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Askmenow Victress in Pimlico Oaks Marion Collins Beats Ouizzle in Drive Top Pair in Bitter Duel Down Stretch StretchDonnaRay DonnaRay Mare Outlasts RunnerUp to Triumph by Neck in Sportsmans Dash DashCICERO CICERO 111 May 5 Marion Collins fine running daughter of Neddie turned in her best exhibition of the local meeting when in accounting for the Oak Park Handicap she ran the seven furlongs in 128 Although the time was one and two fifths seconds short of Pigeon Holes rec ¬ ord it was the fastest for that distance to date and it enabled her to reach the finish a neck before Quizzle who under the banner of Mrs A M Creech was a stoutly supported favorite Mrs Frank Nugents Espino Gold carried off third honors some three and onehalf lengths farther back and Real Sad was a wellbeaten fourth fourthIt It was a frontrunning score with Alex Schlenker a product of the west side at the reins He hustled the DonnaRay Sta ¬ ble colorbearer to the front although Sun Pharos outbroke her and kept her to the fore in spite of Doll Baby and Quizzles repeated bids bidsAfter After Willie Lowe rode two straight winners in th e third and fourth events Willie Gillespie gave the big midweek gathering a demonstration of his ability by cleverly handling Mrs E B Carpenters Ebony Edge who accounted for the fifth contest He saved the threeyearold Flying Ebony gelding after establishing a clear advantage and then sent him again to the front when Remote Control a 9 to 10 hazard started his bold bid This en ¬ abled the Carpenter representative to have enough in reserve to repulse the favorites bid and reach the end of the seven furlongs before Owasse who came again to beat the tiring Remote Control by a neck for second Owasse was the one to replace the winner as pacemaker and the favorite was forced to lose too much ground to gain entrance to the winners circle circleOpener Opener to Big Bubble BubbleBig Big Bubble consistent daughter of Ever Bubbling was a frontrunning winner of the sevenfurlong first race She came to the finish two and a half lengths before Sam Houston who finished second and Tuleyries Liri was third Shasta Man the favorite had good speed drifted out enter ¬ ing the final fiveeighths and showed little thereafter thereafterKentown Kentown fiveyearold son of James ¬ town and one of the last horses to be bred by the late R H Bob Anderson chalked up his second victory of the meeting when he drove tq a length and onehalf victory in the second race Also a sevenfurlong sevenfurlongContinued Continued on Page ThirtyOne Marion Collins Scores In Oak Park Handicap HandicapFavored Favored Quizzle Fails by Neck In Long Duel With Neddie Mare MareContinued Continued from Page One Onedash dash the contest found Aljack the run ¬ nerup and Beamy third in the small field of eight eightRidden Ridden by the veteran R Haber and forced lo lose ground from the start Ken town who flaunted Clyde Troutts banner work down Aljack entering the short stretch but did not draw clear until near the end Drift Silver was indulged with the pace for nearly a half mile and then tired tiredMiss Miss Lexington speedy daughter of Fly ¬ ing Heels won her second straight race under the Silver Star Stock Farm banner by leading throughout the five furlongs of the third race She had only an ad ¬ vantage of a length over Doctbr Reder at the final marker and had the latter been able to negotiate the sharp turns he prob ¬ ably would have been closer at the end Knights Quest n always was the best of tiie others and Extremus the favorite began sluggishly and showed little littleRunning Running back to his previous good effort Mrs M G Farnsworths Havaheart scored his first victory of the year and his second in two years of campaigning by accounting for the fourth race This was the third of five races at seven furlongs and Midall the favorite was runnerup Third went to High Hat who charged down on the outside after saving ground during the run to the stretch Flo Bratten and Brown Mate attempted to crack Midall but it was Havaheart who subdued the favorite and then outgamed him in a thrilling drive
