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BY MARGIN OF A HEAD ■ Dogmata Beats Patchpocket in the Briergate Purse. ♦ Rider Almost Throws Victory Away in Last Eighth — Indian Salute Fails to Be Contender. - i ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. 111., July 6 — Ordinarily satisfied to engage in sprints, H. O McConnells gelded three-year-old Dogmata tried the experiment of going a mile this afternoon in the Briergate Purse, which was the feature of a good week day card at Arlington Park. He did well enough to win bv a neck over George Ogles front running Patchpocket, with William Sachsen-maiers Indian Salute a distant third, six lengths back. The only other member of the field of three-year-olds was Mrs. John D. Hertz Contessa. The race was run before a crowd which the threatening weather kept down to about 8,000, and the track had improved enough over the heavy going which prevailed for the earlier races to let Dogmata finish the mile in 1:41%. Both Indian Salute and Patchpocket are eligibles for the Arlington Classic, although none too highly regarded. But the throng did not permit this to stand in the way of its betting judgment, for Dogmata was made a strong favorite. Patchpocket outbroke the others, and in the long run down the back stretch drew out into a lead of three lengths, with Contessa second and Dogmata third. Dogmata had plenty of run once the field hit the stretch turn, however, for he moved up quickly on the outside to take the lead and was a length in front a furlong out. Harbort, whipping with his left hand through the late stretch, was careless enough to loosen the leaders head, however, and Dogmata began to swing out. Tipton drove Patchpocket up again on the inside and although his horse was obviously not best, he almost got him up in the late strides. MERRILY ON IMPROVES. The five-year-old. Merrily On, was a trifle short in his summer debut at Arlington last week, but he was an improved horse today. Sprinting to the front early under a hustling ride by Lee Hardy, he led all the way to carry the silks of Mrs. Joe Grossman to victory by three-quarters of a length in the fifth race, a dash over six furlongs which was the secondary feature. The favorite, Mrs. Roy Carruthers Mr. James, was second and was gaining on the winner all through the final quarter. W. C. Stroubes Croon was third. Merrily On ran the distance in 1:15%. The race was Merrily Ons first this season for his present owner. Claimed from her last year she reclaimed Merrily On in his last start. . The second odds-on choice of the day came Continued on twenty-sixth page. | h b T tl e I 1 r t 2 J t t 1 1 J I t i j 1 1 I 1 a i 1 1 1 I - 1 : j I - I 1 ; » I t . 1 . t 1 j r BY MARGIN OF A HEAD Continued from first page. home a galloping winner by five lengths when F. C. Wrights five-year-old, Happen, beat a band of six other platers in the seventh race at one mile and a furlong. Closing fast on the outside to take the lead in the early stretch, Happen was never threat- ened in the late stages. * Harned Brothers Kuvera was a half length best of the others, with M. S. Skaggs * Wayward Lad third. The time was 1:59. » An easy winner earlier in the week, T. C. Wordens gelded two-year-old Shan came right back this afternoon for a handy victory by two lengths in the first race, at five and one-half furlongs. Backed down to odds-on favoritism on the strength of his j last race. Shan took the lead on the first turn, made his own pace to the stretch, and then drew away without difficulty in the heavy going. Texas Maid, racing for the Running W. Ranch, was second, after having been cose to the winner to the stretch. She came to the inside in the final quarter I but could make up no ground. Three lengths farther back for third was K. E. Hitts Dun- 1 dreary. The race was run in 1:14% over a he?.vy track The nine-year-old, Sister Zoe, racing in her best form in the second race, came charging up on the outside nearing the end of the six furlongs to carry the silks of ! J. R. Upton to victory by three-quarters of length. She beat J. J. Coughlins Very j Well, which had been in the lead or fore- ] ing the pace all through the early stages. L, E. Ogles heavily weighted Salisbury was a head back to be third. | Restrained off the early pace and then moving up to take command a sixteenth out, T. C. Wordens Royal Leon proved the winner of the third by a neck, a seven furlongs dash in which seven platers went to the post. The winner got up to beat the favorite, P. H. Kricks Prince Sulieman. Two lengths back of this driving pair P. L Kelleys Le Miserable raced to third place. The race was run in 1:29%, with Prince Sulieman getting to the front early and not being headed until Royal Leon passed him in the stretch. The winning "Daily Double" combination of Sister Zoe and Royal Leon paid 4.62. The victory was also a double for the Worden silks, Shan having won the first race. Clientelle, a two-year-old son of Wise Counsellor, which races for the Southland Stable, was dropped into a field of nine maiden juveniles in the fourth race and had little or no difficulty in beating them by four lengths after he had run the five fur-t longs in 1:03".-.. Chance Sun, half of the Joseph E. Widener entry, that had been made odds-on favorite, was second. The Brookmeade Stables Foggy Night was a distant third, some six lengths back. Clientelle moved to the front before the far turn and was never thereafter headed, Drawing away in the early stretch, he was racing easily at the finish.
