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LIBERTY SCOUT ON TOP Latonia Headliner Results in Pro ¬ verbial Blanket Finish Three Ds Juvenile Beats Knee Deep Deepby by a Nose With Don Moss a aHead Head Behind Runnerup LATONIA Ky June 1 Small and medio ¬ cre grade fields engaged in all of the races on the offday program at Latonia Ihis aft ¬ ernoon and with the continued sweltering heat there was a great decline in attendance for the third day of the 1937 spring session sessionThe The Silver Grove Purse an allowance con ¬ test at five furlongs for juveniles served as the fifth and feature race and resulted in a spectacular finish with the Three Ds Stock Farms Liberty Scout gaining a nose verdict over J W Parrishs highly regarded Knee Deep at the end of the dash R L Stivers Don Moss was a rapidly finishing third and only a head behind the runnerup furnishing a blanket finish for the fans fansIt It was the second victory for Liberty Scout a son of Liberty Limited Girl Scout and by far the most impressive performance that the bay colt has exhibited during his career which extends over a period of six races racesIt It required every bit of courage that Lib ¬ erty Scout possessed to set the pace and withstand the challenge issued by Knee Deep after straightening out in the stretch for the run to the finish line Cautivo gave the Continued on thirtyeighth page LIBERTY SCOUT ON TOP Continued from first page Texasowned juvenile a strong battle for the right to set the pace during the first half mile of the sprint When he gave up the task Knee Deep moved up on the outside and took up the running Head and head Liberty Scout and Knee Deep battled it out through the final quarter and the former responded splendidly to the flailing he re ¬ ceived at the hands of jockey Arthur Craig CraigNOT NOT ENTIRELY OVERLOOKED OVERLOOKEDThough Though Knee Deep attracted the majority of support from the bettors and ruled fa ¬ vorite Liberty Scout was not entirely over ¬ looked paying 1060 for 2 in the mutuels mutuelsIn In the secondary feature a six furlongs affair styled the Mills Point Claiming Purse the Rockhome Stables Busy Lutrecia romped to an easy score defeating Pansys First by three lengths while Surveyor was a length farther back in third place Under the feathery impost of ninetyfive pounds which was made up of apprentice Dee Packer the bay daughter of Busy American Sherry proved capable of outrunning her seven rivals all the way Though Cheer Star left the starting gate first it was not long before the green and red silks of Mrs G Simone were seen in front Cheer Star gave the pacemaker a battle for the open ¬ ing quarter but from this point on Busy Lutrecia asserted her superiority and moved into a lead of two lengths as the stretch turn was reached reachedMike Mike Ayers veteran Kentucky turfman provided the winner of the opening race a five furlongs dash for maiden twoyearold fillies in Military Miss which made a show of her six opponents and showed the way throughout winning by the comfortable margin of five lengths Wise Princess fin ¬ ished second and Take On was third while the favored Miss Mars could do no better than land fifth fifthEASY EASY FOR MISS WISE WISEFollowers Followers of favorites connected in the sec ¬ ond race at six furlongs in which A L Fergusons Miss Wise proved an easy winner over seven others that faced the starter The chestnut mare was a 6 to 5 choice in the wagering and defeated Marie Jean by two and a half lengths with Noma F a neck farther back in third place Close to the pace from the start Miss Wise did not ex ¬ perience any difficulty in overhauling Noma I F after the field straightened away for the run to the wire and swiftly drew clear en ¬ abling the fiveyearold mare to have suffi ¬ cient margin to stave off any challenge from the fastfinishing Marie Jean JeanDisplaying Displaying a fine burst of speed through ¬ out the si furlongs journey ParQueen which races for H R Pardue Sons tri ¬ umphed in easy fashion in the third race which was for threeyearolds and upward for members of the claiming ranks Ada W finished second and Screen drew up in third position immediately opening a comfortable lead on her rivals ParQueen was taken under light restraint by jockey Porter Rob ¬ erts and after reaching the final furlong the bay filly moved away from Ada W which had been her closest pursuer from the start Her winning margin was three lengths lengthsAPPRENTICE APPRENTICE INJURED INJUREDApprentice Apprentice J W Red Wilson Cincinnati rider will be inactive for some time as the result of sustaining a broken collar bone when Pat C stumbled and fell with him on the stretch turn during the running of the fourth race Pat C had been racing well up among the leaders in the early stages but began dropping back and the chestnut gelding stumbled throwing the boy to the ground heavily Marvel Play ridden by Porter Roberts came from behind to take the major portion of the purse in the six furlongs affair while Abby B was a tiring second and Patsyette finished third
