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IwHMMfe mL wk .11 1 1 I 1 I .. . . .... , On the Trot I By MORRIE KURLANSKY 1 Mr. Dean Crowns Himself King Pqcer Years Largest Crowd Sets Bet Mark Beissinger Back in Winning Form SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., June 21. Mr. Dean, Saunders Mills two-minute star, crowned himself king of the pacing division division here, here, respond- division division here, here, respond- responding with a mighty stretch kick to his youthful driver Jack Aldrichs energetic handling to defeat the even-money favorite B Haven and second choice Queens Adios by two lengths in Saturdays featured handicap pace. This was the the second second time tune in in a a IwHMMfe mL wk the the second second time tune in in a a row that the seven-year-old Dean Hanover stallion has taken the measure of the fastest pacers currently campaigning here and when his win time the week before over a heavy track was a very appreciable 2:05, he just missed B Havens track record of 2:02 in the return encounter with 2:03, fastest mile at this meeting. "With his brilliant showing in recent weeks, Mr. Dean was a winner at Hazel Park, too ; the strapping stallion secured himself a starting berth in the climactic 2,000 Governors Cup to be contested later in the meeting, there being no need for Saunders Mills to rely solely on Knox Hanover, last years victor of the rich prize, and Warpath, this pair at present racing with the Harry Fitzpatrick division cf the famous stable in the East. Intermittently plagued by unsoundness, Mr. Dean currently is as fit as he ever was and this is saying a lot as he possesses a mile track record of 1:58, established as a five-year-old at Hollywood Park, and there are less than 50 horses in the entire history of the sport that went a mile in 1:59 or better. As for the remaining five other starters, none of them could invoke any excuses as the race was cleanly run with no untoward incidents other than Jake Rodney breaking stride getting away, but without interfering with any of the others. Peter Vangundy, starting from the inside post position, set a moderately fast, considering the class of the field, pace for the first half, reaching the first quarter in :31 seconds and the half in 1:03, with Honors Truax in second position, Mr. Dean in the 3 -hole, followed by Queens Adios and B Haven, while Jake Rodney was a distant last. This order didnt change until the final turn although B Haven, racing on the outside, tried to get closer to the leader. Turning for home, Peter Vangundy still had a scant lead, holding on gamely, to battle it out for another sixteenth with the on-coming Mr. Dean and BHaven, while Honors Truax dropped out f contention, paying tribute to the terrific pace in the third quarter, which was raced in 29 seconds. In midstretch, Mr. Dean had a half-length advantage over B Haven and under brisk urging widened the margin to two lengths at the finish, while B Haven just managed to save second money from the fast-closing Queens Adios. Peter Vangundy a neck behind Queens Adios finished fourth, which was a fine effort for the Illinois-bred four-year-old, realizing that the second half was clocked in 59 seconds. Harold Snodgrass, able trainer-driver of a small but hard-hitting public stable, accounted for two consecutive races Saturday when the largest crowd of the current season attended, the 10,259 fans wagering 88,102, highest handle this year in Chicago. Both Snodgrass winners, McNamara,, owned by Mrs. Hettie V. Dunkin, and Hi-Los Starwa, owned by Guy McLaughlin, lowered their previous, best marks over a half-mile track. Both pacers started from the No. 1 to make it five out of seven for the rail horses Saturday. Phil Milburn, Jr. made it six in a row this week for the stable owned by him and his father when he guided Clipper Ship, a winner last Monday, to another easy triumph in a 23-24 class pace, marking the small Ensign Hanover colt in 2:09. Another colt by the Castleton Farm sire and winner of the Little Brown Jug, Dr. J. Howard Youngs Plutocrat, with Dec Stover at the reins, went an even faster trip, defeating older opponents in a classified race in 2:05, which puts him in line with the best three-year-olds at this meeting, like Blue Goose, Darn Good Pick, Selkas King, and Easy Adios. Howard Beissinger, after a slow start at May wood Park, is driving once again in the form that enabled him last year to annex driving honors at all four Chicago area meetings and improved his position as the leading reinsman here with a smashing victory behind Emmitt E. Hoffees huge black colt, Chief Go, in Saturdays nightcap, defeating such good ones as Battle Prince, Miss Abbe Cash, Ross Abbe and the disappointing Billy Wasson. Wilbur Beattie made a successful come-back with the promising three-year-old filly. Little Miss Judy, who outclassed a field of contemporaries Friday night. Wilbur was the victim of a serious spill at Maywood Park last fall and spent many months in hospitals. Hes almost fully recovered from his multiple leg and thigh fractures and had been busy training his public stable at Indianapolis before arriving here last week. Until he gets the OK from his doctor, Wilbur has engaged Al Winger to drive the stables horses here.
