Put In Annexes Seabiscuit Handicap; Omission in Front Again at Aqueduct: Take Wing Second to Stempel Racer in Turf Course Feature; Favorite Has Three Lengths To Spare at Homewood After Trailing in Early Running, Daily Racing Form, 1944-06-23

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BENJAMIN F LINDHEIMER Executive director of ArlingtonWashington Park who announced a total increase of 40000 in added money of seven stakes scheduled for the Homewood track Put In Annexes Seabiscuit Handicap Omission in Front Again at Aqueduct Take Wing Second to Stem pel Racer in Turf Course Feature Favorite Has Three Lengths To Spare at Homewood After Trailing in Early Running RunningHOMEWOOD HOMEWOOD 111 June 22 Coming from many lengths off the pace the final half mile C J Stempels confidently backed Put In raced around his field like a rat circling a crackerbarrel and drew off to a comforting threelength margin of victory in the Seabiscuit Handicap mile and a sixteenth turf course feature at Washington Park this humid afternoon Mrs C Troutts Take Wing was second to the fiveyearold Stimulus stallion with B H Wises erstwhile stakes performer Bushwhacker accounting for the third award two and a half lengths off the run ¬ nerup nerupA A field of nine mustered from Grades C and D reported for this 4000 grass track offering All the elements were con ¬ ducive to fast times throughout the after ¬ noons sport and Put In was only two fifths behind the track record in hanging out 144 for the Seabiscuit Take Wing incidentally is a coowner of the mark sharing the distinction with Beautiful II The many who fancied Put Ins chances in the tote collected at the race of 520 for 2 2Headley Headley Furnishes Daily Double Winners WinnersThe The card was presented in warm weather and the attendance was about 10000 Fa ¬ vorite players found a gratifying number of occasions to applaud the winners and the Hal Price Headley establishment pro ¬ vided the victors in both ends of the Daily Double Letmenow graduating at oddson in the opener and Shake Sir completing this dual tally in the second event Jockey Leon Buddy Haas booted a double through the decision of the feature in which he rode Put In InThe The Seabiscuit did not begin to be a horse race until the far turn with Whose and Baying moving along closely aligned in the van to about that juncture Put In lagged far out of the race to that point then was good enough to take the overland under top weight of 118 pounds and win off Take Wing also was a trailer early and attempted to move with Put In but could not cope with the Stimulus stallion stallionMrs Mrs R C Hodges leggy filly Miss U S O dusted off 11 other grade D threeyearolds in the six furlongs of the Osmand Purse as the fifth event was called Conn McCreary had the mount sending her up to challenge the favored Missy Miss rounding the turn and wearing down the Tikulski filly midway the lane to win by a length and a quarter in 111 Missy Miss was limber at the finish and just beat Captain Eddie a nose for the place Miss U S O paid 840 840Fox Fox Rime was discreetly withdrawn from yesterdays Hyde Park Stakes in which Free for All performed an amputation on the track record and won the Menow Purse this afternoon afternoonThe The substantial son of Fighting Fox was the favorite among an octet accepting for this sprint of five and a half furlongs and vindicated the judgment of the crowd by skipping to the stand with six lengths of sunshine showing before Thomas Piatts Limestone the runnerup Swanee River Stables Bosage finished third another length and a half back backMartharine Martharine and Benjack exhibited plenty of early speed but jockey Jemas resolved the race into a question of catching Fox Rime when he gave that colt his head swinging for home Fox Rime opened up his convincing margin in the final three sixteenth and his time was 105


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