American Ace In Another Triumph: Defeats Mario Miller and Sunny Slope With Ease. Helium Gains Another Victory., Daily Racing Form, 1920-05-26

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AMERICAN ACE N ANOTHER TRIUMPH Defeats Marie Miller and Sunny Slope With Ease Helium Gains Another Victcry LOUISVILLE KV May 2 American Act eon linucd his successes here and landed his third straight victory for the meeting by taking the tlireeipiarters handicap in which he ruled the favorite over Sunny Slope Mario Miller and Col Taylor With a display of his usual hitch speed lie soon after the start wrested the lend and held svay to tlu finish but is hackers had misgivings for he began coming wide in the stretch and it enabled the others to gain on him steadily Marie Miller succeeded in outstaying the others for sec ¬ ond place Sunny Slope heading the remainder It was Sunny Slopes first race for this season and he showed a good performance performanceSmall Small fields were again the vogue but made for inieresting sjxirt the fields in most cases being vell matched and attracting diversified support 1 ine weather brought out the usual big gathering of turf devotees devoteesFurbelow Furbelow furnished nu upset in the introductory scramble bringing together some fast threeyear old fillies Furbelow led from the start but near the end practically as she was crossing the finish she subjected Lady in Ilack to grave interference when she bolted almost across tin track As it was technically after the end of the race when the foul was committed the stewards took no ac jion Had the offense occurred even in the last twenty yards of the race it is probable that Fur ¬ below would have been disqualified disqualifiedJohnson Johnson X Camdeis Helium scored another vic ¬ tory in her usual easy style this time Sky ISlue being her victim She led from the start and was easing at the end endKrnest Krnest I and Merchant furnished nn exciting iiiil in the sixtli race and came to tho finish in the above order heads apart Kennedy rode an unusually confident race on tho winner in this thisLady Lady Madcap showed a splendid race for a first time out and led the field home in the second rcc to win by a safe margin Miss Fontaine might have given her a stout argument but for interference she suffered from soon after the start startAdditional Additional departures for Canada included the horses of W F Knebelkamp which will be shipped tomorrow to Dorval I ark for the racing near Montreal Jockey W Moore will accompany tin consignment consignmentTrainer Trainer George Itarnes made nn effort to secure jockey Unsor to ride Inited Verde in the Spring Trial Stakes which will have its decision tomor ¬ row but was unable to secure him himLady Lady Madcap which made an auspicious debut when winning the second race is one of the lowest priced ones of T C McDowells last years crop of yearlings sold at Saratoga She cost her present owner li 0 and disports herself like a crack crackJockey Jockey L Mink who came under the ban during UK Jefferson Park meeting i Ill and was re ¬ cently reinstated by the officials of the Shrews 1 nry course has been granted a license by the 1 entucky Kacing Commission and will ride for J 1 Kean


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