance, which the winner covered in 1:17. LIMIT FIELD OF PLATERS. Due to track conditions, the original fourth race, or companion feature, failed to withstand several scratches, only five accepting for the event when closed, and racing secretary Joseph McLennan had to substitute a race for the less fashionable, leaving the Kickapoo the lone one of eight events not under claiming conditions. The substitute, run as the fourth race, brought together a limit field of platers at six and one-half furlongs. , Although the warmest weather of the meeting was the order, the attendance held up surprisingly well and compared with the largest Monday crowds of the meeting. ,The racing opened the final five days of tne season, and, while the cheaper sort dominated, several of their contests resulted in spirited tussles. The useful plater Hamilton scored his first victory of the meeting when he outsprinted eight of the cheaper grade at six and one-half furlongs in the second race. He ruled favorite, and W. Todd drove him home two and one-half lengths before Portmanteau, which bested Sarazen II., Our Grief and Sans Coin in a spirited contest for runner-up honors. From a fast start Hamilton was permitted to make the pace and after racing restrained to the stretch came away and achieved his popular victory without full effort. The more prominent of those back of the winner were in close alignment throughout the final eighth, and their bristling tussle furnished much interest to patrons. The substitute race resulted in a local victory when Mrs. E. Denemarks Switch got up for a lucky score by a nose over Reproof, on which W. Todd became overconfident after bringing her to the final eighth, six lengths in front, then failed to note the winners charge until it was too late to save the race. For his carelessness Todd was suspended for the remainder of the meeting. Reproof ran along in front of her rivals Continued on twentieth page. PROGRAM IS CHANGED Continued from first page. from the start and, after drawing into a lead-df five lengths at the turn, easily retained the big margin to the closing one of the six and one-half furlongs. Here Switch, closing with a great rush, rapidly reduced the leaders margin and, flashing up on the outside of Reproof before Todd realized the danger, dropped her nose in front before Reproof could rally to her riders frantic efforts to encourage her to higher speed. The fifth race, at a mile and one-sixteenth, was won by Culloden and, like a majority of the winners, he registered in decisive fashion, running past the place of finish four lengths before Totem, which gained second by a neck over Captain Ed. The winner, ridden by T. Shannon,, ran around his. rivals at the second turn and, drawing into safe command, was not endangered in the closing three-sixteenths. Totem and Captain Ed hooked up in an extended duel, with Totem proving best in the closing strides. The well-backed Jean Lafitte turned in a disappointing effort here.
