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YALDINA TRIUMPHANT Carries E. F. Woodward Silks to Victory in Willows Spring Purse. Makes Show of His Company and Scores by Six Lengths Over Palan, With Wise Dart Taking Third. CRETE, 111., Oct. 2. Edward F. Woodward, millionaire Texas oil operator, whose Valdina Farm is one of the most pretentious racing establishments in the country, furnished the winner of todays feature race at Lincoln Fields in Valdina, a son of Bull Dog Glenn Lass. Along with his stablemate, Tedall, this improving Woodward racer opposed a field of second-class juveniles in the Willow Springs Purse. The distance was seven furlongs, and the running saw Valdina making a complete show of his company, winning by six lengths as Palan, a cast-off from the stable and now owned by Mrs. T. Marshall, raced to second place, two lengths before Everglades Stables Wise Dart. The Woodward triumph was a surprise in that heretofore Valdina had not been able to win, although he did race creditably, and the bulk of Willow Springs speculation was on Recussion, which finished fifth, and Wise Dart. In the hands of the veteran Jimmy McCoy. Valdina took command easily at the outset and, after being steadied along for about five-eighths, was shaken up in the stretch, where he drew away from his company. Palan improved his position gradually and, moving into second position turning for home, finished well to hold Wise Dart safe. The latter raced wide around the turn and only rallied mildly when put to pressure in the straightaway, finishing two lengths behind the runner-up and a length and one-half before Amneris, which ran fourth. Ted-all was closest to his stablemate to the final quarter, and there he gave way badly. Recussion broke slowly and never offered a serious challenge. Valdina, held at better than 10 to 1 in the betting, ran, the seven furlongs in 1:27 over the good track. MUCH IMPROVEMENT. The best weather of the week greeted Lincoln Fields patrons this afternoon and although the card was typical of one preceding a Saturday, a good sized crowd was in attendance. Several photograph finishes and the general success of well backed horses managed to hold the interest of spectators and business in the mutuels department was said to have been the best since Tuesday. The racing strip was slow for the first four races but improved enough by the time the fifth was run to offer good footing. Large fields went into action in most of the events, the seventh, in which only six started, being the lone exception. The long shot players were given a thrill when the rank outsider. Miss Flicker, led to the final sixteenth of the opening event, but it was the backers of the well played Le Miserable which reaped the rewards, for the five-year-old Hourless gelding, owned by Mrs. P. L. Kelley, finally defeated his less fancied rival by a length. Miss Flicker was easily best of the others, showing the way to the third horse, Kapena, which was coupled in the field, by three lengths with Royal Bird another six lengths away in fourth positioon at the end of the six furlongs. Eight others completed the field, including Dance Princess, which shared favoritism with the winner and which finished tenth. Lo, another for which there was some support, retired after racing prominently for three furlongs as did Dance Princess. Le Miserable was ridden by Theo. Dickinson. BY NARROW MARGIN. In a valiant attempt to win two races in as many days, Miss Balko was nosed out in the six furlongs second number by Mrs. H. H. Battles Col. Julian. Performing in much the same fashion in which she captured the fourth event here yesterday, Miss Balko took the lead at the outset and maintained it to the last stride or two where she succumbed by the barest of margins to Col. Julian, which was closest to her pace from the start. The latter was ridden by George South and, one of the outsiders in the betting, paid almost 18 to 1 in the mutuels. Grace Carome. coming from a long way back in the final quarter, was third, five lengths off the leaders and a neck before Beth Macaw, which led home seven other juveniles. Timberline, which was made the favorite, broke sluggishly and never reached contention. The third race, another at six furlongs, resulted formfully when F. Scovilles Dark Continued on thirty-ninth page.
