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Joan T. Proves Best in Crete Offering Second 1942 Score For Ridenoisr Miss Draws Out on Stretch Turn And Goes on to Beat favored Winamac by Pair of Lengths -CRETE, 111., May 29. W. U. Ridenours Joan T., who won six races last year, scored her second success of 1942 when she turned back six other useful sprinters at six furlongs in the fourth race, named in honor of the Womens Defense Corps of America, at Lincoln Fields this afternoon. The four-year-old filly by Bobby Sweep ran the three-quarters of a mile on a fast but deep track in 1:13 and that was good enough to bring her to the end of the distance a good two lengths before the favorite, T. C. Piatts Winamac. George W. Lawless Teddy Kerry was third, a length farther away and then came William B. Simpsons Bonzar to lead the others. This sprint topped a program that catered principally to horses in the various claiming divisions and it was witnessed by a large crowd. The better horses here will be seen in action in a number of contests scheduled on tomorrows Decoration Day card. In racing to her victory, Joan T. had a lively brush with Votum for a time but on the stretch turn the Ridenour filly drew out and was never seriously threatened again. Votum clung to second position to the last eighth and then wilted, Winamac, Teddy Kerry and Bonzar passing him in the last eighth. Teddy Kerry broke in front here but was promptly taken back and, then roused in the home stretch, did not rally sufficient! yto seriously menace the winner or runner-up.- Joan T., guided by Jack Richard, paid .60 for . Large Daily Double Pay-Off Another highlight of the days sport was a Daily Double payoff of 43.40, the laig-est of the Chicago season to date. This return for a investment was made possible through the combined effort jf Morris Vehons Heart Breaker, who won the second race, and Miss E. V. Jenkinsons Just Beans, who accounted for the third. Heart Breaker, guided by Willie Carroll, accomplished her victory at five furlongs at the expense of eleven maiden two-year-olds, while Just Beans whipped as many three-year-olds at six furlongs. Apprentice Stephen Murphy rode Just Beans. An accident marked the running of the second event, the colt Uncle Barb going down soon after the break with jockey Lee Haskell. While the rider escaped with a few bruises, the horse was hurst, but to what extent was not immediately determined. The opening race, a six-furlong sprint, for three-year-olds, saw the silks of Mrs. Emil Denemark carried to victory by Top Note. Home Burning, claimed out of his last race by Mrs. Monte Weil, scored his second straight victory when he accounted for the fifth race under the guidance of Steve Brooks. Coming from behind when ready, Home Burning reached the end of the mile and a sixteenth with a lead of four lengths over the second horse, Hada Moon. David B. Jr. was third.
