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Coaching Coaching Club Club Oaks Oaks to to Harmonica; Harmonica; Gotham Gotham Registers Registers Upset Upset at at Hawthorne Hawthorne Bullish Is Second In Dolly Val Purse Shady Brook Colt at Home Over Slow Strip; Favored Milkwagonjoe Unplaced HAWTHORNE, Cicero, 111., May 20. Gotham, quick son of Xalapa Clown and So Afraid, carried Theodore Muellers Shady Brook Farm silks to a game victory here today in the Dolly Val Purse. Given a well-judged ride by apprentice Dale Pruitt, Gotham came fast through the stretch and reached the end of the six and one-half furlong feature three-quarters of a length before Mrs. Emil Denemarks Bullish, who was second by a half-length in advance of Virden and Scotts Siddons. Louis Schlossers favored Milkwagonjoe flattened his backers with a fine display of early speed, but faltered during the late stages of the dash and ran fourth in the field of seven -three-year-olds meeting in the headliner. Shouldering 108 pounds, Gotham apparently liked the slow track and stepped the Dolly Val distance in 1:22. Not too well regarded in the speculation, the Louisville-owned victor was good for slightly better than 9 to 1 in the straight tote pool, after he won his first purse of the current season. Starter Ruby White sent the Dolly Val band away from the gate in good order and Milkwagonjoe forged to the front before going a quarter. Bullish raced in nearest pursuit of the choice after the start, and the pair engaged each other until midway of the stretch. Gotham raced along evenly within striking distance of the lapped leaders and Siddons, who was to figure in the final placing, never was farther back than fourth. Pruitts Good Saddle Effort Midway in the home lane, Milkwagonjoe relinquished his lead to Bullish and Gotham, then began his victorious bid, responding determinedly to young Pruitts vigorous urging. Nearing the wire, Gotham raced Bullish into defeat and the Shady Brook colt appeared ready to increase his advantage as he swept by the finish. Bullish held on-stubbornly for second honors and Siddons closed very fast to take the short end of the purse by two lengths from the faltering Milkwagonjoe, who was definitely short for his Dolly Val engagement. Clear but chilly weather prevailed in the Chicago area today and a crowd of 9.390 witnessed the Lincoln Fields sport. The Cicero racing strip, slow for the major portion of the card, improved somewhat as the matinee progressed, the sun and brisk breeze aiding the drying-out process. Mrs. L. B. Muschals Cherry Trifle drove to a game triumph in the Potranco Purse, six-furlong secondary attraction, returning his few supporters odds of 50 to 1. The 10-year-old gelded son of Questionnaire and Cherry Tart was far back to the stretch and, responding to strong handling by Billy Floyd during the drive, closed determinedly to whip Raydel by a half length. The favored Albulil, who reached Continued on Page Twenty-Four , Gotham Registers Surprise Victory in Dolly Val Purse Continued from Page One the lead in the stretch, lasted for third honors in the field of 12 starters. Felix J. DeMarys Queen Blue, ridden by Benny Green, was a frontrrunning winner of the one mile and one-sixteenth opener, when she lasted to defeat Fergies Maid by a neck margin. The latter was two lengths before Oh Boy at the final marker, and Queen Blue paid 7.60 to down her 10 cheap rivals. Mrs. Carl Blair furnished the victor in the six and one-half furlongs second, Sixtys Third, handled by Tony Skoronski, earning a three-quarter length graduation verdict. Sons Style, choice for the sprint, wound up second, two lengths before Good Hunting, who made the pace until he reached the stretch. Sixtys Third, one of the outsiders in the 10-horse field, paid 7.00, and, coupled with Queen Blue in the Daily Double, returned 13.80 in the special pool. Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Moores Circle M Farm silks were carried to a popular score by Minutes, a homebred daughter of Bimelech and Zero Hour, in the Knight Commander Purse, which engaged eight juveniles at five furlongs. Given a splendid ride by the veteran Willie Garner, the Circle M miss sped to the final marker a length before Meadow Acres Farms Bill Twig, second by a head over Shady Brook Farms fast-finishing Clevelander. Billcella, coupled with Bill Twig, ran fourth, after showing speed to the stretch.
