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RECORD WINNING ILLINOIS DERBY FILLYS GREAT TRIUMPH Overcomes Slow Start by Marvelous Exhibition of Sustained Speed Runs Mile and an Eighth in 149 149to to Outlast New Deal With WithPlight Plight in Third Place AURORA 111 May 23 Mata Hari queenly daughter of Peter Hastings and War Woman owned and bred by Charles T Fisher Detroit sportsman and master of Dixiana raced to an impressively achieved and very popular victory in the second Illi nois Derby 10000 added attraction of the closing days sport of the Fox Valley Jockey Clubs meeting here today Bound ing to the front as ttie field of twelve thun dered past the first turn of the mile and one eighth Mata Hari led thereafter and run ¬ ning the distance in the phenomenally fast time of 1494 which eclipsed the track record by three full seconds won by half a length The Kentucky owned gelding New Deal carried James W Parrishs col ¬ ors into second place four lengths before the Texas Derby winner Plight owned by William Sachsenmaier of Atlantic City Four lengths further back Patchpocket G W Ogles representative saved consolation honors Then followed in order Mr Bun Boy Valet Thomasville Ashen Irish Image Vitamin B Loggia and Indian Salute the latter also owned by Sachsenmaier The winner making her first Chicago ap jjeciiaiiuc ui me jr t uttu yearold since the Kentucky Derby in which she finished fourth after leading for a mile was a pronounced favorite returning little more than even money There was a larger place refund on the Dixiana star which was saddled by Clyde Van Dusen and ridden by Lee Humphries HumphriesPRIZE PRIZE OF 8230 8230The The winning award was 8230 with other of the prize money divided as follows 2000 I to second 1000 to third and 400 to fourth fourthDisplaying Displaying her usual temperament at the post Mata Hari was almost entirely respon ¬ sible for a delay of six and onehalf minutes i before starter Wingfield released the dozen L threeyearolds Eventually Mata Hari was placed outside of the Waite gate and break ¬ ing slowly had to be fully extended to reach i the ffront before the clubhouse turn was 3 reached As the field rushed into the first I elbow Loggia was second Patchpocket t third Thomasville fourth New Deal next t and Plight seventh seventhIn In the back stretch Mata Hari drew away r until she was leading by six lengths Patch ¬ pocket advancing to second over New Deal 1 as the end of the opening half mile which l the winner accomplished in 46 was 3 reached Rounding the lower turn where j Humphries took a much tighter hold on the 3 winner New Deal supplanted Patchpocket t in second place with Plight still seventh j and showing response to strong pressure After pressureAfter negotiating the sharp stretch turn if where Plight went out badly Mata Hari i slightly increased her advantage over New v Deal but the latter going with unwavering 5 strides remained a danger and when the Q Dixiana filly faltered near the end swiftly narrowed her advantage until it was the small aforementioned halflength at the wire After overtaking Thomasville and Mr Bun approaching the final furlong Plight came on evenly down the center of the course to force Patchpocket out of third position some fifty yards from the finish finishREMARKABLE REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCEAlthough Although the former track record was jointly held by Prince Tii and Garrick both campaining in the selling class when their marks of 152 were recorded Mata Haris performance was one requiring super class Her time for threequarters was 112 and the mile was split in 136 136Next Next to the winner patrons fancied the Sachsenmaier entry with Patchpocket third choice and Boy Valet which was never a threat finishing sixth next nextShouldering Shouldering 117 pounds she gave two pounds by the scale to New Deal and met Plight which carried 122 under scale weight Patchpocket had up 116 pounds Staged poundsStaged under fine conditions the Derby program closing a season of twenty days Continued on twentyfifth page
