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DNIEPER EARNS PURSE Spectacular Ride of Jockey P Rob ¬ erts factor in Triumph Yantis Finishes Length Behind BehindGoldblatt Goldblatt Performer Mistralkin MistralkinGraduates Graduates in Third LATONIA Ky June 2 Mose Goldblatt veteran turfman achieved his initial suc ¬ cess of the Latonia spring meeting here this afternoon as Dnieper came from behind under a spectacular ride from jockey Porter Roberts to account for the Mountain Laurel Class B Graded Handicap which served as the feature attraction of the eightrace pro ¬ gram The Joseph E Widener castoff was a prohibitive favorite over his five oppo ¬ nents and managed to take the measure of S G Baker Srs Yantis by the margin of a length The latter was a scant nose in front of W J Sprows Indian Head HeadIt It marked the second victory in thirteen starts this year for the son of Kiev Nerva his only previous triumph being last winter at Tropical Park However the chestnut geldings showing in the Inaugural Handi ¬ cap on opening day here was largely re ¬ sponsible for the strong support that he received receivedShouldering Shouldering the top impost of 113 pounds Dnieper exhibited a sterling performance as he was conceding from three to fourteen jjounds to his rivals and completed the mile and seventy yards distance in 142 142WHIPOWELL WHIPOWELL TAKES LEAD LEADThe The small field was dispatched after a de ¬ lay of a half minute at the starting gate and Whipowill whose forte is sprinting darted to the front followed by Indian Head and Paris Prince with Dnieper in fourth place and not far off the leaders as the clubhouse turn was rounded This order was main ¬ tained as they straightened out in the back stretch but before the halfway mark was reached Dnieper had moved into third place on the outside but just two and a half lengths from the leader leaderJockey Jockey Roberts decided to bide his time for a final spurt and at the same time save as much ground as possible though he al Continued on thirtyeighth page DNIEPER EARNS PURSE Continued from first nage lowed Yantis to come up on equal terms with Dnieper However as the stretch curve was reached Indian Head swung a trifle wide leaving a space between himself and Whipowill which was beginning to show signs of distress Quick to grasp the op ¬ portunity Roberts sent Dnieper between the pair and before the threesixteenths post was reached the Goldblatt colorbearer was In front gradually increasing his advanfage under vigorous handling to cross the tape a clear length in front frontODDSON ODDSON FAVORITE FAVORITEDniepers Dniepers supporters installed him an odds on favorite and received 7 to 10 for their investments Though the torid weather con ¬ tinued there was a marked increase in at ¬ tendance and consequently an improved mutuel handle despite the fact that small fields contested in all of the races presented presentedPrenny Prenny a brown gelded son of Wise Coun ¬ sellor Rejoice which races for the account of Glass Gano accounted for his third victory in five starts this year when the threeyearold easily showed the way to six others in the opening dash Putzen was a length in the wake of the winner at the fin ¬ ish and four lengths before Nogalo Pos ¬ sessing the most speed from the start Prenny under the guidance of Porter Roberts was on the front end throughout and could have triumphed by a greater mar ¬ gin had his rider allowed him to do so soA A nose finish enlivened the second a five furlongs affair which brought together a field of seven twoyearolds under claiming conditions with Wm E Smith of Louis ¬ ville furnishing the winner in Kitty Baker which ruled a slight favorite Sound Wave finished second and Playback was third It was a nip and tuck duel between Kitty Baker and Sound Wave from start to fin ¬ ish the latter holding a slight advantage until a few strides of the finish where he gave way to the determined challenge of the chestnut daughter of Harry Baker and Kitty Yansen YansenThe The Three Ds Stock Farm accounted for its third purse of the meeting when the brown filly Mistralkin ridden by Arthur Craig graduated from the maiden ranks in the third another at six furlongs Pay Master finished second and third place went to So Good Though Mistralkins margin of victory was two lengths the filly yas ridden out to achieve the success coming from a long way back after a slow begin ¬ ning ningWINNING WINNING 1937 DEBUT DEBUTMaking Making her initial start of the current season D M Coovers bay filly Starry Flag captured the main portion of the purse in the threequarters fourth race Lucky Star was less than a length behind the winner while Jackemma most popular with the bettors could do no better than finish third Starry Flag cut out a swift pace and it was through this means that the bay filly raced the favorite into defeat Jackemma chased the leader for five furlongs but could not keep up and Starry Flag assumed what ap ¬ peared a safe lead However Lucky Star moved up rapidly on the rail and was whit ¬ tling away the margin separating her from the lead leadMy My Blaze came through with a sparkling j effort to gain the verdict in the fifth race small but better than average field of platers met The bay gelding registered by a length over the rapidly finishing Black Buddy while Gen Greenock held on for third money Jockey Herman Schutte re ¬ strained My Blaze off the pace set by Gen Greenock until well straightened out in tho stretch However after My Blaze forged to the front he required some strong handling in order to repulse the challenge of Blade fBuddy TsaiUV A l i cl 3s
