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Hypostyle Clashes j With Haberdashery Latter Seeking Repeat Win At Sportsmans Park Today In Sprint of Blue Larkspur SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., April l 30. — Hypostyle, the Mrs. N. M. Mikel racer v who was favored but defeated by Boo Boo 3 i Shoo in the Inaugural Handicap, will make e ] another attempt to earn brackets when he J , travels postward in tomorrows feature at this track. The race, which is named in I : honor of Blue Larkspur, has attracted a i field of six to go seven furlongs for a ,000 purse, and due to the fact that he is the e . only one in the field enjoying the appren- , tice allowance, the son of Hypocrite will [j carry the lightest poundage. He will be ridden by Robert Peabody, the Mikel contract pilot. Hypostyle will tangle with a fit horse in Haberdashery, the Valley View Farms s first-time winner at the meeting, as well II as with Brezno, Texas Rain, Not Sorry and Sid David. Hypostyle defeated Not Sorry, the mile and a sixteenth track record holder, and Brezno in the Inaugural. Sir David "j was unplaced in his last start while racing - coupled with Richavoo. Haberdasherys winning effort was on the second day of lf the meeting when he ran seven-eighths f in 1:281-5 to win by three lengths. Hypostyle was beaten one length at the same e distance in 1:28 1-5. Timus After Another Tally Another allowance affair in tomorrows s line-up will be the Flying Comet, also at tt seven-eighths, and Timus, claimed last it time out, will be seeking his second success s of the session. A. L. Davis has entered a a pair in Alabama Belle and Brave Lt., the ie latter being the highweight of the contest. Among other interesting horses on the ie card are Bodens Pal, formerly one of the ie standbys of the W. H. Bishop Stable, who J earned over 5,000 last year and was claimed by Valley View Farm for ,500 10 last time out, and So Fair, Junior Wolf If and Easy Buy, all winners here. They will meet over the mile and a sixteenth distance ;_ in the eighth race. The heavy thunderstorm, which materialized _ late Saturday afternoon, ruined id the chances of the days handle reaching lg the million mark. Instead of increasing ig after the fifth race as is usual, and on ,n which the "play" was over 09,000, business i_ dropped steadily until less than 0,-000 ,- went through the windows on the ie ninth race. At least half the crowd had departed j_ by that time. It was so dark during [g the running of the last two events it was almost impossible to distinguish the colors. s.
