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CLANG QUALIFIES FOR DERBY Clark Racer Earns Right to Start in inOhio Ohio Derby Takes Thistle ThistleDown Down Feature CLEVELAND Ohio June 19 Clang from the stable of John F Clark Jr qualified for the Ohio Derby when he led at all stages of the Doan Brooke Hotel Handicap feature offering on the card at Thistle Down Park this afternoon B Hernandez Wood lander raced to second place with G Prices Dauntless Miss beating the others home homeJockey Jockey R demons had the mount on Clang and after assuming command in the first furlong he enjoyed a comfortable lead for the remainder of the mile and forty yards journey Woodlander was the popu ¬ lar choice and although hard ridden all through the stretch by jockey L Turner he could never get to the flying leader Daunt ¬ less Miss finished a length in advance of Captain Joy which was a formidable factor until six furlongs of the trip had been com ¬ pleted but he tired when the real test came cameThe The races were contested over a slow track but the weather was much improved today over yesterday likewise the attend ¬ ance The racing was formful the favorites accounting for a majority of the seven events eventsAfter After numerous promising attempts Nicks Gal left the maiden ranks when she wore down Sun Good the pacemaker through the stretch to eventually annex the initial dash rather handily The success of the Her ¬ nandez filly was popular as she was estab ¬ lished a pronounced favorite Sun Good was an easy second and Ivy Maxwell held the others safe practically throughout throughoutJockey Jockey R Klein sent My Charlotte into an easy lead while on the turn in the sec ¬ ond race and drew away decisively through the stretch which marked the second favor ¬ ite to score Blind Puss worked her way up on the outside during the run home and outlasted Susie V for the second honors honorsWhen When Veritas led all through the stretch to win the third event in a drive from Oc ¬ cult the Getz filly was the third consecutive favorite to win Occult finished safely in advance of Immutable the third horse Mere Satin was prominent to the stretch but jockey F Tice broke a stirrup leather and pulled up in the last eighth
