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Stymie Routs Two Rivals in Ballot Carrara Marble Leads Throughout Ingram Homebred OddsOn Favorite FavoriteRuns Runs Fastest Six Furlongs Of Lincoln Meet and Whips Reighs Comet Six Lengths LengthsWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood 111 May 26 William M Ingrams Carrara Marble a homebred son of Coldstream and Georgia Marble toyed with eight three yearold rivals here today and easily cap ¬ tured the featured Leonatus Purse Confi ¬ dently ridden by Mel Peterson the victor swept to the finish of the sixfurlong sprint six lengths before Mrs H J Damms Reighs Comet who was second by two and onehalf lengths in advance of H P Christiansens Dad Just a head back Miss Joan Cambrons Challorette earned fourth money moneyCarrara Carrara Marble turned in the fastest threequarters mile time of the current Lincoln Field meeting chalking up a bril ¬ liant 111 for the distance and he might have bettered that mark had he been un ¬ der pressure at any stage of his fast trip Installed a 3to5 choice for the Leonatus the Ingram colt was one of the more pop ¬ ular winners of the day Safety First Drops Back BackStarter Starter Reuben White dispatched the Leonatus field in good alignment and Car ¬ rara Marble quickly assumed command while Safety First raced in nearest pur ¬ suit during the run to the stretch Enter ¬ ing the home lane Carrara Marble in ¬ creased his advantage and Safety First dropped back beaten as Scipio began a game but futile effort to reach the flying victor victorPeterson Peterson sat still on Carrara Marble during the stretch run and his mount drew away to win with speed in reserve Reighs Comet far back during the earlier fur ¬ longs then came strongly under punish ¬ ment and although he could not threaten Carrara Marble he easily bested Dad who passed tiring horses and nipped Challorette for the minor portion of the purse Safety First ran fifth after his display of early foot and Scipio wound up sixth in the dash dashA A crowd of 11233 thoroughbred follow ¬ ers turned out for the midweek card which was decided under ideal weather conditions and over a fast track Wagering was a bit brisker than usual for a week weekContinued Continued in Page Three Carrara Marble Is SixLength Winner WinnerIngram Ingram Homebred Toys With Rivals in Lincoln Feature While Flashing High Speed SpeedContinued Continued from Page One Oneday day and several closelycontested races added zest to the active atmosphere which prevailed at the South Side course through ou tthe matinee matineeHilltop Hilltop Stock Farms New Top well han ¬ dled by Bobby Norman proved best of the 10 twoyearolds that met in the Free Knight purse Taking command soon after the start of the five furlongs dash the winner reached the wire a length and pne half before David Straus Mr Smug and JS Bradleys Dr Ore Nelson the latter pair being a nose apart Dixianas Peerless the choice had a rough trip through the stretch and ran sixth sixthNe Ne wTop was hustled into an early lead and withstood bids by Great Issue Dr Ole Nelson and Merry Waltz before reaching the stretch The lastnamed colt a mem ¬ ber of the John Marsch stable moved up with a rush after the break and was racing prominently near the threeeights pole when he suddenly bolted to the outside and lost all chance chanceNew New Top a daughter of Balladier arid Cossack Girl stepped the Free Knight dis ¬ tance in 100 and continued the down ¬ fall of the favorites to pay 2400 straight straightDaily Daily Double PayOf f of 548 Outsiders were successful in the Daily Double events Mrs M Swigerts Aunt Drum capturing the sixfurlong opener and O G Troianis Fair Sand winning the second race at a similar distance The double payoff on the pair was 54800 54800Twelve Twelve ordinary platers met in the ini ¬ tial offering and Aunt Drum ridden by Tommy Bates scored by a scant nose over Sacaton who was a halflength in advance of Handy Lad at the final marker Aunt Drum lost command when she drifted out entering thestretch but came again under brisk handling and disposed of Sacaton in the last strides Running time was 112 and Aunt Drum paid 1380 straight straightFair Fair Sand handled by Thearl Williams withstood a long stretch drive to defeat the early pacemaker Kere in the second race by a nose Kere held a short lead when settled for the drive and after shak ¬ ing off Puffed Up continued willingly but was unable to withstand Fair Sand and just missed Scotlyn was third two and onehalf lengths back of the leaders leadersFair Fair Sand stepped the threequarters in 113 and overlooked by the majority in the wagering returned 7180 in the straight tote pool
