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BROWN BLIZZARD HOME FIRST IN FAIRMOUNT PARK SPRINT SPRINTPrevails Prevails Over Paireve Before Large OpeningDay Gathering GatheringCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 May 30 Brown Blizzard a gelded son of Blue Blitzen Blitzendale racing in the silks of A H Sum crlin Oklahoma patron and under the guid ¬ ance of jockey William Armstrong stole the show in the first twoyearold race to be offered at Fairmount Park this season More than 20000 devotees of the sport were on hand to witness the return of racing to Fairmount Park since last fall Paireve a daughter of Pairbypair and flaunting the colors of W B Ray was second and the third award went to W F and C V Sparks Cahokian Having the most speed of his field the victor under steady handling by Armstrong went to the front shortly after the start and although he was unable to shake off Pair eve who forced the pace all the way man ¬ aged to outstay the Ray representative to win the second race of his career by a half length Paireve was a length before Caho ¬ kian at the end of the four and onehalf furlongs furlongsSUMMERLIKT SUMMERLIKT WEATHER WEATHERSummerlike Summerlike weather prevailed for the sport which was featured by the Memorial Day Handicap a dash of six furlongs in which ten of the best sprinters quartered here met for a purse of 1200 The track was at its best for the eightrace program and good time was recorded in the early races racesThe The first race of the meeting went to Mrs R G Burmans fouryearold Surgeon Dick when that brown son of Inherit under a well judged ride by Eddie DePrang won a length and a half over Waringa Veloz and five other at one mile and seventy yards Never far back and racing outside the lead ¬ ers most of the way the winner came for Continued on fortyfourth page BROWN BLIZZARD HOME FIRST IN FAIRMOUNT PARK SPRINT SPRINTContinued Continued fron first page ward entering the stretch and wearing down Veloz and Geologist came away under pun ¬ ishment and was drawing clear at the finish finishMaking Making his first start since last October Dr McLarney veteran gelded son of Nut ¬ cracker who sports the silks of J J and J R Porter lost little time annexing his first purse of the year when he took down honors in the second race a mile event for members of the older division Woodlark the early pacemaker was an easy second six lengths before Dusky Maid MaidRoaming Roaming Again a homebred threeyearold son of Ramoneur flaunting the silks of Miss Susan Kellogg of Evansville Ind accounted for his first winning effort of the year when he downed Norman Sloat Snow Flower and nine others in the five and onehalf fur ¬ longs third race Ably handled by Bobby Montgomery the Kellogg horse had little dif ¬ ficulty in keeping up with Snow Flower in the opening threeeighths and thereafter drew out to score an easy victory having a margin of a little more than two lengths at the finish finishThe The secondary feature an allowance race for threeyearolds saw the oddson favorite A H Sumerlins Doublrab go down to defeat at the hands of J C Humes Doubt ¬ ful in the five and a half furlongs fifth race Burman racing for C N Finch was third Doublrab had little difficulty in out ¬ running his field and after opening up commanding lead turning into the strei looked a sure winner only to give w3 badly in the final furlong while Doubtful came with long easy strides under Ted King who got the son of Sun Hatter up in the last strides to win the decision by a head
