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WRIGHT COLORS FIRST Calumet Silks Carried to Homewood Victory by Talked About AboutSix Six Furlongs in 111 Fastest of ofMeeting Meeting Ep and Mamas Boy BoyEach Each Earn Purses HOMEWOOD 111 May 28 The devils red and blue silks of Warren Wrights Cal ¬ umet Farm were carried to their first vic ¬ tory of the current meeting as Talked About raced to victory in the Gary Purse a sprint of six furlongs furnished for threeyear olds which was presented as the fifth and feature race at Washington Park this after ¬ noon Standing a sharp drive at the hands of Irving Anderson the son of The Porter lasted long enough to earn the decision by a head over Solar Hawk which with Calcu ¬ lator raced under the colors of the Valdina Farms FarmsThe The Shandon Farms Quincy accounted for third honors as N L Naylors Virginia J finished fourth No Nane and Old Nassau were the only other starters startersTalked Talked About which was making his first start since last October rah the six furlongs over a fast track in the fastest time of the meeting 111 and paid 720 for 200 in the mutuels mutuelsAfter After being engaged in a brisk duel with Virginia J for a quarter Talked About shook off the filly and opened a threelength lead which he maintained to the final fur ¬ long longSOLAR SOLAR HAWK THREATENS THREATENSEntering Entering the stretch Solar Hawk moved up into second place and about midway in the home stretch began the charge that almost landed him victory and another score for the favorite players Quincy also made a strong bid in the final quarter coming from a long way back to finish within two and a half lengths of the leaders leadersVirginia Virginia J gave way badly after her early display of speed but was easily best of the others None of the other contestants offered strong opposition oppositionThe The return of pleasant weather had a stimulating effect on the attendance for the largest crowd since Monday turned out and speculation was correspondingly the heaviest since the first day of the local meeting The sun shone brightly all after ¬ noon and the weather was warm enough to make wraps unnecessary unnecessaryBERTILLON BERTILLON IN FRONT FRONTWith With what may have been the principal contender eliminating herself by running out nearly to the fence on the turn Mrs Emil Denemarks much raced Bertillon rid Continued on thirtyeighth page WRIGHT COLORS FIRST Continued from Jirst page den by Charley Kurtsinger won the opening race a dash of five and a half furlongs for maiden twoyearolds It was the eighteenth start for the Denemark youngster which j won by a length The contender to eliminate j herself was Cross Keys which ran out after I taking a two lengths lead on the turn Sec ¬ ond money went to Sunny Mac while Ariel Attack was third only a neck away Cave Hill led home the others which included Chatter Wrack and Lauerman Bertillon was the choice choiceThe The second event in which eleven platers met over six furlongs saw W F Blacks Ep race to a onelength victory under apprentice G Dobson Outbreaking her field the eight yearold Epinard mare made every post a winning one to achieve her first victory of the year Inscription closest to the win ner after the opening quarter continued with good courage to the end and was easily best of the others including Lady Federal which finished third and Daria which led home the others othersH H P HEADLEY COLORS COLORSThe The colors of H P Headley were carried to victory for the first time at this meeting when Mamas Boy ridden by A Robertson accounted for the third race Overcoming early interference Mamas Boy gradually wore down the leaders in the long stretch drive and got up to win by a half length for a popular victory The second choice Ebony Boy which had raced Helen Macaw into defeat and took a short lead an eighth out had to be content with second place while Evening Time was third The latter might have been best for she began poorly from outside the stall gate where she had been placed because of her fractious behavior and had to race wide for the entire trip She was rapidly wearing down the leaders at the end and only missed second money by a half length Helen Macaw was fourth in the field of seven sevenPUBLIC PUBLIC CHOICE SCORES SCORESAlthough Although it engaged only maidens a brisk play developed on the fourth race as a num ¬ ber of the contestants had the confidence of their connections It was won by the public choice Anthony Pelleteris Hermosillo with the wellbacked War Minstrel second and Parmenarch third The Pelleteri threeyear old ridden by Charley Corbett was unable to keep up early but improved his position fast on the turn and taking command with a rush in the final quarter scored by two lengths War Minstrel was forced back sharply approaching the turn and then had to race past most of the field to earn sec ¬ ond honors a length and a half before Parmenarch ParmenarchThe The sixth race was for cheaper performers over a mile and it resulted in a victory for Ricciardo owned by Mrs E Oros and rid ¬ den by P Ryan as Strait Jacket finished second and Golden Quest third Ricciardo was on the outside all the way and closing with determination got up near the end to score by a little less than a length
