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MRS EMIL DENEMARK The local localsportswomans sportswomans Provocative made it three threestraight straight in the Hyde Park Provocative Wins Hyde Park Stakes Vertigo II Captures Salvator Mile Denemark Colt Comes Off Pace for Arlington Triumph OpeningDay Gathering of 15500 Sees Ocean Drive Give Way in Stretch Run RunARLINGTON ARLINGTON PARK Arlington Heights 111 June 21 Mrs Emil Denemark Chi ¬ cago sportslady furnished the winner of the thirtysixth running of the Hyde Park Stakes when the speedy colt Provocative scoreo by a halflength as the Arlington Park Jockey Club opened its stakesstudded meeting here this afternoon The bay son of Roman Dusk II came from off the pace to gain the decision over Frederick W Hoopers Ocean Drive topheavy favorite in the 20000 fixture that was contested at five and onehalf furlongs S I Crews Commodore Lea was a length and one quarter farther away to finish third while fourth money went to Olympia stablemate of the second horse horseTrained Trained by the veteran Bob McGarvey and ridden by Willie Parnell Provocative raced the distance in 104 just onefifth of a second off Bewitchs track standard The colt carried 116 pounds and it marked his third consecutive triumph triumphMrs Mrs Denemarks share of the gross purse of 24000 was 16750 Ocean Drive who was undefeated in a pair of earlier starts during the Florida season attracted a great deal of attention A series of sensa ¬ tional workouts and the report that his trainer Ivan Parke believed him to be one of the best youngsters he ever condi ¬ tioned sent his price down to even money at post time timeTakes Takes Lead From Stablemate StablemateFor For a good part of the journey he seemed every inch a fine colt but couldnt match Provocatives closing bid bidAfter After a short brush for position from a good start Ocean Drive gained the lead from his stablemate Olympia but Provoca ¬ tive was never far away and Parnell did not apply the pressure until they were well straightened for the drive Olympia was blocked at this point and was eliminated from all chance and this left Provocative and Ocean Drive battling strideforstride Slowly the Hooper youngsters lack of sea ¬ soning took hold and in the final seventy yards the Denemark colorbearer inched away as if best bestA A crowd of 15500 witnessed todays opening program which as usual attracted a stylish gathering Many of Chicagolands most prominent personages enjoyed the sport in the Post and Paddock Club and in the regular clubhouse The racing strip was probably as fast as at any other time in the history of the track It was packed down nicely by rains of last night nightJohn John Marschs stretchrunning Mighty Story a veteran who usually shows his best form over the longer routes drove to a nose victory in the Arlington Heights Handicap The doughty son of Mahmoud w s up in the last possible stride to de ¬ feat the Woolford Farms favored Dele ¬ gate while tiring badly after fashioning a blistering pace came William H Veene mans Phar Mon in third place placeMighty Mighty Story who is preparing for Sat ¬ urdays Equipoise Mile raced the six fur ¬ longs in 109 and carried 112 pounds Tony Skoronski was the winning rider riderUsually Usually a favorite with Illinois patrons Mighty Storys winning price odds of 4080 created one of the sensations of the day The Arlington Heights was the supporting feature to the Hyde Park Stakes StakesThe The sport was conducted under cloudy cloudyContinued Continued on Page FortyFour Provocative Successful In Hyde Park Renewal RenewalDefeats Defeats Favored Ocean Drive As Arlington Meeting Opens OpensContinued Continued from Page One Oneskies skies and sprinkles of rain in Chicagos downtown district probably held the crowd down by several thousand Executive direc ¬ tor Benjamin F Lindheimer however ex ¬ pressed great sastisfaction with the turnout turnoutAugustus Augustus Nahms diminutive Loujac a colt who has been plagued with hard racing luck since he began his career showed un ¬ usual courage to account for the Harrington Purse sevenfurlong fifth race The son of Ariel Miss Frill was well up during the early running but found himself in a pocket along the rail At the top of the stretch Parnell made a daring move that resulted in victory driving through an ever soslight opening between Passado and Model King Once clear the colt drew away to score by three and onehalf lengths He was favorite with the crowd returning 700 and his time was 123 Vs John Marschs Torello showed a good effort to account for the place portion from Mrs F P Letelliers Knights Hill HillLouis Louis Lee Haggins Stole proved one of two things in the third either that she is a filly out of the ordinary or that the rac ¬ ing strip is in exceedingly fast condition A bay daughter of Blenheim II Pelisse by Pharamond II making her a halfsister to the stakes winner Pellicle Stole it might be said won like the proverbial thief in addition to coming within onefifth of a second of the track record for five furlongs Her time was 58J onefifth of a second short of Citations mark for the abbre ¬ viated distance distanceMrs Mrs Frank P Letelliers Queen Hairan proved so far superior to her foes in the fourth that she spotted them several lengths at the start then charged up on the outside through the stretch to score by threequarters of a length to bring joy to favorite players who thought theh choice was eliminated after the break
