view raw text
LATOMA CSOICES DISAPPOINT Star Bud Finishes First in Dudley Road Claiming Purse Vitamin B Again Falls After Being Installed InstalledFavorite Favorite Downpour Just Before BeforeFirst First Post Time LATONIA Ky June 18 Star Bud per ¬ forming under the colors of Mrs R T Run ¬ nels accounted for the Dudley Road Claim ¬ ing Purse the stellar attraction on a splen ¬ did offday program The gelded son of Bril ¬ liant finding the track to his liking led home five others that started over the one mile and onesixteenth distance He drove to the end half a length before A L Fer ¬ gusons disappointing Vitamin B which again failed after being installed a popular choice In third place four lengths farther back came Mose Goldblatts Gilbert Elston to outfinish Charlie Jr Jawapa and Bril ¬ liant Rose which made up the field of six sixThe The winner under a clever ride by the veteran Willie Garner who was riding his second winner of the afternoon raced in close pursuit of the early pace As the field straightened out for the run to the stand Garner sent Star Bud up to Gilbert Elston with a rush After a brief duel he supplanted the Goldblatt entry as pacemaker and appeared to have a comfortable margin However Vitamin B which had lagged along until approaching the stretch con ¬ tinued with his charge which he began at that point and carrying on with such be ¬ lated speed came within half a length of overhauling the winner which was tiring badly in the final stagey stageyThe The first two were a good distance In front of the others which were well strung out through the stretch stretchAbout About the time fans were ready to come to the track a heavy downpour fell but soon subsided Naturally it had some ef ¬ fect on the attendance which however was of good proportions considering the threat ¬ ening weather The track again was muddy and the judgment of the players was not sustained as strongly as on Monday for there was but one choice to make good out of the first six races racesThe The locally owned Our Sammy earned his first purse in nearly a year when he proved best of eight other inferior sprinters which raced threequarters in the opening race The winner was given a faultless and strong ride by the Cuban Fernando Fernandez and his handling of the winner was really the deciding factor in the result Exponent quoted at 3 to 1 on the approximate odds board caused some amazement among the players when the payoff was 1880 to place and 600 to show Semester gave an im ¬ proved performance to garner the third award awardMaidens Maidens three years old and over met in the second which resulted in a rousing fin ¬ ish with Buddie Treacy outgaming Black Warwick to get the decision by half a length Mose Goldblatts Mukluk came to the end in third place The winner had to be best to gain his conquest for Black Warwick impeded him repeatedly during the stretch run when he bore out badly Boston Sound one that was well played failed to be a factor after the opening quarter while Pawn Ticket stumbled at the start and unseated jockey T Vercher VercherThere There was a delay of fifteen minutes at the post occasioned when Master Beau broke through after the horses were lined up in the third race He injured apprentice A Fernandez knee to such an extent that the youngster was forced to cancel his mounts for the remainder of the afternoon Jake Blieden was the winner here He raced forwardly throughout and after taking com ¬ mand approaching the stretch won there ¬ after Grenadier finished second while Miss Toro was third The highly regarded Hidden Dust was far back giving a rather dismal performance performanceAnother Another accident marred the running of the fourth race when Mrs W Crumps Myriad which was racing close to the pace hit a hole approaching the stretch stum ¬ bled and fell About the time of the acci ¬ dent Lady Thirteen was setting the pace but yielded the lead to Biddy which moved up with a rush on the outside The latter drew away to a decisive margin after taking command but near the final eighth she showed signs of tiring and was no match for Runamuck when he challenged After going to the front Runamuck drew away fast and finished with four lengths to spare while Biddy had an easy time holding Lady Thirteen to gain second place Novette which came in for considerable support gave a dismal performance Jockey L Hale who was astride Myriad was taken from the track in an unconscious condition conditionAfter After a hurried examination at the track hospital the track physician found jockey Leonard Hale had sustained a badly bruised neck The boy was sent to St Elizabeth Hospital for further examination
