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SPANISH BABEJCORES Runs Best Race of Year to Take Lincolnshire Purse. ♦ Mid Victorian Disappoints Backers in Main Event at Washington Park — Diane S. Surprises. i — HOMEWOOD, 111., June 25.— Spanish Babe, chestnut daughter of Spanish Prince II., furnished one of several surprises for todays Washington Park patrons when, in running her best race of the year, she defeated seven j other three-year-old fillies in the Lincolnshire Purse, seven-furlong sprint which topped another good program at the local course. Rosedale Stables Bandalore was the one to finish second to the successful bearer of Mrs. F. M. Grabners colors, while Milky Way Farms Stables Irksome saved the third part of the purse money. Mid Victorian was so well regarded that she went to the post odds-on. Much to the dismay of her many backers, she did not perform up to their expectations, her speed failing after she had pushed her head in front in the stretch. As she fell back to eventually finish fourth, she repeatedly j tossed her head upward, and her rider, E. | Arcaro, had some trouble handling her in i the straight run to the finish. Fifth at the termination of the opening quarter and fourth as the stretch turn was reached, the winner rushed to the front along the rail approaching the last furlong, then continued with too much speed for Bandalore to overtake her with her faster finish. Isksome also did her best performing in the closing quarter, where she raced i from sixth position to have the others well | beaten at the wind-up. The winner paid better than 10 to 1. She ran Jthe distance on a fast track in 1:25 and the success was her second of the meeting. She was saddled by the veteran Phil Reilly. SHOWERS HURT ATTENDANCE. Although little rain fell at the track, showers over Chicago during the late morning probably held down the attendance. With a sparkling effort Lemont. one of the star juveniles in the Nash Brothers Shandon Farm, took the Morton Grove Purse, the fourth race and secondary feature, for his second triumph. Negotiating the five furlongs in 1:00%, which marked one of the fastest performances at that distance during the present meeting, he vanquished a field that included Grand Duke, Empty Bottle, Seven Pines and Black Highbrow. Forced to do his running a good distance out from the rail, and sixth among the eight contestants at the end of the opening quarter mile, the Chicago-owned victor swept to the front with a rush in the stretch and was drawing away as he passed the finish three-quarters of a length before the runner-up. Grand Duke. Empty Bottle, which tired after leading to the final sixteenth, was a neck away from the B. Combs representative, but had Seven Pines, which was fourth, well beaten. Black Highbrow began well, but lacking his usual speed and failing to rally to light pressure, did not offer much of a bid. PAYS SUBSTANTIAL PRICE. Diane S., carrying Mrs. Albert Sabaths colors and at almost 25 to 1 straight, registered her first win when she narrowly defeated Court Song and Little Doggie in the first race. This engaged nine maidens of three years and upward and was decided over seven furlongs. The winner raced to the front in the stretch then faltered but was good enough to hold the lead long enough to slip past the line of finish a head before Court Song which in turn defeated Little Doggie by a similar margin. Court Song, which was the choice, cut out most of the pace and held on fairly well while the second choice Some Bull, gave way badly after proving a strong contender for almost six furlongs. C. E. Davisons consistent and useful Poly-phote turned back eleven others from among the cheaper sprinters in the second race at six furlongs for her second win of the meet-, ing and seventh of the year. She was a big favorite and her victory as popular as any in all her career. Jascha, an outsider, raced to second place with Half Day third. The former, beaten a short length by the winner, was only a head Continued on twenty-ninth page. SPANISH BABE SCORES Continued from first page. before the fast closing Half Day. Bad racing luck probably cost the C. E. Davison stable a second victory as Whizz James, which carried the Davison silks into competition with nine others in the third I race, also at six furlongs, encountered just about the worst possible fortune in the early racing and, when clear in the stretch, made up much ground to finish third, about a length back of Hasty Peter and Very Well. The latter pair finished as named, Hasty Peter coming on to win under pressure after slipping through on the inside when racing into the lead about three-sixteenths from the wire. The early pacemaker. French Knight, fell short in the drive, but managed to hang on long enough to be fourth. Mareve, with J. Wagner in the saddle, made every post a winning one in the sixth race, at one mile and seventy yards. In the last three-sixteenths she gamely withstood the challenge of Doris B. and finally downed the latter by a little more than a length. Third went to Shalot. With Brains, also ridden by Arcaro, who had a very bad day in the saddle, practically left at the start, Integrity and Whipper Cracker went on to fight it out for first honors in the seventh race, at nine furlongs. His belated bid falling just a neck short. Whipper Cracker had to be content with second, Integrity gamely standing him off after having led from the start. Brains was third.
