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RIDGEVIEW CONSISTENT Mikel Racer Scores Fifth Successive Victory Ninth of Year Dust Girl Gives Prince of Umbria UmbriaMare Mare Most Contention in Feature Featureat at Washington Park HOMEWOOD 111 June 19 Ridgeviev the sixyearold Prince of Umbria mare which has regained her best forirttpd with the fine speed and bulldog courage that marked campaigns earlier in her brilliant career has been winning with phenomenal consistency this year raced to her ninth victory of the season and fifth in succes ¬ sive starts when she won the Chatham Purse at Washington Park this afternoon This was for the account of J D Mikel Illinois turfman who claimed her for 1500 in Texas early in April AprilIn In the Chatham Purse which topped a well balanced though lightly filled card of eight races Ridgeview opposed only four but they were of the better sort with Dust Girl the young daughter of Brooms which is slated to carry the Nash Bros Shandon Farm colors in Saturdays renewal of the Illinois Oaks furnishing the strongest con ¬ tention With much the worst of the weights Dust Girl which shouldered 105 pounds or two and onehalf pounds under the winners impost made a valiant effort to prevent the winner from extending his string of victories but eventually went down by a length and onehalf onehalfDust Dust Girl was five lengths before Sir Ten which many regarded as the one likely to give the favored Mikel mare the most trouble and there was an eightlength gap between Sir Ten and Regardless which saved fourth money moneyDUST DUST GIRLS CHALLENGE CHALLENGETed Ted King had the winner close after Re ¬ gardless as the Brentwood Stable gelding held the early lead under sufferance and after going to the lead leaving the back stretch she coasted around the turn in easy command As she slightly increased her margin entering the stretch Dust Girl set ¬ tled into a determined challenge that forced King to briskly shake up the Mikel star in the final furlong where Sir Ten which had entered the stretch in second place fell back fast fastWith With a determined challenge in the last of the six furlongs Renaissance racing un ¬ der E Schwartz colors and the choice in the betting wore down the aged but light footed Flag Bearer in time to finish in front of the small field that furnished the first contest Flag Bearer set all the pace and aided by clever rating held on in rather determined fashion this despite his failure to withstand the winner and at the end he was a good length before Bag Smasher The failure of Gunfire to prove more of a factor caused some disappoint ¬ ment mentBUBBLING BUBBLING MATE WINS WINSThe The racing colors of J and H Scheitler Chicago patrons and friends of Mr and Mrs John Marsch also of Chicago who sold the Scheitlers their first thoroughbreds fin ¬ ished in front when Bubbling Mate ac ¬ counted for the Calumet City Purse This was the second race confined to maiden juvenile colts and geldings and engaged ten of which Warren Wrights Skip It which finished third was the favored one Bub ¬ bling Mate returning odds of better than 4 to 1 Dojo a rank outsider finished second racing the victor to a necks differ ¬ ence enceThe The winners time of 137 exemplified her consistency she having run the distance in exactly the same time when previously under colors on which occasion she defeated Dusky Devil and Ebony Lady among others Racing conditions were ideal with another noticeable increase ip attendance attendanceAfter After he and Repaid had held up the start eleven and onehalf minutes A B Gallahers Pancoast gave a display of his best speed to win the Burnside Claiming Purse pre ¬ sented sixth among the eight races Pan coast went to the front from a starting posi ¬ tion outside the stalls and easily holding a commanding margin over Gift of Roses Continued on nineteenth page RIDGEVIEW CONSISTENT Continued from first page came on to win by three lengths The latter mare making her bow under L G Meyers colors took secondary honors with Fair aickle third The favorite Cabezo finished last in fourth place placeEddie Eddie Arcaro sent the winner to the front as Witan which had taken command early bolted to the extreme outside on the turn and after coming through a brush with Chicasha and Witan early in the stretch run had enough left to withstand Dojos late rush Witan made a remarkable recov ¬ ery to all but retrieve the lead in the stretch but the effort left him badly distress for the final furlong during which he fell back fast Skip It which raced from far back overtaking him in the closing strides stridesDeets Deets Campfire the improved Campfire filly that races for the Chappel Brothers of Rockford 111 won her second purse in suc ¬ cessive starts and third of the year when she was good enough to turn back Chief Bunting Long Bit and six others over the threequarters distance in the third race Although Long Bit had most of the backing Durga was well supported and her failure to leave the stalls with the field embarrassed her admirers admirersThe The winner and Chief Bunting had the contest much to themselves and although he failed to cope with the victors stretch challenge Chief Bunting held second safe from the favorite which was in a contending position at all times timesA A double the first on a Chicago course for the well known black and gold colors was completed by the Chappel Brothers stable when Brilliant Dee was victorious over a small band of plater twoyearolds in the fourth race It was a rather lucky score as the T C Worden representative and favorite Jewelry encountered far more than an average share of adverse luck and with more of a chance probably would have fin ¬ ished in front As it was Brilliant Dee led the Worden filly past the finish by a half length and Jay D which finished third leading Madame Excel and Sir Richard was two lengths away from Jewelry
