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Don Bingo Scores Upset in Suburban Aletern Routs Peabody Memorial Foes Completes Double For A C Ernst Barn BarnBeats Beats Flying Easy by Five Lengths as Record Throng Turns Out for Lincoln Card CardSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 May 31 The largest crowd ever to pack its way into the Haw ¬ thorne racing plant turned out for the War Relief program with which the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club celebrated Decoration Day here this afternoon Holiday and rac ¬ ingminded fans began to arrive about noon and long before the first race was called to the post every seat in the stand and clubhouse was occupied occupiedA A C Ernsts Aletern whose stablemate Alorter won the Joliet Stakes here Satur ¬ day raced to a onesided victory in the Francis S Peabody Memorial Handicap running the mile and a sixteenth on a slow track in 148 and scoring by five lengths His triumph completed a double for the stable today and a triple for his rider Lyle Whiting WhitingJ J C Ellis Flying Easy was second and the Happy Hour Farms Happy Pilot third with the favorite and top weight in Best Seller owned by Galbreath Dienst fourth Best Seller shouldered 122 pounds to but 111 for the winner winnerThrough Through his victory Aletern earned 3980 and the mutuel return on his chances was 720 for 2 2Handle Handle Passes 1000000 Mark MarkThe The mutuel handle today which went over 1000000 broke the Lincoln Fields record of 1006000 made on Labor Day in 1929 and the Hawthorne mark of 887 000 made the same year yearThe The huge attendance was 36800 persons personsThe The program the best yet offered at this meeting was dedicated to War Relief the first of three holiday dates in Chicago to be conducted for that cause The other two are Independence Day which will be promoted for War Relief by the Arlington Park Jockey Club and Labor Day which will be sponsored by the Washington Park Jockey Club Later the Chicago Business Mens Racing Association will set aside one of its big Saturdays for the same purpose purposeThe The net proceeds from todays activities will be presented by Col Matt J Winn head of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club to the American Red Cross and the Chicago Service Mens Center with twothirds going to the Red Cross and one third to the lat ¬ ter organization organizationThe The racing opened with a dingdong fin Continued on Page TwentyEight Aletern Off Last Is First at Finish FinishIs Is Five Lengths Ahead of Flying Easy in Peabody Another Double for Ernst ErnstContinued Continued from Page One Oneish ish with 3 H Guyers Starweista ridden by Lyle Whiting taking a neck decision at the end of six furlongs and paying 3220 for 2 This gelded son of Zacaweista broke in front and was never headed though Whiting had to keep after him in the drive to enable him to hold Two Ton Tony safe The latter took the place four lengths in advance of O Play who accounted for1 third honors Sonny Casey was made the fa forite here but he showed nothing and wound up a bad last in the field of eight eightAfter After two unsuccessful starts in Louis ¬ ville Jean LaBelle owned by A E Carney and Kirby Ramsey graduated from the maiden ranks in the fivefurlong second race which was climaxed by a rousing fin ¬ ish Jean LaBelle won by a head with Saraphara beating Bolo Babe a neck for the place Jean LaBelle and Saraphara bat ¬ tled each other furiously all the way while Bolo Babe came along in the last eighth to make it a threecornered contest for major honors These three juveniles dominated the race for the fourth to finish Queen Kizzie was four lengths farther back at ths wire wireJean Jean LaBelle paid 820 for 2 while the Daily Double based on the first two races paid 17460 17460Alforay Alforay Scores Easily EasilyA A C Ernsts Alforay making his firsb local appearance beat a field of three yearolds over six furlongs in the River Forest Purse the third event on the card The Ernst horse ridden by Lawrence Bar ¬ ney followed Bolo Tie for about half the distance and then assumed command him ¬ self drawing out in the stretch to win by three lengths Bolo Tie could not handle the winner but he was good enough to take the second award by five lengths third honors falling to Hoosier Whatever chance Kanopolis had was dissipated when he failed to break well while the favorite Night Shadow gave a dull performance and was never prominent prominentThe The Guyer stable and jockey Whiting completed a double in the Greenview Purse the fivefurlong fourth event in which Czech Lass defeated six other twoyear olds Scoring her third straight victory Czech Lass had speed from the beginning ind after being given a lively battle for a half mile by HyCap pulled away to win by a length and a half HyCap saved the place while Say Miss was third a length and a half farther away At odds of 7 to 5 Czech Lass was the first public choice of the afternoon to reward the judgment of her backers backersCredit Credit for sending postward the two Guyer winners is due C J Gamble their trainer trainerThe The fifth race a test of a mile and 70 fards styled the Oaklawn Park saw Harry Bensingers Sweeping Dream win under the guidance of P Johnson She was last leav ¬ ing the start but she began to move up jteadily after a half mile and ultimately von with two lengths to spare from Promi lette who at one time was four lengths in front Wheatstraw beat home the others in he field of seven threeyearolds
