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JUVENILES RACE MILE Wayward Lad Winner in First Distance Event for Youngsters. Mrs. Swikards Colt Draws Away From Captain Joy in Stretch Fairmounts Choices Fail. COLLINSVILLE, 111., Sept. 26. Two-year-olds were called upon to race over the mile distance for the first time this season at Fairmount Park this afternoon, and Mrs. E. L. Swikards Wayward Lad proved easily best of the nine that opposed him in the fourth race. At the end of the eight-furlong test, the son of Supremu3 and Patty Victoria enjoyed a two-length advantage over the well backed Column Right, which was a half length in the van of Captain Joy. The second week of the twenty-five day autumn meeting was ushered in under the worst conditions that have prevailed. The track was heavy and holding and, although there was fairly good time recorded in the opening events, the going became worse during the afternoon and was very trying for the running of the juvenile event. The adverse conditions had an appreciable effect on the attendance, and the smallest crowd of the meeting was present for the eight races, all of which engaged those from the claiming ranks. Until the running of the fourth event, the clouds hung heavy, but they cleared before the field had paraded for the fifth number. OUTSIDERS TO FORE. The choices received their worst lambasting of the meeting and when Wayward Lad was returned the winner of the fourth event, he was the fourth winner to come from the ranks of the outsiders. There was little delay at the start of the juvenile test, and Captain Joy was hustled into the lead before reaching the club house turn. Wayward Lad was second, with Bell Cap showing the way to the others. Going into the back stretch, Captain Joy continued in the van, but Glenn Fowler took the ultimate winner under a snug hold and allowed Column Right and Worthys Pride to race in his van. The field continued in this order until reaching the final quarter, where Fowler drove Wayward Lad to the lead when the field swung wide entering the stretch and, wresting the lead from Captain Joy nearing the three-sixteenths pole, he drew away to be easily best at the end. Apprentice Albert Beck, the sensation of the recent Riverside meeting, lost little time in getting into action here, when he drove C. W. Moores Benefit to victory over a field of seven other platers that engaged at three-quarters in the opening dash. Gurgler again disappointed his large following when he gave way to the winner in the final drive, with Memphis Lass beating the fast-closing Tight Rope for the minor award. Semester was the greatest in demand, but never reached a contending position and appeared not to relish the slow going. Gurgler assumed the lead, coming to the final quarter with a good advantage, but Benefit, which was well in the van of the others, gradually wore down the leader to finish with a length margin over Gurgler, which was five lengths in the van of Memphis Lass. JACK MURPHY SURPRISES. The second race, which engaged a field of lowly platers at six furlongs, was productive of a close finish and another upset when S. Longs Jack Murphy got up in time for his initial score of the year. Beaten a neck was Gypsie Chief, with Cash Play a head back and much the best of Lady Partridge for the small portion of the purse. Estin, which came in for the most support, was pinched back shortly after the start and failed to offer any serious competition, while Lady Partridge, second choice, quit, after failing to outrun Gypsie Chief in the opening quarter. The latter and Cash Play dominated all the early running, with E. Buck driving Jack Murphy through on the rail to attain his close margin of success. A bad start, from which Take Off gained a big advantage, marred the running of the three-quarters third event, which resulted in a victory for the M. J. Whalen representative, with One Long Hop accounting for the place and Balthasar holding on in game fashion to take the minor award from the six others that engaged under claiming conditions. The veteran W. Boganowski had the winner in the van at once and, after shaking off the repeated challenges of One Long Hop in the opening half-mile, he drew away Continued on second, vanej. JUVENILES RACE MILE Continued from first page. to a good lead to .have a length and one-half margin at the finish. One Long Hop and Balthasar, favorite, were always the best of the others, which broke in straggling order. Ttfrs. M. Bradfields Sand Fiddler registered the first score of the afternoon for the favorites when he held on to beat Prince Reno at the end of the one mile and one furlong Forest Park Claiming Purse, that engaged a field of seven as the fifth event. Bag o Roses was third. J. Meyer sent the winner to the front in the opening furlong and, drawing into a long lead, he made every pole a winning one and defeated the fast-closing Prince Reno by a length. Alice Amine and Granite Dust retired after offering mild threats in the opening half mile.
