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f|.ijjj!:,, nn lit IIIbII? I i.l " I * ■ JOCKEY IRVING ANDERSON— Guided Quizzle to victory in yesterdays feature i event at Hawthorne. Quizzle Quizzle Turns Turns Back Back Southmoor Southmoor Foes; Foes; Gallavant Gallavant Surprises Surprises at at Belmont Belmont Park Park Sugar Chest Next To Higgins Racer Veteran Son of Milkman Is Clear at Wire; Real Short Troubled as Saddle Slips HAWTHORNE, Cicero, T1 June 6.— Allen S. Higgins Quizzle, an oldster who has been racing in dull form this season, came up with a surprising effort when he battled his way to a hard earned victory over a group of formidable middle distance runners in the Southmoor Purse, mile and one-sixteenth feature here this afternoon. A length and one half in back of the eight-year-old son of Milkman — Question came Thomas Piatts Sugar Chest, with the Brolite Farms Mighty Lucky a similar distance further away in third place. With Irving Anderson in the saddle, Quizzle negotiated the route in 1:46 and returned 5.40 to the fortunates who backed his chances. The Brown Hotel Stables Real Short, who was favorite in the wide open race, probably would have finished on the heels of the leaders but his saddle slipped as he began to move smartly on the far turn and his jockey, Tommy Mansor, was forced to exercise good horsemanship to remain aboard. Well Rated in Early Running Lost and Found and Mighty Lucky went out to set the early pace and they battled head and head for the best part of the distance, but when they were called upon for the pay-off drive, they were found wanting and Quizzle, who had been nicely rated in the thick of the fight, moved to the fore. He quickly passed Mighty Lucky and then gamely withstood the challenge of the second horse through the final eighth. Augustus and Nahms Eternal Reward and Mrs. A. M. Creechs Cid Play proved a pair of photogenic thoroughbreds as they swept by the camera on the finish line heads apart in one of the more exciting races on the bill, which was run over the six and one-half furlongs distance as the fifth race. Unable to match the early pace fashioned by Momentous and Valleys Pal, the two leaders worked their way forward until they reached the stretch, where they looked each other in the eye and then began a thrilling drive that carried them down to the wire. Dixianas Superwolf annexed the show. Cid Play, who failed to display his usual speed against The Dude and Pomps Gal in his most recent start, after having previously finished second in the Arkansas Derby, put up a desperate battle but wasnt quite good enough. Tommy Mansor, the winning jockey, and Steve Brooks, who lost Continued on Page Thirty Quizzle Turns Back Foes In Feature at Hawthorne Veteran Higgins Racer Battles Way Home Before Sugar Chest Continued from Page One the close decision, placed their bats freely in the hectic struggle. The finish of the third number, a six and one-half furlong dash for three-year-olds, could not possibly have been closer without the dead-heat sign being hung up when Gael Vixon, from the Owsley Brown barn, got up in the last stride to nip J. P. Keezeks Intriguing, the favorite. C. D. Gilkeys Pilateer finished a length and one-half in back of the top ones. An outsider in the wagering, Gael Vixon was slow getting under way, while first Susan Time, Suffice, and then Intriguing led the procession. However, the filly was in threatening position as the field settled for the run to the wire, and unleashing a fine burst of speed right at the end, she zoomed across the line with a surge that netted the big end of the purse. J. A. Goodwin, Lexington merchant, uncovered what may develop into one of the more prominent two-year-olds of the year when his Bird Whistle, a brown son of Balladier — Anne Odette, flew around the course in one minute flat for the five furlongs, the fastest time of the meeting, to outgame another fine prospect, Dixianas Big Casino, by a long nose in a drive that lasted from start to finish. Mrs. A. M. Creechs Maisco Lad was a distanced third, being six lengths down the track when the leaders finished. It was the second race of the day, and Bird Whistle and As Bold, the victorious Daily Double combination paid 4.60.
