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Miss America Goes To Miss Sal K Bensingef Filly Drives Home Ahead of Alsabs Day Over Slow Strip at Washington WashingtonWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood 111 June 12 Miss Sal K an extreme outsider who was badly beaten in her only appear ¬ ance over this course emerged victorious in the initial running of the Miss America Stakes before a thoroughly chilled gather ¬ ing of 14452 here this afternoon A 6020 for 2 chance in the eighthorse field the daughter of Hairan Live Wire managed to withstand a bold challenge by Mrs Albert Sabaths Alsabs Day to score by three quarters of a length while the Brown Hotel Stables Jetrose finished third thirdOwned Owned by Harry Bensinger of New Al ¬ bany Ind Miss Sal K was capably ridden by Georgie South and she raced the five furlongs over a slow track in 101 Js The Miss America was the only stake of the meeting designed exclusively for twoyear old fillies and the purse grossed 11200 with 7575 going to her Indiana owner ownerA A sudden change in temperature and early morning rains held the crowd down much below the usual weekend standard For a time it seemed that ihe racing strip would be turned into a sea of mud but the recent dry spell caused the racing strip to absorb the rain without too much damage damageChoice Choice Suffers Interference InterferenceAlsabs Alsabs Day a daughter of the former Chicago favorite Alsab was installed fa ¬ vorite for the event and proved herself a lassie of fine quality She suffered slight interference during the early stages and through the stretch when it seemed that she would put in a powerful bid for top money she swerved badly into Seely and was almost knocked from her feet When she regained her composure it was too late for Miss Sal K had opened an in ¬ surmountable margin marginWhen When the field moved out of the gate Jetrose and Alsabs Day were most alert but within at sixteenth of a mile Seely from her outside post position moved into com mand then cut over sharply to the rail It was feared for a second or two that she would pile up her rivals but none seemed affected Seely who had never before been out of the money proceeded to widen out while Alsabs Day dropped back and Jetrose was the only one to put up a fight fightThis This order changed abruptly however when the field straightened away for the stretch drive Seely tired badly and Jet rose moved to the fore with Admired right at her heels Miss Sal K in the meantime was beginning to find her stride She had lagged badly down the backstretch and around the turn and in one sharp burst forged to the lead With Jetrose showing showingContinued Continued on Page Three Miss America Goes To Miss Sal K KBensinger Bensinger Filly Drives Home Ahead of Alsabs Day Over Slow Strip at Washington WashingtonContinued Continued from Page One Onesigns signs of weakening Miss Sal K appeared to have the race well in hand when Alsabs Day began her belated drive She rather authoritatively put away Jetrose but there wasnt enough distance left for her to over ¬ haul the winner although she was going much the fastest at the finish finishWilliam William A Mikels Hypostyle looked the part of a highclass sprinter as he easily accounted for the Miss Dogwood Handicap sixfurlong dash that preceded the feature The brown gelded son of Hypocrite Chi ¬ nese Empress by KaiSang made a sham ¬ bles of his foes as he scored his sixth con ¬ secutive triumph thus establishing a strong claim as being the best thoroughbred bred in Illinois in recent years yearsFeatherston Featherston Astride Hypostyla HypostylaHarold Harold Featherston was astride the threeyearold and after a short brush for position out of the gate the result was never in doubt Hypostyle opened a couple of lengths before reaching the first turn and around the final bend he was fully six lengths to the good Through the final sixteenth Featherston reached down for a handful of reins and at the finish had his charge almost pulled up Mrs M Shag rins Speedy Lee was unable to keep up early but she responded to pressure in the final stages and was much the best of Jo ¬ seph A Kroecks Blue Helen who finished third thirdBlue Blue Helen was making her seasonal bow in Illinois after showing several fine races against stakes competition in the East EastOrdinary Ordinary platers competed in the first three races and favorites fared poorly The Brown Hotels Oakmuir led through to account for the opener and returned a 2500 mutuel while Mrs G H Emicks Atoka Lad paying 2080 scored in the second to complete a 30100 Daily Double payoff payoffMrs Mrs Lawrence H Thompsons Analysis galloped to an eightlength triumph in the v third to reverse the tables on those who had beaten him in a previous race Analysis however found a change of track condi ¬ tions in his favor his previous perform ¬ ances indicating that he moves up many pounds in off going Over the slow track he assumed command on the backstretch then merely toyed with his foes although ridden out through the stretch to assure victory victoryMrs Mrs E E Dale Shaffers Miss Mommy who is reported to be pointing for the Princess Doreen Stakes on June 23 at Arl ¬ ington Park indicated by an exceedingly impressive effort in the Sis Baker Purse that she will be mighty hard to handle in that 20000 special The flashy daughter of Bull Dog Farmerette dashed to the front immediately after the start and sped along in the van with a smooth friction less stride to arrive at the finish four lengths to the good Augustus Nahms Loujac spurted nicely in the final eighth and was up in time to snare the place from J H Rouses Little Xs XsLoujac Loujac one of the big disappointments of the meeting in his previous start when he failed at 2 to 5 in the wagering was equipped with blinkers for todays race and showed a creditable effort
