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Martian in Popular Lincoln Triumph By Jimminy Easily Beats Lucky Draw Leads Whose Home In Oak Lawn Purse PurseVeteran Veteran Son of Sickle Toys With Foes on Muddy Strip I Foreign Agent Graduates GraduatesSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 June 12 Apprentice J W Martin and the sixyearold Martian proved a winning combination in the Oak Lawn Purse feature race at Hawthorne Monday Showing fine form in the muddy going Martian justified the confidence placed in him by the majority of the spec ¬ tators in winning by well over four lengths from Whose while third money went to Clarksville It was apprentice Martins sec ¬ ond victory of the afternoon afternoonThe The distance of the Oak Lawn was one mile and 70 yards and Clarksville who ran a poor race when favored recently went to the front early with Whose in closest at ¬ tendance After passing the halfmile pole Whose moved up on the outside to take over the job of setting the pace His ad ¬ vantage was shortlived however as Martian headed him around the far turn During the stretch run it was all Martian and his rider had but to sit still to earn easy victory victoryA A thunderstorm which visited the course just previous to the running of the fifth raced turned a slow track into a muddy racing strip Wagering was brisk however The crowd was estimated at 14800 1 Jockey Martin made it three winners on the day by scoring with Very True in the seventh race raceScores Scores on Own Merits MeritsForeign Foreign Agent placed first through a disqualification last time out won on his merits today when he topped a field of seven juveniles in the fifth race The event was named for Thos Piatts Brookdale Farm and that noted turfman and breeder sent a representative postward in Lime ¬ stone but the best he could do was finish third as Golden Count took down second money Golden Count went to the front early to open up quite a lead but after the stretch was reached Foreign Agent chal ¬ lenged on the inside and was best in the final run The distance was five furlongs and N L Pierson who had ridden Come ComeContinued Continued on Page TwentyThree Martian Races to Easy Oak Lawn Purse Score ScoreWhips Whips Whose by More Than Four Lengths in Lincoln Headliner HeadlinerContinued Continued from Paoe One Oneand and Go to victory in the other twoyear old race was aboard Foreign Agent AgentThe The veteran gelding Gentle Savage won his second purse of the meeting when under the guidance of jockey A Bodiou he came down the inside in the stretch to register in the opening event The dis ¬ tance was six and onehalf furlongs and CloeFlight quickest to begin set the pace to the last eighth where she was collared by Gold Fancy on the extreme outside Free Miss the favorite then came along to challenge Gold Fancy fifty yards out but in the final drive it was Gentle Savage who had the most power Free Miss fin ¬ ished second and Gold Fancy lasted to be third and paid 29 to show showThe The wellbacked second choice Observer was a handy winner in the second race which was for threeyearolds at six fur ¬ longs Jockey F A Smith was patient with the gelding in the early running but when he called upon him in the stretch Observer responded readily to open up a good lead and win by two lengths Wright wood from the Marsch stable was the fa ¬ vorite and finished fast after having raced some distance back of the leaders to the stretch Legal Eagle finished third thirdTrainer Trainer Price Bailee came up with another twoyearold winner in the third race when he saddled Come and Go a daughter of Epithet for an easy victory The event was for maiden juveniles and Come and Go was second choice in the wagering Lexingtonian being the favorite While the latter was good enough to finish second he never threatened Come and Go who went to the front soon after the start and was well over three lengths the best at the finish finishThe The first favorite of the day got down in front when Vinum was successful in the fourth race The sevenyearold was all out to beat Liberty Pan by a neck at the finish It was the third win of the meet ¬ ing for the son of St James and he over ¬ came early interference to accomplish his task Liberty Pan was a game going sec ¬ ond and Highthorne a tiring third Dots Key set the pace to the stretch then faded Vinum was ridden by apprentice J W Martin The distance was six furlongs
