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Cicero Headliner To Miss Militant Paul Kelleys Filly Thrills Ladies Day Crowd in Nose Victory Over Golden Goose CICERO, 111., May 5.— Miss Militant, sporting the colors of Paul L. Kelley, closed in spectacular finish to win the River Grove Purse an allowance race which featured the Tuesday eight-race program. The shifty daughter of Zaca-weista and Periscope, a bit slow to settle into stride, was taken to the inside by jockey D. MacAndrew going down the back stretch, then when the home stretch was reached came to the outside and although trying to bear out near the finish got up to win over Golden Goose by % nose in a picture finish. Second honors in the days headliner went .to "Butsey" Hernandez, whose Golden Goose set all the pace to the last seventy yards, and although saving ground could not withstand the winner when challenged. Latent, racing in the silks of Endovina and Terry, accounted for the show after coming from far back. This victory for Miss Militant marked the third winner of the afternoon for jockey D. MacAndrew. His first winner came when he piloted Prince Puck home in front to take the third event. His other was when he rode Roman Descent to the wire to score for the fifth race. Clicks for New Owner Cherriko, who was purchased by J. Emery this morning, carried the new owners colors to victory in the first event 1 when she ran the fastest five furlongs of the current meeting, covering the distance I in l:#l%. At the end she was five lengths before Highscope. The latter, by far the best of the other contestants, finished two and a half lengths in front of Modulator, the third horse. Mrs. C. C. Renfrows Very True, slow to settle into stride, closed swiftly in the final furlong to take top honoi in the second event. Under the guidance of jockey G. Martin, he was up in the final strides to win going away. Truda, also slow to settle into stride, closed a big gap in the last quarter mile while saving ground to head the early pacemaker, Falsweep, for the place. The Renfrow gelding, who completed the Daily Double, is trained by C. J. Martin, Sr., father of the rider. Pay-off for the Double was 0.60. Prince Puck, from the stable of Mrs. H. P. Bonner, graduated from the maiden ranks when he was returned the winner of the third race. The two-year-old gelded son of Port au Prince took command after going the first quarter of a mile and under mild urging all through the home stretch came on to win going away. Right Carla closed strongly in the final stages to get the place. Mighty LuGky got up in the final stride to take the show narrowly. This event was marred by a fall when Fin Try, racing close up going to the first turn, crossed his legs and went down. Lissa, racing close by, threw her rider when she attempted to jump the fallen horse. Neither E. Franklin, who was aboard Fin Try, nor J. W. Frye, on Lissa, was reported seriously hurt after an examination by the track doctor. in this case, history repeated itself, for like his paternal ancestors. Domino and Commando, he passed on at an early age. Now come down to 1942. The first get of Equipoise did little. We heard whispering of "another great racer who failed to reproduce himself." But in Shut Out he not only has a Derby winner and a potential three-year-old champion, but another good representative of the Domino line. While the name of Commando appears in the pedigree of both Shut Out and Alsab, the latter is of a different branch. He comes through Colin, Neddie and the latter s son. Good Goods. In our mind, Alsab would nave joined the three-year-old "greats" had his connections been more patient and allowed him the normal growth that is accorded most youngsters who show well at two. He had no such careful handling as that accorded Shut Out, but with all of his campaigning, he stood up to give a fine account of himself in the "Blue Grass Classic. On the other hand, there is no reason to confine the feats of "the Dominos" as a clan to one or two horses. For over a quarter of a century this clan has demonstrated it has the speed — and the stamina, within reason — to hold its own against foreign or domestic opposition. Year after year, they have sent out winning representatives to show that they — with the Fair Play and Ben Brush clans, can hold their own, come who and what will!
