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En Fleur Continues Her Good Sportsmans Form Accounts For Midwestern Purse For Third Straight at Meeting By J. J. MURPHY Staff Correspondent SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero. 111., May 2. — En Fleur, a hard-hitting four-year-old filly owned by John P. Cleary, Oklahoma turfman, registered her third consecutive victory at this meeting when she scored impressively in the featured Midwestern Purse here today. The daughter of Apache, well-rated in the early running by the veteran Willie "Morrissey, moved to the front nearing the stretch turn to pull out in the run home and score by three lengths from J. J. Lombardos Whirlahead, with Albemarle half of the favored William H. Bishop entry, being third. En Fleur, despite her recent successes, was held in rather light regard and paid 2.00. A field of seven of the best racers here essayed the seven furlongs in the Midwestern, and Lady Indian made most of the early pace, with McGrathiana prominent, and En Fleur fairly well up. En Fleur came with determination nearing the stretch bend to get to the front and. following a brief setto with Whirlahead, drew out. Albemarle, last after half the distance had been traversed, did not get going until too late. A crowd of 14,168 attended the sport under rather uncertain weather conditions. Rain threatened throughout the day and the track was muddy and holding. Gallant D., ridden by Clarence Roberts, was a good favorite in the first race. The Continued on Page Forty-Seven En Fleur Continues Her Good Sportsmans Form Accounts For Midwestern Purse For Third Straight at Meeting Continued from Page One son of Gallant Duke, owned by A. Graff ag-nini, won as he pleased from William H. Bishops recent claim of Snapheel, with The Flier being third. Bentons Lucy, steered by apprentice Billy Buell, took her second purse of the session when, after racing on equal terms with Paralyte most of the way, she outfinished him in the drive, with owner Bishops favored Virginia Oaks being unplaced. The Daily Double paid 7.40. Owner Bishop also started the favorite in the third and fourth races. Pad Lock was his colorbearer in the third, and Third Division his representative in the fourth. I Little Bookie, ridden by Skoronski, won the J third from Eperc, and Neverlator, piloted by Joe Valenti, took the latter affair from Blue Licks. Apprentice Valenti came back to make it a double of the day when he had H. Nutters five-year-old Humphrey under the wire a nose in front of Roman Vulcan, the public choice. Humphrey was on the pace all the way, while Roman Vulcan came from behind.
