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3 . BLUEFIELD SHOWS SPEED i Wears Track Record at Homewood Despite Running Out. . . Victory Completes Saddle Double for. Irving Anderson Gray Ethel Furnishes Big Surprise. HOMEWOOD, 111., June 23. Making amends for the. defeat in the Princess Pat Stakes, Bluefield, owned by P. A. and R. J. Nashs Shandon Farm, raced to a popular .victory over five furlongs in the fifth race, styled the Col. Tom Watkins Purse, and the principal offering on todays card at Washington Park. Although the Sun Flag fillys winning margin was but a half length, she really was much the best of the eight two-year-olds which comprised the field. She lost a great deal of ground at the head of the stretch, possibly several lengths. Cross Keys, trying for her second straight victory, finished second, with Lenpola third and Fancy That fourth. The Shandon Farm filly, whose victory enabled Irving Anderson to complete a saddle double, ran the five furlongs in :59 over the prevailing fast track, but had she not run out turning into the stretch it is possible she would have either equaled or broken the track mark of :59. Bluefield set her own pace and after she carried Real Play, then racing in second position, out on the stretch turn, Cross Keys became her most serious rival. Inside the final eighth Cross Keys moved up to the Shandon filly but she stuck to her guns gamely and though she .tired slightly near the end, managed to outfinish the runner-up. SWERVES OUT BADLY. Lenpola, which moved up into third place approaching the final eighth, swerved out badly thereafter or else she might have finished closer up than the length and a half which separated her from Cross Keys at the end. Real Play was a strong factor until forced wide by the winner and dropping back suddenly, never recovered, while the others did not figure strongly in the real running. A good-sized crowd was out to witness the sport, many visitors here for the Braddock-Louis match having remained over for the afternoon. Rain fell about noon time, but before the first race was called postward, the skies cleared and the weather was pleasant for the remainder of the day. Mrs. G. H. Emicks Motley, which seems to have taken a new lease on life since he began his Washington Park campaign, scored his third straight victory in the Grade C Handicap, which was presented as the sixth race. The contest was decided over a mile and a furlong and at the end the five-year-old Hourless gelding was in front by three lengths. Second to complete the trip was Army and Navy as Indian Head was third, three more lengths away. Then followed Biography and finally the favorite. Lady Montrose. The latter trailed the field throughout, refusing to extend herself until the final quarter, when it was too late. For her poor showing the stewards ordered the refusal of the entry of Lady Mont- Continued on thirty-ninth page. 1 : ! . i I , , s BLUEFIELD SHOWS SPEED Continued from first jtagej rose for the remainder of the Hamewaod meeting. The aged Prince Pest, now in. his ninth year, made his first start in nearly a year in the six furlongs opening event and it was !a winning one. Racing- under the colors of Mrs..J. M. Irwin and ridden by Alfred Robertson, Prince Pest raced the early furlongs well up and under restraint but when called upon fox speed is the stretch he quickly overtook, the leaders- and won easily by f ur lengths. "DAILY DOUBLE" PAYS 440. Another horse making her first start in nearly and year, the rank outsider, Gray Ethel, carried the colors of K. Mayer to victory over three-quarters in. the second event to complete a "Daily Double" combination which paid 40.40. The mutuel return, of Gray Ethels performance was 48.60. Sid Hebert was astride the daughter of Prince of Wales and he sent her to the front at the beginning; keeping: her there to the end, where her winning: margin was a half length. Jay D. raced in second position throughout and took the place with two ; lengths to spare .over Wild -Play. Co-Sport, from the Calumet Farm stable, piloted by Irving Anderson, made every post a winning one in the third race, in which seven two-year-olds met over five-eighths of a mile. The odds-on son of Cohort went over sharply approaching "the turn to take command and after reaching the stretch turn drew away from his company to win ultimately by two and a half lengths. Busse Trumpet raced In second position practically fror the start while Cuckoo finished third. H. J. Bundscho provided the winner of the fourth race, another at six furlongs, when Our Crest turned back a fair band of sprinting; platers. The daughter of Pharamond H.f ridden by Bobby Dotter, in her first start of the meeting, raced close up and in hand to the stretch and then moved to the front approaching- the furlong post. Once in front, she drew away to score by about twa and a half lengths as the favoriteTrincherar, hac to- content himself with runner-up honors. . Ep finished third,, and Safe and Sound was fourth. Slim Rosie showed the way here to-the head of the stretch and then, as her infirm underpinning- probably began bothering her, she gave way not fancying; the fast footing.
