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f WB K Dina Dina Bam Bam Sprints Sprints to to Length Length Score; Score; Good Good Question Question Successful Successful in in Chicle Chicle MRS. H. P. BONNER— Owner of Dina Bam, winner of the Whirlaway Purse at Sportsmans Park. Hugs Rail on Muddy Sportsmans Strip Pad Lock Second to Bonner Homebred Miss in Whirlaway; Encantadora Finishes Fifth By J. J. MURPHY Staff Correspondent SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., May 10. — Mrs. H. P. Bonners stable from California won its first race of the Chicago season when the four-year-old filly, Dina Bam, took the measure of a good band of sprinters in the featured Whirlaway Purse, an allowance race here today. Ridden by apprentice Clarence Smith, Dina Bam obtained quite an edge when the early leaders raced wide on the backstretch while she clung to the rail and she held up well under pressure in the final drive. Hilltop Stock Farms Pad Lock wound up in second place, with Connies Boy, racing coupled with Rose Bed as the Marion VanBerg entry, finished third. The racing strip was deep in mud and Encantadora, who galloped to an impressive win in her only effort here, was favored by the patrons. For a brief period in the early running it seemed as if the filly would duplicate her previous performance, but she showed inability to negotiate the turns and when she bore out badly entering the backstretch carrying Connies Boy with her, Dina Bam took command. Once in the van the Western racer continued to hug the inner fence and none could catch her, although Pad Lock made a valiant effort in the late stages. Encantadora ended up in fifth place. She was ridden by a substitute jockey, R. Lynch, who took over the reins when Thearl Williams was forced to cancel his mounts due to illness. Disagreeable Weather Conditions Weather conditions out Cicero way today were just about the worst imaginable. A steady rain was whipped by a stiff wind and the chill in the air forced most of the 5,026 brave souls present to huddle in the security of the stands or pari-mutuel enclosure. It was the lightest crowd of the meeting. The afternoons doings began with an upset when War Gift, paying 5.40, was the winner, and Copper Cup, the favorite, unplaced. The event was for maidens, and War Gift raced from the rear to get to the front in the stretch. It marked the first of two winners for jockey Johnny Mack Brooks. At 11.60 Daily Double was completed by Illstay in the second. Illstay, who was beaten a total of 92 lengths in six starts in the Chicago area last year, lived up to his name in leading all the way with apprentice Robert Peabody doing the pi- Continued on Page Forty-Three I s v r t q ., - - ti e t i. Dina Bam Sprints to Length Score at Sportsmans Park Continued from Page One * loting. TheTfavored Hush Money raced to 0 second place, The seven-year-old Shaffie, beaten twice :e when favored, found a track seemingly to o his liking and led most of the way in the e third. The gelding had a rider change e from Skoronski to A. Gomez and trimmed d the heavily backed choice, Delhannah. The e latter lacked her usual early speed, and d being so outrun was unable to challenge ;e effectively, although making a fairly good d move in the last eighth. Form players were finally rewarded d when My Wash, with Skoronki up, led d most of the way in the fourth to win eas- ;- :e to o e e d e d ;e d d d ;- ily. The gelding was dropping down in 1 class after having been beaten in his first three starts here. Jockey Brooks came through with his second winner in the fifth race. He was aboard Royal Luck, who showed good form t in the final stages to register by a half i length over Grey Scout. Technicolor was an outstanding public choice in the event, but was in some difficulty when unable to find an opening on the inside on the first turn and wound up in last place.
