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Isomur Isomur Repeater Repeater in in Dark Dark Sea Sea Purse Purse Combat Combat Boots Boots Leads Leads Donor Donor to to Wire Wire Adams Drives Filly To Sprint Victory Vantage Runs Second at Hawthorne After Pegging Pace Set by Star Wish By J. J. MURPHY HAWTHORNE, Cicero, HI., May 27. The three-year-old filly Isomur, with jockey Johnny Adams doing the piloting, registered her second victory of the meeting when she won the Dark Sea Purse, best race on the program here this afternoon. A crowd of 11,394 took advantage of the pleasant although rather windy weather to trek to the track and view the success of the daughter of Isolater, who is owned by Carmody Vanscoy and was an outsider in the wagering. Isomur paid 9.80 in finishing three parts of a length in advance of William Offermanns well played Vantage, with apprentice Ronnie Baldwin aboard, while Star Wish, ridden by the novice, Jack Arterburn, who recently graduated from the maiden ranks here. The winners time on a slow track was 1:15. A field of nine three-year-olds tried for the ,000 purse in the Dark Sea, and First Verse, ridden by John Heckmann, second leading rider of the meeting, was a tepid favorite, with Vantage and Katama next in demand by the bettors. However, it was Star Wish, owned by Mrs. E. Brisbine, who went out to make the pace, and the daughter of Requested did a good job of it. Racing away from White Brand and First Verse, after going a quarter, she opened up a four-length lead and was so well in front entering the stretch that it appeared as if she might last. Star Wish Bears Out Whether it was the strong wind blowing down the stretch that bothered Star Wish or whether she was simply tiring, is a matter of conjecture, but she began to bear out entering the last furlong and Vantage and Isomur moved up to challenge. With Star Wish in the middle of the track Vantage and Isomur fought it out on the inside, but the latter had the most left at the end. Some Lord, racing in the middle of the track, was fourth, with First Verse ending up in sixth place. The Daily Double paid 2.20 when a pair of well-played horses, Rawlins, in the first race, and Lumena, in the second, were victorious. Rawlins came from last place under the guidance of jockey Earl Knapp to def eat Slumberland, while Lumena, heavily backed favorite, was an easy winner over Courts Maude. The latter made the pace, but Lumena caught her in the stretch. Satterley, a two-year-old colt making his first start here after eight races at the New Orleans Fair Grounds during the winter, Continued on Page Three Isomur Scores Repeat Win In Lincoln Fields Dark Sea Continued from Page One was an easy "winner in the-third. Jockey Dave Erb, a newcomer hereabouts, was in the. saddle, and he sent Satterley to the front at the outset to have the colt six lengths to the good at the end. Miss Carrier raced to second place in front of the odds-on choice, Ashes. Paul Stamm, a three-year-old from the Denemark stable, was favored in the fourth race, but after showing the way .for a quarter he began io bleed and was eased up. The winner was Gee-Light, .a filly owned by J. G. Ferrara. She was ridden by Palmer Domenico and came from behind to take the measure of Locadah, the second choice, while Mighty Pretty finished third. Gee-Light paid 1.00. Fighting Day, ridden by Tony Skoronski, took the fifth in ,a driving finish from Ex-celsis, the heavily backed choice. Excelsis led most of the way.
