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OBSERVE COLLINSVILLE BAY AT FAIRMOUNT PARK TRACK TRACKMy My Colin Accounts for Initial Purse of Season in First Race RaceCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 June 11 The best balanced weekday program of the current season was offered this afternoon at Fair mount Park by the Fairmount Park Jockey Club It was Collinsville Day and mer ¬ chants from this city had races named in their honor and in each the winning owner received a traveling bag or blanket from the merchant sponsoring the race raceHeadlining Headlining the eight races was the Col ¬ linsville Chamber of Commerce Handicap a sixfurlong sprint for threeyearolds and older horses in which seven remained to contest for the 1000 purse The only with ¬ drawal from the feature was the Le Mar Stock Farm stables Matchup whose stable mate Might Step remained in F Cam pagnas Doublrab winner of the Collins ville Handicap last Saturday J C Humes Doubtful Mrs James Bronnenbergs Dis ¬ tract Sunchia from the barn of W F and C V Sparks F E Waldrons Lazarus and Briery of the Chicagoowned Montell Farm stable also contested contestedThe The track was deep and heavy this morn ¬ ing for workouts but was drying out under a strong wind and sun which broke through heavy clouds spasmodically this morning and early afternoon Track superintendent John LeBlanc had his crew of workman harrow ¬ ing the track continuously after the train ¬ ing period and under steady work it was drying but rapidly However in spite of the work done on the course it was termed heavy with the running of the first race raceMy My Colin a handicap performer here last spring who sports the silks of C E Deahl Texas patron won his first purse of the year when he entered the winners circle in the introductory event defeating Snow Flower the favorite Frozen Mask and four others at five and a half furlongs The vic ¬ tor was ridden by apprentice E M Johnson JohnsonA A capacity field of maidens met in the second race at six furlongs and the winner was furnished by Alfred McKnight of Fort Worth Texas when his Pembroke a recent arrival here from Ohio took the measure of Morocco E the favorite Both of Us and nine others Permitted to settle into best stride by W L Johnson the daughter of Flying Watch ame to the middle of the track for the drive and after wearing down Morocco E an eighth from the finish be ¬ gan to tire and complejted the journey by a length margih over the favorite
