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Bring Me Homes Courage Rewarded Slide Rule Impresses in Withers Trial Regains Command To Defeat Dusty DustyBentley Bentley Gelding Is Neck to Good in Gorbet Farm Purse At Lincoln Tripaway Best BestSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 May 20 For the fourth Straight day the Lincoln Fields Jockey Clubs program was given over to mud runners and only those suited to the soft footing were able to share in the division of the various purses Although prevailing conditions did little to make the sport at ¬ tractive patrons once more turned out in large numbers and seemed to enjoy them ¬ selves selvesWith With the better horses still confined to the shelter of their barns the cheaper thor ¬ oughbreds dominated the program again today but even they were well enough matched to produce several spirited fin ¬ ishes Most of the fields however were small smallTwo Two sprints and a distance event were the principal offerings this afternoon The featured sprints were the Gan Lee Farm Purse at six furlongs and the Gorbet Farm Purse at six and onehalf furlongs while the longer race was the South Holland Purse at a mile and onesixteenth The Gorbet Farm Purse was for threeyearolds while the other two events were for olden horses horsesEven Even Money Choice ChoiceThe The Gorbet Farm Purse at six arid one half furlongs which was presented as the fifth race resulted in a popular victory for J C Bentleys Bring Me Home who was registering his fourth victory in seven starts this year With Frank Zehr at the reins the three yearold son of Flying Heels outgamed Ralph Scotts Dusty to win by a neck while Dusty beat James Emerys Real Sad seven lengths for the place Fire Engine who ran fourth King Epithet and Spartiate were the only other contestants Bring contestantsBring Me Home made an evenmoney chance in the wagering was prominent from the beginning and took a good lead after disposing of King Epithet on the stretch turn A little farther on however Dusty moved up to challenge for the lead and the two of them battled it out the rest of the way wayFar Far back of the leaders Real Sad and Fire Engine engaged in a duel for third honors which went to the former by a head headOne One of the easiest winners of the meet ¬ ing thus far was Earl OHaras confidently supported HyCop who romped away with the sixfurlong second race He fpllowed Gayle F and Estrellita for about half the distance and then charged past them quickly to take a good lead himself In the last threesixteenths he drew away and won by seven lengths with jockey F A Smith looking back Very True who trailed the field to the turn made up a lot of ground but the best he could do was to toContinued Continued on Page Twenty Bring Me Home Displays Courage to Down Dusty DustyRegains Regains Command Near Finish To Annex Lincoln Fields Dash DashContinued Continued from Page One Onerun run second while Prefer Transit who also came from behind ran third Gayle F and Estrellita finished far back backMr Mr Infinity ridden by Don Hauer gave C E Davison his first purse of the Illinois season when he won the first event also contested at six furlongs Mr Infinity who was held at odds of almost 12 to 1 raced Fealty into submission before reaching the home stretch and near the end withstood a challenge from Burning Sands to win by threequarters of a length Ed M was a distant third thirdThe The Daily Double based on the first two races paid 6120 James Emerys Epiget and jockey Nick Jemas made up a successful combination over the six furlongs of the third race The daughter of Epithet was far back for more than a half mile but she closed powerfully and reached the wire in front of the run ¬ nerup Darby Dallas by a length New Glory finished third Black Mark and Ac ¬ curate dominated the race for more than a half mile but then faded away awayThe The Gan Lee Farm Purse which came as the fourth race saw R Lerners Tripaway triumph under the guidance of Andy Lo Turco who had the son of Nocturnal in front by five lengths at the wire Re ¬ strained early Tripaway forged to the front with a rush when called upon in the stretch and drew out fast Pittistraw came from a long way back to be second while third honors fell to Shasta Man
