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GAFFNEY SCORES AT AKRON Cooper Racer Outstays Turnberry TurnberryAfter After Hard Stretch Drive Drivefor for Howe Hotel Purse AKRON Ohio May 13 Showing the way throughout R Coopers Gaffney captured the Howe Hotel Purse the sixth and feature at ¬ traction of the Ladies day card at North ¬ ampton Park this afternoon Jockey H Gib ¬ son who piloted the winner had him doing his best in the final stages however to hold a small margin over Turnberry From a slow beginning Huon Pine raced into third place when Rest Hour tired in the stretch Foreman could never get up and prefers a longer distance distanceFavorable Favorable weather conditions prevailed to ¬ day and the attendance showed decided im ¬ provement Close and exciting stretch strug ¬ gles came with the running of many of the races racesTufli Tufli was an easy winner of the first race but it was not truly run Walking Home when in the lead carried Anne Minor ex ¬ tremely wide on the stretch turn This en ¬ abled Tufli to save much ground which was responsible for her success successTaking Taking command at once Sea Crest was never headed in the running of the second race He was doing his best at the end however to retain a length advantage over the fastfinishing White Caps CapsIt It was only after a stirring stretch struggle that Freemason got up to defeat Hughes Graham in the final strides of the third race Hughes Graham set the early pace and ap ¬ peared an easy winner when entering the Ktrctch Finishing with a rush on the outside in the final eighth of the fourth race Fair Trial eventually won going away from Pen ¬ tecosts Last and Radical Purple Image and Merry the early leaders both quit badly in the final drive driveShowing Showing the way throughout Grapcstone scored a handy victory in the fifth race Li erty National held Nero ife for sec ¬ ond place in the stretch drive after Subtle tired The others were outrun outrunJockey Jockey S Kirk wis suspended by starter Harris for disobedience while at the post for the second race
