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COMBAHEE WINS AGAIN Continued from first page. during the opening five-sixteenths with Whisking and Mamas Choice indulging in a merry tussle for minor honors. After reaching the stretch, Mamas Choice steadily wore Genteel Lady down to beat her at the end. Close Call was an easy winner of the first race for lowly platers. Second went to Briny Deep, which got up in the closing strides of the six furlongs sprint to beat Sheratan by a nose. C. Mojena rushed the winner to the front during the opening quarter but it was not until reaching the stretch that he was able to draw away from Twidgets. When the latter tired Close Call rapidly extended his lead by four and one-half lengths before Briny Deep at the close. Golden Gwyn held a prominent position for three furlongs, but the others of the field of ten were never factors. Alf Abel saddled his fourth winner of the meeting when Treasury Key turned back San Lu. Erebus and seven others that met at six furlongs for the second event. After a long delay caused by the fractiousness of six of the ten starters, the field went away in order, with Meloche rushing Treasury Key to the front during the opening quarter. San Lu, which moved into second place after five-sixteenths, tired after offering a strong bid nearing the final furlongs. Erebus came from a good ways back to take minor honors, and Photography quit. Frank Gilpin, who has been very successful with the horses of E. F. Seagram and other owners during the current season, saddled another winner, this time for J. A. Chantler, when Dixie Dora triumphed over seven other three-year-olds in the third race. Over Yonder was second and Imperial Ebee third. Transit Lady, the favorite, was done after a half mile. Ridden by Charles McTague and unable to improve her position early, Dixie Dora drove down on t!ie inside of the seven others to take the lead in the last furlong of the three-quarters sprint. Once in command, she steadily increased her advantage to be a length before Over Yonder at the finish. The latter, which led the field from the start, only lasted to beat Imperial Ebee by a head for second. Aura won her fourth race this year and provided a popular score when she led Scout On, Dixie Fox and five others to the end of the fifth race, at one mile and seventy yards. Showing improvement under a change in riders, the winner drove down on the outside of the pacemaking Scout On to lead him by a length and one-half at the end.
