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Sir White Takes Sportsmans Finale Late Thread Neck Off VanBerg Star StarCrowd Crowd of 19096 Witnesses NineRace Closing Card Lightfoot Lady Triumphant TriumphantSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 15Marion H VanBergs fouryearold Sir White asserted his supremacy this aft ¬ ernoon in the sevenfurlong 5000 Stick ney Handicap closingday feature at this halfmile oval Mrs J L Oglesbys Late Thread found her stretch drive lacking as she finished a neck behind Sir White and three and onehalf lengths before Mrs R J Doyles One Atom with the remain ¬ der of the eighthorse field closely follow ¬ ing This was the second victory for Van Bergs Marching Sir gelding at the meet ¬ ing and he was installed a a close second choice to Late Thread despite a poor showing in his last trip postward return ¬ ing 680 Chicagoborn Anthony Skoron eki leading rider of this meeting was astride the victor victorA A generous attendance of 19096 wit ¬ nessed the final afternoons sport of this successful 18day season and were gen ¬ erally pleased by formful racing in most of the events The races were conducted over a racing strip which was well soaked from early morning rains and remained in a muddy condition through the day de ¬ spite strong drying winds windsFortunate Fortunate in Early Running RunningSir Sir White was fortunate in the early stages of the Stickney in being able to as ¬ sume command without undue energy in the stretch the first time around At this juncture Pomps Gal relinquished her lead by racing extremely mide and carrying One Atom with ber Skoronski retained a light hold on Sir White until straightened into the back stretch where he urged his mount to open a clear lead While Sir White was widening on his rivals apprentice Lester Kush was bringing forward Late Thread on the outside and upon entering the stretch came in earnes after the winner It appeared that the Pilate mare would easily pass Sir White but her game charge rounding the turn took its toll and al ¬ though gaining at the finish was visibly tiring tiringApprentice Apprentice Robert Norman scored a dou ¬ ble with his win astride J Sands Little Bits in the sixth event easily trouncing his six rivals by three and onequarter lengths over the one mile and oneeighth route Little Bits was overlooked by the majority despite his winning effort last time post ward and returned his backers 1760 1760M M Moskowitz Little Matt came from far behind in the final quarter mile and fin ¬ ished determinedly to easily best the re ¬ mainder of the field although it was clear when Little Bits assumed command after the half that it was strictly a onehorse affair Mrs E M Kohouts Alan F who finished third and M D Haynes Letter V were the shortest prices listed on the ap ¬ proximateodds line at 3tol each but neither seriously influenced the running of the contest contestThe The Nebraska horseman Willard T Beezley sent forth Lightfoot Lady to vic ¬ tory in the sevenfurlong fifth race the featherweighted care outgaming her rivals in the final drive to score by a length and a half over Valley View Farms Techni ¬ color who set the pace until the final fur ¬ long Performing in improved fashion for Beezley who claimed her for 5000 a few days ago Lightfoot Lady ran the distance in 133 Vs and paid 1280
