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RED GO ASSERTS SUPERIORITY Encounters Little Difficulty Winning Fourth Race at Churchill Downs Beats Ripplealong a FirstTime Starter by byFour Four Lengths Mr Smith Takes TakesJuvenile Juvenile Event LOUISVILLE Ky May 14 Making his second start of the meeting John Allgeyers Red Go scored an easy victory in the fourth race a sprint of six furlongs and one of the more attractive races on todays program at Churchill Downs The fiveyearold son of Dazzle handled by the clever young appren ¬ tice Sammy Roberts engaged Ripplealong in a lively duel for the lead for fiveeighths but then the Allgeyer gelding drew away as his principal rival tired and he won by four lengths lengthsRed Red Go the betting choice ran the six furlongs in 115 over a slow track trackAlthough Although weakening badly Ripplealong saved the place while My Blaze for which there was good support finished third two lengths behind the runnerup Precursor finished fourth while Tuccia and Que Gato completed the field fieldRipplealong Ripplealong stuck right with Red Go from the outset and for a brief spell between calls showed in front but upon being straightened out in the stretch Red Go asserted his su ¬ periority and won rather as his rider pleased pleasedMy My Blaze raced wide practically all of the way or else might have offered sterner oppo ¬ sition but the others had no excuses excusesUNPLEASANT UNPLEASANT WEATHER WEATHERAlthough Although no more rain fell today skies were heavily overcast and the weather damp and chilly The condition of the racing strip improved some as the afternoon wore on and there was hope that the course might be back to near normal again for Saturdays running of the Kentucky Oaks OaksThe The adverse weather conditions being what they were a surprisingly large crowd turned out for the sport sportMr Mr Smith a Jean Valjean colt owned by J O Keene turned back five other maiden twoyearolds over four and a half furlongs in the opening dash under the energetic handling of Porter Roberts Mr Smith one of the outsiders in the betting wore down the pacemaker Tab Me in the final six ¬ teenth to score by a length Tab Me took down second money while the favorite Play ¬ back was third two lengths away Razzle Dazzle led home the others but was well back of the leaders Oddesa Helen forfeited whatever chance she might have had by run ¬ ning out badly on the turn turnFIELD FIELD HORSE WINNER WINNERA A field horse won for the first time this meeting when W C Riggs Polywhisk cou ¬ pled in the betting with Derby Dusk and Ljrma accounted for the second event in a finish so close it took a photograph to decide Polywhisk won by a nose while the runnerup and favorite Marie Jean beat Belleek a similar margin for second place Polywhisk jidden by H Chall came from a long way back in the final quarter and got up in the last stride to be acclaimed the win ¬ ner Busy Girl showed the way here to the head of the stretch and then began to give way finally finishing fifth in the field Of twelve fourth money going to Miss Adams Frank P Letelliers Fredalou made every pole a winning one in the third race a dash of four and a half furlongs for twoyearold fillies Second money went to Fine Mint hile Warring Lady was third and her sta blemate Hermana fourth as the favorite Fantine finished next after beginning slowly and running but on the turn Fredalou took the lead away from Queen Regnant right after the start and scored in rather easy fashion by two lengths She was ridden by Dee Packer Those who coupled her in the Double with Polywhisk received 34240
