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Yar Gains Neck Decision In Jackson Park Purse PurseLeads Leads Cherry Trifle After Long And Bitter Duel in Lincoln Dash DashSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 May 21 Sprinters who have been dominating the racing since the Lincoln Fields meeting began at Haw ¬ thorne on Monday provided most of the activity here once more this afternoon Of the eight races seven were contested at distances of six and a half furlongs or under and the remaining one the last on the card was decided over a mile and 70 yards yardsBecause Because of the rough condition of the racing strip Lincoln Fields has been un ¬ able to bring together many horses for distance events but prospects are for dry footing next week and then the longer con ¬ tests contained in the program book will have more chance of filling fillingFew Few of the better horses quartered here have been seen under colors this meeting meetingContinued Continued on Page TwentyFour Yar Neck Winner Of Jackson Park ParkOutgames Outgames Cherry Trifle in Long and Thrilling Stretch Duel in Lincoln Attraction AttractionContinued Continued from Page One Onebut but they probably will be under colors regu ¬ larly as soon as racing conditions improve improveTodays Todays feature was the Jackson Park Purse in which five horses met at six and a half furlongs The others were claiming affairs affairsThe The Jackson Park Purse offered as the sixth race saw C N Finchs Yar whip four other rivals though jockey Chalmer Basham riding his second winner of the day had to ride him out to score by a neck over Cherry Trifle Johnny Jr ran third while rounding out the field were Hi Diddle who ruled a slight favorite over the winner and Gallant Play PlayYar Yar raced close up and on the inside while Gallant Play set the early pace and upon reaching the home stretch the Finch colorbearer forged to the front At about that time Cherry Trifle also moved up and the two new leaders waged a lively battle right down to the wire Gallant Play quit badly after going a half mile and was soundly beaten by the time he reached the wire wireHi Hi Diddle had speed for about half the distance but then she could keep up no longer Johnny Jr passing her an eighth out to be third thirdThe The program opened with a sixfurlong spin in which Mrs E E Majors Yankee Notions sprinted to a decisive victory under the handling of Nick Jemas After follow ¬ ing Mistletoe to the stretch Yankee No ¬ tions came to the outside quickly forged to the front and held his advantage the rest of the way He won by two and a half lengths while Mistletoe had to be content with the place After trailing the field for a half mile Old Union closed well enough to be third thirdMargaret Margaret T Narrowly NarrowlyMargaret Margaret T a maiden twoyearold ownecl by McGinnis Valentine got a narrow decision at the end of the five furlongs of the second event Purple Heart seemed to have the race won when he raced the pacemaking Valdina Koyia into submisison inside the last eighth but Mar ¬ garet T guided by Chalmer Basham got up in the last stride to beat him a nose O Risky was a distant third and then came the tiring Valdina Kovia KoviaMaw Maw owned by M A Waldheim and rid ¬ den by C L Martin charged up next to the rail to score a surprise victory in the third race another at six furlongs She was far back to the last quarter but then moved up fast to score in the closing strides Blue Garter made the pace here and still was two lengths in front an eighth mile out but she quit thereafter and wound up third second money going to Connie Ann A half sister to the good mare Blue De Alight a juvenile filly named More Delight graduated from the maiden ranks in the fourth race a dash of five furlongs Rac ¬ ing under the silks of Mrs John Marsch and piloted by Lyle Whiting More Delight broke in front and stayed there winning with three and a half lengths to spare Say Miss beat Bagnell a nose for second money moneyClaimed Claimed a few days ago by Mrs Eliza ¬ beth Oros the threeyearold Roy Jones made good in his first try under new colors when he won the six furlongs fifth race under the handling of William Lowe Tir ¬ ing badly in the last eighth the son of Percentage just lasted to win by a nose from Bolo Tie while Havaheart ran third Roy Jones followed Bolo Tie to the stretch turn and then took a good lead just breez ¬ ing but Lowe had all he could to keep the colt going at the end as Bolo Tie closed with renewed vigor In finishing third Havaheart was five lengths back
