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MRS. FRANCES GENTER— Our Holiday carried her colors to victory on yesterdays opening program at Balmoral. Our Our Holiday Holiday Successful Successful at at Balmoral; Balmoral; Iron Iron Liege Liege Works Works Sparkling Sparkling Mile Mile **. A f A — ■ • — - — m m o Heckmann Scores Triple at Opening Daily Double Pays ,1 41; Attendance Totals 9#380 On Damp Day; Track Muddy By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 111.. May 13.— Jockey John Heckmann got off to a good start here opening day when two of his mounts were successful in the first five races. His second victory came aboard the four-year-old Our Holiday in the fifth event. The distance was seven furlongs and Our Holiday, owned by Frances Genter and-trained by Melvin Calvert, registered by three lengths from Mighty Baker, with Sure Welcome, the favorite, being third. Our Holiday paid .20. Mighty Baker led the field in the early running, with Equipat and Our Holiday close up and Sure Welcome being outrun. Into the stretch. Our Holiday came steadily to take over and was not in danger in the last sixteenth. Mighty Baker held on well and Sure Welcome failed to threaten. Wind and Fog Mars Inaugural The Balmoral Jockey Club had very disagreeable weather for its inaugural program. A cold wind and damp fog made things uncomfortable for those exposed to the elements. Then rain began to fall following the third race. The track was deep in mud. The attendance was 9.380. The second and third races were run in fog so dense that it was impossible to see the horses until after they had passed mid-stretch. Southern Skies, winner of the second, came out of the heavy haze in third place to wear down the favored Supreme Music in the last sixteenth and complete a Daily Double that paid ,141.00. Southern Skies paid 5.20 to win and Liberty Street the first winner, paid 7.20. Jockey Heckmann scored his third success of the day in the sixth race astride Continued on Page Fifty-Two I Our Holiday Heckmanns Victor No. 2 at Balmoral Daily Double Rewards ,141; Damp Day Holds Crowd to 9,380 Continued from Page One Ezgo, an easy winner. Heskmann had Ezgo. an odds-on choice, well up in the early part of thes ix-furlong race, and the colt gained command in the stretch td score by three lnegths, although showing an inclination to bea rout. Gunman was second in the seven-horse field and Little Raven, the pacesetter, saved third. The first race was for two-year-olds at five furlongs and 12 competed, with The Verb being the favorite. The Verb was out of the money. Talent Crop being second and Ronnies Jet, third. Ronnies Jet set the pace but Liberty Street was always well up and had the most power on end. The gelding was ridden by Gilbert Hernandez. Jerry Truman was on Southern Skies in the second race. Six went to the post in the third, with Club Chance, ridden by John Heckmann, scoring with ease. This time even the sixteenth pole was obscured by the fog, but Club Champ was well in advance of the others when they came into view. He won by five lengths over Choice Double. The fog lifted somewhat for the fourth, although the colors were not distinguishable from the far trun to the stretch turn. It was a two-year-old dash of five furlongs, and Ethel-Rita, a daughter of Revoked, owned by Mrs. Harry Trotsek, was a very easy winner, with Marcet second. Ethel-Rita was making her third start in the twelve-horse field.
