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POTRANCO DRIVES TO FORE I CRETE HANDICAP EIGHT THIRTY AND SUN AGAIN BELMONT WINNERS Equistar Gives Up Pacemaking Task to Lexbrook Racer in Final Drive DriveGelded Gelded Son of Judge Hay Repeats His Recent Score in Beating Mrs Denemarks Colt by Two and Half Lengths War Minstrel Wins Congress Hotel Cap CapCRETE CRETE 111 May 24 The Lexbrook Stables Potranco an exselling plater who has won more than 28000 for the Kern Brothers of Chicago since he was picked up via a claim for 1800 two years ago stole through along the rail to win the 5000 added Crete Handicap sixfurlong event for threeyearolds and upward which featured the first weekend pro ¬ gram at Lincoln Fields In victory today his fourth of the year the gelded son of Judge Hay and Essie Wessie ran back to his qualifying effort in the Outer Drive Handicap here on opening day and won by the same margin in front of Mrs Emil Denemarks Equistar today as he had on that bav son of Eciuinoise Hondav Third choice in the waeerine to the Woolford Farm s Technician and the Arcturus Stables Smacked Potranco paid a 1100 mutuel mutuelKINGS KINGS BLUE THIRD THIRDHuntlcy Huntlcy and Shers Kings Blue drove down the stretch on the outside to earn third money a length and a half after the Denemark colt and a length in advance of Hyman Friedbergs Montsin The favored Technician broke slowly and never displayed speed speedAn An excellent crowd was in the stands as the field went to the post for the feature The wagering wa brisk and indications were that the handle would exceed 500000 While the day started cool the wind shifted and the sun made conditions very pleasant for the large turnout before the afternoon was over overJust Just as on Monday in the Outer Drive Handicap Equistar again went to the front and maintained command until overpowered by the Judge Hay gelding While it was Arthur Craig who rode Potranco in the Monday feature apprentice Dave MacAn drew pursued the same tactics with the Lexbrook ace as the Texan rider Jlating him along close to the pace set by Equistar as Smacked provided the contention Mac Andrew saved ground on the rail all the way around the final turn and sent the Lex brook representative up to take the lead on the inside after leaving the eighth post postSMACKED SMACKED DROPS BACK BACKWhen When Potranco took over Equistar hung on gamely enough but Smacked had dropped back out of it as the winner went to the lead Kings Blue was making a brave effort on the outside as was Montsin but both made their bids too late to be real factors in the final accounting here hereTalked Talked About was in tight quarters several times as was Technician But his difficul ¬ ties did not seem to be any excuse for the Voolford Farm representative which had no speed when in the clear and under pres ¬ sure sureThe The supplementary feature of the day which was run as the fifth race and was wasContinued Continued on thirtieth page POTRANCO BEATS EQUISTAR AGAIN IN CRETE HANDICAP HANDICAPLexbrook Lexbrook Racer Duplicates His Last Effort War Minstrel Wins WinsContinued Continued from first page pageknown known as the Congress Hotel Handicap provided War Minstrel with an opportunity to redeem himself when he took down the main award three lengths in advance of Rodney C Groffs Forever Prince The Royal Minstrel gelding who was beaten by the third place Valdina Groom going a mile in an allowance race here Wednesday is an old favorite of Chicago racing fans and after he had racked up his second victory of the year returning 1040 to those who supported him in the mutuels the crowd gave him a hand handAs As War Minstrel led almost all the way and Forever Prince raced along in second place from tRe time he took the lead there was not much competition in this event Valdina Groom made a nice bid from far back through the stretch to earn third money after trailing the field all the way Valdina Myth finished fpurth half a length away from his stablemate stablemateReserved Reserved off the pace most of the way and then sent up to make his successful challenge from the outside after leaving the eighth pole A Sinkervitchs Gambit was all out to account for the opening race on the card Completing the mile asked of this band of horses of the 1200 to 1500 bracket in 140 the Chance Play gelding received only mild support and paid the good price of 1460 in the mutuels Goshen raced along second all the way to finish a half a length away from the winner and a neck in ad ¬ vance of Honey Boat That son of Boat ¬ swain went right to the front out of the gate but tired in the final furlong and was dropping back so rapidly that he finished only threequarters of a length the best of Sir Mowlee RUSTY GOLD UP IN TIME TIMEFriedberg Friedberg and Axtons Rusty Gold just got up to nip L L Moores Paul Lee at the end of the seven furlongs of the second race a claiming dash for older horses Only a head separated the Bostonian fillyand the Moore gelding as they flashed by the final marker in 127 to accomplish her first score of the year and reward her sup ¬ porters with an 1800 payoft Paul Lee got to the front at the head of the stretch gave way slightly before the challenge of Rusty Gold and in the last few strides was beaten The winner was first out of the gate and set the pace down the back stretch but surrendered the lead to Pelter going into the turn and then came on again through the stretch and was doing her best D Ca taldos Viragin picked up third money after racing along close to the pace throughout throughoutMaking Making the second start of his career Cleaveland Putnams Mans Man graduated from the ranks of the nonwinners at the expense of Longridge Stables Bayridge to qualify for the 5000 added Joliet Stakes which will be run at this course on next Sat ¬ urday May 31 A 6500 purchase in the yearling sales the chestnut son of Ladys man sped the distance in 100 and re ¬ turned 1200 to those who backed him in his initial victory JOCKEY CRAIG INJURED INJUREDValdina Valdina Tout was first out of the gate but Memphis went right to the lead and held sway by a slight margin as Little Red Fox attempted to contest the pace While these two were out in front the winner was rac ¬ ing along easily and making the final turn for home went between horses to assume the leadBayridge drove up on the outside to be second in advance of Little Red Fox as that one responded to a drive after drift ¬ ing out on the turn J D Weils Gem W was fourth after making a bid on the turn Leaving the threeeighths pole Pompim and Royal One collided and lost their riders Arthur Craig who rode Pompim received a fractured collar bone but Berger who rode Royal One was uninjured uninjuredJimmy Jimmy Berger young Louisville apprentice who was involved in the accident in the previous race came back in the fourth event a sixfurlong dash to run his riding score for the afternoon to a double on Mrs J D Craigs Torch Gleam In this race Berger always had a handful of horse under him and although he was out of the gate in front of his rivals the young rider took his mount back and reserved his speed until the turn for home At that point he sent the Torchilla gelding up on the inside to take command and pulled away down through the stretch to the length and a half margin he had in his favor in front of My Shadow at the final marker Torch Gleam was timed in 113 and paid 1440 to those who supported him Royal Blue finished third
