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SPANISH SPANISH BABE BABE RUNS RUNS GAME GAME RACE RACE AT AT HAWTHORNE HAWTHORNE Beth Beth Bon Bon Scores Scores in in Bomar Bomar Stable Stable Colors Colors at at Detroit Detroit Fair Fair Grounds Grounds VICTORIOUS BY INCHES Grabner Filly Loses Lead but Regains It in Drive. Mr. Ricks Disqualified After Finishing First in Fourth Race Sailors Gift Awarded Prize. Making her third start of the season and accomplishing the unusual feat of getting to the front again after having lost the lead, Spanish Babe, game and fast-running four-year-old Spanish Prince H. filly owned by Mrs. Frederick M. Grabner of Chicago, took the Beverly Hills Handicap, todays Hawthorne feature, in a spectacular finish. With the veteran James McCoy in the saddle and running one mile and one-sixteenth on a fast track in 1:46, Spanish Babe had her courage and speed rewarded with a victory that came by a matter of inches, Corinto and Salaam, which finished second and third, being within noses of the surprise winner. The failure of Bright Light to leave the starting post and a tremendous loss of ground by Corinto as Salaam carried him out entering the stretch, marred the race. Bright Light was second choice to the entry of Corinto and Brown Feathers, furnished by Mrs. E. Denemark. Wayaloft was the only other contestant. On the inside throughout, Spanish Babe raced to the front approaching the far turn and, while Salaam succeeded in heading her in the stretch, she refused to surrender and, drawing up gradually as Salaam shortened stride in the final sixteenth, dropped her nose in front at the end. SPARKLING PERFORMANCE. After his ill luck on the stretch turn Corinto came through with a steady and determined finish that only fell short by a margin most distressing to the many supporters of the entry. He "split" Salaam and the winner in the very last stride. Shouldering top weight of 115 pounds, his perform-. ance was the best he has shown since his .Clark Handicap victory at Louisville. With bright weather prevailing, the attractive program brought out a good-sized crowd. Robert McGarvey introduced another likely prospect from among the juveniles he is training for Mrs. Ethel V. Mars Milky Way Farms Stable in the opening race in Mars Shield, a brown daughter of Diavolo and Escutcheon, by Sir Gallahad III. Racing with nine other maidens of her sex, the Milky Way miss dashed around Fyan and Phalasan and to the front in business like manner in the stretch, and then drew out to win by a length as Phalasan, a Texas-bred Three Ds representative, held second secure. Another Texas entry, Solar Maid, which was coupled as an entry with Tinsel Lady, accounted for minor honors. Fyan, which was the choice, failed to carry her speed the distance, which was five and a half furlongs, and fell back rapidly in the stretch to finish sixth. Maxine B., a first-time starter here, unseated her rider, H. Al-brecht, as she attempted to bolt soon after the start. MY SURPRISE HANDILY. My Surprise, favorite and carrying Mrs. G. B. Scallons colors, won the second race, in which ten of the cheaper performers compared speed at six and one-half furlongs. He reached the lead on the turn and held sway comfortably to the final sixteenth, where Santernos late rush forced N. L. Pier-son to get after the Scallon four-year-old. Continued on thirty-eighth page. SPANISH BABE RUNS GAME RACE AT HAWTHORNE Continued from first page. At the finish they were only a head apart. Show honors went to Chatterf pi, with Jadaan next. The latters chances were reduced through interference, Santerno forcing him back when within a sixteenth of the finish. H. Hauer, who was astride Santerno, was fined 5 for not keeping his mount straight. The Gorbet and Irvin stable gained its first victory of the meeting when Lisa Belle, which was well backed and ridden by S. Vail, outsprinted Frost Bite, Full Up and seven others, all from among the lower grade fillies and mares, over the three-quarters distance in the third race. Racing to the front on the inside as Frost Bite veered away from the iner rail in the stretch, the successful daughter of Upset came on to score the initial win for her connections by a length and one-half. Full Up was beaten about four lengths for second. Mr. Ricks, a 7 to 5 chance in the betting, galloped to victory over seven other three-year-olds in the fourth race, also at six furlongs, but he caused so much crowding in the first quarter that the stewards lost little time disqualifying him. Aided by the crowding, in which Chilhee unseated R. R. Simpson, who was severely shaken up, Mr. Ricks jumped into a long lead, which he easily retained to the end, where Sailors Gift, the eventual winner by virtue of the stewards action, trailed him by five lengths. Black Scout, third in the original finish, was awarded second money, while the show award went to Tomye and fourth to Orway. B. James, who rode Mr. Ricks, was suspended for ten days. Providing the first upset, Candescent, five-year-old Canter mare owned by B. C. Carpenter, raced home in front of a band of plater sprinters in the fifth, another three-quarters dash. Rushed to the front on the inside, the Carpenter representative had the favored Tractable groggy after racing about a half mile, then drove on to hold a clear advantage as Red Flyer, Die Hard and Blind Pig battled it out to a great finish for the smaller portions of the prize money. They were placed second, third and fourth, as named. While he displayed the first signs of dis-stress when entering the stretch, it was not until in the final furlong that Tractable relinquished second place, and he fell back rapidly to finish seventh in the field of nine. The winner, ridden by A. Robertson and his second of the afternoon, paid a little better than 11 to 1, straight. Shalot, racing under the Blue Bonnet Stables colors, was another neglected in the betting to finish in front. He opposed ten over one mile and one-sixteenth in the seventh race, and in another exciting finish defeated Shirley B. by a head. Bally Wise took third money, with Evening Gown fourth. Shirley B. was the public choice.
