The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-16
CLASH BETWEEN
FREEMAN STARS
THRILLING EVENT
Mission Boy Outgamed in
Stretch Drive; Jump
ing Race Feature

The peerless Mission Boy,
premier racing greyhound of
The world, was cleanly raced
to defeat yesterday afternoon
at Mid-Continent park by his
brilliant kennelmate, Shook
um, in one of the prettiest
contests ever witnessed at the
local course.
crowd Dcfics Weather.
DessIte the icy north wind that
nddeuly swept down one of the best
Arowds of the winter meeting turned
jh to see the two champions in
1eir trial for supremacy, and those
Drawing the elements certainly were
repaid
Il was Skookum's race from the
first jump to the last OF the quarter
mile event. Skookum broke first
from the cage and made every post
A winner lie outgamed Mission
Boy on The back stretch when the
Msn-O- War OF dogdom made n
great challenge for the lead. and
then again proved the stronger by
retaining his slight advantage
through the homestretch despite the
flying Mission Boys noble attempt
10 20 tu the front. Skookum was
forced to travel tho quarter Of "A
mile az a terrific pace TO win. the
tine being % As, just two-fif:hs Of
a second slower than the worlds
record. which itself was set by
skookum at the meeting here last
spring.
SkoOlum Wlthstands Challenge.
4 The match race was thrilling
Battle 10 watch. Never was there
At length or two of daylight be-
tween the two dogs Skookum, a
lightning breaker, plunged from the
cage a length ahead of his fast
breaking rival and was about two
lengths in front as they entered 'hc
backstretch after the first turn. Then
Mission Boy moved up and It looked
as II he would overhaul the skim
ming leader. As they tore toward
the finish line II was impossible to
tell which would win, so close to-
gether were they and so fast did
they travel. Skookum could not
shake Mission Boy off. but neither
could Mission Boy pass the leader.
And so they went under the wire
with Skookum still leading by about
three-quarters OF length.
Many of Mission Boys supporters
still are not convinced that Skookum
is the better dog. They coQtend .hat
skookum having the inside position
at the start with the advantage of
being on the rail, was all that en-
abled him to win. Certainly the DIFF
ference between the two dogs was
so little that another race between
them would be welcomed by the
fans.
Step Ahead Sets New Record.
One thing pleased the spectators
immensely. Both dogs were in per-
feet form and performed at top
speed. II was much better contest
to watch than If one had made a
runaway race out of 1t. l.. Il. Free
man, who owns both stars, certainly
had the pair Of them on edge.
The Skookum- Mission Boy affair
was not the only exciting number on
yesterdays program. sep Ahead.
who last Sunday set n new worlds
record in the hurdles by negotiating
the quarter mile course over four
jumps III 81 ~ htNOlluHt ~ bh' AAA'
own record by clipping a fifth of a
second off the new record.
Step Ahead's beautiful clearing Of
the hurdles was something well
worth watching He picked up sew
eral lengths at each hurdle, his easy
graceful leaps dis,ancing the other
contenders His margin over the
second dog at the finish, Cyclone
star was 20 lengths.
The days marathon" event at
three-eighths Of mile. in which
seven dogs contested, went to Col
lars, though the diminutive Creole
Sue, who was beaten but a head by
the winner, undoubtedly was the best
dog in the race. Creole Sue jumped
into nice lead at the start, and
then fell far back during jam on
the second turn, but came with a
great rush in the last eighth and al
most won.
Peerless Hare won nice race
nom Quaker BOY in the second on
the program, his margin being but
a neck.
Today's program contains six we'll
balanced races. the feature Of which
VIII be a -sixteenths event with
Narlock Second. Killarney Lad,
Flirting Boy Behave Yourself Mid