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Our Fleet Wins Frizette in Drive Sir White Leads Henny Penny Home Van Berg Entry Runs OneTwo in Sprint SprintSkoronski Skoronski Astride Marching Sir Offspring for His Third Tally on Sportsmans Card CardSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 5 M H VanBergs entry of Sir White and Henny Penny finished a halflength apart to dominate their seven rivals in the fivefurlong featured Sheraton Hotel Purse with E T Bridges Thunder Hoof a neck behind to be third and a similar distance before N L Raffelmans Georgie V The VanBerg entry was second choice to D C Wilhelms Bubbling Easy to pay 680 620 and 500 across the board The time of l033i was only fair despite the slow con ¬ dition of the racing strip stripA A good sized gathering of H94jQ passed through the turnstiles at this popular half mile course under light cloudy skies and balmy weather weatherv v Of those in the crowd who put their faith in jockey Anthony Skoron ¬ ski the afternoon was particularly good the young saddle veteran winning with three of his first six mounts the last being1 astride Sir White WhiteThe The fouryearold son of Marching Sir overcame the early disadvantage of start ¬ ing rather slowly from an outside post po ¬ sition and was auickly guided to the inside by Skoronski where he steadily wpre down tne leaders assuming command at the head of the lane and holding safe his stablemate under pressure to the last couple of strides where Skoronski snugged his mount mountDuels Duels With Good Turn TurnHenny Henny Penny in opposite fashion from Sir White carried on a ferocious duel with Mrs O H Marshalls Good Turn these two being only heads apart while setting the pace to midway of the final turn turnAt At this point Mrs Marshalls tenyear old Ariel gelding decided to lug out losing considerable ground and carrying Henny Penny with him HennyN enny sprinted away from this interference while Thunder Hoof and Sir White were charging through oh the inside Good Turn lost any oppor ¬ tunity he may have had with his bad man ¬ ners and was eased back by his rider J Roberts Bubbling Easy who was the fa forite off her opening day fivefurlong vic ¬ tory was unable to leave the starting gate with her usual alacrity and had a rough trip while racing in the ruck ruckThe The New Orleansowned Caillou Rouge from the stable of P JValenti reveled in the slow going to be a laughing victor by nine lengths pyer the 3to5 choice Madge MadgeContinued Continued on Page Three Sir White Henny Penny OneTwo at Sportsmans SportsmansVanBerg VanBerg Entry Dominates Main Event Threefor Skoronski Continued from Page One OneScarlett Scarlett and five other rivals in the Deer field which was the fifth race on the pro ¬ gram gramDarl Darl Norman who has shown exception ¬ ally fine riding talent this spring tallied his second double win of the meeting astride the Big Pebble threeyearold Al ¬ though spiritedly ridden to dispose of Gal Nettie the opening quarter and kept awak ¬ ened from the stretch turn to the wire Caillou Rouge was just coasting In his role of second choice to Madgescarlett Caillou Rouge paid 1060 and sprinted the seven furlongs in the good time of 130 130C C Caldwells Madgescarlett apparently did not approve of the slow footing and was doing her best to come from behind and finish second with Washburn a steady going third thirdIllinois Illinois breds predominated in the early races with Chicagoborn rider Tony Skoronski scoring tvo triumphs and two Blackwoodsired racers foaled at Mrs Emil Denemarks farm at Hinsdale HI also ac ¬ counting for two events Skoronski rode a spirited race astride Al Gaals Petrified to bring that Illinoisbred to the fore at the end of the fivefurlong fourth race turn ¬ ing back Mrs L H Thompsons Some Bid by a head Hasty Victory was two and one quarter lengths farther behind in third po ¬ sition while Keener managed to save the minor portion of the purse purseThe The fourth race was roughly contested from beginning to end as the bulk of the field raced heads apart at top speed around the sharp curves Petrified was in terri fyingly close among several horses on the backstretch but Skoronski cooly urged his mount forward and steadily wore down Some Bid who had been established a clear lead after the opening quarter Petri ¬ fied was the second favorite to triumph and paid 660 660Apprentice Apprentice Darl Norman Displayed good saddle ability in bringing across the wire Mrs Emil Denemarks homebred Black Cat in the third race Norman guided Black Cat along the inside railing from the be ¬ ginning of the six and onehalf furlongs sprint and after reaching the lead took his mount in hand to the finish with the choices Nonferro and Vinita Sickle necks apart while a length and a half in the rear of the winner Black Cat returned a pleas ¬ ing mutuel of 1400 1400Skoronski Skoronski took his first honors of the afternoon in the second race astride the favored Border Man The CXEC6ne racer had to be hard hustled to steal away from his adversaries but clearly dominated the nine other starters through the final run Border Man was backed down to an even money payoff while completing a 3720 Daily Double coupled with the winner of the ftfsVtace fefed Mistpwho paid1 14 Qr
