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DISACREEABLE WEATHER Worst Conditions of Current Washington Park Meeting Prevail. Sloppy Track Ruins One of Best Programs Scheduled on a Weekday Cross S. Wins Handicap. HOMEWOOD, 111., June 9. The Washington Park Jockey Club, which has been beset with much adverse weather during its current meeting, today encountered a combination of rain and cold which made conditions possibly the worst for the sport since its revival here. With the disagreeable, almost winter-like weather setting in early and the rain continuing without let-up, the effect could not have been more damaging. It reduced the attendance to by far the smallest proportion of the meeting and it might have been the most meager turnout at a major track here in the modern history of Chicago racing. Also the rain left the track deep in slop and this condition brought about a number of withdrawals from the program, which, in its original form, was one of the best week-day cards secretary Charles J. McLennan had prepared. With such a small attendance and weather and track conditions increasing uncertainty, speculation was remarkable for the size of the crowd. VALDINA FARMS COLORS. Cross S., which carries the colors of Emerson F. Woodwards Valdina Farms, raced to a length and a half victory in the Grade "B" Handicap, which, as the fifth event, served as the days feature race. Closest to the Valdina three-year-old at the end of the eight furlongs was the heavily supported War Glory, as Miss Saxon finished third Continued on thirty-seventh page. DISAGREEABLE WEATHER Continued from first page J and Black River fourth. Chance Ray was the only other starter. Carrying Basil James to his second victory of the afternoon, Cross S. worked his way up between horses after trailing the field for a half mile and got to the front inside the final eighth to win drawing away. War Glory looked a probable winner when he took command on the stretch turn, Black River having tired of setting the pace, but the favorite proved no match for the Val-dina representative, although he was much the best of the others. Miss Saxon finished four lengths behind the. runner-up, while Black River finished another six lengths back. Cross S. ran the mile under his 106 pounds in 1:39. The Grade "C" Handicap, staged as the sixth race, saw Mrs. G. H. Emicks Motley carry Paul Ryan to his second win, although he only got the decision by a narrow margin over the more favored Candescent. This number also was decided over a mile, , and at the end, Motley, which was coming from behind, was in front by a neck. Warfellow finished next, with Hose fourth in the field of seven. Slim Rosie, which seemed destined forre"-tirement to the stud because of her uncertain underpinnings, but which was placed back in training at Churchill Downs this spring, found the soft footing to her fancy and she accounted for the six-furlong third race under the colors of Jake Lowenstein. Slim Rosie, ridden by Basil James and held at even money in the betting, made every pole a winning one in this, her third start since last September. H. P. Headleys Drift Along, which equalled the five furlongs record of :59 in her last effort, came back in the slop to score another one-sided victory in the opening event in which she turned back six other two-year-olds over the same distance. The six-furlong second event produced a rousing finish in which Mrs. Anthony Pelle-teris well supported Yenrac, with Corbett in the saddle, gained a close decision. Miss Balko finished second, beaten only a nose, while Tedsim was three lengths away in third place. The cold and wet must have had a stimulating effect on jockey Corbett, for after putting up a hustling ride to get Yenrao home, he came back to pilot a rank outsider, Mrs. P. A. B. Wideners Employer, to victory in the third race.
