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HAWTHORNES FINE MEETING Total of 24,455 Distributed During Twenty-Nine Days Racing. Belair Stud, Northway Stable and Reichert Bros. Largest Winners W. Knapp Tops Trainers and M. Lewis the Jockeys. The Hawthorne meeting of 1932 came to an end Friday, September 2, after twenty-nine days of racing, during which time 232 races were run and 24,455 was .distributed in stakes and purses for a daily average of 1,188. This was a rather remarkable showing, considering the times and further illustrates the popularity of racing in the Chicago district. The decision of the Chicago Business Mens Racing Association to cut the admission fee to was a decidedly wise move and resulted in giving that organization a goodly profit instead of experiencing a loss that might have been sustained if the former prices had been adhered to. Four major stake races were run and attracted some of the" best horses in the country, with Faireno winning the Hawthorne Handicap of 5,950, My Dandy the Illinois Handicap of ,100, Head Play the Juvenile Handicap of ,675 and Plucky Play the Hawthorne Gold Cup of 1,450. The Belair Stud with winnings of 9,950, Northway Stable with 6,550 and the W. C. and E. W. Reichert with 4,850 were the most successful of the owners participating in the racing. Nineteen owners won ,000 or more each. Faireno, Plucky Play and My Dandy were the largest winners among the horses seen under colors. W. Knapp carried off the training honors with eight winners, B. A. Jones, W. Hurley and F. Swain being tied for second place, each with seven winners. M. Lewis was the riding star of the meeting, having the largest number of mounts, 171, and piloting thirty-one winners. His closest rival was T. P. Martin with sixteen winners. C. King was third with fifteen winners. The following owners won ,000 or more each: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Belair Stud 110 9,950 Northway Stable 6 2 4 26,550 Reichert, W. C. and E. W. 3 4 1 14,850 Crump, Mrs. W. . . . . 1 1 0 9,825 "Worden, T. C 7 10 5 7,150 Bartelstein, A 4 1 8 6,700 Bradley, E. R ....7 4 3 6,550 Hertz, Mrs. J 6 4 4 6,250 Baroni, A. A : 5 6 9 5,500 Price, Mrs. M. B. 3 2 1 5,405 Shandon Farm 6 3 1 5,400 Grabner, F. M ....6 4 4 5,350 Axton, W. F 6 5 3 5,300 Superior Stable 4 2 2 5,250 Nevada Stock Farm Sta. 5 5 2 5,250 Dixiana 5 3 5 4,900 Eastman, R. M 2 3 0 4,200 Ogle, G. W .v 4 5 4 4,100 Creech, B... 4 5 2 4,050 The following horses won ,300 or more each: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. My Dandy .. . . 2 3 0 3,550 Faireno 1 1 0 29,950 Plucky Play.... 3 0 0 21,450 Head Play... 1 0 0 9,675 Gloritone 3 2 0 5,255 Charleigh 3 0 0 3,750 Pigeon Hole 5 0 0 3,500 Polydorus . 1 1 2 3,450 Cathop ... i, .1 3 0 3,400 White Legs 4 11 3,100 Big Brand 1 0 1 2,950 Little America 3 0 1 2,350 Ballygran 2 1 1 2,300 Board Walker 3 1 0 2,300 The following jockeys rode five or more winners: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C Lewis, M .172 31 25 24 92 .18 Martin, T. P 102 16 11 9 66 .16 King, C 121 15 14 10 82 .12 Woolf, G 39 11 4 8 16 .28 Smith, J. W 101 10 13 8 70 .10 Fischer, H. L 73 9 5 10 49 .12 Saunders, W 80 9 10 13 48 .11 Moran, W 60 8 4 9 39 .13 Allen, C. E...1... 83 8 16 11 48 .10 Wright, W 45 8 9 8 20 .18 Shannon, T 45 7 13 5 20 .16 Steffen, E 42 7 4 9 22 .17 Richard, A 64 6 9 8 41 .09 Remillard, P 29 5 2 1 21 .17 Clancy, M 34 5 2 4 23 .15 Corbett, C 38 5 8 3 22 .13 Landolt, C 29 5 4 1 19 .17 Leyland, J 61 5 8 6 42 .08 Salazar, T. 45 5 .9 3 28 .11 Tilden, R 46 5 5 5 31 .11 The following trainers saddled three or more winners: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wing. Knapp, W. 8 Unna, H. 4 Hurley, W. 7 Lowenstein, M 4 Jones, B. A. 7 Mikel, J. D 4 Swain, F. 7 Ott, S. B. 4 Lewis, W 6 Parke, B 4 Dale, C. E 6 Pollard, R 4 Fitzgerald, E. L.. . 6 Davison, C. E . 4 Greely, J. J 6 Johnson, B 3 Baroni, A. A 5. Lowenstein, J. 3 Carman, R. F., Jr. 5 Mooney, J. T. 3 Howard, J 5 Pryce, J. R 3 OMalley, J. J. ... 5 Reichert, W. C. ... 3 Ogle, G. W 5 Stelle, R. B. 3. Van Dusen, C... . 5 Taylor, J. T. . 3 Ware, W. R. . 5 Travers, W. H. ., ,3 Wells, H. 4 Watts, R. T. . 3 , Whitehill, L. T. ..." 4 Following are the stakes that were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Hawthorne Handicap, Aug. 6; Faireno. 5,950 Illinois Handicap, Aug. 13; My Dandy. 8,100 Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap, Aug. 20; Head Play. .... 9,675 Hawthorne Gold Cup, Aug. 27; Plucky Play 21,450 -The percentage of winning favorites was below normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days.....,.,.,,.,,..,,.,.,.,.... 29 Number of races ...t. 232 Winning favorites..." . -K 73 Winning second choices. , . 47 Winning outsiders 113 Winners at odds-on 18 Defeated at odds-on 9 Percentage of winning favorites........ .31 One dead heat.
