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MALOLOS COME-BACK SUCCESSFUL Wins His First Start Since Last March in Final Feature at Fairmount Park Jockey Beck Is Star as Meeting Comes to a Close COLLINSVILLE, 111., Oct. 15. Malolo, the unsexed son of Dis Done and Tunnin, which races for the locally-owned Blue Star Stable of A. J. Pershall, won at his first asking since last March when he was returned a handy winner of the Mid-Western Handicap, a dash at three-quarters that featured the last days program of the autumn racing at the Fairmount Park of the Fairmount Park Jockey Club here this afternoon. C. Holts Ante Bellum raced to the place, a neck back of the winner and two and a half lengths in the van of Leo Clous Indicative, which raced on even terms with Malolo the greater part of the trip. Of the original ten named overnight there were seven to accept for the test, with Malolo carrying the bulk of the support. After nearly a three-minute delay at the gate, Ante Bellum was the first to show. However, Tracy Reno lost little time in getting the victor into the van and although Indicative "dogged" him all the way and. Mt.lolo never drew clear of his opponent, Reno was not forced to go to the whip to keep his charge in the lead. After tiring from his fruitless effort, Indicative dropped back in the final sixteenth and Ante Bellum, closing fast on the rail, was the one that forced the final pace. Making Bubbles, Wrigley Field and Belgrade completed the field, but they never threatened the leaders. In registering his third success of the year, Malolo carried the top impost of 123 pounds and ran the six furlongs in 1:12, the fastest time for the distance during the meeting. It was truly a representative crowd that was present for the final day of racing in these parts. Leading officials from St. Louis, East St. Louis, Collinsville and adjacent cities lent their presence to the occasion. The club house entertained the largest crowd of the meeting and there were numerous luncheon parties. Scores of patrons took advantage of the weather, which was by far the best of the season, to occupy the spacious lawns and upper decks of the club house, while the grandstand and its aisles were filled. Although the attendance has been good this season the speculation was much lighter than in previous years and without a reduction in the daily license tax or increase in the mutuel take the management entertains no hopes of holding a meeting next year. The public appeared to fancy the distance races and no less than five of the eight events were at a mile or over. The real treat came with the running of the Al Lyons-Fox Theatre Purse, the fourth event, at the gruelling route of one mile and one-half and for which a limit field of distance horses accepted. This provided the first offending favorite of the afternoon when C. N. Ingles Continued on twenty-second page MALOLOS GOOD COME-BACK Continued from first page. heavily-backed Drastic Celt failed to find a place among the leading trio. Winning honors went to the lightly regarded Portmess, from the stable of Mrs. Rex Cooper, with Ed Reese second and Elizabeth S. third. Reggie Cooper had his mothers colorbearer close to the pace of Alma and Ed Reese to the final furlong, where he drove the victor to the front to lead Ed Reese, second choice, by a length and one-half at the finish. The latter, after reaching the lead when Alma tired, led Elizabeth S. by two lengths. After outbreaking his field, Drastic Celt dropped out of contention and never improved his position. Coming with a determined rush in the final furlong, O. A. Simmons Tantalizing was a driving winner over Title Star, Black Darling and nine others that met at three-quarters in the introductory dash, for which the winner ruled a slight favorite over Principio. The second race, at three-quarters and engaging a limit field, was productive of another popular victory land close finish, with Albert Beck registering his second straight success when he drove G. Keetons Fort Worth to a head triumph over the "fielder," Sawdust, with the pacemaking Overboard third. There was little delay at the start, with Overboard showing the way t,Q the final furlong where Fort Worth took command to withstand the determined challenge of Sawdust. Chianti, for which there was strong support, outbroke the field, but dropped back quickly and never threatened thereafter. Albert Beck rode his third winner, and again it was not until the final drive that victory was attained, when he drove J. P. Whites greatly improved Explode to a neck triumph over Winged Wind, with Easter Parade third. The latter pair were members of the mutuel field, and they dominated the pace after Machilla retired. A limit field accepted for the mile test that served as the third, and Explode, a four-to-one choice, raced far out of it until the final furlong, where he came from eighth place to wear down the leaders. J. Martin was carded as the rider of the winner until nearing post time, when Beck was substituted after the rule not allowing apprentices to ride two-year-olds owned by other than contract employers was waived. By virtue of his three winning mounts, Beck rode the winners of the daily double, which included Fort Worth in the second and Explode in the third,
