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BOMAR STABLE TRIUMPH Little Shaver Gives Best Performance of His Career. LaGrange Purse Shares Honors at Hawthorne With Danville Purse Lady Montrose Surprises. Little Shaver, a likely son of Jean Valjean and Princess Pan, among the younger horses of the Detroit-owned Bomar Stable, maintained by Bohn and Markey, turned in the best performance of his career and scored his third victory in eight starts as he defeated a small but speedy band of his age in the LaGrange Purse at Hawthorne yesterday. This race, decided over five and one-half furlongs, shared the limelight with the Danville Purse, in which six from the second flight allowance performers met over one mile and a sixteenth. Racing from behind a fast early pace established by Robert L. and forced by High Polish, the Bomar youngster swept past the finish line leading Valdina Farms Palan, by a length. About a length and one-half away from the Texas-owned runner-up, the early leaders, both of which faltered in the last furlong, finished in such close alignment that patrons had to await the numbers to know their order at the finish. High Polish was awarded third money. Next to last and about ten lengths away from the winner came Calumet Farms Go-sum, a son of imported Hotweed, which, after being made the choice at 3 to 1, handicapped himself by dwelling at the start and he never appeared to have much of a chance. But for a brief rally on the turn where he reached fourth place, the Calumet colt was outpaced by the leaders. Little Shaver raced the distance in 1:07. The quarter was run in :23, half mile in AIVs, and five-eighths in 1:00, and the horses faced a stiff wind in the stretch. Johnny Nolan had the mount on the winner. Far more exciting was the contest in the co-feature, for while only six took part, the race produced a nose finish between Mrs. Emil Denemarks Chasar, the winner, and Fire Advance, and they completed the mile and one-sixteenth with Cotton Club and Bird Flower at their withers. Brandon Prince and Buck Langhorne rounded out the closely matched field. Continued on thirty-eighth page. BOMAR STABLE TRIUMPH Continued from first page. Once more the result was disappointing to the form players as Bird Flower had such a wide call in the wagering that she would have paid only even money had she brought the E. R. Bradley colors home in front. She had her chance for Joe Renick got her away in front and then took her back as Buck Langhorne set the pace, she failed to outstay the three leaders after returning to the front in the stretch. As the field straightened out for the run through the main stretch, Chasar overtook his rivals one by one, Fire Advance, the last to fall before his rush, relinquishing the lead in the final stride. Up among the leaders all the way, Cotton Club held on gamely until within a short distance of the finish where, like the favorite, he weakened. Chasar returned straight odds of a little better than 8 to 1, while Little Shaver paid off at almost 12 to 1. After taking the first race, favorites went into eclipse. Despite the high wind, racing conditions were good, with a fast track prevailing. A crowd of average proportions witnessed the midweek sport. Saranara, a daughter of Supremus and Belle Alliance, owned by Mrs. John Marsch of Chicago, and trained by Roscoe Goose, won the opening race, for maiden juvenile fillies, at five and one-half furlongs, in a driving finish. Favored in the betting, she caused uneasiness among her backers until in the final furlong, where she smartly out-gamed Beauty Sleep, which had led practically from the start, to win by three-quarters of a length. Princess Bull finished third, with Phalasan, second choice to the winner and somewhat unlucky as she was forced back before racing a quarter, next. Eight comprised the field. Riding his first race in ten racing days, the period of an enforced relegation to the side lines, the result of a bit of rough riding astride Mr. Ricks, Basil James, western apprentice, made it a winning one when he guided the inconsistent Halliard to an easy success in the second race, at six and one-half furlongs. He trounced two much fancied ones in Hueu and Be Shy along with four others at six and one-half furlongs. Beaten three lengths by the winner, Hueu outgamed Be Shy by only a short head, Surcouf was fourth. Two Sons, racing under Jake Lowensteins colors and well supported, scratched out his first victory since 1934 when he staggered home in front of a cheap band in the third race, over six and one-half furlongs. Frost Bite, also ridden by James, was installed the favorite, but failed dismally, the runner-up turning up in Transport, while Shasta Broom outran the others for minor honors. In a contending position from the start, Two Sons pushed to the front as Frost Bite and Rubans Choice began to tire when entering the stretch, and it was all H. Callahan could do to keep the Lowenstein five-year-old in front long enough to earn the victory. Coming from far back in the stretch and wresting the lead from Greenspring Lad within a few strides of the finish, the three-year-old Mad Hatter filly Lady Montrose completed a double for the Lowenstein stable with a victory over a band of high class platers in the fourth race. This was decided over six furlongs and the pace was so fast that the winner had to race the distance in the excellent time of 1:12. At the end she led Greenspring Lad by a neck, with Illeanna in third place, a length farther back and a neck before Blue Train. Impeach, favorite in the most open betting contest of the afternoon, was fifth, inches back of Blue Train. The choice had no valid excuse, though he was required to swing to the outside for room in the final drive. Joe Renick was astride the winner. Dainty Jeanne is another recentlv seen in action here slated for a lay off. According to Rex Cooper she will be fired and turned out at F. Meisengers farm near Napcrvillc, 111.
