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DESERT CALL LOWERS RECORD Creech Racer Makes First Start of ofYear Year at Dallas and Wins in inEasy Easy Fashion DALLAS Texas May 19 The largest crowd of the meeting saw Mrs A M Creechs Desert Call triumph in the State Fair Handicap the fourth race and feature on todays card Trombone was second and Cabezo third Zorana the only other starter encountered bad racing luck and was never a contender Desert Call made a show of his opponents in winning his first race of the year and with his success went the track record of 112 112The The Creech horse ran the six furlongs in 111 In achieving his recordsmashing vic ¬ tory the fouryearold carried 116 pounds The start was delayed two minutes by Trom ¬ bone and Cabezo and when the barrier was released Desert Call was first to show with Trombone following and Cabezo third After making a few strides Zorana stumbled and nearly unseated her rider She was never able to recover and was a laggard through ¬ out outGoing Going down the back stretch Desert Call was in front by four lengths running easily with Trombone and Cabezo heads apart Turning into the stretch the Creech gelding was still running easily and holding a com ¬ manding lead with Trombone taking up the chase behind the leader Desert Call was going easily in the stretch run and his rider M Parke was easing him up in the last sixteenth sixteenthThe The weather was hot but a large crowd thoroughbly enjoyed the sport
