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Arlington, Arlington, HBPA HBPA Settle Settle Differences; Differences; Bloody Bloody Step Step Wins Wins Sir Sir Barton Barton Purse Purse Drives Home Head Before Roman Bath Reid and Roush Gelding Turns Tables on Recent Conqueror In Sprint Test at Hawthorne By J. J. MURPHY HAWTHORNE, Cicero, 111., June 11.— A nine -race program, featured by the Sir Barton Purse, a ,000 event at six furlongs, attracted 13,066 patrons to this track today. They saw Bloody Step, from the stable of L. W. Roush and H. B. Reid, defeat the favored Roman Bath, from the Hasty House Farm stable, by a head in a driving finish. Bloody Step was making his fourth start of the year and his second at this meeting. Last time out he was beaten off by Roman Bath at the same six furlong distance. The winners time was 1:11%, and he paid 5.20. A field of eight raced in the Sir Barton, Mon-Pharo, who was scheduled to be coupled with Roman Bath having been withdrawn when Otto Grohs, who was to have ridden him, was injured. The four-year-old Steak Bone, who was making his first start of the year after having accounted for five purses last season, set out to make the pace and he did a good job of it. Roman Bath was in closest attendance, with Flyamanita in third place as they sped down the backstretch and around the far turn. The positions were unchanged as they approached the stretch bend, but Bloody St«p was coming to the outside to make his run under the urging of jockey Earl Knapp. Flyamanita Drops Back As they neared the eighth pole in the stretch Flyamanita began to drop back and Roman Bath, Bloody Step and Steak Bone were strung across the track so closely aligned that it was difficult to separate them. Nearing the final sixteenth Steak Bone showed definite signs of weakening and it became a two -horse contest between Roman Bath and Bloody Step. The latter, racing resolutely, bore in slightly on Roman Bath and took a short lead in the final 20 yards an dheld it to the end, although the Hasty house runner contested the issue gamely. Recline, coming fast in the middle of the track took third place from Steak Bone in the final strides, while Air Mail was a hard running fifth. Flyamanita reversed the form of her last race in which she displayed considerable courage in the stretch. She stopped badly this time. - The weather was overcast and a threat of rain prevailing most of the afternoon. The track was fast. The patrons just missed viewing a triple dead heat in the sixth race. Foxy Wager Continued on Page Three . | I I f 1 I J J 3 a t l . t ? ° jj F. J . c ° ° | • E p Bloody Step Outsprints Roman Bath in Surprise Takes Sir Barton Purse by Head Before 13,066 Lincoln Patrons Continued from Page One was the winner by a scant nose, and Easy Lad and Army Conscript finished in a tie for second place. The distance was six furlongs and Foxy Wager and Easy Lad raced head and head for the entire distance with Army Conscript coming from fifth place. Foxy Wager had a substitute rider aboard in Don Scurlock, who was replacing the injured Otto Grohs. It was announced that Grohs had come out of his spill suffering few bruises and a shaking up. Foxy Wager was well played as was War Teddy, who finished fourth. The first serious spill of the meeting occurred in the third race when the two-year-old colt, F. O. Bee, fell rounding the far turn. Jockey Otto Grohs, who was in the saddle, was carried to the track ambulance on a stretcher and rushed to the hospital for examination. His remaining mounts for the day were cancelled. Instyle, an Illinois-bred from the Mikel Farm Stable, was the winner after leading most of the way, while News Again finished second, and Bienville third. Bienville was probably best but raced wide and finished next the outside fence. Judy Rounders, the favorite, j was required to take up to avoid striking t O. Bee and his rider had little chance, j The distance was five furlongs. c Although the winners of each of the first two races paid more than either of Tuesdays early victors, the Daily Double payoff was considerably less than that doled out to holders of tickets on Tuesdays combination. Tradewind won todays opening event at 5.60 and Big Buster returned 2.40 in taking the second, but the Double paid 21.20 as against ,156.20 on the previous day.
