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NAVANOD ANDWESTROPE Prove Winning Combination in Fran ¬ cis S Peabody Memorial Handsome Son of Hourless Easily EasilyDefeats Defeats Veteran Plucky Play in inWashington Washington Park Feature HOMEWOOD 111 June 16 Navanod handsome brown son of Hourless and Black Flight racing for the Brentwood Stable of Rogers Caldwell Nashville sportsman ac ¬ counted for the Francis S Peabody Memo ¬ rial Handicap at Washington Park here this afternoon with a stretch run that carried him nearly three lengths clear of Norman W Churchs veteran Plucky Play The lat ¬ ter finished the mile and a quarter journey with a neck advantage over the Coldstream Studs Marmion and Clarify was fourth to finish of the eight older horses clashing for the winners purse of 2140 2140Carrying Carrying 106 pounds and capably ridden by Jack Westrope Navanod showed good speed throughout the race but was cleverly rated until reaching the stretch Here Clarify which had taken command in the run to the clubhouse turn began to tire and the Hourless fouryearold went to the front with a rush that brought him home with much to spare although Westrope took no chances chancesPlucky Plucky Play backed into favoritism al ¬ though there had been no reports on his training at Arlington Park handled his top impost of 118 pounds well as he was well rated along the rail within a few lengths of the leader all the way around to the stretch He appeared beaten at this point but J Kacala had not called upon him When he did the Churchill veteran responded will ¬ ingly but he was no match for Navanod NavanodMARMIONS MARMIONS FAST FINISH FINISHIn In getting third honors Marmion came from far back as he had been held under double restraint until the final three eighths He had to come between horses but this did not stop him and he was fast overtak ¬ ing Plucky Play at the windup windupClarify Clarify had the most early speed of the field but he was rated along at a slow pace going the first quarter in 24 the half in 149 and threequarters in 115 He was still in front when the mile was completed in 140 but he could not stave off the winners rush and tired thereafter thereafterThis This was Navanods first victory of the season out of eight starts but he never has been worse than fourth in any of them and was beaten only a half length by Frank Ormont in the Robert M Sweitzer Handi ¬ cap on Memorial Day The latter finished far back today todayA A crowd estimated at 10000 persons viewed the days racing which was slowed up somewhat by a strong wind blowing towards the face of the grandstand grandstandEight Eight promising juvenile maidens clashed in the fourth race at five furlongs with the winner turning up in Joseph E Wideners Great Haste which came through in good fashion after having been second in each of his previous three starts With O Harbort in the saddle the gray gelded son of Haste was held in reserve while Born Happy set the pace and then rapidly went to the front when called upon at the threesixteenths post Born Happy tired slightly after losing command and was beaten by a neck for the place by the steadyrunning Gallaclay which was coupled with Gallerne and the Milky Way Farms entry Prince Splendor making his first start and exhibiting considerable promise finished fourth fourthVETERAN VETERAN ULTJNIU IN FRONT FRONTMrs Mrs R Pollards veteran Hawaiianbred Uluniu returned to sprinting to capture the opening dash in a warm tussle with Lamp Black which he defeated by a neck Uluniu on which J King had the mount was well back in the early stages but moved up steadily during the final half mile and be ¬ ing fortunate in slipping through on the inside in the stretch overtook Lamp Black in the final sixteenth The latter assumed command in the stretch after having dis ¬ posed of Polyphote and Very Well but he could not withstand the winners rush al ¬ though he took second by a length and a Continued on thirtieth page NAVANODANDWESTROPE Continued from first age half from Very Well Hyman was a fast closing fourth Coming between horses in the stretch after having been slow to reach his stride Little Cynic carried the W Sachsenmaier silks to a hard earned triumph in the second race which brought out nine plater juve ¬ niles over five and onehalf furlongs Rid ¬ den by H Hughes Little Cynic won by a half length from Bossie Eye which came from far back on the outside in the final quarter Myrtle Brooks was third after having been in the thick of contention throughout Jay D and Lady Louella had the most early speed but tired in the last furlong Little Cynic was well backed backedMichael Michael Poisons Australian horse Tre vallion was installed favorite in the third race at a mile and seventy yards but while showing improvement over his only other public outing of the year he could do no better than finish third behind J Emerys Four Spot and Unkie Tom TomIn In scoring his second straight victory and first for his new owner Four Spot followed the pace closely and then withstood a hard drive to defeat Unkie Tom by a length Trevallion was just a neck farther away and probably would have been second but for bearing out in the stretch W Hanka guided the winner winnerAfter After showing better behavior at the post Mcane Keala raced to a decisive triumph in the fifth race for plater sprinters The vet ¬ eran representative of Mr and Mrs J L Wilson had her speed from the start and following Prince Sulieman closely until reaching the stretch wore him down readily to go on to a margin of two and a half lengths The latter tired slightly near the end and just nosed out Lady Va Va which had come from far back H Hughes rode the winner his second of the day
