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Chicago Heights Purse to Clarksville Boojiana Never Headed in Top Flight Has Two Lengths On Captain Eddie EddieGreeners Greeners TennesseeBred Racer Takes Top With Rush On Turn and Rest Is Easy EasySTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 June 1 Well backed by the offday crowd and performing smartly on a sloppy track the Tennessee bred Clarksville carried the colors of John Greener of Nashville to victory in the Chicago Heights Purse at Hawthorne here today Featuring the afternoons sport the Chicago Heights was inn over a dis ¬ tance of six furlongs furlongsAs As jockey William Morrisey hustled the sixyearold victor to the finish Captain Eddie one of four threeyearolds in the field of eight saved runnerup honors with The Finest oldest or the contestants third Others in the dash were Zacapet who ruled a slight choice Stitch Again Stars at Night Powder Bluff and Quaker and they completed the distance in that order orderAlthough Although the winner was first to leave the starting stalls he was fourth behind Powder Bluff Zacapet and Captain Eddie leaving the backstretch Entering the final quarter where Powder Bluff gave way sud ¬ denly Morrisey permitted the Greener rep ¬ resentative to pick up the leaders and once in the van Clarksville remained out of danger He crossed the finish two lengths before Captain Eddie who after racing forwardly from the beginning was a length before the steady closing The Finest The latter was next to last and almost eight lengths back three furlongs from the finish finishThird Third Start of Year YearTrained Trained by Carroll Lang the winner was making his third start of the year It was his first success He carried 118 pounds over the distance in 114 Captain Eddie had up 110 pounds and The Finest 118 118While While the unsettled weather which pre ¬ vailed much of the day held the attendance to 8265 the sport did not suffer and those who braved intermittent thunder showers were generously rewarded for their courage courageThe The fans saw Mrs C R Tripletts Dusty make something of a runaway affair of the Gold Coast Purse and he was scoring the second win for the favorites Ridden by F A Smith the fouryearold son of Sun SunContinued Continued on Page Thirteen Chicago Heights Purse Taken by Clarksville ClarksvilleCarries Carries Greener Silks Home Two Lengths Before Captain Eddie EddieContinued Continued from Page One OneTeddy Teddy was in front after going three of the six furlongs and in the stretch drew out until he led by five lengths Near the end he was taken in hand and this confidence and good judgment on the part of his rider cut his advantage to four lengths Behind him Dots Key and Hills Palm fought it out to a nose finish in which the former had the deciding advantage The winner ran the distance in 114 It marked his first start here an second victory in five essays since the opening of his 1944 campaign campaignK K C Gal racing under the silks of Mrs K C Morrow and handled by W Gillespie led throughout in the secon race also over six furlongs but took the race with little to spare as she had all she could accomplish to stave off the stronger finishing Garden Pot long enough to win by a head Third money went to Free Miss who was the choice K C Gal and Dusky Duke paid 12320 in the Double DoubleConfident Confident backing sent Satin Ace a son of Chicstraw owned by Miss Jean Dene mark and under silks for the first time to the post favorite for the thir race five furlongs dash of twoyearolds but the best he could do was second behind Mrs A M Creechs Ci Light Threequarters of a length separated them at the finish of the five furlongs where Valdale also well played was third Three others completed the field fieldMaking Making her thirteenth start of the year the durable Discovery filly Anthem ac ¬ counted for her second purse when she le home Ebony Edge Maw and four others in the sixfurlong Stickney Claiming Purse This was the fourth race and Anthems success marked the first for the public choices Ridden by Otto Grohs who in ¬ dulged her to the utmost the triumphant representative from the stable of Mrs E E Bobbins won by five lengths
