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Under Pressure Wins Mucho Gusto Sets Steady Pace For Most of Way Emick Gelding Holds Clear Advantage Over So Grand in Lincoln Fields Sprint Event By J. J. MURPHY Staff Correspondent HAWTHORNE, Cicero, HI., May 16.— The well-played Under Pressure, with jockey Johnny Adams in the saddle, registered a two and one-half lengths victory over So Grand in the featured Mucho Gusto Purse, a ,000 claiming event here this afternoon. . Well rated while making the pace, Under Pressure, carrying the colors of Mrs. G. H. Emick, led most of the way to pay .60 in a six-furlong affair that was decided over a heavy and difficult track. Free and Equal was third in the fracas, which brought out the .smallest field of the afternoon, but a half dozen parading to the post. The winners time was 1:15%, and his success was viewed by a crowd of 10,405 of the faithful who braved the elements on a cold and drizzling day. Under Pressure was making his seventh start of the year and was accounting for his first purse. He broke from the innermost post position and was soon in front with Free and Equal and So Grand striving gamely to keep up. Didapper and Bullish were some distance back, and the erratic Thank You Sir, 40 lengths removed. When the far turn was reached Under Pressure increased his margin and So Grand, shaking off Free and Equal, became the chief contender. So Grand made- a valiant if futile effort in the stretch, but Free and Equal, carrying apprentice Ronnie Baldwin, chucked it. Thank You Sirs Unusual Race Thank You Sirs race was probably the most unusual the Bishop gelding has . ever turned in. He simply dropped out of it at the start and was so far removed from the others before a quarter mile had been traversed that it seemed he would not make the stretch turn by the time the winner had reached the line. He suddenly showed ah inclination to run, and although ending up in last place, was racing like a champion when the finish line was crossed. Marble Ann, a three-year-old filly making her sixteenth try to earn first money, made good in the third but only after being subjected to considerable jostling by Chat-alle, who finished second. The pair tangled in the stretch with Chatalle bearing out and Marble Ann had quite a time getting to the front, but she made it by a narrow margin with Tony Skoronski in the saddle. Despite jockey Adams zestful leathering in the stretch, the favored Victoria Cross couid do no better than be second to Jump Tune in the fifth race. Victoria Cross broke from the outside and continued far out from the rail all the way, while Jump Tune was steering a straight course and racing strongly in front. Jump Tune was ridden by" James Breckons and was the second choice. The Daily Double paid 5.80 when Velvet Bound, an outsider, won the opening race and the lukewarm favorite, Inaccessible, took the second. The distance in each instance was six furlongs, and the one-time top-rider, Wendell Eads, won his first race of the Chicago season when he steered Velvet Bound to victory for owner W. Noto. Inaccessible had quite a time reaching his objective in the second. The five-year-old, ridden by Don Wagner, was rather sluggish in the early running and found himself surrounded by his rivals nearing the far turn. Wagner bided his time and steered the gelding to the inside at mid-stretch after which the racer closed with good courage and eked out a nose decision over Lady Toy, who had made most of the pace.
