Different Eyes Victorious: Easily Triumphs in Feature Race at Oriental Park.; Haman Defeats Mallowmot in Spirited Stretch Struggle--Liborio Furnishes Surprise in Inaugural Contest., Daily Racing Form, 1923-02-08

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DIFFERENT EYES VICTORIOUS Easily Triumphs in Feature Race at Oriental Park Human Defeats 3Iallowmot In Spirited SpiritedStretch Stretch Struggle Liborio Famishes FamishesSurprise Surprise in Inaugural Contest HAVANA Cuba February 7 Although Different Eyes did not run as fast today as he did Sunday when he was forced to lower his colors to Perhaps he won impressively Today instead of dashing to the front as he did Sunday and setting a heartbreaking pace Different Eyes was kept under restraint while Redmon showed the way The latter showed plenty of speed but his pacemaking efforts told on him in the stretch and when Different Eyes challenged had little left to resist it As a result the horse with the peculiar optics drew clear in the last eighth to win with speed in resemre resemrePleasant Pleasant weather conditions and a fast track contributed to an afternoon of good sport sportThe The public found calculations upset in the opener when Merry Bells and Hetty W failed to run up to expectations The Coe representative ran poorly and never cut any figure in the contest Hetty W had a rough race being cut off when her rider attempted to come through on the inside at the eighth post She was taken up and finishing fast was third a half length behind Solomons Kilts The winner turned up in Liborio which in his previous start gave indication that he would shortly earn brackets This he did today leading all the way never in danger of defeat defeatT T Brothers who piloted Liborio to victory in the opener came right back and scored again in the second when he landed Wawona home first by the smallest of margins The finish in this race was a thriller First Faith ¬ ful Girl showed the way briefly then gave way to French Canadian which in turn sur ¬ rendered the lead to Pony Express the latter losing by inches to Wawona in the last stride Not until the judges decision had been an ¬ nounced was it certain which horse had won wonThe The mile of the fifth produced a sparkling contest in which Haman wrested the lead from Mallowinot after a hard stretch battle to win by a length Mallowmot set a good pace to the last eighth but could not resist the powerful closing rush of Haman which after being reserved during the early racing displayed a high order of speed when called on for the supreme effort effortAnother Another favorite to score was Breadline in the concluding dash after leading all the way and never seriously menaced


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