Captain Macs Fast Race: Vanquishes Best Pal and Jack Hare Jr. in Latonias Feature.; Track Is Improving Rapidly and Should Be at Its Best for the Last Day., Daily Racing Form, 1920-07-10

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CAPTAIN MAGS FAST RACE Vanquishes Best Pal and Jack Hare Jr In Latonias Feature Track Is Improving Rapidly and andShould Should Be at Its Best for forthe the Last Day BY T L DEMPSEY DEMPSEYLATONIA LATONIA Ky July 9 C W Clarks recent acquisition Captain Mae ilcnionstrntcil super qualities this afternoon anil took rank with the rack threeyearolds liy conceding niucli weight to nil tliu others starting in the mile and a six ¬ teenth purse of 2400 and winning from Best 1al with Jack Hare Jr following closely in the wake f the pair The time 145 marked an ex ¬ cellent race from a time standpoint as the track was not in its fastest condition conditionWhin Whin who had the mount on Captain Mac rode him in confident style and kept him under hard restraint for threequarters unmindful of how far tlfe leaders were in advance Just before reaching the stretch turn he called on Captain Mac The cult responded witli a rush and ranged alongside of Host Pal the pacemaker iu a flash and the last sixteenth found the Clark colt drawing clear steadily Uest Pal under hard riding just man ¬ aged to last it out for second place but in a few strides more would have been overhauled by Jack Hare Jr JrThreatening Threatening weather was iigain present this aft ¬ ernoon and for the earlier period of the racing the track was dull but constant work on it by the huge track force gradually caused it to improve and the two feature races were run iu fast time + War Garden started the public off well by ac ¬ counting for the opener in easy style andSir Thomas Keun also extensively backed had no dif ¬ ficulty in the second race I ady Mountjoy and Thinker had the call iu the third and they came to the finish iu that order orderClintonviIle ClintonviIle was considered best in the fourth ruck and proved it for she outstayed lUue Para ¬ dise and Koii Jour after a hard drive drivePat Pat Dunne added Plato to his string this after ¬ noon by private purchase purchaseON ON THE WAY TO WINDSOR WINDSORThe The exodus from here began in earnest this after ¬ noon when a special carried away an extensive ag ¬ gregation of horses owned by Uallaher Itros J B Respess C II Knebelkamp J S Ownbey J J Troxler A L Kirby S M Henderson and G L Blackford The horses went to Windsor Another consignment for the same point will leave here Sunday Charles F Price will again officiate at Windsor and will leave for that point immediately after the close of racing here His plans for the summer are still in the making Andrew G Leonard who has also been serving in the stewards stand will return to his home in Lexington and later go to Saratoga for a stay there during August while the racing is on onSam Sam C Nuckols Jr the third inombpr f t stewards stand contemplates an automobile tour with some of the Canadian cities as his onjcctivc Starter Dade will go to New York for a brief visit and later on return to Ills home in Henderson Ky and remain there until the resumption of Kentucky racing Will Shelley will go to his home in Louisville until time to inaugurate his work lit Lexington Resident manager Harry F Brie vogel will remain at Latunia luring the sumer and general manager Matt J Whin leaves for New York Monday later returning to Kentucky before going to Saratoga where he will stay the latter part of August AugustOlcndoveer Olcndoveer came out of her race yesterday in worse condition than was expected She incurred a bad gash over her good eye and was skinned up profusely Her experience in the lake left her exhausted exhaustedSeveral Several of the J H Elwell horses will be of ¬ fered for sale tomorrow by auction provided that trainer Lloyd Gentry can secure the necessary per ¬ mission from the administrator The others will be shipped to Saratoga next Tuesday


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