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CHIEF CHEROKEE WINS Big Favorite With Surprisingly SurprisinglyLarge Large Crowd at Homewood Our Reigh Second to Komorous Horse in Thomas Purse at Wash ¬ ington Park Course HOMEWOOD III June 17 Chief Chero ¬ kee a big favorite with a surprisingly large crowd for a wet dreary day was the out ¬ standing performer in todays muddy track racing at Washington Park Performing1 smartly in the tough going the threeyear old Cherokee Pongee gelding carried the burnt orange and black silks of the Chicaeo owned L E Koromorus stable to a decisive score over five others of his age in the Thomas Purse which featured featuredOur Our Reigh furnished by the stable of Mrs John D Hertz also of Chicago and a prob ¬ able starter in Saturdays renewal of the American Derby finished second as H P Headleys Whopper another American Derby eligible saved third honors for Ken ¬ tucky tuckyGamaliel Gamaliel Torp Nancy and Countess Bina completed the field and finished in that or ¬ der They were badly beaten Gamaliel lead ¬ ing Toro Nancy by eight lengths as he bowed to Whopper by a length and one half Margins of three lengths separated the three leaders and had not the winner veered to the inside in the last seventy yards his victory might have been even more decisive He raced the distance under top weight of 113 pounds in 141 and was ably ridden by Jimmy King KingToro Toro Nancy started out as if she would prove the one to give the victor the most trouble but after racing almost five fur ¬ longs in front and under restraint tired badly as her rider asked her for something more With the Northway Stable filly fall ¬ ing back rapidly Chief Cherokee sped into a long lead with Whopper nearest in pur ¬ suit and Our Reigh beginning the late rush with which he brought down Gamaliel and Whopper in the last furlong furlongHowever However Whoppers whirlwind finish sturdy as it was in no wise endangered the winner King keeping from three to four lengths in the van throughout the stretch racing racingDISAGREEABLE DISAGREEABLE WEATHER WEATHERHeavy Heavy rains Sunday and more this morn ¬ ing left the track in such unfavorable condi ¬ tion that only horses adept at negotiating deep and holding mud could successfully handle the tough underfooting In addition to being damp the weather during racing time was raw and otherwise disagreeable Naturally it caused many prospective pa ¬ trons to remain away awayNight Night Alarm a gelded son of Apprehen ¬ sion and Soiree carried H P Headleys col ¬ ors to a handy victory over six other maiden twoyearolds and at five and one half furlongs in the first race Though it marked the winners public debut he had a good following and his triumph was not in the nature of a surprise Only two others Doran and Hat Check received stronger support They finished second and third as named and raced in those positions back of the Headley representative throughout throughoutA A Robertson rode the winner winnerLo Lo making her first appearance under C E Davisons colors had to be much the best to score in the second race for three yearolds After delaying the start she left in a bad tangle but upon reaching the final quarter mowed down her rivals in rapid succession and went under the wire a sood length before Petee Blue The latter was the first to head the early pacemaker Eve ¬ ning Gown and led by two lengths entering the final eighth but the advantage did not save him Minor honors went to Weelukle Evening Gown quitting so badly in the stretch run that she was in front of only one contestant at the finish Lo was odds on in the betting She was ridden by E Aracro AracroGAOIICA GAOIICA GRADUATES GRADUATESNash Nash Brothers Galmica which had fin ¬ ished second and third in his only previous races stepped out of the nonwinners class with an easily achieved and impressive vic ¬ tory over six other juvenile maidens in the third race This also had decision over five and onehalf furlongs and resulted in the complete overthrow of the favorite vhen Sir Gawaine was unable to finish better than fourth Sir Jim James and Maildun Continued on twentyseventh page CHIEF CHEROKEE WINS WINSContinued Continued from first page took down the awards to second and third thirdThe The winner was the first to get under way and led the favorite and others to the stretch turn before yielding his place to Sir Gawaine Before racing clear the fa ¬ vorite swerved over forcing J Westrope to ease the winner and he had much to over ¬ come before he again was in full stride Before reaching the final furlong Sir Ga ¬ waine began to falter and it was not long until Westrope was back in front after which he easily prevailed to the end win ¬ ning by two lengths Sir Jim James and Maildun both finished well in fine perform ¬ ances ancesE E W Duffys Belleek which entered the contest a maiden came through with a fine performance to defeat a good field of nine including several winners in the fourth race for twoyearolds She swept from be ¬ hind the leaders in the stretch and was racing away from the runnerup and early pacemaker Lotofus as she passed the lino of finish a length before the latter Some three lengths intervened between Lotofus and Bamboo which was the next to finish and Opening Night led the others to the judges judgesCaw Caw Caw gave the public choices their third victory of the day when he turned back Fritter Circle Sea Eagle and four oth ¬ ers in the sixth race over seven furlongs The winner was more than good enough to overcome a tardy start winning by three lengths C Parvin in Mrs A M Creechs Bilks piloted the successful Macaw gelding
