Show It Windy City's Whirlwind Racing Season Switches Tracks Again t By Tommy Devine CHICAGO Sept 7 UP The UP-The The mad merry Jangle of the machines hummed a new record record- breaking tune today as Chicago's marathon race season switched courses again 1 I. I The The scene of activity was transferred from Washington park to Hawthorne the f fifth th stop of ofa ofa ofa a Chicago racing season that opened a continuous run of days last last April W Washington park closed its t meeting yesterday in smashing fashion as the seasons season's largest crowd fans poured 1 through the betting winI win- win I flows dows I The sum boosted Washington parks park's betting total for its Us 31 days 3 i to as compared with wagered at the track a a year ago Arlington park owned by the same same organization also held its meeting at the Washington park track and its handle for 36 26 days was the surprising total tot tor I Thus in a 67 day 67 day run the sis- sis ster Iter tracks tracks' saw upward of 40 pour through the tilli till I i r The record betting totals were handled despite a decrease of ap- ap 15 per cent in the crowds this season Transportation I tion difficulties which forced the thet t p transfer of the Arlington meet- meet z ling jing ing from its own track were belIeved be- be the cause of the decrease I tin I in attendance J A new time newall-time time all betting handle t r for a single race at a Chicago track was established on the Washington park handicap yes yes- l 1 l i when the wagering aggregated aggregated aggregated gated The previous tops w was was s established earlier this year While the betting championshIp championship championship champion ship was undisputed the running of the added handicap failed to produce a for the crown vacated by the mighty Royal Nap owned by the Lazy F ranch of Houston Texas and Movie Magnate Louis B B. Mayers Mayer's Thumbs Up raced to a dead beatIn heat beat in the lucrative mile mUe and a quarter quarter quarter ter stake The dead heat was the firstIn first firstin firstin in the year 16 history of the Washington park handicap and andone andone andone one of the few in turf annals Ina in ina ina a stake of this importance and value The official flashing of the dead heat brought a a. storm of boos from the huge holiday crowd and even the public display of the thO photo f finish ish picture failed to satisfy many in the throng Royal Nap went to the post at odds of 24 to 1 I while Thumbs Up lip was held at 9 2 third choice in the wagering Royal Nap had scored only two victories in 13 previous starts this season and earned only Thumbs Ups Up's re record ord was only a single triumph in nine earlier starts The pair each earned 25 25 for the dead heat Marriage took third place Inthe in inthe inthe the event Disappointments of the handicap were the eastern hope for division honors and the Valdina farms' farms which went to the barrier as co- co favorites at 7 to 2 2 finished fourth and eleventh in a field of 12 L 1 t ift |