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Nashua Nashua Will Will Not Not Be Be Sent Sent to to Coast; Coast; Coded Coded Message Message Lasts Lasts for for Nose Nose Win Win Pasatsempos Bid Comes Too Late Parnell Racers Early Lead -Stands Him in Good Stead in Drive in Balmoral Mile Test By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 111., June 13. — Coded Message, an outsider with the veteran jockey -Anthony Skoronski in the saddle, beat the odds-on favorite, Pasatiempo, with Johnny Adams up, in the sixth and best race here this afternoon. Coded Message, racing for J. Frank Parnell, obtained a bulge of three lengths after going a quarter mile of the one mile distance, while Pasatiempo was lagging and although the latter finished well, he was unable to make it. Third money in the. six-horse field went to Gin Tonic. The race, known as the Lightspur, marked the fourth start for Coded Message at this meeting and was his second success. He paid 4.60. Direct Tint Makes Pace Direct Tint, ridden by Don Scurlock, went out to make the pace, but Coded Message caught "him nearing the far turn and opened up a good lead. The eventual winner turned for home with a neat advantage, and Skoronski kept him on the rail. Meanwhile, Pasatiempo, who had tailed in the first half mile, had lost considerable ground on the" stretch turn. In the final furlong, Pasatiempo bore down on Coded Message and Skoronski was required to exert all his finishing ability to land his charge in front. It was another dismal day at Washington Park, cool and drizzling, and the attendance was reduced to just about a Monday minimum, being 8,989. The track was very heavy. Favorites did not fare very well in the difficult going in the early races and, as a Continued on Page Fifty-Two ■ 4 PHIL G. JOHNSON— Saddled two win- ners on yesterdays Balmoral program at Washington Park, Saratoga Pete in the second and Bobtag in the seventh. J . Coded Message Lasts to Gain Nose Score in Balmoral Event Continued from Page One consequence, some good prices were posted on the winners. The Daily Double paid 63.20 when Annjowett won the opener and Saratoga Pete took the second. Each jwas scoring for the first time. Annjowett, ridden by apprentice Milton Dalgo, trimmed Many Faults, the public choice, by a good margin, while Saratoga Pete was up in time to best the favored Bon Zevial, who had taken . an eight-length lead nearing the stretch turn. Al Popara rode Saratoga PetQ. Sunny Luck, a two-year-old gelding from the Buddah Stable, won at the very first asking when he registered an easy score in the third. Jockey Steve Brooks came down next to the rail in the stretch with the Son nf Channe — Rnval Queen ereldintr. Hv Apache, the favorite, was unplaced in the five-furlong event. Demosthenes H., who has been tiring • rather badly in recent races, went all the way in the fourth race to hold Head for Home, the favorite, by a neck at the finish. William Carstens rode the winner, who raced in the interests of Wallafce Strong in the six-furlong dash. A field of seven went one mile in the fifth, and Bad Margie, winner of seven races this year and running for a new owner, was the most heavily supported. She could do no better than be second back of Stroller, who won by five lengths under the guidance of jockey Layton Risley. Bad Margie finished 10 lengths in front of Asking, the third horse.
