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■ - i I o of b f * a a v I * J v j f j j I I I j | f | j r; ! " i tl i | | sj I J ,-, j |b j o: P ; ; tl ! !b v |U I i si to * by S of n - r] to rr £ der LADIES DAY AT AK-SAR-BENI I i Daily Racing Form Handicap Chief j S Event on Card — Evelyns Pride Accounts for Purse. t OMAHA, Neb., June 20.— Ideal weather served to bring out one of the largest crowds the meeting, which was greatly increased by the large attendance of members of the fair sex, it being Ladies Day at the popular n Omaha course. The Daily Racing Form 0 Handicap was the feature offering and occu- - pying sixth position on the card, engaged j seven of the best sprinters on the grounds in f test of six furlongs. j- The Mrs. E. H. Beezley starter, Sobriety, j, was in demand by the players, while J. J. Kesslers Deer Fly and M. Whitebrooks f Jokester had a host of admirers, and there was little to choose as a favorite when the v field lined up for the start. C. E. Deahls j J. Fast Move, Harry Fields Rondelier, Mitchell tl Henderson and Palmers His Girl and Mrs. M. Petersons Claude Omar rounded out the v field of eight starters. RAINS DRENCH TRACK. * The heavy rains of Monday drenched the a as racing strip, which was heavy for the morn- jj ing training, but by race time it had dried out considerably and was slightly dull for r the first race and classified as good. 1 Evelyns Pride, bearing the green and gold n no silks of C. F. Dunning, made amends for her recent defeat when she proved much the r best of nine others, which raced five and 1 one-half furlongs. Alertly ridden by jockey w Paul Keiper, the victress led almost from w the start and reached the end three lengths ■ ■ before G. Philpots highly regarded and fa- g jvored Pindars Pet. The latter might have in jr turned the tables on the winner but for r stumbling- at the start, but was good enough tc to overcome the loss of ground sustained the incident, and come on to finish in second place. Frank Brays Miss Sioux P nosed out Miss Duchess for the third part the purse. Jockey Paul Keiper, who was unseated from his mount, Easter Martin, in the third s race, was slightly shaken up and was unable si ride out his engagements for the remain- P of the day. il] 1 • le
