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Warf Scores Under Good Ride by Irving Anderson Favored Sweet Girlie Gives Way In Stretch of Hawthorne Feature HAWTHORNE, Cicero, 111., June 7.— J. Warfield Rodgers Warf, under a rousing ride by Irving Anderson, a veteran who is beginning to show his old-time form after a stint in the Army, turned on the heat in the stretch during the running of the Lamasue purse here this afternoon and catching the leaders fatigued, he drove across the line a half length ahead of the Joenace Stables Sweet Girlie, with Mrs. A. B. Karls K. High Proof right in the thick of the melee another half length away. While threatening weather held down the crowd to 9,281, the sport was conducted over a lightning fast track that was made even more conducive to high speed by the small amount of rain in the morning. Warf stepped over the mile and 70 yards route in 1:44% and returned .00 to his backers in a race which found Sweet Girlie backed down into a pronounced choice. Starter Ruby White sent the field away to a perfect start and after Warf gained a momentary lead, Sweet Girlie was rushed into command with K High Proof right on her heels. They made the first bend in this order, but Anderson timed himself nicely and dropped into a good spot back of the pacemakers. Sweet Girlie continued to hold sway as they approached the far turn and Freddie Smith, on K. High Proof, seemed content to strongly restrain his mount to remain in the second hole, despite the fact that the filly appeared to be crying for her head. Anderson, by this time, had switched from his chilly seat to a busy little man in his drive to run down the leaders. Sweet Girlie was holding on stubbornly, however, and after they made the turn into the stretch she was still a short distance in the van. Goblin had made a tremendous move on the turn, reached contention, then tired badly, while K. High Proof and Warf were out there all with designs on the purse. In the run to the wire it appeared that Andersons super hustling tactics paid off the big dividend.
