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GALLANT SIR VICTOR IN a HAWTHORNE . HANDICAP Big Brand Second and Waylayer Third Big Crowd at Cicero First Saturday of Meeting Marked by Good Weather and Fast Track Jockey Westropes Riding One of Days Features CICERO, 111., Aug. 5. Gallant Sir, the sensational West Coast performer of the past winter season, scored his first victory before a Chicago crowd this summer when he carried Norman W. Churchs colors to their second triumph in the Hawthorne Handicap in the last three runnings of that race. Victory came easily for the four-year-old son of Sir Gallahad IH. and Sun Spot, and at the end of the mile and one-eighth he was a length and a half before T. H. McCaffreys Big Brand, which outraced A. A. Baronis Waylayer by a length. Tred Avon, the S. W. Labrot filly, was fourth and followed by Evergold, Late Date, Swivel, Action, At Top and Plucky Play, the latter also performing under the Church silks, under which he won the same fixture in 1931. Although he shouldered the heavy impost of 124 pounds, Gallant Sir was more than equal to the task and after rushing to the front on the inside as Evergold, which had made the early pace, swung very wide on the lower turn, held the race safe. Big Brand, which worked his way up gradually after reaching the final half-mile and Way-layer, among the leaders from the start, were within striking distance of the Church Victor as they reached the final three-sixteenths, but the winner held to a pace too swift for them to overcome and they were turned back without forcing Lee Humphries to bring out the victors best. Big Brand carried 107 pounds and Waylayer 103 pounds. PLUCKY PLAY IN REAR. Aside from Evergolds early speed and the prominence of Action and At Top, the first seven-eighths, others in the field of ten gave their supporters little to enthuse over. Five lengths separated Waylayer and Tred Avon, which saved fourth money, and the others with the exception of Plucky Play, which trailed throughout, were well grouped at the Labrot fillys heels. Favored by cool and sunny weather, the stakes program drew one of the larger crowds of the season, demonstrating again that the public never passes up an opportunity to turn out to see the more accomplished horses in action. In the throng were scores of Chicagos noted enthusiasts and demands on the clubhouse and box sections taxed the capacity of both. The mutuel play was reported as almost equal to that of the first Saturday of the 1932 meeting. Two sprint events, each engaging small but classy fields, were the secondary features, and one of the pair the Mohawk Purse resulted in a Chicago triumph when P. A. and R. J. Nashs Minton ran home before Cathop, Rehoboth and four others. MINTONS FINE PERFORMANCE. Minton came through with a capital performance to defeat Cathop by a head, and . he was the second of the afternoons winners ridden by L. Ruder. Supreme Sweet was the favorite to win the three-quarters contest. Outsiders finished first and second in the introductory race when J. V. Stewarts Topple and Jens Son, which races for L. M. Severson, reached the end of the five and one-half furlongs in the van of the ten others and with Topple the winner by more than two lengths. A length and one-half farther back Le Miserable accounted for the minor honors, and he was a length in front of Lamporte, which was installed favorite. The latter tired after leading to the stretch, where the three leaders came on stoutly -after figuring in the crowding that developed on the stretch turn. The Severson silks were more successful in the second race, a claiming affair for older performers and contested over six and one-half furlongs, when Volta Maid, a pronounced choice, carried them to victory over March King, Burning Up and the seven others that opposed the four-year-old filly. She was aided by expert guidance at -the hands of L. Ruder and, after setting Jier own pace, was good enough to win by three-quarters of a length over March King. Tiring in the final drive, Burning Up, which kept within a short distance of the winner for more than half a mile, was a length Continued on thirteenth page. GALLANT SIR VICTOR IN HAWTHORNE HANDICAP Continued from first page. and one-half away from March King at the finish, where Rusty led the others. The aged Battling On and J. Westrope made up the winning combination in the third race, engaging ten at one mile and one-sixteenth and he was forced to a drive to down Barney Sexton by three-quarters of a length. Barry which had the distinction of being the only one in the contest to get his head in front of the winner, which he led for a few strides on the stretch turn, where Battling On bore out, was third, a half length farther back and only a nose in front of Gramarye. Cambridgeshire, the South American sprinter and five-year-old son of Rico, was seen in his first winning effort on a Chicago track when he outsprinted Monel, Gay World and four others for a distance of three-quarters in the Iroquois Purse. This was the fourth race and the victor had the services of the able Westrope. After reaching the post, the bridle on the winner broke and he gained a meagre advantage when Westrope was allowed to dismount while other of the riders remained astride their mounts as the bridle was changed. With the start, the "foreigner," which is owned by de la Cerda and Santiago, was last out of the stalls, but Westrope soon had him in a good position and after racing to the front past Princess Camelia and Monel in the stretch, he outstayed the latter for a. neck victory. Gay World raced from a good distance back to beat out Bright Shadow and the others for third place.
