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Native Native Dancer Dancer in in Excellent Excellent Workout; Workout; Vantage Vantage Defeats Defeats The The Eagle Eagle by by Head Head Gets Popular Win On Homewood Turf VanBerg Gelding Near Track Mark in Clever Accounting; Wall Stable Gains Double By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, El., Aug. 20. The hard-running four-year-old, Vantage, who, in his last start, finished third to Stan and Brush Burn in the Grassland Handicap, came back with another excellent race on the grass today when he won the featured Lockport Purse from The Eagle. His margin was very narrow, however, and had his rival, with Eddie Arcaro up, been able to find the opening he sought on the inside in the last eighth, the result might have been different. As it was, Arcaro was required to change his tactics and s come to the outside of both Vantage and Kingly, who finished third, and was unable to overcome the handicap. Vantage, with John Heckmann riding his second winner of the afternoon, won by a head, while The Eagle was a length and a quarter in front of Kingly. The other three contestants were well back. Winner Slight Favorite Vantage was a slight favorite over the Duntreath Farm entry of The Eagle and False, and the VanBerg gelding went to the front early. In the run down the back-stretch, Vantage was topped by Clifford Mooers Kingly and, when that one drew into a three-length lead nearing the stretch turn and Vantage was about eight lengths in advance of The Eagle, it seemed as if Kingly might win. Kingly saved ground in the stretch and then Vantage moved up on the outside, while Arcaro was saving all possible ground with The Eagle and edging him forward. Nearing the last sixteenth, Arcaro tried to sneak through an opening on the inside Continued on Page Fire Vantage Charges Home Head Before The Eagle Turf Race at Washington Thriller; Wall Stable Sends, Out Double Continued from Page One with his charge, but did not quite get into the hole when he realized there was not much room. He quickly eased back and to the outside of the two horses and, fronting Kingly in the last 30 ,yards, almost had. Vantage collared as they came to the end. Vantage raced the mile and a sixteenth on the turf in 1:43 to come within two-fifths of a second of the track record and paid .60. The days sports was viewed by a crowd of 14,442 and the weather was once again all that could be desired. Former jockey George South, now a trainer, furnished the two chief surprises of the day when he saddled Lismore Prince, winner of the third race, and Hearts Away, who was succe: oful in the fifth. Each racer was making his first start of the meeting, and Licmore Prince, a four-year-old, had not been to the post in over two years. The last outing of Hearts Away was" at Churchill Downs in April. Lismore Prince paid 5.00 and Hearts Away 7.40. Both are owned by A. F. Wall, and Bierman rode Lismore Prince, while Eldon Nelson was up on Hearts Away. Lismore Prince was in a one-mile contest in which eight competed. The son of Princequillo was close to the pace from the start and withstood a challenge from Fox Castle in the stretch. Hearts Away caught the favored Issybee tiring in the stretch in a cix-furlong affair and had enough left at the end to hold Neverlator. The opening race was won by the fairly well-played Sleepy Mabel, with J. Ralph Adams Up, and the second "was taken by Tax Lien, ridden by Ken Church. Tax Lien was just up in time to catch the long-priced Party King, who had led from soon, after the start, while Sleepy Mabel conquered the, favored Duntreath Miss. Trainer Red Womeldorff uncovered a good-looking filly in the fourth event in the first-time starter, Palta, a daughter of Mr. Busher. The miss, ridden by John Heck-mann, was heavily backed and taking command when ready bested the outsider, Our Love, with the favored Gaylon unplaced.
