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MARTIE FLYNN BY NOSE ♦ Veteran Peabody Campaigner Accounts for Sportsmans Feature. Popular Half-Mile Cicero Track Is Jammed With Chicago Sport Fans — Closing Event Wins. » CICERO, 111., May 13— One of the most stirring finishes of the week came out of the running of the fifth and feature race, titled the La Salle Handicap. Martie Flynn, th« aged campaigner in the colors of S. Pea-body, popular Chicago sportsman, was declared the winner after a gruelling stretch duel that had the crowd on edge until the numbers were hung up. The start was a good one after a delay at the post caused by Jolly Pilot and it was Eisenberg that raced into the lead as is his custom, with Essential in close pursuit. Passing the stands the first time, Espi-naca was racing next to the rail in the deeper going and seemed to labor and falter, but took the lead on the back stretch and continued in command to the second turn, where he was joined by the veteran Peabody gelding. Martie Flynn attempted to come through on the inside rail at this point, but found the narrow opening closed and, coming outside of Espinaca and into the firmer footing, gained steadily and it was not until the end that Espinaca, which seemed to tire slightly in the stretch, was barely nosed out by the Peabody colorbearer, which was racing strong and true. Eisenberg, although tiring badly, was hanging on gamely and was given the minor award. Jolly Pilot, which was very fractious at the barrier and was started from outside of the stalls, raced on the extreme outside all through the race. A bright, warm spring day, in marked contrast to the rainy weather since the meeting opened, attracted a crowd estimated at 14,000 to the West Side course and, while the track was still deep and holding from recent rains, the sport was enthusiastically applauded. DRASTIC PUNISHMENT. The stewards were quick in handing down drastic punishment to jockey W. Carroll after the running of the first race when they suspended that rider for sixty days for rough riding and "grabbing." Shortly after the start Carroll, who had the mount on Marabou, cut over toward the inner rail very sharply and causing Bridgeport and Bobbie R. to pull up. The race was won by Bridgeport in the colors of L. Harris and, given a hustling ride by Johnny McLaren. The horse had to be much the best to overcome his early difficulties which he did in gallant fashion and, circling the others at the head of the stretch, was up to win by a length in the last few strides. Marabou continued to race with the early leader, Baby Bane, after cutting over and, coming into the stretch, seemed to have the race won, but managed to last for the place award. Lofty Heights, the odds-on choice, was forced to race wide the entire way and the loss of so much ground caused the Rogers gelding to tire badly and he did not share in the purse. The followers of long shots were given a thrill when Terminus, a good looking son of Exterminate, dam of "Old Bones" Exterminator, and at 40 to 1 in the betting, led to within a few strides of the finish of the second race and tired badly. The event was won by Oh Yeah, racing for R. OConnor, and she well deserved her victory. Dwelling shortly after the start, the Poly-melian mare, under a hustling ride by Critchfield, worked her way up on the outside where the footing was firmer and managed to gain her laurels right at the end, where she won by the scant margin of half a length. The much raced Donate was the public choice in the wagering and tired badly after racing back of Terminus for a short distance. Adsum, making his second start of the year and racing in the colors of L. E. Ogle, made a runaway of the third race, a dash of five furlongs for older sprinters.
