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TWO STRAIGHT FO AG AT CRETE TRACK CALUMET ENTRY ONETWO IN BELMONT FEATURE OUTRUNS HIS COMPANY IN JUVENILE OFFERING OFFERINGSon Son of Good Advice Covers Five Furlongs in 1 0135 to Lead Home Omathon by FiveLength Margin CRETE 111 June 5 Zig Zag a chestnut son of Good Advice Definite who grad ¬ uated impressively in his debut here Decora ¬ tion Day came right back to score an even more impressive victory when he accounted for the National Hotel Week Purse a five furlong allowance race for twoyearolds which featured a pleasant af ternon of sport Racing in the black and cerise silks of the veteran W D Butch Covington Zig Zag led Farrell Devernuxs Omathon to the wire by five lengths without being asked for his best as he stepped the distance in 101 over a drying out racing strip classi ¬ fied as slow Mrs R A Rogans Cant Lose raced evenly throughout to earn the show award a neck in advance of Owens Heddes James Quest QuestAt At the break Zig Zag was under way so fast when starter Reuben White called upon the field that he nearly unseated Jimmy Haritos The latter had to take up tempo ¬ rarily but recovered fast enough so that Zig Zag was never headed as he scored his second straight victory The Good Advice colt paid 520 as he became the third pub ¬ lic choice to win on the card cardThe The impressive part of Zig Zags winning race was the fact that he pulled away from Huntley Shers Sergeant Bill at the final turn when that speedy son of Chance Play raced up alongside of him The Miami owned colt went wide turning into the front lane but it was obvious that Zig Zag had him whipped at the time All down the long stretch Haritos never made a move with his mount as he drew away from his field fieldIn In taking down second money behind the winner Omathon had to move from far back in the field while saving ground Earl Pool had him under punishment to finish in ad adContinued Continued on fifth page ZIG ZAG IN SECOND STRAIGHT TRIUMPH AT LINCOLN FIELDS FIELDSTurns Turns In FastRun Race to Lead Omathon Home by Five Lengths LengthsContinued Continued fron first page pagevance vance of Cant Lose James Quest attempted to move with the Zacaweista colt but was unable to overpower the third horse who turned in an even effort effortIn In accomplishing his score Zig Zag stepped the first quarter in 224 and sped past the halfmile mark in 47 After his winning effort over the dull racing strip he came back to the winners circle looking as though he had merely been out for a morning canter canterDaily Daily Trouble a gelded son of Psychic Bid Black Crystal who races for David Straus retired Cincinnati tobacco dealer graduated before the band of maiden three yearolds who made up the field for the I first race The Straus gelding came between I horses at the head of the stretch to wear down Benjamin F Listers War Tower and finish under a drive to withstand the late challenge of Roscoq Gooses Delray Daily Trouble went to the post the favorite and paid 460 in the mutuels after completing the distance in 116 over a slow track Tir ¬ ing under the pace War Tower wound up third in advance of E R Moulders Boynton BoyntonAnother Another maiden graduated in the second race a fivefurlong test for twoyearolds of the 1200 to 1500 claiming bracket when J R Nevilles Deneb shook off Mrs E R Salvinos Wawfield at the eighth pole after contesting the issue with that one all the way and won in easy fashion in advance of Farrell Devereux Texalite The chest ¬ nut daughter of Wise Counsellor Thistle Star who was making the fifth start of her career sped the distance in 103 and paid 8 in the mutuels Hyman Friedbergs Bolute was along in time to collect the show award in advance of Mrs R T Runnels Van Man Rio Vista a brown daughter of Reveille Boy who was late getting to the races as a juvenile and won her only start earned the second victory of her career in her fifth start as a threeyearold when she accounted for the third race Performing for Bianchi Williamson Rio Vista was always close up as Town Lace set the pace and responded nicely when apprentice Wilbur Borton called upon her through the stretch Down in front of the stand the Reveille Boy filly was drawing away from her opposition under Bortons urging L C and W Sears Miss Grief moved up in the front lane to finish in advance of the pacesetting Town Lace as that one tired tiredWITAN WITAN REPEATS REPEATSMrs Mrs M E Martins Witan made it two in a row over this course when he drove to victory at the end of the fourth race The Wise Counsellor gelding was rated along as Pops Rival set the pace and then over ¬ hauled Jimmie Tom who had taken over when the Murchison gelding tired through the stretch to win by a length and a quar ¬ ter as he completed the six furlongs in 116 The second favorite to score during the afternoon Witan paid 660 to those who made him the public choice choiceDuplicating Duplicating Witans feat of making it two in a row over this track Clarence E Davi sons Donnagina was under a drive to ac countjor the fifth race The Gino filly made the most of the fact that Mrs Emil Dene marks Schnozzle which was setting the nace at the time went wide at the head of he stretch and took command Through the final furlong however the Denemark gelding was wearing down the winner as she reached the finish Mrs K Mayers High thorhe was third
