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Walkie Walkie Talkie Talkie Takes Takes Steger Steger Renewal; Renewal; Mahout Mahout Surprise Surprise Victor Victor in in Peter Peter Pan Pan Bull Play Drops Nose Decision Before 16,027 Hawthorne Fans Rogers Colorbearer Holds 1 On Courageously to Score, Then Survives Foul Claim HAWTHORNE, Cicero, 111., May 25.— Holding on with rare courage under the featherly impost of 107 pounds as several horses charged at him at the head of the stretch, Joseph and J. D. Rogers Walkie Talkie turned in a smashing effort to nose out W. W. Jones Bull Play in the 0,000 Steger Handicap here this afternoon. The Woolford Farms consistent Historian made a game try in the stretch run but the best he could do was to finish a length in back of the battling leaders and the same distance ahead of B. J. Baxs Sigma Kappa. The weather continued to run to form, even though some of the more heavily backed horses on the program did not. Misty, penetrating weather contributed to the discomfort of the surprisingly-large crowd of 16,027, who were further stymied by the wretched condition of the racing strip. It was a holding type of mud which caused many of the competitors to labor in the going. In achieving his smart success, Walkie Talkie was forced to survive a claim of foul by R. Campbell, who rode Bull Play, against Freddie Smith, the victorious pilot. Field Closely Bunched The field was away to a fine start and it was Navy Cross who dashed out of the gate in the lead, followed by Sirius and Sigma Kappa. As they swung into the bend they were fairly well bunched with every horse in the race, including Parasang, who was trailing, within striking distance. Walkie Talkie made his bid for command turning into the stretch and gained the lead, but after the field straightened away it bunched up and when they passed the eighth pole it appeared that several horses had dead aim on victory. Walkie Talkie, however, stuck gamely to his task and when Bull Play, who was taken all over the race track by Campbell, made his challenge on the inside, the winner met it with grand courage. In one of the big upsets of the meeting, Mrs. E. M. Kohouts Ilefetchit came plodding along with plenty of zip in the stretch to score smartly over a field of clever sprinters in the fourth. The roan gelding, who was beaten 19 lengths in his most recent start, was full of run all the way today and the puzzling transition carried him over the line two and one-half lengths in front of W. H. Bishops Final Glory, while Mrs. J. L. Oglesbys Valdina Date hauled in the show award. Final Glory, one of the favorites in an open betting race, had the most speed down the backstretch in the six-furlong test and retained his lead around the turn. But Ilefetchit, with R. Campbell in the irons, was close up and under a steadying hold. Once given a free rein, Ilefetchit bounded to the fore and left no doubt as to the ultimate result. Dark Jungle, Lucas B. Combs colt who forced the early pace in the Kentucky Derby, was a bitter disappointment to form players when he bowed to Virden and Scotts Bank Balance and Mrs. C. E. Dales Dis-domo in the third, a six and one-half furlongs sprint.
