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MILKY WAY FARMS WELL REWARDED VICTORIOUS INVADER INHALE THIRD Valdina Farms Hermana Second in Princess Pat Stakes. Twenty-Three Thousand See DaughV ter of Sickle Earn 2,480 for Mrs. Ethel V. Mars. HOMEWOOD, 111., June 12. The Milky Way Farms Well Rewarded achieved her most important triumph when she raced to a driving victory In the first running of the Princess Pat Stakes, six furlongs dash for two-year-old fillies, before more than 23,000 spectators at Washington Park this afternoon. The daughter of Sickle, running the three-quarters under 117 pounds in 1:11, defeated four other young misses, including the highly regarded Inhale, owned by John Hay Whitney, and considered one of the best two-year-old fillies in the East. Inhale, made an odds-on favorite by the crowd, could do no better than finish third, as Valdina Farms Hermana took second honors. Manie OHara, stable companion of the winner, was fourth, while the remaining starter was Shandon Farms Bluefield. Well Rewarded, through her victory, enriched her owner, Mrs. Ethel V. Mars of Chicago, by 2,480, of which 50 represented a special prize which goes to the original nominator of the winner. The Milky Way entry paid .20 for in the mutuels. BY HEAD MARGIN. Well Rewarded, close up and on the outside early, was given a breather around the turn and when straightened out in the stretch began to wear down Hermana, which had taken the lead with a rush a short time-before. Responding to the hard urging to which Haas subjected her, the Milky Way representative got up right near the end to be judged winner by a head. Inhale made an effort to get to the front on the inside approaching the turn, but was forced back slightly and when clear again continued well but could not reach the leaders. She was beaten two lengths for second place and finished a length and a half before Manie OHara, which was slow to get into her best stride. Bluefield showed the way early but she too was forced back on the turn and then steadily gave way. The crowd which witnessed the Princess Pat, which the Washington Park management hopes one day will be one of the finest events of its kind on the summer racing calendar in the West, was the largest of the meeting, with the exception of Decoration Day. Speculation was proportionately as large in spite of the fact that several of the days races engaged only small fields, which naturally tend to hold down the volume of play. The weather" was summerlike alid the skies cloudless. The track too was at its best condition. Continued on thirty-fourth page. MILKY WAY FARMS WELL REWARDED VICTORIOUS Continued from first page. FOUR FOR BOV? TO ME. Roscoe Gooses Bow to Me, whose unsound underpinning has made him an uncertain racing tool, displayed none of his infirmities in the fourth race when he scored his fourth straight victory and hung up a new track record of 1:23 for seven furlongs. The four-year-old Epinard colt, a cast-off from the E. R. Bradley Stable, carried 120 pounds, and when his rider, Charley Cor-bett, set him down at the head of the stretch, he made a show of his rivals to score by three lengths in the easiest sort of fashion. Incidentally, Corbett was riding his second winner of the afternoon. Second to the Goose racer, which began his Washington Park campaign in a ,500 claiming race, and which has been stepped up until today his claiming price was ,500, was Silverette, while six lengths farther back in third place was Prince Splendor. Hope to Do led home the others in the field of eight. The colors of R. C. Thatcher were carried to victory in the first race when Cot-tingham defeated nine others over six furlongs. Miss Balko, the choice, was second after a sterling performance, with Pay Check third and Daria next. POPULAR SUCCESS. The second event, also decided over six furlongs, saw Mrs. Thelma Otts Monks j Time score a popular victory under the energetic handling of Charley Corbett. The Monks Way gelding cut out his own pace and, finishing courageously, got the decision by half a length. Domino Player moved up threateningly approaching the furlong pole and looked as if he might overtake the leader, but then hung, although saving the place a half length from Ottoman. Chancery led home the others in the field of eleven. The Moorland Stable provided the winner of the third race, in which six raced a mile. It was Sun Tryst, ridden by R. Morris and he won off by himself, leading his nearest rival under the wire by four lengths. Second money fell to Natalie Alice, which ruled favorite over the winner, while Irish Image was third. Sun Tryst, a recent arrival from Beulah Park, raced the early furlongs under restraint and not far back and when straightened out for the run through the stretch, took command without need of strong pressure. I
