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HALTAL HALTAL HEAD VICTOR OM IIOLAND IN DIXIE TOP OFFERING AT CHURCHILL WON BY HEARTMAN WQODVALE COLT COMES FROM BEHIND TO WIN WINDit Dit Early Pacemaker Runs Third in Thrilling Finish of Pimlico Fix ¬ ture Crowd of 20000 Present PresentBALTIMORE BALTIMORE Md May 7 The mighty Mioland an oddson favorite bowed to a better horse at the weights when the Woodvale Farms Haltal withstood the Californians vaunted stretch challenge to vanquish him by the slender margin of a head at the end of the thirtyeighth Dixie Handicap at old Pimlico this afternoon afternoonConn Conn McCreary glanced around and saw Mioland coming when he sent Roy Martins stout son of The Porter past the pacemak ¬ ing Dit and into the lead as the field ham ¬ mered around the bend that leads to fame and fortune The broadshouldered little man asked Haltal for everything he had in that last long furlong and the brown colt fought like a lion to withstand the top weighted favorites relentless challenge The two drew the better part of a length before the weary Dit in their duel as W Arnold Hangers fouryearold picked up the third award by just a head before Cory don in a starting field of ten that repre ¬ sented the pick of the nations handicap horsesNINETEENPOUND horses NINETEENPOUND CONCESSION CONCESSIONHaltal Haltal carried 110 pounds and was getting nineteen from the runnerup He finished out the mile and threesixteenths of this epic struggle on a fast track in the good time of 158 and earned 19850 for his sporting owner who was in the winners enclosure with grizzled sweatered old Steve Judge to greet his game homebred colt as he returned there after the race raceMioland Mioland was a lucky horse to gain the place here for he got a spread between Haltal and Dit at the top of the stretch after having saved ground all around the last turn when he inaugurated his run Only for that break Lucky Charley Howards horse was not going to be one twothree twothreeA A crowd of nearly 20000 turf enthusiasts including many outoftown visitors who will remain over for Saturdays Preakness wit ¬ nessed the triumph of Haltal and that colt Baid his backers at the lively rate of 1710 for the usual deuce Following the run ¬ ning Alfred Vanderbilt head of this old Civil War thoroughbred proving grounds presented the Dungannon Bowl to owner Martin The score must have taken a little of the sting out of Our Boots failure in last weeks Derby and incidentally Martin saw that colt work a mile in near track rec ¬ ord time for the Preakness between races this afternoon afternoonHANDICAP HANDICAP STATUS STATUSHaltal Haltal had indicated that he may prove one of the seasons leading handicap per ¬ formers when winning a division pf the McLennan at Hialeah Jast winter and fol ¬ lowing that up with a game accounting in another hammer nd tongs finish ending in the recent Clark Handicap at Louisville LouisvilleMcCreary McCreary gave Haltal a corking ride in the Dixie breaking him away fast and andContinued Continued on thirtysecond page
