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CHICKPEN AND CHARLES J Share Spotlight on Interesting Day of Kenilworth Sport Charles J Is Disqualified After Finishing FinishingFirst First in Opener Chickpen Makes MakesBrilliant Brilliant Showing WINDSOR Ont May 10 While there was no outstanding offering at Kenilworth ifeoday it was interesting sport that the platers provided The afternoon was marked by several outstanding incidents the chief one being the showing of the homebred filly Chickpen which triumphed in her initial appearance under colors and the other the disqualification of Charles J the first of the new season Of the seven events listed six contained the claiming clause the lone exception being the opening dash a maiden Canadianbred juvenile affair affairA A strong wind blew across the track but despite this pleasant weather prevailed The crowd continued small though the staging of each event was enthusiastically received receivedHereward Hereward a filly which races for Jewell Brothers which was ordered scratched the other day due to his unruly behavior in the paddock was in a more docile mood today and proved best of the sprinting platers that started in the fourth another dash over the threequarters distance To accomplish her score the Mars threeyearold had to stand a punishing drive to reach the end with a neck to spare over Miss M Amiraults Dis ¬ tribute Mrs R T Flippens Esperanto a recent arrival from New York was third before Mysterious Nell NellCold Cold Spill had the most early speed and showed in front leaving the stalls Here ward was racing along in second place and before the half mile post had been reached moved into command commandOn On the far turn Distribute moved into second place and made an effort to reach the leader Cold Spill tired and was drop ¬ ping back steadily Hereward raced clear after turning into the stretch where Distrib ¬ ute under punishment and on the outside gained gradually on the leader but Vercher roused the Mars gelding and he Stuck it out to score Distribute while unable to make up the necessary ground was a length and a half before Esperanto The latter lacked speed in the early stages and despite being placed under severe pressure was un ¬ able to gain enough ground to menace the first two twoThere There was a disqualification in the second race when Lloyd Gentrys Charles J after crossing the finish line a neck in advance of Hasty Belle was set back The purse was awarded Hasty Belle and Kalola moved from third into second place and Maebee which was fourth in the original placing had his number moved up to the third slot slotCharles Charles J and Kalola were the ones jto dispute the leadership while Hasty Belle was following them in the opening stages As the stretch was reached the Gentry gelding had succeeded in putting Kalola away Hasty Belle showed improved speed leaving the back stretch and apprentice Maschek chose a wide course Charles J was holding on gamely but his early efforts were taking their toll when Hasty Belle moved up on the outside It was in the final sixteenth that Young astride Charles J bumped the filly for which he was Dis ¬ qualified
