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4 No Tricks Gains Sportsmans Tally Takes Littlemans Handicap Over Vain Vixen; Skoronski, Farrell Injured in Collision By J. J. MURPHY SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111.. May 2.— The four-year-old No Tricks, winner of .his last start, which was at Oaklawn Park, made a successful seasonal debut here today whn he won the Littlemans Handicap, feature event of the afternoon. With Ronnie Baldwin in the saddle, No Tricks disposed of the favored Vain Vixen in the final sixteenth and registered by one and one-half lengths fairly well in hand. Vain Vixen beat Practical by six lengths for second place. The distance was one and one-sixteenth miles and No Tricks, racing in the interest of H. R. Stark, ran it in l:5025. He paid 4.00. Two Riders Injured in Warmup With Red Wagon withdrawn, a field of seven came out for the feature, and Equi-more and Tanbark dominated the early running. Equimore bore out on the turn entering the stretch the first time around, and Tanbark slipped through on the inside to take command. The pair had little left when No Tricks and Vain Vixen moved on the backstretch, and that duo turned for home heads apart, with No Tricks showing the way. Vain Vixen made a good try to gain the leadership a sixteenth out, but then gave way and No Tricks went on to victory. The rain that threatened in early morning failed to materialize, but the weather was hot and muggy. The attendance was 12.026. Veteran jockey. Anthony Skoronski, and Arthur Farrell, an apprentice, were painfully injured this afternoon when their mounts collided while being warmed up en route to the post for the fourth race. Skoronski was up on Quiturwury, and Far-Continued on Page Forty-Eight No Tricks Gains Sportsmans Tally Takes Littlemans Handicap Over Vain Vixen; Skoronski, Farrell Injured in Collision Continued from Page One rell was astride Robert E. W. as the thor- I oughbreds came together nearing the far turn, spilling both boys. Skoronski suffered head injuries and several cuts, and Farrell a fractured left ankle. The boys were taken to St. Anthonys Hospital, Chicago, following a preliminary examination at the track. The horses were ordered withdrawn by the track veterinarian, and money wagered on them was refunded. Watch It Grow became the first racer to win two purses at the meeting when he finished in front in the fifth event*. With jockey Job Jessop in the saddle, Watch It Grow caught the pacemaking Flying Bry with less than a quarter to go and he drew out to best Direct Tint, the favorite. The latter went wide in the stretch to finish well. Outsiders Comprise Double The Daily Double paid 12.40.- Campe-sino took the opener and Gleaming Doll won the second. Each was an outsider, with Campesino paying 0.60. Tom Bates was the winning jockey on Campesino, who edged put Roaming Oscar after the latter had made the early pace. GleamingDoll, with apprentice Richard Miguez up, caught Texamilo in the stretch. Feb, another outsider, won the third at the expense of Angels Doll, a newcomer from Kentucky. Angels Doll might have been best but lost considerable ground on the turns, while Feb, ridden by Norman Hart, hugged the rail all the way. Sixty-two, the favorite, was third. Due to the withdrawals of Robert E. W. and Quiturwury from the fourth event due to an accident on the way to the post, but eight horses raced, arid Portage Boy became the first favorite of the afternoon to win. With W. M. Cook doing the riding, the Valley View Farm runner came from behind to beat Andrew J., who set most of the pace. The distance of each of the first five races was seven furlongs.
