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HEELFLY WINS HANDICAP Qualifies in Impressive Fashion for 15000 Latonia Derby DerbyDellor Dellor Second and Dnieper Third in inCovingtons Covingtons Inaugural Offering Deliberator Fails Backers LATONIA Ky May 29 With more than 10000 enthusiastic adherents of the thor ¬ oughbred sport in attendance for the inaug ¬ uration of Latonias thirtyseven day spring meeting this afternoon the Three Ds Stock Farms handsome brown colt Heelfly quali ¬ fied in impressive fashion for his coming engagement in the 15000 added Latonia Derby by accounting for the Inaugural Handicap in which he soundly trounced twelve rivals The son of Royal Ford Can fli came from far back to defeat J W Par rishs Dellor another Latonia Derby hopeful while Mose Goldblatts Dnieper finished third with the Rosedale Stables Bandalore in fourth place placeIt It was a most impressive triumph that Heelfly achieved for in addition to having been forced to break from outside the stalls and getting away none too fast the son of Royal Ford was obliged to come from far out of it to reach a contending position However from the head of the stretch to the finish line Heelfly did just what his name implies impliesCRAIGS CRAIGS SMART MOVE MOVEJockey Jockey Arthur Craig who had the mount on the Three Ds Stock Farm color bearer decided to take his charge up on the outside to avoid interference when making his run This proved a smart move for when Heelfly did make his bid he passed horses with every stride drawing away in the final sixteenth to hold an advantage of three lengths at the end of the mile and a six ¬ teenth journey journeyFollowing Following a delay of several minutes due to the fractiousness of Indian Head Heelfly Bandalore and Midas the field was dis ¬ patched in good alignment Dashwood from his position next to the inner rail was capable of outrunning his opposition to the first turn Live One and Dnieper were in close attendance attendanceAs As the half mark was reached Dnieper forged to the front with Live One second and Dashwood third Heelfly was in ninth Continued on thirtyeighth page HEELFLYWINS HANDICAP HANDICAPContinued Continued from first page position but steadily worked his way into contention contentionSPURT SPURT BRINGS VICTORY VICTORYAs As the final quarter was approached Heel fly was in seventh place but not more than four lengths separated the Texasowned threeyearold from the leader which hap ¬ pened to be Dnieper It was from this point that Heelfly made the spurt that was to bring victory and recognition as a strong contender for the Latonia Derby DerbyHeelfly Heelfly received the bulk of support pay ¬ ing 580 for 2 straight and enriched the Waggoner Brothers to the extent of 1625 1625Again Again the spectators were treated to a bloodtingling stretch duel in the Highland Stock Farm Purse a six furlongs dash serv ¬ ing as secondary feature of the bill but on this occasion the hopes of the students of form were dashed as F P Letelliers stretch running threeyearold Southland Beau got up in time to register a nose decision over Deliberator The latter had been backed into oddson favoritism in a field of seven contestants Compensatory closed strongly to take the third share of the pot potFIRST FIRST DISQUALIFICATION DISQUALIFICATIONA A close finish and the first disqualifica ¬ tion of the season enlivened matters in the third race which involved the Daily Double and kept the holders of the com ¬ bination tickets breathless while the photo ¬ graph was scrutinized Putzen was adjudged the winner but Super Luck which had fin ¬ ished second was placed last and Geo Gable awarded second place while Minster which was fourth got third money Super Luck was the pacemaker until the last few strides when Putzen despite being impeded as he forced his way through between Super Luck iand Geo Gable managed to get up in tune to get the decision i ns j
