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HARD LUCK TURF TALE OF THE YEAR Cincinnati O October IK Sail tales are told by lior emen of how they could have purchased this liorse and that one for mere songs and then have them turn out to be world beaters James P Ross of Lexington has the prize hard luck tale of the year At the conclusion of the spring meeting it Lexington this year Ross started east to pur ¬ chase some racing material as he had nothing in the RossLooney stable which could win in Ken ¬ tucky Alwut this time Gifford Cochran announced i xale of twoyearolds some of which had shown fair form and others which had shown nothing Among this list was Pen Rose a filly which had won a couple of the varly spring Rices in Mary ¬ land Ross asked William Midgley trainer for the V chran utable aUiiit Pen Rose and Midgley re jdied She is just a fair sort of a filly Jim with bad feet and will not do ranch down on those Jiard tracks you have in Kentucky Out here on these soft sand tracks she is quite fleety How ¬ ever if Jou want her before the sale you can get Jiir for 1500 Koss took Midgleys dope and did not bid on the filly when put up at auction As Ien Kose has started sixteen times this year and won thirteen races Ross naturally shakes every time he picks up a form chart for fear that he will see where Ien Rose galloped down in front iigaiu
