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ARTHUR B HANCOCK SR The Ken tuckians homebred Quixie scored an impressive victory in her first start yes ¬ terday at Washington Park Cid Play Repeats on Turf Course TwentyEight Hyde Park Nominees Turns Back Bolus After Long Drive DriveLeaders Leaders Duel Over Entire Distance Daily Double of 172080 at Washington WashingtonWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood IK June 15 William Hal Bishops Cid Play raced to a popular victory here today in the Shot Put Purse best offering on a mediocre Lincoln Fields program that was witnessed by 9788 thoroughly chilled spec ¬ tators Splendidly ridden by Harold Keene who rounded out a saddle double Cid Play drove to a threequarters length decision over Henry Tikulskis Bolus second by a like margin over H W Ostles Donna Brand third in the field of eight starters in the one mile and onesixteenth turf course headliner headlinerCid Cid Play who won his last start over the grass at the same distance completed his task today in 144 while shouldering 117 pounds and favored in the wagering re ¬ turned slightly better than 2 to 1 1Attendance Attendance was held down to a low fig ¬ ure today cloudy and threatening weather and a cold northeast wind keeping away all but the regulars Wagering moved along briskly however during the entire card which featured the downfall of several stoutlybacked choices choicesPair Pair Dominates Running RunningBolus Bolus and Cid Play completely domi ¬ nated the Shot Put running and the pair entered the stretch in close alignment Bolus who had made the pace for the major portion of the trip then faltered slightly and Cid Play assumed command withstanding a long drive to retain his ad ¬ vantage over the Tikulski representative Donna Brand sent to the outside for the stretch run made up some ground but she was unable to seriously threaten the lead ¬ ers while taking third honors by a safe distance over Mali Johnny JohnnyTrainer Trainer William Crump sent out Quixie a promising twoyearold filly and a home ¬ bred daughter of Fighting Fox and Mad Passion to capture the Achievement Purse Making the first start of her career the Arthur B Hancock Sr miss led her seven juvenile rivals to the end of the five fur ¬ longs by a comfortable margin holding a threelength advantage over Mrs K R Fondas Neyland at the wire Dixianas favored Peerless ran third a head off Ney ¬ land and two lengths in advance of F H Wendells Tuned Up who earned fourth money in the dash dashQuixie Quixie assumed command soon after the start but she lost the lead momentarily when drifting out at the stretch turn Ney ¬ land then forging to the front Jockey Del Jessop who substituted for Don Scurlock quickly straightened the Hancock filly up and after a brief brush with Neyland his mount asserted her superiority and drew drewContinued Continued on Page Three Cid Play Repeats Over Turf Course CourseOvertakes Overtakes Bolus Following Long Duel Daily Double of 172080 at Washington WashingtonContinued Continued from Page One Oneclear clear as she was ridden out Peerless had some excuse in the race as the Dixiana colt was forced to take up after leaving the backstretch but could not threaten the leaders after he was clear clearThe The victress stepped the fiveeighths mile in 594s and second choice in the specula ¬ tion returned her backers a straight pay ¬ off of 840 840The The largest Daily Double payoff 172080 of the current meeting came about when the outsiders M Hunts Grand River won the first race at sux furlongs and Mrs D Majors Vinita Dot captured the seven furlongs second event Twenty four lucky ticket holders had the successful combinationGrand combination Grand River Surprises SurprisesGrand Grand River ridden by apprentice Joe DAugustino withstood a hard drive to annex major honors in the initial offering lasting to take a nose verdict over Elm wood Stables Timmyroo Third honors fell to Mrs Karl Mayers High Mayer who was a neck back of Timmyroo and a nose be ¬ fore Benjamin Fogelsons Easy Twist in the field of 12 starters W M Wickhams Wayfarer favorite for the spin finished seventh seventhRunning Running time for the threequarters of a mile was 114VS and Grand River paid 4820 straight straightVinita Vinita Dot handled by Harold Keene closed strongly through the stretch to cap ¬ ture the second by threequarters of a length Mrs Alphonse Schwartz Sunstorm turned in a sharp effort to take the place award a halflength on Edward Gaar Jrs Peraptera Higgins Warbys Dark Lace choice for the test wound up fourth after engaging the pacemaking Peg to the final furlong furlongVinita Vinita Dot paid 1900 in the straight tote pool after she stepped the seven eighths of a mile in 126 126Gleeson Gleeson Litwins Charm Prince con ¬ tinued the success of the outsiders captur ¬ ing the fivefurlong third race and paying 19280 straight Charm Prince hard rid ¬ den by Larry Grubb was up to beat J Wolfs early pacemaker Flo Lassie by a head Frederick W Hoopers Best Trick ran third a halflength back garnerin the short end of the purse from the nin other twoyearolds meeting in the dash Charm prince won his second purse after speeding over the sprint route in 591s
