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WINOOKA LOSES BY NOSE Australian Star Succumbs to Ebony Ladys Stretch Challenge Dartle Third in Antipodes Purse at atChurchill Churchill Downs Close Finish FinishThrills Thrills Spectators LOUISVILLE Ky May 16 In a great J finish possibly the most thrilling of the en ¬ 1 tire meeting Ebony Lady scored a sensa ¬ tional and surprising victory over Winooka Australian sprint champion and record holder as the speedster from the land of the kangaroo opened his second American cam ¬ paign in the Antipodes Purse at Churchill Downs this afternoon A nose and a very small one entitled the Rookwood Farm Stable filly to her victory with the out lander defeating the Everglade Stables threeyearold Dartle by a neck for second place The two others Cactus Rose and Open Hearth were never in the contest All three of the leaders reached the front at stages of the threequarters which the win ¬ ner negotiated on a dull slow track in the fine time of 113 113After After forcing Dartles fast pace to the stretch the Australian worked his way to the front and though holding on tenaciously under a good ride at the hands of Lee Humphries the first American jockey to ride the big son of Windbag and Kanooka succumbed to the winners challenge within a stride of the finish finishCharles Charles Corbett astride the winner bided his time and when called upon in the stretch the good daughter of Flying Ebony came through with a game response responseAfter After reaching the final threesixteenths she moved up gradually and driving down on the outside of the leaders dropped her nose in front in the nick of time timeThough Though he sWerved to the inside where the track was less firm after reaching the last furlong Dartle held on with bulldog courage and his finish after having set a swift pace clearly demonstrated his courage Cactus Rose and Open Hearth might as well have remained in their barns barnsThe The victory of the Rookwood Farm filly the second of the day for that establish ¬ ment which is maintained by Jack How ¬ ard stunned one of the larger weekday crowds of the meeting She was next to the longest priced starter Cactus Rose paying 3780 for 2 Winooka was the choice at the prohibitive odds of 1 ta 2 and Dartle came next nextAlthough Although dropping ten pounds below the scale all carried their weight Ebony Lady shouldering 115 pounds to 122 for Winooka with 109 on Dartle DartleThe The Rookwood Farms Little Cynic vic ¬ tim of the only disqualification of the meet ¬ ing got home in front of six other maiden twoyearolds in the first race for which the Cynic gelding was held at one to two Charles Corbett did some clever maneuver ¬ ing to have the winner clear before going a furlong and sprinting far away from the others entering the stretch came on to win by five lengths Athenette always the chief threat was three lengths before Johnny O which accountd for third at the end Continued on twentysixth page WINOOKA LOSES BY NOSE Continued from first page Suited by the soft track Star Bud three yearold Brilliant gelding that races for Mrs R T Runnels sprinted to a decisive score over Strait Jacket Smear and four others in the threequarters second race After being allowed to settle Into stride the winner proceeded to a contending position approach ¬ ing the turn and overtaking Strait Jacket in the stretch pulled away to win by two and onehalf lengths Holding on well Strait Jacket withstood the belated rush of Smear long enough to retain second with Norman D a retiring fourth fourthRoscoe Roscoe Goose furnished his first winner of the meeting when his own Pokeaway a son of Busy American and Vase finished in front in the fivefurlong third race for maiden twoyearolds He led throughout and won by the comfortable margin of two and onehalf lengths Solette the Sun Flag filly which encountered much adverse luck in her previous start and went to the post favorite was second well before Too Busy and Kitty OConnell the pair which fought it out to a nose finish for third awarded to the former Eight started startedAnother Another shortpriced choice finished in front when Sister Zoe winner of more than thirty races in major competition turned back a small field in the fourth race This was decided over six furlongs and the win ¬ ner ridden by G Fowler in the Four Oaks Stock Farm colors scored decisively with Occult second and Polas Flag leading the others to finish in third place placeFor For a quarter Polas Flag raced with the winner but once the veteran daughter of Paul Weidel drew clear of the Chappel filly it was all over but the shouting and there was plenty of it as the winner paid but 11 to 10 10Albert Albert Sabaths sky blue and pink colors were carried to another victory when the hunting filly Heiress gained her second victory of the meeting by accounting for the fifth race in which Chief Bunting Our Rose Amscray Potterton and Kathryn Wattle opposed her herOvercoming Overcoming interference sustained at the start where Potterton bumped into her as a result of the repeated swerving of Chief Bunting and Our Rose and forced to follow a zigzag course through the stretch the wellbacked Sabath filly clearly demon ¬ strated her superiority by getting up to win by a length and a half Chief Bunting de ¬ feated Our Rose by six lengths for sec ¬ ond honors
