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BIG RED TO THE FORE Vindicates Judgment of His Trainer by Winning Hawthorne Feature. Outlasts Silent Shot by Half Length With Favorite Knights Gal Third Bumper Attendance. CICERO, 111., Aug. 3 Vindicating the confidenci his trainer, F. F. Brant, Kentucky horseman, has had in him since his early preparation for racing, Big Red, three-year-old son of Big Blaze and Miss Lady, won over six of his age in the Downers Grave Purse at Hawthorne here this afternoon. Thi. was an allowance race at one mile and one-sixteenth and, racing well in the mud that prevailed, the victor brought the whits and green colors of his owner, T. H. McCaffrey, Cincinnati patron, to the finish a half length in front of J. E. Hughes Silent Shot. Three lengths back, Knights Gal, the favorite and representing the Aud-ley Farm, saved the minor honors over Dusky Devil, One Chance, Spartan Lady and Pot au Brooms. The victory of the McCaffrey colt marked the second of his career, he having graduated at th recent Arlington Park meeting, and it was one of several mild surprises for th j largest crowd the Chicago Business Mens Racing Association has entertained during thj present meeting at its popular course. He was ridden by Herman Schutte and negotiated the distance in 1:49, which was a gool performance on the deep and stiffening track. GAME PERFORMANCE. After Knights Gal, Dusky Devil and Silent Shot had led him for three-quarters, the winner came through gamely in the stretch run, and while Silent Shot held on stubbornly and only surrendered the lead within a few strides of the finish, the victor was drawing away from the Hughes colt at the end. Knights Gal gave way in the last fur-i long, but succeeded in saving the minor award by a half-length over Dusky Devil, which also tired badly in the final drive. Others furnished no" contention of note. The muddy track resulted from rains during the night, but the afternoon brought clearing skies and, with the temperature at a refreshing level, the weather was ideal for the sport and had much to do with the increase in attendance. Jack Howard saddled his first winner of the meeting, when the consistent and versatile Don Manuel raced through the mud to a decisive victory over eight other juveniles and under .the Kentucky horsemans colons in the first race, in which the distance was five and one-half furlongs. The victor, ridden by C. Corbett and a pronounced favorite, easily overtook Dust Girl after the latter had made a good pace to the stretch and after drawing out into a safe lead, finished the distance under mild restraint. Dust Girl held to second place by three-quarters of a length over Le Miserable and Bittybit was fourth. CONSISTENT STIMULATOR. The consistent Stimulator splashed his way to victory under 118 pounds and over such of the cheaper sprinters as Barry. Etcetera, Out Bound and six others at six and one-half furlongs in the second race. After forcing Etceteras pace to the stretch, the winner quickly wrested the lead from ihe Remm colt and, drawing clear, was not seriously menaced by the bold-finishing Barry. Etcetera weakened badly in the closing furlong, while Out Bound, which began slowly, failed to reach a contending position, though he made up some ground in the stretch. By a wide degree the best under prevailing conditions among the nine that met at one mile and one-sixteenth in the third race, Mrs. J. Remms Scandal Sheet, trained by P. Reuter and ridden by J. Westrope, had no trouble winning over Ed Lark, Betty Barrett and the others. Still well under snug restraint on the second turn the winner took the lead from Tommy Tickle and coming away in the stretch won by a seven length margin over Ed Lark, which was three lengths better than Betty Barrett. The winner was the choice in the betting. The Audley Farms Cloud DOr, gelded son of High Cloud, raced to victory over Prince Drake, Coflier and five other two-year-olds in the Pine Gate Purse, the fourth race. The winner set his own pace and Continued on twenty-second page. BIG RED TO THE FORE Continued from first page. somewhat aided by the repeated swerving of Prince Drake in the stretch, got away with the victory in handy fashion and by a length and one-half. Prince Drake provided the chief contention throughout and, bearing in badly in the stretch, could not be urged hard during much of the final eighth, where Coflier finished strongly to be within three-quarters of a length of the runer-up and four lengths before Spartan Lad. Racing from behind three of his six opponents with a rush in the stretch, A. Bartel-steins consistent Cog-Air took the fifth race for his sixth triumph in eleven starts in this, his seventh year and sixth campaign. The veteran son of On Watch revelled in the mud, and his belated rush so decisively turned back Martie Flynn and the others that his victory was easily- achieved. At the line of finish he was two lengths in the van of Martie Flynn, which in turn took second by two and one-half lengths over Rubio. The latter set a good pace for the going, but his impost of 117 pounds brought him into great distress as the sprint drew to a close, and he fell back steadily when covering the final furlong. Fanfern, Back Log, Journeys End and Singing Heart completed the field and. followed the leaders in the order named. Neither Back Log nor Journeys End was a serious contender after the first quarter
