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CHICAGO-OWNED CARDARRONE PROVIDES UPSET 1 Three-Year-Old Son of Kentucky Cardinal Marquette Winner Countess Ann Second and Bandalore Third Billbo Big Disappointment Unfavorable Weather for Lincoln Fields Closing Program CRETE, 111., Oct. 10. In one of the biggest stake upsets of the entire Chicago season, Cardarrone, a three-year-old son of Kentucky Cardinal, made a show of his rivals in winning the Marquette Handicap, mile and a furlong feature of the closing days program at Lincoln Fields this afternoon. Carrying the black and old gold silks of J. Newman, a Chicago patron, Cardarrone showed his fancy for the muddy going by taking the lead before reaching the clubhouse turn and maintaining it throughout to triumph in easy fashion by two and a half lengths. Closest to the Newman colt, which was held at odds of nearly 33 to 1 in the mutuels, at the end of the slippery journey was A. A. Youngs Countess Ann, with the Rosedale Stables Bandalore a distant third, and Frank Abbates Prince Torch next in the field of eight. The principal disappointment in the handicap was F. P. Letelliers Billbo which, after racing with the leaders for about seven-eighths, tired badly and finally finished last. He was the favorite. Cardarrone, ridden by Henry Hauer and carrying 100 pounds, ran the distance In 1:53 in a noteworthy performance. Through the victory he enriched his owner by ,130, the winners share of the ,500 added purse. UNINTERESTING CONTEST. ,As a spectacle, there was little to the race, for Cardarrone was in front all the way and Countess Ann raced in second position from the outset. When Billbo, which raced the early furlongs in third place, retired, Bandalore and Prince Torch moved up into their respective finishing positions. The other starters, none of which ever figured strongly in the contest, were Baltimore Boy and Maple Ricca. One of the most decisive winners of the afternoon appeared in the secondary attraction, the Au Revolr Handicap, at a mile, which went to A. R. Borns Below Zero by four lengths. Carrying George South to his second victory of the afternoon, the four-year-old daughter of Tryster took command before leaving the chute, and after racing the early furlongs under a steadying hold, drew steadily away after reaching the stretch to score off by herself. The favorite, Flint Shot, which raced closest to the pace to the final sixteenth, faltered near the end and had to be satisfied with third money, Star Bud passing him to be second by a half length. Asyouwere was fourth, while Hit and Run and Royal Tread completed the field. Below Zero, scoring her second victory of the meeting, ran the eight panels in 1:39, a good performance, track conditions considered. DISCOURAGING CONDITIONS. Braving cold, damp, disagreeable weather, a fair-sized crowd saw the Marquette decided and the curfain rung, down on a meeting extraordinary for the amount of unfavorable weather encountered. Considering the elements, todays attendance was surprisingly large, but under better conditions Col. M. J. Winn, Stuyvesant Peabody and their associates in the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club probably would have entertained one of the largest turnouts of the season. Off to an encouraging start, the first two weeks of the meeting finding patronage and speculation running in advance of expectations, wet and on several occasions cold weather encountered during the closing two Continued on thirty-eighth page. i 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 CHICAGO-OWNED CARDAR- RONE PROVIDES UPSET Continued from first page. and a half weeks was responsible for such a decline in business that the meeting was carried through at a considerable loss. While figures were not available, it is probable that the Lincoln Fields Jockey Clubs loss may approximate 5,000. With anything like an average break in weather. Col. Winn believes that the twenty-eight day session might have been conducted without a loss, although he held very little hope for profit. Every effort to provide good racing was made but the abnormal amount of rain with resultant adverse tracks played havoc in this respect and, as a consequence, patronage and betting was vitally affected. Shortly after the bad weather set in stables sought other racing points and this naturally was reflected in the racing of the closing two weeks, although that which was provided was excellent under prevailing conditions. STAKE WINNERS. The Marquette was the fifth stake during the twenty-eight days, each was endowed with ,500 in added money and the management went through the entire season under a. policy calling for no purse under 00. Tranquillity Farms Rock X. won the Crete Handicap; Mrs. Kirby Ramseys Mucho Gusto took the Francis S. Peabody Memorial and the Lincoln Handicaps and Mrs. William Crumps Merina captured the Joliet Handicap. , No individual stood out more prominently during the season here than the sensational Washington state boy, Basil James, whose riding provided thrill upon thrill for patrons of the local course. As the meeting closes he is closely pressing Frank Chojnacki, Cicero youth, for the national riding crown. Visitors today included quite a number of notables and prominently known enthusiasts and some of them may have been making their final track appearances of the season as todays program concluded major course racing in Illinois for the year. The clubhouse contingent appeared proportionately larger than that in the general enclosure. IVORY TIP REWARDS. The Cottage Grove Purse, a sprint of seven furlongs for maiden two-year-olds, opened the program, and it resulted form-fully, when the heavily backed Ivory Tip, from the Chicago-owned stabla of Morris Vehon, raced to a narrow victory. Engaging Viajero in a stubborn duel from the eighth post to the wire. Ivory Tip, ridden by Leon Haas, got the decision by a nose after Viajero had shown the way from the outset. Six lengths back of the leaders in third place was British Tan, with Frontier leading home three others which rounded out the fields It was the third start for Ivory Tip, a son of Reigh Count Mally Jane. Bought this morning from C. L. Croan by J. Benedetto, the three-year-old Bay Memor made good in his first start under new colors when he took the six furlongs second race from the cheapest sort of platers. Favorite in the betting and ridden by George South, the son of In Memoriam moved up on the rail in the stretch to get the decision by a half length. Lo was second after setting all the pace, while High Pockets was third and Taipan next in the field of eleven. Three of the contestants pulled up lame after the race. They were Otterrop, Stimulator and Lady Rockledge. HAAS SECOND VICTORY. Haas rode his second winner when he directed Inscription to a driving victory in the third event under the colors of his contract employer, Thomas C. Worden of Chicago. At the end of six furlongs Inscription was in front by a head, with Moll, the pacemaker to the final furlong, next. Third money fell to the fast-closing Le Miserable, while Catchall, the betting choice, was next. Stumbling in the stretch may have accounted for Molls failure to stick it out. for it was when she faltered that Inscription forged into a lead which he never relinquished.
