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Whiting Family Shares In Tartarus7 Victory Wins Omahas Gallant Fox Purse In Driving Finish Oyer Logical s OMAHA, Neb.," May 28. The Whiting family shared in garnering the honors in the feature race at Ak-Sar-Ben Field this afternoon when Tartarus, eight-year-old Torchilla gelding owned by Mrs. F. Whot-by leading jockey Lyle Whiting, ing, was ridden to a hard-earned victory Although unable to keep up during the early part of the six-furlong race, named the Gallant Fox" Purse, the winner was able to gain his victory by a length and one-half in a drive over the outsider Logical and Bar Thirteen in the good time of 1:11. Tartarus returned to to his many backers.wiP, The sport as a whole was formful,with the choices winning a fair share of the races during the afternoon, and many close finishes furnished thrills to the fair-sized crowd which was in attendance. The weather sontinued mild. The Daily Double, that popular form of wagering, has, for the first three days of the current meeting, returned better than 30 to the fortunate holders of winning tickets. Sky Jack, sporting the colors of Mrs. F. M. Gossard, was re turned the winner in the first event of the Thursday afternoon program when he rushed up on the outside in the final seventy yards to win in a picture finish over Pencote. The latter, well up throughout, rushed up on the inside when he found an opening and probably would have won in another stride. Buv, the early pacemaker, closed with good courage in the final drive but was a tiring third. The winner ran the five furlongs in the good time of 1:00 and paid his backers .60. The second event, which concluded the Daily Double, was accounted for by Cimarron Sand, from the racing establishment of Levitt and Bigley. This five-year-old son of Kentucky Cardinal, out run in the early stages, responded to punishment after being straightened away in the home stretch and, closing stoutly, wore down the early leaders to win by a short head. Roy Greenock, the pacemaker, just lasted to save the place money fro mthe swiftly closing Roidef, who got up in t he final stride to garner the show award. The Daily Double paid 30 for each . j
