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UNEASY AND BALA ORMONT ACCOUNT FOR STAKES i FINAL HAWTHORNE CARD Denemark Silks First in the Coveted , Illinois Owners Handicap. Friedberg and Axton Provide Winner of Juvenile Feature Conditions Against Successful Session. CICERO, 111., Oct. 8. With one of the largest crowds of the meeting on hand and with ideal fall weather prevailing, the thirty-day meeting of the Chicago Business Mens Racing Association was brought to a splendid close at Hawthorne this afternoon. The program was featured jointly the running of the Owners Handicap, ,500 added feature, for three-year-olds and upward, at a mile and a sixteenth, and the similarly endowed Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap, in which two-year-olds were asked to compete at six and a half furlongs, both of which brought out representative fields and produced interesting contests. Todays finale marked the conclusion of racing on major tracks in the Chicago area for the year, although adjacent Sportsmans Park will have a run of nineteen days, beginning Monday, before the Illinois season is brought to a close. Charles Krutckoff, president of the track, and his associates, made every effort to provide patrons of the track with sport in keeping with- Hawthornes importance and, while they were handicapped by much unfavorable weather, racing of good quality was offered when conditions permitted. During the five weeks counter attractions also cut heavily into the attendance, and while the meeting was not the success hoped for, the management is not deterred in its determination to operate along high-class lines. THRILLING CONTEST. The Illinois Owners Handicap produced one of the most thrilling finishes of the entire meeting, with five of the seven contestants flanked on each other as they crossed the wire. The winner was Mrs. Emii Denemarks Uneasy, scoring by a neck, while following him in order and closely aligned were C. E. Davisons Chance Ray, Blue Ridge Farms Elooto, William Maloneys Her Reigh and Chasar, a running mate of the winner. Uneasys success was an Illinois triumph all around, for his Tider, Alex Schlenker, is a Chicago boy. Through the porformance of Uneasy, scoring his second win of tho meeting, the Dene-mark coffers were enriched by ,035, first .money. The Denemark entry was second choice in the betting to Chance Ray and paid .40 for . His time for the mile and a sixteenth was 1:45, after he registered under 112 pounds. Chance Ray and Her Reigh were the top weights, with 117 pounds each. SCORES BY HEAD. The stable of Friedberg and Axton, of Louisville, whose colors have been prominent throughout the Chicago season, provided the winner of the Juvenile Handicap in Bala Ormont, a home-bred daughter of Ormont and Balata, which came from last place to Continued on thirty-third page.J j j . , UNEASY AND BALA ORMONT ACCOUNT FOR STAKES Continued from first page. earn the ,105 which represented first money. Shouldering 114 pounds and ridden by Wallace Leishman, the Friedberg-Axton miss ran the six and a half furlongs in 1:19 and won by a head, as J. E. Hughes Orchids Next finished second, and Morris Vehons double stakes winner and favorite, Smart Trick, ran third, a half length farther away. Bala Ormont lacked early speed and trailed the field for a quarter. After that, however, she began to improve her position and a fur-jlong out caught Orchids Next, which she finally outfinished for her handy victory. Smart Trick, shouldering top weight of 122 pounds, saved ground and responded well to urging in the drive, but just was not equal to the task outlined for her. Matchup showed the way here by a quarter with Veyo in hbttest pursuit, and while the latter gave up after that early display of speed Matchup lasted to the head of the stretch before dropping out of contention. Orchids Next assumed command on the stretch turn and held on well, almost catching Bala Ormont again near the wire. Mont-sin performed as part of an entry with the winner which was held at odds of G to 1, but showed nothing. v OROS FAMILY AFFAIR. The first race, a sprint at six furlongs, resulted in a triumph for the Oros family. The winner was Bold Lover, owned by Mrs. E. Oros, trained by her husband and ridden by their son, J. E. Oros. After racing wide most of the way, the veteran Bold Lover closed resolutely to wear down the leaders and win by a length. Marlie May took down second I money, with Wowo third and Valdina fourth, only noses farther away. A. J. Halliwells Cruising and apprentice RonalcTNash made up a winning combination over the six and a half furlongs of the second race. Never far back, Cruising, which carried the bulk of the publics support, j worked his way to the front a furlong out I and continued on to win with a length and a half to spare. Drombo, which made all the pace, could not stall off the winner, but was I easily best of the others, taking the place j two and a half lengths before Tartarus. , Cruising, which accounted for nine races last I year, was scoring his seventh victory of 1938 The "Daily Double," based on the perform-, ances of Bold Lover and Cruising, paid 3.20. ROUSING FINISH. The third race, decided over six furlongs brought out a better grade of sprinters and n rousinand finish victory went to Mrs. A M Creechs Gato. The son of Whichone, i which had been a sharp factor from the beginning, got to the front on the stretch turn lost the lead an eighth out to Our Crest and uien came on again under the urging of Robert Conley to score by a little less than a length. Our Crest finished second and Good Actor, the favorite, third, a neck farther back. The latter might have been ?nTnbUtr0r.b.ein Mocked betwee to and Our Crest in the stretch. Chief Nadi was. best of the others in the field of eight Ac?o7af half lenth behin Good Actor at the wire. -a Coming back after a winning performance Wild wSfwS78 West scored aS, MrS- R- SchimelpfennfgI a well-deserved victory in the fourth, at a mile and a sixteenth, which IrZfTJ ft61. f Gight With Jimmy ASCh. from WI14-West took the lead !SU sketch Mi , nv-S C?hns goinS down the back and, after shaking off that filly suc- a Cha"Gnge from MaskiL! to wSrhinn m-e tha" a length Mask Ho, ni V ?med daneerously approaching the seconn10 CM finish no better than K fhllc Mlss Collins was a distant third. Brown Man, a slight favorite over the winner, was-best of the others.
