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Hawkwood Sis Strives for Third Fairmount Victory Reynolds Filly Meets Dr. Fury in j Miss Missouri Purse Over Route By C A. LINDEM AN Staff Correspondent FAIRMOUNT PARK, Collinsville, 111., June 10. Hawkwood Sis, winner of two out of three starts at the meeting under the silks of R. S. Reynolds, Jr. head an eight-horse field of routers in. the Miss Missouri Purse event a mile and one-eighth affair for three-year-olds and older. This event brings out a field of horses that normally race around the ,000 claiming class and that have not won three races since March 27. The Reynolds four-year-old filly started right out this meeting by annexing two straight victories over the longer routes. Her last race in which she was matched against the top distance racers of the meeting in the Memorial Day Handicap she didnt fare too well as she was a strongly closing fifth after a very slow start. In her winning race prior to her recent defeat the game daughter of Desert Ration won over a flashy field of middle distance performers by the wide margin of a length and a half turning in the distance in 1:45 with 108 pounds" up. The Reynolds filly won her first outing here by the wide margin of nine lengths over such horses as Sunnycrest Gal and First Spin. Her time for both winning races were exactly the same that of 1:45. Dr. Fury, from the stable of Frank Haynes, a winner last time but here over the Collinsville course, looms as the top threat to the Reynolds filly. Dr. Fury was returned the winner of a mile and a quarter route race by the margin of five lengths over some real tough distance performers. Not only does the Haynes four-year-old have stamina but he can also turn on the speed when he is required to do so. On his winning race he had the lead after going the first half mile. Others slated to match strides in the Miss Missouri feature are namely Neddies Boy, Last Raid, Be Quaint Bell, Stepping Up, Brokerette and lastly Crack Ice from the stable of Mrs. T. M. Pruett which never turns in a bad performance. Lancaster Lady carried the silks of W. Tabbytite to a close victory when she lasted in a stretch duel to stall off Dr. Rees to win the Carrswold Purse, feature event on the Wednesday night eight race card before a, medium sized crowd of 4,700 fans The five-year-old daughter of Quick Reward, slow to settle into her best stride, moved up fast between leaders entering stretch and although in very tight quarters entering last furlong when the favorite King Bebe ducked in, while making a strong bid for the lead, drew out under urging from her rider R. Camp to take a short lead, she was forced to a hard drive all through the remaining furlong to hold the determine Dr. Rees safe by a half length margin. The latter closed fast while saving ground but was not good enough to head the winner. King Bebe, the ruling favorite over the small field of six contestants, was making a strong bid for the lead rounding the stretch turn, then ducked in entering the final furlong and when taken off lost his chances and gave way in the final sixteenth to hold the show end of the ,600 purse. Lady Lancaster paid her backers a .00 mutuel and ran the mile and one-sixteenth in 1:45 over a racing strip labelled good. The first 25 days of racing here at the Fairmount Park meeting shows a total of 31 claims registered, totaling 8,300. E. LFriedberg, well-known breeder and owner of thoroughbreds, was a visitor for the Wednesday night card along with his .Tjrife. The Friedbergs watched their horse, Song of Italy, run. The Friedbergs are from Louisville, Ky., the stable at Fairmount is under the charge of trainer E. J. Gault. John Klucina has-joined the publicity staff at Cahokia Downs. The youthful Klucina is the son of J. J. "Jack" Klucina, racing secretary at Fairmount and will act in a similar position at the forthcoming Cahokia Downs. A recent arrival from Ohio was the stable trained by T. Campbell consisting of the five horses, Interfere, Good Reply, Wool-ards Pet, Tipstaff and Margaret B. Trainer F. J. Wiles checked in with the three horses, Doubleton, owned by A. Ste-phon and his own two, Dream Moon and Super Milk.
