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♦ — , Miss Night Shows Good Form In Mud at Sportsmans Park , . | Illinois-Bred Filly Downs 4 Sky Jeep and Task Fleet With Apprentice Carroll Up By J. J. MURPHY SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., May 10. — Miss Night, an Illinois-bred four-year-old, showed good form over a muddy track here this afternoon to win the featured Good Conduct Purse, which was at seven furlongs. The daughter of Hypocrite, racing for her breeders, the owners of Mikel Farm, and ridden by apprentice John E. Carroll, contract pilot for the establishment, scored by two and one-half lengths from Sky Jeep, an outsider, with Bleu Feature finishing third. Both Braseda, the favorite, and Task Fleet, the second choice, were unplaced in the seven-horse field. Draws Clear at Half Mile Miss Night liked the track conditions and shot to the fore soon after the start to draw away from Bleu Feature after going a half-mile. She enjoyed a three-length advantage on the stretch turn and her rider permitted her to race freely for the rest of the trip. Sky Jeep came from second place to nip Bleu Feature near the end. The winner, in annexing her second purse in six starts this year, paid 2.00. The race was viewed by 10,044 on an afternoon that was dark at the outset but brightened a trifle as the day wore on. Mud Continued on Page Forty-Seven . 0 0 0 . 0 0 00 0 1 . 80 0 60 0 0 " . 0 0 0 - 40 0 0 0 Miss Night Best In Muddy Going — Takes Measure of Sky Jeep And Task Fleet in Feature Event at Sportsmans Park Continued from Page One runners had their first inning of the meeting due to a steady overnight rain. Grand Spice, ridden by Tommy ONeil and Demosthenes II. with Richard Lawless up, were the Daily Double duo and the combination paid 48.40. Grand Spice was the public choice in the opener and scored cleverly, while Demosthenes II.. an English -bred, led all the way in the second. with the favored Freedom First being un- placed. Potrons Support French Legion French Legion drew the most support in the third, but following a rather slow be- ginning had to be satisfied with second place, the winner being Springlike, the second choice, who was ridden by Willie Cox. French Legion, with Jessop up, was gaining at the end. The race was forj maiden three-year-olds. Springlike had started six times previously. Tuffy Doe, who had started 30 times before and had never visited the charmed circle, broke the ice in the fourth when, with Leo Jones in the saddle, he wore down Eck-Heart in the stretch. It marked the second time that Tuffy Doe had started here. Jockey Bennie Green rated Golden Apollo nicely in the fifth, and that five-year-old lasted to hold Knowable by a half length at the finish. It was the second score of the season for Golden Apollo.
