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PINKOLA RUNS FAST MILE CUTS WING TINGS RECORD DOWN AFTER OVERCOMING REPEATED INTERFERENCE Percy Groen Wins the Steeplechase and Gives His Backers an Opulent Dividend in tho Mutuels Jack Atkins Success Pleases i Louisville Ky May 13 W H Fizers PInkola demonstrated today in the third race that under light weight he is one of the best racers in the west by running a mile in 1S and reducing the former track record by onefifth established last year by Wing Ting Not alone was his performance meri ¬ torious from a time standpoint but the interference he was subjected to by Robinsons foul tactics ou Bottles would have discouraged a more seasoned campaigner In the first half he was badly out ¬ paced but gained rapidly in tin next furlong and was about to pass Bottles and set sail for Bal bus the leader when Robinson deliberately pulled Bottles over and almost threw Pinkola The latter was a long time in recovering from the foul en ¬ abling Lotus Eater to move into strong contention and wrest the lead from Balbus On the stretch turn Pinkola again suffered when Robinson crowded over and forced him back He then went wide Into the stretch and coming with an electric burst of speed wore Lotus Katcr down in the last sixteenth and won going away Bottles wore Balbus down in the stretch for third place but was disqualified for fouling Pinkola Balbus gaining the short end of the purse The officials also fined Robinson 50 for foul riding ridingAnother Another big attendance was on hand and witnessed some excellent racing The steeplechase over the short course resulted in a big surprise by Percy Greens victory His was a record paying mutnel those lucky enough to hold straight winning tickets were paid tifCCO for each 5 invested Place tickets on him were redeemed at the rate of 22540 As a contest the race was spectacular all of the ten starters going the course without mishaps Percy Green was always in close pursuit of the lead ¬ ers and wearing them down at the last obstacle outstayed Gait and Charfield In the stretcli run runAnother Another track record was broken in the closing race when Water Cooler set the mark at 200i Water Cooler and Tivollni fought It out desperately throughout the stretch and the former just landed the purse purseIcarla Icarla was the opening surprise when she beat fcwclve other maidens at a half mile She was the most favored at the start which enabled her to win rather handily from Malecon and Miss Crittenden CrittendenApache Apache proved best of a fair band of sprinters in the second race for which E T Sliipp was most fancied The latter failed to finish in the money and has probably gone stale from his hard southern campaign campaignCassowary Cassowary and Romp fought it out in the fifth and finished In that order Several of the starters acted green at tho post and had scant chance after the start startJockey Jockey T Taylor and E Martin were each fined 25 by the starter for disobedience at the post postThe The news of Jack Atkins victory In the Metro ¬ politan was well received by horsemen The Schrei ¬ bcr horse is considered one of the best in the coun ¬ try and his performance of carrying 128 pounds to victory justifies the l elief eliefGeorge George Ilamm who was restored to favor this morning will reenter the service of William Gerst and probably bo given a string of racers to be cam ¬ paigned at Canadian tracks Dave Barnes was among todays visitors He had nothing to say regarding the racing situation In New Orleans
