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Good Call Wins Twilight Tear Purse Bella Figura Runs Fourth at Odds-On Fairway Farm Filly Fashions Own Pace Throughout Seven Furlongs Dash at Homewood WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 111., Aug. 25. The featured Twilight Tear Purse for fillies and mares decided here this afternoon was an unique affair. The odds-on favorite, Bella Figura, ridden by the inexperienced apprentice, John Rotz, could do no better than be fourth, and Dixie, Flyer, the second choice, after running an unorthodox race, "was sixth in the seven-horse field. The winner was the Fairway Farms Good Call, who paid the liberal price of 7.00, while Gray Challenge nosed out Aesthete for second place in the final strides. The distance was seven furlongs and the winners time was 1:23. Good. Call, who. was beaten off in her last two stakes starts but won an allowance race in between, had an exceptionally easy time of it. Jockey Al Popara sent the three-year-old to the front soon after the start and around the far turn she pulled away from Aesthete to increase her advantage nearing the stretch turn. She made a show of the others in the stretch and her winning margin was four lengths. Unable to Find Opening With Favorite Bella Figura, who was beaten about five lengths for all the money, was on the inside most, of the way and young Rotz was unable to find an opening. She was still on the inside behind Gray Challenge and Aesthete at the finish. Dixie Flyer began slowly, raced into close quarters on the far turn while running in next to last place, came again after being eased back, went wide on the stretch turn, bore out in the stretch and after the finish came back riderless with her jockey Ken Church riding the stable pony. Todays sport was viewed by a crowd of 12,552 in weather that was just a trifle too hot to be completely comfortable. The track was fast. Lightweight Layton Risley, riding his next to last day as an apprentice, steered three of the first four winners. He rode Stormy Waters to victory in the initial Continued on Page Fifty Good Call Front-Running Winner of Twilight Tear Continued from Page Three number for his contract employer, William Hal Bishop, and came back to account for the 6.40 Daily Double by-taking the second race with Clifford Mooers Second Request. Miss Canasta, favorite in the first race, finished third, while Field Spy, the choice in the second, was unplaced. Risleys third triumph came in the fourth race, won by the maiden Klohome, also owned by Mooers. The strawberry roan colt was pitted against 11 other non-winners, and his youthful rider sent him through an opening hear the end to catch the pace-setting Little Reb and score rather narrowly over the. latter. Select Barre, the favorite was unplaced. The third race was taken by the odds-on favorite, Uncle John, who led all the way in the silks of Everett Madison, of Momence, 111. Uncle John, ridden by Paul Bailey, defeated Little Egypt, another Illinois-owned racer, by two lengths and paid .60. The fifth race ,was for two-year-olds on the grass, and Free Agent was the winner over the well-played Tussle Patch. Free Agent reported to the starting gate early for adjustments of his equipment and, after following Believeiwill until well into the stretch, took over to last. Tussle Patch, after breaking slowly, was first on the inside and then on the outside and was unable to get up although- closing well. Big Agent, the favorite, failed to finish in the
