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SYLVESTER W LABROT JR His Hishomebred homebred Bovard was returned victorious victoriousin in yesterdays eleventh running of the theSurvivor Survivor Stakes at Pimlico Ironsweep Scores Over Muddy Footing at Sportsmans Park lovys Way io Fur Coot in Best Offering on Revamped Card Vanflag Victorious VictoriousSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 10 The racing program presented here this afternoon suffered a complete revamp ¬ ing caused by the terrific thunderstorm that inundated this area during the night and early morning The original fourth and sixth races were declared off with the original first race being split into two divi ¬ sions one of which was placed into the feature spot This seven furlongs 2000 claiming event furnished interest to the players of Arthur Elsworth Mettz Iron sweepj who proved himself superior to six other performers over the muddy racing strip Ironsweep was the choice of the 8888 spectators that braved the cool damp weather and paid 480 Fur Coat was a length and a half behind the winner in second position and a neck before Free Citizen with the remainder of the field stretched far behind behindIronsweep Ironsweep was well ridden by Anthony Skoronski who brought the son of Iron into contention rounding the first turn of his journey Reentering the backstretch Tronsweep moved between horses while kept under steady pressure Upon reaching the final run Skoronski urged his mount in earnest and Ironsweep readily responded Fur Coat took over the pacesetting duties from King Malcolm at the half and held on fairly well while Free Citizen could not gain after making a gallant move at the finish J G Kohouts King Malcolm broke down in the running completely severing his hoof from his left front ankle and will undoubtedly have to be destroyed destroyedVanflag Vanflag Gallops Home HomeB B C Kelleys Vanflag handled admirably his role as a prohibitive public choice in the fifth race galloping to an easy three and onehalf lengths triumph under the capable handling of apprentice Lester Kush Posted as an even money payoff Vanflag had little tdifficulty over the muddy going of which he is so fond After a half mile it was obvious that the shuffling leaders could offer little resistance as Vanflag moved within easy striking distance As soon as a path was available between racers Kush guided Vanflag to the fore where he widened at leisure Favorite Trap held safe his runnerup position with ease while Curler raced an even third through ¬ out outApprentice Apprentice Darl Norman was astride his second winner of the afternoon in the fourth race with Mrs W L Hoags Sax Bee The fiveyearold son of Saxet led his nine riy the fivefurlong distance in 104 and returned the third largest straight niutuel of the meeting 67 Last Saturday Norman brought home the high ¬ estpriced winner J Lombardos Little Hare who paid 6940 This fivefurlong speed test was a substitute race whose en ¬ tries were drawn early this morning in place of the original fourth which was dis ¬ carded after several withdrawals due to the muddy condition of the track Strangely the first three races were won by horses from the extreme outside fcost position while Sax Bee broke from No 1 1The The third race provided one of the most thrilling stretch duels of the meeting the spirited action taking place between Lex brook Stables Outskirts and N L Raff el mans Atrebla Outskirts began fastest in the field and quickly opened a long leadj leadjContinued Continued on Page Four Ironsweep Scores Over Muddy Footing at Sportsmans Park ParkContinued Continued from Page One OneRounding Rounding the final turn however Atrebla who had been racing closest moved up on the outside and dpwn the stretch they came stride for stride Skoronski astride Atrebla wentto the whip in earnest while Tommy Bates nursed the tiring Outskirts along with his hands and lasted to win by a narrow nose Another pleading pay ¬ off was posted the winner paying 4340 for his fivefurlong triumph Grecian Breeze and Harriellen also carried on a spirited duel for third position a length and a quarter behind with Grecian Breeze narrowly getting the nod nodThe The only favorite to score over the muddy strip was Raffelmans Richwall who was a frontrunning victor of the first race Richwall was never serious threat ¬ ened during his sevenfurlong jaunt and paid 5 The second half of the Daily Double went to H G Knptts K Dorko who also led most of the distance in his sevenfurlong journey Jockey Calvin had K Dorko under strong pressure at the fin ¬ ish however to withstand the longshot Stipulation K Dorko1 returned 8 as sec ¬ ond choice and completed a Daily Double worth 30
