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Favored Unerring Beaten by Carla in the Flag Day Purse 1 Woolford Horse Second in Cretes Feature Event Weather Improves and Attendance Increases — Two in a Row for Sadie F. — Ding Bin Scores. CRETE, 111., June 14.— The Flag Day Purse, at seven furlongs, a condition affair, which drew a field of seven three-year-olds, was the principal attraction at Lincoln Fields this afternoon, and in it Carla carried the silks of Joseph E. Widener to victory. Unerring was made the favorite, but the best she could do was to finish second, as Calexico ran third and American Byrd fourth. Rounding out the field were Mont-sin, Chi and Hope Diamond. Carla, a daughter of Teddy, handled by Warren Yarberry, followed the pacemaking Chi and Unerring to the stretch turn and then, under the urging of her rider, worked her way forward. Chi, by this time, had enough and Carla had only Unerring to dis- ] pose of to get to the front. The Widener , filly took command approaching the last | eighth and then held her position to the end, where her advantage was a neck. Unerring might have reversed the order of finish, but she was doing her running next to the rail, where the good track was not nearly as firm as it was out about ten feet where Carla was directed. Unerring was 1 brought out in the sixteenth but by that time Carla had a good lead and Unerring could not catch her. CALEXICO THIRD. In taking second place, Unerring finished l four lengths in front of Calexico which, in ■ turn, was three in front of American Byrd, " another which suffered from being kept down next to the rail. On the prevailing good track Carla ran i the seven furlongs in 1:25%, and paid a little more than 4 to 1 in the mutuels. Weather conditions were much improved [ today, and the crowd much larger than any Continued on thirty-ninth page. FAVORED UNERRING BEATEN BY CARLA IN FLAG DAY PURSE Continued from first page. previous day this week. Skies were part*y overcast, but the temperature was considerably higher than in the last two days. Scoring her second success in thiee starts this year, R. E. Gowins Sign Up raced to a one-sided triumph in the sixth event, a run of a mile and a furlong, and the second best race on the cai-d. With Otto Grohs at the reins, the six-year-old daughter of Cohort, a 6 to 1 chance, raced past the leaders in the stretch with a rush, and won by five lengths. Panalong, the favorite, was second and Sure Swift, third. SIGN UP GAME. Panalong moved up on the far turn, as if he had the race won, but he could not cope with Sign Up, in the run through the lane and the best he could get was second place, a length in front of Sure Swift. The first race, a sprint at six furlongs for cheaper platers, saw William Days Ding Bin, a recent arrival from Fairmount Park, get home in front, to give jockey James McCoy his first triumph of the meeting. Ding Bin took the lead soon after the start, increased his advantage entering the stretch and then tired in the final furlong, but stuck to his guns long enough to score by a length and a half. An outsider in the betting, his mutuel return was 5.20 for . Suzanus, the favorite, could not keep up early, but began to improve her position after reaching the stretch turn and closed well enough to be second, as Valdina ran third. Jens Son raced with the leaders to the final eighth and then weakened, winding up fourth in the field of eight. The three-year-old filly Ideal Fungi, owned by Mrs. Milton Rieser and guided by Alfred Robertson, raced to a hard-earned victory in the six furlongs second race. This daughter of Apprehension forged to the front on the stretch turn and then, under the able j handling of Robertson, held her position to | the end, where her margin of victory was a half length. Egyptian Belle, a sharp factor from the beginning, dropped back on the tam, but came on again in the drive and took the place, a length and a half before Buttons B. Frisky Day was fourth. BLACK TIME GRADUATES. Black Time, performing under the colors ; of Mrs. C. Willis, graduated from the maiden juvenile ranks by turning back nine other two-year-old non-winners in the third event. Black Time followed Wise Ally to the turn and then assumed command himself. He moved into a good lead on the stretch turn, but then showed signs of faltering and only j the energetic handling of Ernest Hanke en-; | abled him to last long enough to score by a l head. Shine o Night, a sharp factor from j the beginning, took down second honors, with the favorite, The Ranger, running! third. Valdina Spy was best of the others, j The winner was a 7 to 1 chance in the bet-! ting. Winner of the fourth race, in which eight | met at six furlongs, was Clyde Troutts Sadie I F., scoring her second straight triumph and carrying apprentice Hanke to his second sad- j die success of the day. Coming back after a one-sided win in her last start, Sadie F. j sprinted into a good lead after a uarter and j then held her rivals safe the rest of the way Hanke rode her out and she crossed the line of finish two and a half lengths in front to become the first public choice of the afternoon to get home in front. Isolene, which had been well up from the beginning, accounted for the place, with Star Bess running third and Merry Pete fourth.
