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Late Thread Noses Out Fertile Lands LandsMay May Day Handicap Goes to Oglesby Mare Richavoo Is Victorious in Sophomore SophomoreSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 1 Mrs John L Oglesbys mare Late Thread who was sold for 50 at an auction as a twoyearold forced her nose to the fore of Grissom Shermans gallant three yearold Fertile Lands at the conclusion of the one mile and a sixteenth 5000 May Day Handicap Sublime faded from her role as pacemaker to be third two lengths back with Take Wing narrowly garnering fourth The daughter of Pilate and Silver Thread was second choice to return 820 in themutuels and stepped the distance over a fast racing strip in 151 There was a nearcapacity gathering of 19363 to witness the first program of the regular Sportsmans Park 13day meeting The weather was a perfect specimen of a beautiful spring afternoon with money passing freely through the mutuel windows helped by the triumphs of three short priced favorites in the early races racesRush Rush in Saddle SaddleLate Late Thread was excellently handled by Lester Kush a promising young apprentice from Omaha Neb being taken under snug restraint after beginning swiftly Reserved until straightened into the backstretch Late Thread steadily diminished the three lengths lead held by Woolford Farms Sub ¬ lime and Fertile Sands who were battling for honors at this point Coming into the stretch Kush Jbad to take Late Thread to the middle of the course where she put on a spurt of speed which carried her to vic ¬ tory Fertile Sands forced the pace of Sub ¬ lime from the start under nice handling by Paul J Bailey reached a clear command in the stretch then held on gamely when urged to withstand the winner but could not last long enough enoughTake Take Wing Superwolf and Bodens Pal apparently were just out for the ride being unable to seriously menace although hard ridden for the final run Joseph Maumus Richavoo was the driv ¬ ing winner of the secondary feature the six and onehalf furlongs Sophomore Handicap gamely withstanding the stretch Continued on Page Four Late Thread Richavoo Win Features at Sportsmans SportsmansContinued Continued from Page One Onebids bids of H P Christiansens Washburn and Mrs H Hyde s War Tbro who were necks apart while a length and a quarter be ¬ hind the evengoing victor Vindicating himself for his earlier defeat upon the evenmoney choice Willis E in the fifth race jockey Anthony Skoronski rode a spirited race astride Richavoo to tally his third win of the afternoon Favored over his eight threeyearold rivals the Capt Cal colt paid 6 and ran the sprint in the good time of 124 124It It appeared evident that Richavoo had the situation in hand from the beginning of the Sophomore as Skoronski had him laying third about three lengths behind thfr speedy fillies Mary Like and Cathie Jean the first time past the stands Ap ¬ proaching the half Richavoo shot between these two to open a clear lead which was diminishing only slightly at the finish un ¬ der strong urging by Skoronski Wash burn was fortunate to slip through next to the inside rail jockey Arthur McKlemurry threading a needle entering the stretch War Toro meantime was taking the over ¬ land route and both were closing gamely although ineffectually at the conclusion conclusionApprentice Apprentice Gerald Porch rode to his sec ¬ ond victory of the afternoon M H Van Bergs Henny Penny in the fivefurlong allowance fifth race Mrs S Valentis Mrs Valenti was a distant five lengths behind at the conclusion of the sprint with Bull Wagon and Quizzle following in that order It was a mild upset for the form bettors as Henny Penny returned 1360 for her journey timed in 101 The heavily sup ¬ ported Benjamin Fogelson racer Willis E displayed an inability to make the sharp curves although it may be presumed he had already lost the contest when he did not break in front of the eighthorse field beginning third and dropping back steadily to finish last Jockey Anthony Skoronski astride Willis E politely tipped his cap to the crowd upon returning to the unsad ¬ dling enclosure amid divided cheers and huzzahs
