Omahas Largest Crowd: Sees All over Win Ak-Sar-Ben Kings Cup, Outstanding Offering of Meeting., Daily Racing Form, 1925-06-22

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OMAHAS LARGEST CROWD Sees All Over Win AkSarBen Kings Cup Outstanding Of ¬ fering of Meeting OMAHA Neb June 20 The greatest throng of racing enthusiasts that ever graced the mammoth AkSarBen Park it was esti ¬ mated that the crowd was in excess of seven thousand filed through the turnstilos today attracted by the annual running of the Ak SarBen Kings Cup a handicap at a mile and an eighth for a purse of 2000 This race mustered together a good field of long distance runners numbering seven Despite the fact that the Mrs C B Irwin standard bearers All Over and Lizettc were princi ¬ pals in a gruelling struggle Friday their owner elected to send the full strength of her racing establishment after the rich premium That she acted wisely was reflected in the result for it was All Over that vanquished his rivals winning by a length from Morn ¬ ing Cloud and Sweeptona SweeptonaThe The start was one of starter McKnights best efforts and the field swung into action on almost even terms Lizette was the first to show in front and the Irwin mare showed the way to the others around the first turn Sweeptona was the next to take command but her lead was short lived as Polvo forged to the front with a rush rounding the far turn He kept his advantage to the stretch where Morning Cloud raced to the fore Then the shout went up that the Mira Monte Stock Farm Stable mare was the winner but those that were premature in acclaiming her the winner saw their favorite defeated when All Over swept past Her on the out ¬ side to win the plaudits of the great crowd crowdAfter After the race which is the most impor ¬ tant of this meeting a bevy of California daughters the guests of C B Irwin dec ¬ orated the winning thoroughbred


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