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=fthe T! I j J 1 . - , 1 1 I ! ] * 1 i . ■ 1 . j , j j I j . 1 . I . j j l |C c UPSETS AT HOMEWOOD; Countess Ann Furnishes Outstanding i Surprise in Fifth Race. * Romps to Easy Victory Over Star Banner and Others — J. Wagner Rides Four Winners. -• HOMEWOOD, 111., June 28.— Todays semi- final program of the Washington Park Jockey Club thirty-one day meeting lacking a feature and decided over a rough, slow track, produced a number of surprises, among them the winning effort of A. A. Youngs Countess Ann in the fifth race, for plater three-year-olds. Giving her best performance in some time the daughter of Reigh Count and Chestie Ann literally romped home far in front of Star Banner, L. B. Wilson and the three , others. She was ridden by Joe Wagner, and earned dividends of slightly more than 12 to 1 for her small following. Only one other in the small field was at longer odds. Star Banner was favored by the players. Countess Ann was last out of the stalls in a fine and immediate start, and Wagner scarcely made a move with the young filly until she was straightened out for the run through the stretch. Racing strongly through the last quarter mile, she overtook her rivals in rapid succession and, after getting away from L. B. Wilson in the final furlong, drew away to lead Star Banner by four lengths at the finish. The favorite, the only contestant behind the winner in the early stages, came through with her cus- tomary late charge, wearing down Gamaliel and L. B. Wilson within a short distance of | the finish. 1 Lack of quality in the program, track 1 conditions and threatening weather failed to have an appreciable effect upon the attend- ance, and there was a brisk play through the totalizator. The riding of J. Wagner was one the outstanding incidents of the afternoon, j He rode four winners. The L E. Komorous stable, which missed | with Star Banner, furnished the winner of the sixth or following race in the useful — Continued on thirty-first page. UPSETS AT H0MEW00D Continued from first page. Merry Go Round, and she also won easily. Six opposed her over a mile and seventy yards, but it was not much of a contest, the Komorous filly taking command when ready and leaving her opponents far behind as J. King guided her through the stretch. Ross was the one to earn second money, with Diane S. third, and Kwamudi, which was the choice, next. The latter lacked his usual speed and flatly refused to respond to vigorous riding. There was a claim of foul against Well Heeled, winner of the first race, but the stewards evidently saw no grounds for it, and aside from a few moments of anxiety while the officials acted on the protest of J. Renick, who rode Style Corner, which finished second, backers of the winner had little to worry about. Ten started over the three-quarters, with Full Fling nearest the two leaders at the finish. Well Heeled, at almost 11 to 1 in the betting, quickly displaced Ridge Wise in front after reaching the stretch and under a strong and rough ride by R. De Prema, continued in the van to the end. In the last sixteenth he had Style Corner, which Renick brought up along the rail, in fairly close quarters. Shuffle Off and Enella provided one of the best finishes when, after a nip and tuck battle almost the entire length of the stretch they reached the end of the six furlongs in the second race a head apart and finished in that order. D. Meade piloted the winner with H. Albrecht astride the runner-up. They crossed the line of finish five lengths before Petee Blue, which was third. French Knight, a slight choice in the betting, encountered too much racing luck to show to best advantage. He was forced back when holding a contending berth leaving the back stretch and never fully recovered. The fourth race, also for juvenile maidens under claiming conditions, brought the first favorite triumph and another Chicago victory when Bamboo, racing under the J. H. Manheimer colors, was first to complete the five furlongs. Brought from behind the pace, she won decisively, with Firm Hand second and Short Skirt third.
