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Occupation Occupation Continues Continues Winning Winning Ways; Ways; Wait Wait a a Bit Bit Scores Scores in in Brooklyn Brooklyn Prep Prep JOCKEY JESS HIGLEY Was astride the long shotsNellie Weed and Passan, on yesterdays Arlington program. Finishes in Clear Before Tellmenow Marsch Colt Easily Best; Twosy Set Back for Foul And McCreary Suspended HOMEWOOD, 111., June 26. Some 13,001 racegoers assembled at Washington Park this ladies day and witnessed some strange goings-on. Calumets Twosy, a Lassie candidate, won the Miss Dogwood and was disqualified into second place. Her jockey. Conn McCreary, was set down for the remainder of the Arlington meeting for grabbing Al Bodiou, who was on Eslie Asburys Blue Skimmer, the technical winner. Fox-catchers highly regarded Surosa was a thoroughly beaten third, at even money, in the same eventful race. A few minutes after this event,. John Marschs Occupation was a punctual odds-on choice in tha six-furlong Lawrin, which was the daya nominal feature. Jockey Otto Grohs had an armload of wraps on the "futurity specialist" as he flattered Tellmenow by permitting that filly to race head and head with him from the flagfall to the eighth pole, where he drew out to win by a length and a half in 1:10, time only two-fifths of a second off the track record, which is the joint property of Roman and Three Dots. Bright Willie was a distant third in a small field of six. Occupation paid .80. May Be Permitted to Ride in Stakes Races The disqualification of Twosy and suspension of convertible Conn created quite a furor. The stewards probably will act later -on a formal request to permit McCreary to fulfill his stakes engagements at the Arlington meeting. Calumet has contenders in virtually all the roster of rich fixtures during the session, including Pensive in the Classic. The Lawrin was exactly as lop-sided as the bettors thought it would be. Occupation had been entered for last weekends Equipoise Mile and it is possible several with entrants in the Lawrin had not expected him to scratch from that 0,000 stake for this comparatively meager ,500 overnighter. He simply breezed along with Tellmenow to the stretch, then moved off to a very facile victory with no apparent effort. Tellmenow was the only member of the field to give it the sem- Continued on Page Tiventy-Four Occupation Proves Best Again at Homewood Oval Beats Tellmenow in Lawrin Purse; Twosy Disqualified for Foul Continued from Page One blance of a contest and Bright Willie was a distant third. The Miss Dogwood Purse brought post-ward a field of eight two-year-old fillies including several leading aspirants for the Lassie on Saturday and they provided a race replete with thrills and incident. The eastern invader, Surosa, was installed an even money favorite and looked a winner entering the stretch, where she stopped when Twosy and Blue Skimmer challenged. Twosy was on the inside, Blue Skimmer the outside. About 70 yards out, Blue Skimmer had the Calumet filly headed, but the. latter appeared to come again and her nose showed in front at the line. Surosa was a retiring third. Bodiou on Blue Skimmer claimed foul, alleging that McCreary grabbed his knee, and the stewards reversed the order of placing between the first two, awarding the purse to Blue Skimmer, second to Twosy. They gave McCreary the remainder of the Arlington meeting which closes July 29. As a result of the disqualification, Blue Skimmer is unbeaten in three starts. She paid 0.40. She and Twosy are Lassie eligibles. B. M. Rosenheims loose-eared Lawrin three-year-olds, Purple Heart, slipped through along the rail at the furlong pole and beat Hemite a "zip on the post" for the major award in the three-quarters event named for Hedda Hopper, who was a guest of the management for the afternoon at Washington Park. Hemite seemed to have the race won until Purple Heart, ridden by the intrepid Steve Brooks, thrust through where no opening appeared to exist. The two were a length and a half in front of Robins Crown, who was third in a field of a dozen three-year-olds. There was not much encouragement to back Purple Heart in the form and he paid a fortunate few at the lively rate of 9 for .
