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JANE VITO TRIUMPHS Captures Pleasure Ridge Claiming Purse in Fast Run Race Defeats Noajean and Fredalou Be ¬ fore Large WeekDay Crowd Dark Seeker Narrowly LOUISVILLE Ky May 11 Jane Vito recently acquired by C Trantanelli and making her first start under her new own ¬ ers colors raced four and a half furlongs within twofifths of a second of the track record to capture the Pleasure Ridge Claim ¬ i ing Purse for twoyearolds which topped todays program at Churchill Downs The chestnut daughter of Vito ran the distance in 52 over a track whose fast condition was indicated this morning by the good time made during the training period periodSecond Second to complete the dash which brought together seven juveniles was Noa ¬ jean while Fredalou was third and Don Moss fourth The winner was held at odds of a little more than 5 to 1 Genevra M be ¬ ing the offending favorite favoriteJane Jane Vito followed Noajean and Fredalou into the stretch and then outfinished them to get major honors Her winning margin was a neck while Noajean beat Fredalou a length and a half for the place placeGenevra Genevra M had no excuse for defeat She broke well but dropped back immediately and never threatened thereafter thereafterThe The program which saw a number of outsiders play prominent parts was wit ¬ nessed by another crowd of good propor ¬ tions The weather again was pleasant and the track at its best bestCLAIMING CLAIMING BACE CARD CARDWhile While the card was made up entirely of claiming races in most instances they de ¬ veloped rousing finishes and in several cases it took the official placings to deter ¬ mine the winners winnersThe The Everglade Stables Wise Dart ridden by Hilton Dabson scored a popular victory in the fifth race which engaged a better grade field of threeyearold platers The daughter of Wise Counsellor making her second start of the meeting turned back in order Kermay Beth Macaw Miss Bonnie and six others othersWise Wise Dart moved to the front on the turn and after successfully meeting a de Continued on thirtieth page JANE VITO TRIUMPHS Continued from first page termmed challenge from Kermay at the furlong post drew slightly away to score by a length and a quarter Kermay beat Beth Macaw three lengths for second money while Miss Bonnie was only a nose away in fourth position at the end endLady Lady Briar from the Shandon Farm sta ¬ ble snowing an improvement over her last performance graduated from the maiden ranks when she turned back a band of eleven other platers over six and a half furlongs in the opening race Taking the lead with a rush on the stretch turn the daughter of Sun Briar ridden by Porter Roberts continued on to score with three lengths to spare Chauvenet the favorite was second and Inflame moving up on the inside took third honors Lirma led home the others The winner paid 6240 for 2 2The The second event a race of a mile for maiden threeyearolds or older provided the Shandon Farm with an opportunity to com ¬ plete a double the threeyearold Sun Mica taking down this contest in a photograph finish Under Charles Parke Sun Mica led from shortly after the break and held on to get the decision over Attainment by a nose Dev finished third and Tobacco Buyer fourth in the field of twelve The Mayor one of the choices raced with the leaders for about five furlongs and then flattened out badly finishing far back backDark Dark Seeker winner of her last start at Arlington Downs made her first start here a triumphant one when she scored in the third race in which she defeated Geo Gable by a head Dark Seeker carried jockey Roberts to his second saddle score of the afternoon Minster was third Geo Gable cut out the pace here and hung on doggedly in the drive but was not quite equal to the winner and barely saved second place by a neck Cherokee Red second choice in the betting to the winner dropped far back right after the start and then refused to extend herself trailing the field throughout
