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CHANCEVIEW QUALIFIES FOR SATURDAYS HANDICAP i Comes From Rear to Capture the Highland Park Purse Son of Chance Shot Lookup Runs Fast Race to Beat Transmutable and West Main in Hawthcme Main Offering- Wednesday J. J. Manigans Chanceview, which has been assigned top impost for the ,000 added Decoration Day Handicap, qualified for that event at Hawthorne this afternoon, when he accounted for the Highland Park Purse, a six and one-half furlongs dash, which featured the program. The four-year-old son of Chance Shot Lookup came from behind to defeat the Old Gold Stables Transmutable by a margin of a length and a half in the fast time of 1:18. C. A. Pecks West Main came from a long way out of contention to garner -third: money in the field of seven con- aestants. it marked Chanceview s first appearance under colors at the Chicago track, and the four-year-old , gelding carried his impost of 114 pounds, just two pounds less than he 13 slated to shoulder on Saturday, in an impressive manner. Jockey Eddie Arcaro was in the saddle and he broke Chanceview away from the starting gate in alert fashion, but the gelding found it difficult to keep up with the speedy Transmutable in the early stages of the race, and dropped back to fourth place during the first quarter. Transmutable showed the way followed by Patchpocket and Below Zero. After rounding the far turn, Chanceview passed Below Zero and moved after the leaders while racing on the outside and in the clear. It was apparent that Chanceview would overtake the leader as the field swung into the stretch for the drive to the wire. GAME CLOSING DRIVE. Chanceview got within a half length of Transmutable a furlong out from the .finish, but the Old Gold Stables representative hung on gamely in the drive that ensued, and it was not until within the last seventy yards that he succeeded in shaking free from Transmutable. The winner paid .40 for straight tickets to his backers. 1 While the feature was a sprint and four other races were decided over dash dis- tances, three others were staged over the more popular distance routes, providing the best card of the week at the Chicago course. Major interest, however, centered in the Highland Park Purse, sixth on the program, and the entire card was presented under fine conditions. The improved quality of the sport and bright, summer-like weather, stimulated interest and the sport was witnessed by the lai-gest crowd since opening day. The play, too, was of a greater volume than had passed through the machines since Saturday. The distance contests were the fifth, seventh and final races, the former testing seven three-year-olds at one and one-sixteenth miles, while the seventh and closing events, both for three-year-olds and upward, were decided over one mile and a furlong. With the lone exception of the first race, small fields provided the sport. STRONG RIDE HELPFUL. Coming froin behind with a great burst of speed and under a strong ride, Quotum defeated eleven other maiden two-year-olds in the opening dash at five furlongs. Though the son of Quibblers margin of victory was a head over Sir Midas, the placing judges called for a photograph to aid in deciding the winner. Sable Scarf came up strong in the stretch to annex third money. The field was closely bunched for most part of it, with Equanimity showing the way first, then Sir Midas gained the forward position on reaching the stretch turn. Quotum moved between his rivals when straightened away in the stretch and succeeded in heading Sir Midas within the shadow of the finish line Milky Way Farms Reaping Reward made a show of his opponents in the Lakeside Purse, an allowance contest for two-year-olds at five and one-half furlongs, winning by the sate margin of three lengths eased up. Mondorf finished second, with Par, the poorly ridden favorite, getting up in time to ac-count for the show. Reaping Reward fol- Continucd on nineteenth page. I CHANCEVIEW QUALIFIES FOR SATURDAYS HANDICAP Continued from first page J lowed in close behind Mondorf, which succeeded in showing the way until the stretch bend was reached, but when the Milky Way colorbearer made his bid, it was with comparative ease that he assumed command. H. H. Cross locally-owned Tranquillity Farm added another purse to its collection when Monks Time, making his initial appearance of the meeting, scored over Die Hard and Doris B., in the she and one-half furlongs sprint, third on th program. It was a popular triumph, as the chestnut son of Monks Way was well backed, and the manner in which he performed did not cause them any anxiety. Possessing the most speed from the start, Monks Time, opened up a safe lead after traveling the opening quarter of the dash and was never in serious danger of being overtaken, although Die Hard made a bid for the leader in the stretch. Mrs. Ethel V. Mars Milky Way Farm and jockey Alfred Robertson madu it a double for the day as Caliban got up in the final strides to nose out Emigrante in the fourth race, which brought together a field of seven three-year-olds for a six furlongs race. Bohemian Lass finished in third place. Trailing his opponents for a half mile, Caliban showed fine speed entering the stretch and gradually passed them one by one, but it required a strenuous effort on the part of both jockey Robertson and Caliban to accomplish the feat Watercure, recently purchased from Ros-coe Goose by Mrs. A. B. Letellier, scored in his initial start for his new owner in he fifth, for three-year-olds. The brown son of Brilliant Flavia defeated Irish Ford by a neck with Teddy Haslam dropping into third place. Taking the lead on the first turn, Watercure showed the way to his opposition for the remainder of the contest, but displayed signs of tiring in the last sixteenth and it was necessary for apprentice N. L. Pierson to draw his whip and go to work on the leader. Despite his recent triumph, Watercure was overlooked in the betting and returned 3.60 fcr , straight wagers. Burnt Trail, favored with a feather impost of ninety-three and a half pounds, came away with the decision in the mlie and a furlong contest, seventh on the program. King Pin finished second, and Night Flower held on long enough to be third. Working her way up steadily after a half mile of the journey was completed, Burnt Trial was in a good position to overtake the leaders heading into the home lane and did this in quick order, moving away to win by - gth and a half.
