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C0UGHL1N HORSE WINS Camp Douglas Surprises in Main Attraction at Hawthorne. Another Afternoon of Spirited Finishes Trey, Ladykin and Cabouse Among Winners. CICERO, 111., Aug. 8. One of the outstanding surprises of the Chicago season came out of the Park Ridge Purse, the principal attraction of todays sport at Hawthorne when Camp Douglas, the Campfire four-year-old that races for J. J. Coughlin, Chicago alderman, was the winner of the six and one-half furlongs dash. It was another afternoon of spirited finishes, and the Coughlin colt gained his surprising victory, which entitled his handful of backers, to a return of 26.62 for each wagered straight, by a scant head over the Audley Farms Royal Blunder. Three length back Monel, odds-on choice sporting the silks of the S. W. Labrot stable, drove to the finish in third place, and the three in her wake were Band Wagon, Bubbler and Hope to Do. The winner, along - with Royal Blunder and Band Wagon, had all the luck, and on the stretch turn charged through on the inside as Hope to Do, which set the early pace, went wide, taking Monel with him. Forced to a course near the center of the track, Monel gamely worked her way to the front in the stretch, but the effort left her badly distressed for the final drive and, rushing past her, the winner and Royal Blunder came on to provide one of the several spectacular finishes. SPECTACULAR FINISH. A sixteenth from the finish, Royal Blunder got his head in front, and although he held on gamely as W. D. Wright worked frantically on the winner, which approached the end on the inside of both Monel and-Royal Blunder, the A.udley gelding was out-finished in the final strides. Camp Douglas victory, his first in more than a year stunned one of the largest weekday crowds of the meeting, but it was not the only upset, as more surprises resulted in the following or sixth race, when Surety, recently acquired by W. B. Mitchell, scored over a small band of fair platers at one mile and a sixteenth. He won easily with Twisted Threads second and White Legs third. Snaplock was the recipient of the most support here, but his infirm underpinning giving him some trouble, the best he could do was to save fourth money for his owner. Cool weather, with clear skies, was the order and the track was fast. Ladykin carried J. G. Langs Elmtree Stable colors to a popular victory over Monks Bela, Hobnail and nine other older maidens in the opening race. L. Ruder brought the winner from a good distance hack in the stretch and at the close of the six and one-half furlongs she was three-quarters of a length before Monks Bela, which garnered second honors by more than two lengths. Rummond, second choice to the winner, quit badly after racing into a commanding lead on the turn and only succeeded in saving fourth money by a nose over Woody Simon. CABOUSE STAGGERING. The H. P. Headley stable furnished its second winner of the meeting when Cabouse staggered to the finish in front of ten other juveniles in the second race, the distance of which was five and one-half furlongs. General Parth, which got away very slowly when his rider, H. Schutte, was apparently caught unprepared for the break, performed like the best in the large field but the lead of six lengths which the winner -enjoyed when entering the final furlong was more than he could overcome and he went down by a length and one-half, the victor quitting badly in the late stages. The minor honors fell to Owen and Durga, which shared favoritism with the winner and General Partk was fourth. With Grand Prince, the public choice, provided by the Shandon Farm, encountering no small measure of ill-luck, Mrs. E. Dene-marks Burning Up, also ridden by Westrope, got away with the winners laurels in the third race for which the field numbered nine and the distance was six and one-half furlongs. Westrope had the winner in command after a quarter and performing in his best fashion, he came on to win by four lengths as Hillsborough nosed out the unlucky favorite for second. The latter was forced back as L. Ruder tried to drive him between the winner and Monks First leaving the back stretch and after sulking for Continued on twenty-first page. COUGHLIN HORSE WINS f Continued from first page. a few strides, he came through in his usual resolute manner for the stretch run and barely failed to be the runner-up. Tiring in the final eighth, Monks First fell back from second to fourth place and Try King, which received a timid ride, was next. Under a good ride from the veteran Earl Pool, the Audley Farms Trey won the La Grange Purse, for two-year-olds, and it was a victory that came in a thrilling, driving finish, with Light Up and Essie Wessie being within a neck of the Sir Barton gelding at the end. Trey easily disposed of Ima Count and opened up a clear lead after reaching the stretch, only to tire in the late stages, where Light Up and Essie Wessie drew dangerously close, with Pools skill being required to keep the victor in front. Ima Count lost speed rapidly in the final drive, where Dan Sabath moved up in steady fashion to be fourth under the wire. In the ragged start that marked the race, Naval Cadet was left and Prince Drake got away too slowly to have much of a chance.
