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ADDS TO VICTORY LIST Pigeon Holes Seventh Straight Most Important and Easily Won. ar Hunter Fails to Show in the Olympia Fields Purse Record Crowd at Lincoln Fields. CRETE, 111., Sept. 3. The crowd of approximately 15,000 enthusiasts who travelled to the local Lincoln Fields course for the opening of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Clubs seventh annual meeting today saw the venerable Pigeon Hole add to his many triumphs of recent weeks the most important score since his astonishing comeback was launched, when he captured the winners laurels in the Olympia Fields Claiming Purse, the principal race on the opening program. Pigeon Hole won much as his rider, R. Finnerty, elected. Covering the mile and a sixteenth on a fast track in 1:44, he accomplished his purpose with plenty to spare arid an advantage of three and one-half lengths over Habanero. Tela was third, a length farther back and a length and one-half before Bar Hunter, the offending public choice. Prose arid Poetry and Chokoloskee completed the field. Old Pigeon Hole carried the colors of his owner, Mrs. L. A. Connor, from several lengths back of Chokoloskee, Bar Hunter and Habanero, the early leaders, rounding .the lower turn and charging into the lead when straightened up in the stretch he came on to win in a fashion leaving little doubt that he has regained the prowess of his younger days. As the seven-year-old victor came on to his easily achieved win, the seventh in successive starts, Habanero. after wearing down Bar Hunter for second, outstayed the fast closing Tela. Last to enter the stretch, Tela closed with a great rush, but the distance was too short for her to get to Habanero after she had hurried around the faltering Blar Hunter. NOT EQUAL TO TASK. This latter E. R. Bradley campaigner gave way badly under the strain of a hard drive at the hands of J. Smith, and, like Prose and Poetry and Chokoloskee, which flashed early speed, he was greatly distressed in the final run to the wire. Although support for Bar Hunter established him the unquestioned favorite, the winner had many admirers, and his victory was popular with the large crowd. He was Jridden by R. Finnerty and carried 116 pounds. The patronage was officially announced as the largest on an opening day since the early Lincoln Fields meetings, back in the more prosperous days. This was a remark- able tribute to the popularity of racing here and most gratifying to Stuyvesant Pea-body, president; Col. M. J. Winn, executive director, and their associates in the operation of the track. These highly encouraging figures were attained despite threatening weather and, although the rain held off, the heavily overcast skies probably kept some devotees away. Jack Howard, Kentucky . turfman, furnished the first winner of the meeting when his Upset gelding, Louie Dear, proved best of the twelve that raced three-quarters in the introductory contest. Brought around the leaders in the stretch, the Howard gelding won easily, with Zone getting up for second over Fairy Lass, which weakened after cutting out the pace to the stretch. "While showing the way Fairy Lass was closely pressed by Infinity, and both gave way badly when the real test developed, although the former did manage to outfinish Sally Irene for third. IIOWARD-CORBETT DOUBLE. Advising Anna, a fleet two-year-old daughter of Blondin and Phenicia, scored her second victory in as many starts and rounded out a double for the Howard-Corbett combination when she took the second event in rack record time of 1:05 for the five and one-half furlongs. She outgamed Fair Image In a sinew-straining duel through the long stretch, and at the wire was a half-length before her stubborn rival. Five lengths back Cresta Run saved third, with Chat Eagle, which, like the former, came with a belated rush, just a neck away. The much fancied Continued on thirty-second page. ADDS TO VICTORY LIST Continued from first -page. t Oziti was a disappointment. He broke slowly and never assumed a prominent role during the short contest. The third race, the second given over to plater sprinters and decided over three-quarters, resulted in a popular and local triumph when Grand Prince, carrying the Nash Brothers Shandon Farm silks, was the winner. He outstayed Don Romiro in a thrilling driving finish and his success marked the first for favorites. Hot Shot accounted for the minor honors, with Portmanteau best of the others. T. P. Martin rushed the victor between Doris Jean, Hot Shot and Miss Tulsa when nearing the final furlong and after drawing clear Grand Prince was good enough to remain in the van of Don Romiro, which closed with a great rush on the extreme outside. Doris Jean and Miss Tulsa tired badly in the final run, while the veteran, Martie Flynn, failed to get in a contending position at any stage of the dash. Hoops, ridden by C. Landolt in the W. F. Knebelkamp colors, outsprinted Camp Boss, Smear and four others in the Crete Claiming Purse or fourth race. This was at three-quarters of a mile, and the running culminated in a- spectacular driving finish in which the winner defeated Camp Boss by a half-length, and the latter achieved second by a like margin over Smear. The latter slipped into the lead along the rail entering the stretch, where Camp Boss went wide, but the final drive found him falling short as the winner closed in determined and speedy order, and Camp Boss fought it out gamely to the wire. - The "daily double," among the innovations introduced today, proved one of the more popular features of the opening, and so great was the demand for tickets that the wickets from which such were sold were inadequate to handle the business. The winning combination of Advising Anna and Grand Prince returned 8.22 for each invested. In the sixth race Easy, ridden by apprentice G. South, defeated Prefer, Chesney and five others at one mile and one-sixteenths. The winner got up for his popular score by a length, with Prefer leading Chesney by four lengths for second. W. J. Potter will race his four home-breds, Miss Brilliant, Brilliant Boy, Brilliant Girl and Brilliant Lad here.
