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PEABODY SILKS FIRST Martie Flynn Easy Winner of Handicap at Cicero. Veteran Outfinishes Jean Lafitte by Five Lengths Wild Child and Bold Robin Win. CICERO, 111., Oct. 15. The old campaigner, Martie Flynn, which is still racing in the colors of that popular Chicago sportsman, Stuyvesant Peabody, was victorious in the Chicago Handicap, the best race of the afternoon at Sportsmans Park. Jean Lafitte was second, and Inferno Lad managed to last for the short end of the purse. Typical Indian summer weather prevailed throughout the afternoon, and the sport was witnessed by an exceptionally large half-holiday crowd. Speculation has mounted considerably with the advent of balmy weather, the daily double pool reaching the generous proportions of the spring meeting. The start in the Chicago Handicap was poor, Dollar Princess being practically left at the post. Inferno Lad immediately took a good lead and, saving all possible ground, was being nicely rated with Martie Flynn, racing in close attendance and seemingly able to pass the leader at his leisure. This he did when they reached the second turn the last time around, and the manner in which the old fellow made his rush left no doubts in the minds of vast throng of his superiority. Inferno Lad began to tire badly from his early efforts, and it was here that Jean Lafitte, which shared favoritism with the unlucky Dollar Princess, made his move. On the turn Jean Lafitte also passed Inferno Lad and started in pursuit of the flying Martie Flynn, but it was to no avail as the latter was out in front too far and got home a handy winner by five lengths. Dollar Princess had no chance whatever to show her wares. Due to her fractious behavior she was placed on the outside of the stalls and when the barrier went up she began sidewise and to the inside, bumping Portmanteau and knocking that horse off his stride. When she recovered she was so far back as to be hopelessly beaten. Kittys Gem, making her first start of the meeting, defeated La Compere, Blameless and seven others of the older division of platers in the first race at seven furlongs. The winner, ridden by the veteran D. Burney, rated the daughter of Palroma be- .Continued on twenty-second page PEABODY SILKS FIRST Continued from first page. hind the pacemakers the first half and went to the front when the early leaders raced wide on the turn and was never menaced. La Compere, the offending choice, had no excuses to offer, being well ridden around tl a turns, but did not have enough speed to get up. Bold Robin, which races for S. A. Salen-friend, and installed favorite, won the second race, which was for three-year-olds and over, at seven furlongs. Bellarion was second and Old Bill third. Bold Robin, well ridden by G. Horn, went to the front after beginning from the outside, outpaced his opponents from the start, but was racing in the deepest part of the track all the way and had to be shaken up to withstand the challenge of Bellarion. Elkhart, one of the choices, was a .big disappointment, beginning slowly and losing ground on the turns. "Tex" Anderson added to his already mounting list of winning mounts when he piloted the favorite, Wild Child, home in the third race, which also was at seven furlongs. Northern Sir was second, and Iskum was third. The winner tried to run out coming out of the first turn, and Anderson, quick to straighten his mount up, came over sharply, causing Forget Not to pull up. From there on the daguhter of Oojah was never menaced. Northern Sir raced much the best of the others when he had to come outside the others from a slow beginning, and made a desperate run in the stretch. One of the roughest races of the meeting resulted in the C. E. Davison colors being victorious in the fourth race, for two-year-olds, over five furlongs, when Flirting won a rather lucky victory over Meloy, which was second, and Paria Franka saving third. Ten went to the post and at the start Cicero broke into. Merovech, knocking the latter, as well as Indian Mist and Meloy, back. There was much crowding going around the first turn and Meloy, lucky to remain on his feet, made up ground rapidly after reaching the back stretch when in the clear and was wearing the winner down. Pana Franka was bumped by the winner on the first turn and, racing gamely, tired right at the etid.
