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HAUER TAKES HONORS Pilots Three of First Five Winners at Sportsmans Park. Young Apprentice Astride Morning Mail in Joliet Handicap Car-darrone Second Best. CICERO, 111., Oct. 28. The victory of Morning Mail ii the Joliet Handicap, fifth and feature event, and the flashy riding of apprentice Henry Hauer, were the highlights of this afternoons program at Sportsmans Park. Morning Mail, carrying the colors of Mrs. E. Oros, drove to victory by a neck in the days principal attraction and in so doing carried Hauer to his third triumph of the afternoon and enabled him to outshine Basil James, who was making his final appearance of the season on a Chicago track. James left at the end of the days program for Churchill Downs to resume his quest of the national jockey championship. The Joliet Handicap was decided over six and one-half furlongs, and closest to Morning Mail at the end of the trip was the heavily-backed Cardarrone, while Countess Ann was third and Whistling Boy fourth. Four others completed the field. Cardarrone had all the early speed, although Morning Mail was never far away. On the stretch turn Hauer sent his mount up alongside the pacemaker and then, in the run to the wire, earned the decision in a spirited finish. FAST CLOSING RUSH. Countess Ann, badly outrun for about half the distance, closed with fine speed to be third, although she was six lengths behind the leaders as she passed under the wire. Whistling Boy, closest to the pace for about three-eighths, was another two lengths away at the end. The others in the field failed to figure prominently in the running of the contest. Morning Mail, carrying 101 pounds, ran the distance over a slow track in 1:23. The day was cold and skies were overcast, but a good-sized crowd was in attendance. The fourth race, a sprint of six and one-half furlongs for better-grade platers, was the principal supporting contest, and it developed into a thrilling contest, in which Jadaan, owned by Gorbet and Irvin, emerged victoriously. Exponent was second, beaten only a half length, while Margaret G. was third and Black River fourth. Close up from the start, Jadaan, ridden by R. McClellan, took the lead with a rush on the stretch turn and, under energetic riding, held the fast-finishing Exponent safe. Black River and Red Flyer had all the early speed here, but both tired badly when the drive came. Red Flyer finally finishing last in the field of seven. The winner, scoring his second straight victory, paid nearly 10 to 1 in the mutuels. CROWHURST FORTUNATE. Apprentice C. Crowhurst was lucky to escape serious injury in the first race when his mount. Imprimis, stumbled on the stretch turn and tossed the boy heavily. Crowhursts escape was all the more remarkable because at the time he went down Imprimis was Continued on thirteenth page. HAUER TAKES HONORS Continued from first page. racing in second position. As it turned out, however, the boy received only scratches and continued to ride out his mounts. The race, a sprint of five furlongs, went to the heavily backed Rapid Bells, owned by C. E. Davison and ridden by H. Hauer. The six-year-old led throughout and at the end was a length in front of his next rival, Hydromella, which took second place by three lengths. Verna T. was third and Sheriff Eugene, next in the field of ten. Rapid Bells, paying but ?2.80 for , was the shortest priced winner of the meeting. Color Bell, well-backed entry of Mrs. L. Starks, was a driving winner of the five furlongs second race, which engaged nine cheaper performers. Second at the end was Jockana, which had battled the winner stubbornly throughout for the major award. Jockana took a slight lead when Color Bell bore out in the back stretch, but the latter, under the energetic handling of James, came again to wear down his rival In the closing strides. Jere was third at the end of the five furlongs with Friend John fourth. Hauer rode his second winner in the third race, a sprint of six and a half furlongs, which went to Mrs. Thomas Marshalls Nedporte. This two-year-old son of Neddie moved around the leaders on the stretch turn and after getting to the. front drew away fast to score with two lengths to spare, Second money fell to Magic Lad, which might have been a stronger factor under more energetic handling, while Nim was third. Mibs was a heavily backed favorite here but she never threatened. Donald Schunk, who rode the first winner of his career here yesterday, achieved his second triumph when Obstreperous, owned by A. P. McEntee, defeated nine other three-year-old or older maidens over a mile and one-sixteenth In the sixth race. Obstreperous wore down Captain Jeffers in the final sixteenth to win by slightly less than a length. Marnan was third and Fair Prospect fourth. Carus was the favorite here, but she failed to respond to hard riding in the final quarter after racing well up to that point
