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? Webster Groves Purse Attracts Field of Eight SkyolaterTattenham Quince Heim May Vie for Favoritism By C. E. LINDEMAN Staff Correspondent FAIRMOUNT PARK, Collinsville, 111., May 12. The Webster Groves, at six furlongs, will serve as the main attraction on Thursday nights card. This race brings together eight sprinters in the ,500 claiming class and has promise of being a real highly contested event from the field that has been named to match strides for the ,700 purse. Main opposition appears to lie between Skyolater, a recent winner here at this track, Tatterham and Quince Heim. Skyolater won his lirst start here last-Friday night, when he defeated a band of sprinters to take in a ,400 six-furlong race. The six-year-old son of Isolater, ridden by the leading rider of the meeting R. Sahabria, was a bit tardy in getting into his best stride, but once he started sprinting he soon wore down the leaders and under a hard drive was able to get up in the final few strides to overcome Bustle Babe and win by a nose. That race should be a real tightener for the Ritz and Starr sprinter and make him the f avorie over the Webster Groves field. Probably most opposition will come from the former top sprinter star, Tattenham, who will be making his first start of the current meeting. Tattenham races in the silks of Mrs. T. M. Pruett and has a touch of class over this type of. field going back to his races a few years back. Tattenham has not started this season thus far but morning trials and his class alone make him a main threat. Out of his six races last year he was able to win only one race, which was a sprint for horses in the ,000 claiming class. Quince Heim. although he is now in his ninth year, is also a class horse and has never raced for a claiming price this low . The field for the Webster Groves will be rounded out by Rado Miss, Golden City, Corporal Cal, Brown Pirate and Spicy Bell. Brown Pirate will be racing for his new owner, Bill Terry, Jr., who obtained him through the claiming route. Continuing on where he left off last August, the nine-year-old Santa Fe from the stable of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Holman, made it five straight victories when he got up in the final strides to take the winners share of the seventh race here Tuesday night. This event, which was for three-year-olds and. older horses, was at six furlongs. Santa Pe, under the guidance of Jockey E. Van Hook, raced close to the pace for the lirst quarter then was forced back slightly when in close quarters on the far turn, but soon recovered his stride, came again in the stretch and, under a hard drive, got up in last stride to race Hope Hull into defeat. In winning the six-furlong Continued on Page Forty -Three Webster Groves Purse Attracts Field of Eight Skyolater, Tottenham, Quince Heim May Vie for Favoritism Continued from Page Six dash, Santa Fe, being the favorite, paid .00 and ran the distance in 1:12. Talltown provided an upset in the eighth and featured event on the Tuesday night card when he just managed to last in a " hard drive to win over Easy Reward and Moose Bet by a neck margin. Ridden by jockey J. DAugustino, the Hurwich and Winski sprinter forged to the front entering the final furlong and just lasted to save the winners share of the ,300 purse. Overlooked in the wagering by the medium crowd of 6,202 fans, Talltown paid 4.80 to win. The race was contested by jockey R. Sanabria when he claimed a foul, but the stewards ruled it out as they were of the opinion that Easy Reward was as much at fault as any of the others in the closely packed field in the stretch. Owner and trainer Carl Blair, well-known figure for many years in this area, arrived with four head from Chicago. Blair will remain for a two-day -visit and is turning his horses over to Tom Pruett to train for this meeting. Jockey Tommy Osment, who is making his first appearance at Fairmount Park since he started riding, made a nice showing when he booted home the winner of the first race here Tuesday night in winning with Wild Peter, the favorite. Osment, whose book is handled by R. B. Lovett, has ridden three winners and three thirds in his eight mounts of the meeting thus far.
