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ESPINOZA RIVERSIDE WINNER Son of Black Servant Earns Purse for Mrs B Johnson No Feature on Program KANSAS CITY Mo June 3 Summerlike weather prevailed today and racing at River ¬ side Park was staged under ideal conditions While the card lacked a feature wellmatched fields paraded to the post in the majority of the races and the keen contention offered to the favorites kept the crowd enthusiastic Mrs B Johnsons Espinoza dominated the face throughout in the first which was over the futurity course Ten paraded to the post and Espinoza was held at prohibitive odds TheJEngineer from the stable of H Torriente finished second with Bonnie Beau outlasting Sport for the minor share of the purse The winner was rushed into a long lead in the first half mile with The Engineer fol ¬ lowing The latter moved up fast in the last eighth and at the end had cut the win ¬ ners margin down to threequarters of a length Patricia Clare after beginning well crossed her legs while passing the judges stand and fell throwing her rider R Cochran heavily Randals Royal making his first start of the meeting was prominent in the early stages but broke down after going threeeighths and had to be eased up upThe The management in their desire to cater to the ladies announced that ladies days for the remainder of the meeting will bo Mon ¬ days Wednesdays and Fridays
