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Nell Nell K. K. Victorious Victorious in in Acorn Acorn Stakes; Stakes; R. R. L L Light Light Annexes Annexes Karl Karl Eitel Eitel Purse Purse Displays Courage | To Beat Karakorum Veteran Whitebook Stallion Up in Final Strides to Down Sportsmans Choice by Head SPORTSMANS PARK. Cicero. 111.. May 11. — M. Whitebook s game-going veteran, R. L. Light, turned what seemed certain defeat into victory when he mustered just enough reserve to account for the Karl Eitel Purse, a seven-furlong feature that attracted in ordinary field here this afternoon. The eight-year-old son of Sweeping Light — Shady Gate responded to the hustling tactics of Donald Wagner to defeat the heavy favorite, Karakorum. owned by the Marion H. VanBerg stable, while Black Cat. sporting the silks of B. C. Kelley and O. Heisner. was a well-beaten third, some seven lengths away from the embattled pair. A crowd of 10,143 was in the srands as the Karl Eitel field paraded and interest was centered on Karakorum who had Tony Skoronski in the stirrup irons. The gelding went off at 4-to-5, but failed to display any signs of gameness when challenged in the stretch. R. L. Light raced the seven furlongs in 1:31% and was co-topweight in the field with 120 pounds. The program was offered under ideal racing conditions. Two Dominate Running There was not much to the headliner except the interesting struggle between R. L. Light and Karakorum and the efforts of the two jockeys to gain the edge in strategy. As it worked out in the final stride it was Wagner who earned the decision over the Chicago lad, who is the leading rider of the meeting. Karakorum, an imposing blazed-face gelding with abundant white on the legs, was first out of the gate, but he didnt appear to be striding freely as Skoronski hustled him right along. Wagner dropped R. L. Light down in second place and they raced in this manner until settled on the backstretcn. There, Wagner called on his mount but he couldnt close the gap, so he wisely ceased animation while his mount gained a chance for a slight breather. Skoronski Continued on Page Tivo I : I I ■ i I i r t t ; i f t f 3 a - i e e II R. L. Light Displays High Courage in Head Triumph j Gets Up in Final Strides to Beat Karakorum by Head Margin Continued from Page One employed the same tactics once this bid was repulsed, but at the top of the stretch they were closely aligned and both boys simultaneously asked for increased speed. For a second or two It appeared that Karakorum was ready once again to draw clear, but R. L. Light came on again under a powerful hand ride, while Skoronski resorted to the whip. J. McElroys favored Phantom Heels didnt get much consideration as a potential winner from his legion of backers until the final strides when he responded to a strong ride by Dell Jessop, called on a mite of reserve, and was up to win by a neck. Dago Day, the early pacemaker, I lasted to hold the place by a nose over . Dark Lace. Dago Day, who was making his first start of the meeting, dashed to the front at the start and opened a clear lead on the backstretch. However, he raced slightly wide on the far turn and this al-. lowed Dark Lace to slip through and gain a momentary advantage. Phantom Heels, in the meantime, was forced to take to the overland and he continued to bear out through the stretch but he caught the two leaders tiring in the last few jumps and shoved his neck to the fore. Sweet Irene, a mare who had won her previous race by some-12 lengths, managed to beat virtually the same kind of com-i pany in the opener, but she had to be driven hard to prevail over Sun Tannery by a length and one-half, after running Ess Kay into the ground. Sun Tannery was last for a portion of the distance and there were times when jockey R. Norman was forced to ease back. But the mare was game to the core and kept plugging and probably was best as the race was run. One of the surprises, in many respects, of the meeting came in the second when Olos Star scored over ,000 platers. The miss was ridden by the leading rider of the meeting, Tony Skoronski, and she was fly-3 ing the popular Marion H. VanBerg silks. These two factors alone ordinarily would have made her one of the choices, but her previous three races here had been poor and when she scored a 2.20 mutuel was posted. She led most of the way and re-;. ported a length and one-half to the good, Day gaining the place.
