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Whose Whose Popular Popular Hawthorne Hawthorne Repeater; Repeater; Eternal Eternal War# War, Jet Jet Pilot Pilot Go Go inTremont inTremont Tawny Lady Makes Strong Bid To Finish Second to Favorite Mayer Gelding Hard Pressed At All Stages of Sprint to Show Way in Central Park HAWTHORNE, Cicero, HI., June 11.— After five consecutive favorites fell by the wayside, it was refreshing, indeed, for the sweltering fans when Mrs. Karl Mayers Whose came bounding along to score a driving victory in the Central Park Purse, six and one half furlongs feature that was witnessed by 9,642 enthusiasts here this afternoon. A galloping winner in his most recent start, Whose, a six-year-old gelded son of Questionnaire — Plaid paid his backers exactly 1 to 2, or .00 and he moved nicely over the sprint distance in 1:18%. Just a half a length in back of the favorite was the unfortunate Tawny Lady from the Mrs. A. M. Creech barn, while W. H. Bishops Final Glory beat Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Harris Diderod for the show. Final Glory Disputes Command Despite the appearance of the heavily backed Whose, betting on the race was lively and most of those in the 10-horse field attracted a smattering of support. As the field was sent out of the gate, Lost and Found was first to shove his head to the front, but Whose quickly raced up to the leader, and then took over after a short brush. After Lost and Found tasted enough of Whose s smart speed, Final Glory came along to dispute command and he, too, was left reeling after taking a good shot at the favorite. Tawny Lady in the meantime, was having her troubles. In the run down the backstretch she was nicely placed but her young apprentice, H. Featherston, couldnt Continued on Page Thirty Whose in Popular Hawthorne Score Driven Out Hard to Defeat Tawny Lady by Half Length In Central Park Offering Continued from Page One seem to get her over near enough the rail and this caused her to make the first run at a bad angle. She picked up several horses on the curve at a great loss of ground on the outside and as they moved into the stretch the youngster made a dive for a wide hole that opened on the inside. It was a matter of conjecture whether or not it was a smart move, but the mare obtained clear sailing along the rail and then drove for Whose who had by that time drawn clear. As she continued to make up ground Whose slanted over near the rail and while he did not touch his charging adversary, the threat of being shut off possibly kept Tawny Lady from closing even more ground. Apprentice Arthur McKlemurry put up a splendid ride on Mrs. Charles Graysons Count Chant in the fifth number when he drove the gelding from sixth place in the stretch to a half length triumph over N. Christies Miss Show Me, while Mr. and Mrs. F. Bartons Top Book annexed the show money. One of the long shots in the wagering despite his smart recent performance at Churchill Downs, Count Chant stepped the six and a half furlongs in 1:20 y5 and paid 1.00. Miss Show Me found herself in her usual position at the top of the heap as the field stepped down the back lane and she led right into the stretch. But Count Chant, who was away poorly and failed to reveal any signs of speed during the opening quarter, weaved his way in and out and turning on full steam in the long run home he caught those in front of him tiring badly and sped to a keen victory. Rieser Saddles Another Winner Trainer Milton Rieser, whose charges have been cutting a wide swath into the local purses since his arrival from Churchill Downs, sent another running horse to the post when Thunder Hoof, a gelded son of Flint Shit — Polly Eternal, swept over the line three lengths to the good in the third race, a dash of six and one half furlongs. B. Finks Leida who furnished the contention most of the way, downed the favorite for the sprint, J. P. Keezeks Intriguing, for the place. W. Hanka drove Thunder Hoof to the front soon after the start and he met with serious opposition from Leida and Intriguing, but neither of the latter could sustain a drive long enough to endanger the Knebelkamp colorbearer and through the final stages he drew away. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Sopsics Malijohnny after a large number of futile attempts to race against better class horses, was dropped down into a three-year-old maiden affair that was run as the fourth race and making a wide sweep of the turn and continuing to go extremely wide in the stretch, he came along in the final eighth with a fine burst of speed to score by two lengths. Mrs. Charles Graysons Stage Boy took the place from the Shadybrook Farms Patrika. Steve Brooks hustled Patrika out of the gate nicely and as he flew into the far turn he opened up a good lead. But as they moved into the stretch, the field strung out from rail to rail and they dashed through the early stages of the pay-off run like a cavalry team. Malijohnny never stopped passing horses once he swung into full stride and towards the end he was drawing clear.
