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Can Can Locate Locate Accounts Accounts For For Technician; Technician; Hitex Hitex Outruns Outruns Foes Foes in in Bold Bold Venture Venture Lucky Codine Next To VanBerg Router Victor Fashions Own Pace On Heavy Hawthorne Strip And Tallies by Five Lengths By J. J. MURPHY HAWTHORNE, Cicero, 111., May 26. Can Locate, a five-year-old gelding racing in the colors of Marion VanBerg, who recently purchased him at private sale, won at the first asking for his new owner when he took the top honors in the Technician, featured claiming race here this afternoon. The son of On Location, well ridden by apprentice William Cox and carrying 113 pounds, went to the front at the outset and was never headed, winning by five lengths from W. H. Bishops favored Lucky Codine, with Happy East, third, and Best Doings striving for his second victory of the meeting, finishing fourth in the seven-horse field. Can Locate, winner of six previous races this year, and who had finished in the money in 11 of his 14 starts, displayed fine form in the difficult going to lead all the way. He was seriously challenged but once, that being when Best Doings moved up on equal terms with him between calls around the far turn, but apprentice Cox had something left with his charge to fool jockey Adams, on the Landy racer, and when Best Doings dropped back, Can Locate had a clear field. Young master Cox, however, apparently was not satisfied with his advantage, for at midstretch he plied his whip and was still hand-riding at the end. Adams on Best Doings The distance was one and one-eighth miles, and the well-backed winner paid . .40. It looked for a brief spell as if Best Doings would win. Adams had the son of Best Seller under a choking hold on the backstretch, but the six-year-old found the going too rough. It was the first and last time that Can Locate will race for owner VanBerg, at least until another transaction is consummated, as he was claimed by N. G. Bouchard for ,000. It is not known what VanBerg paid for the gelding. The weather took a change for the better for the running of Mondays program, and the more pleasant conditions were responsible for the good attendance of 13,173. The track was very heavy. A serious spill was narrowly averted right after the running of the first race when the riderless Joes Star, who had unseated his jockey at the start and raced with the field to finish in front, fell just after passing under the wire. Park Pigeon, the winner who was close behind, leaped over him and in doing so suffered a leg in- Continued on Page Forty Can Locate Wins by Five On Heavy HawthorneOval VanBerg Loses Recent Purchase By Claim After Technician Tally Continued from Pane One jury that caused him to pull up very lame. Other horses were snatched up or steered wide to prevent further confusion. Jockey Paul Bailey, who was thrown from Joes Star, was not injured. Park Pigeon, accounting for his second purse in two days, was the favorite, and an easy winner leading most of the way. Steve Brooks was in the saddle. The public was treated to another sideshow previous to the running of the second race. Jack Fusano, a five-year-old, was so fractious that he was refused admission to the paddock and was saddled on the main track. During the saddling process which took five minutes or more, Jack Fusano knocked over his groom and trampled on him, almost kicked his trainer, and looked altogether a notorious rogue. But when jockey Skorohski finally mounted him and crooned a few words into" his ear he became as docile as a lamb. He did not win, but at least beat three horses, one of whom was the heavily backed second choice, Arthur Elrod,- who finished last. The winner of the second was the four-year-old Sayre, who came from last place to turn the trick. Joyce W., Chuckalong and Blue Bar all took a crack at showing the way, but Sayre was best at the end, although not racing too well in the going himself. He was ridden by Anthony Fer-raioulo and completed a 32.80 Daily Double. The third race was not without unusual incident either as after the wagering had got under way, Fair Louise, one- of the scheduled starters, was withdrawn by order of the officials. Money wagered was refunded, and Nickies Boy, ridden by Wendell Eads, was a handy winner over the favored Palace-Circles, with Adams up.
