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BEATS STAKE ELIGIBLES Squaw Lady Outruns Latonia Derby and Oaks Candidates Consistent Letellier Filly Not Eligible Eligiblefor for Either Feature Business BusinessShows Shows Decided Pickup LATONIA Ky June 7 Waging a coura ¬ geous stretch battle Frank P Letelliers con ¬ sistent and game bay filly Squaw Lady gained a nose decision her second in as many starts here in the Twin Oaks Purse six furlongs contest featuring this after ¬ noons eightrace program at Latonia To achieve the victory the sturdy daughter of Cherokee Catherine C defeated a mixture of Latonia Derby and Latonia Oaks eligibles but is not a candidate for either of those races racesTo To gain the verdict Squaw Lady defeated J B Respess Main Man with the Shady brook Farms Cherovan in third place at the conclusion of the six furlongs test which provided plenty of thrills for the largest weekday gathering of racing fans since the opening of the spring season Mistralkin Gin Daisy and Jay Bee Jay followed the leading trio past the wire in the order named namedCREDITABLE CREDITABLE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCEIt It was a creditable performance that Squaw Lady displayed and conclusively demonstrated the gameness of the rather small filly for it required a stouthearted effort to overtake the fleet Main Man which had been the pacemaker from the start and held on much better than has been his wont to in his previous outings this year yearThough Though never far out of contention and saving ground to the stretch turn Squaw Lady was within striking distance of Main Man and Cherovan when the final quarter was reached It was at this point that apprentice Dee Packer decided to take to the outside to avoid interference and though he lost some ground on the turn for home with the filly she proved capable of over ¬ coming this thisAs As they straightened out for the finish Squaw Lady went about her task of first disposing of Cherovan and then set sail for the Respess color bearer catching him within the last sixteenth of the journey and wearing him down in a thrilling drive driveDespite Despite the fact that Squaw Lady defeated a select field of rivals in her previous effort under somewhat the same conditions as pre ¬ vailed this afternoon she was not strongly backed returning odds of 4 to 1 Continued on thirtyeighth page BEATS STAKE EUGIBLES Continued from first page The secondary feature of the attractive program brought together eight threeyear olds for a six furlongs test in the June Time Claiming Purse in which E A Bischoffs Midas an eligible for the Latonia Derby came from behind to easily gain the deci ¬ sion over Busy Lutrecia and John Allen AllenUnable Unable to keep up with the fast pace set by Chanting for the first half mile Midas gained rapidly thereafter and forging to the front in the last sixteenth quickly drew into the clear being across the finish line with two lengths to spare spareThe The chestnut colt displayed good form and the ease with which he scored is likely to prompt his owner to start him in the 15000 added Derby though he was not regarded as a likely starter prior to his success this afternoon afternoonDisplaying Displaying his best form Rettef accounted for an easy victory in the opening race of the day a dash of six furlongs in which nine contested The sixyearold gelding scored by the margin of two lengths over Robert S while Gold Thorn drew down third money Apprentice W L Johnson was astride Rettef and getting his mount away with the lead ¬ ers overtook Captain Henry approaching the final quarter and swiftly took command commandPLAYDIS PLAYDIS GRADUATES GRADUATESPlay Play Dis brown filly racing in the colors of the Enza Vita Stable and a rank outsider graduated from the ranks of nonwinners in the second race a dash of five furlongs for maiden twoyearold fillies The brown daughter of Display rewarded her backers with 7540 for each 2 straight and came from behind to register by a length and a half over Masked Plane Wise Princess vas third Fair and Masked Plane coupled as the Mrs A L Taylor entry alternated at setting the pace until the last seventy yards where Play Dis collared Masked Plane and swiftly forged to the lead leadMose Mose Goldblatts Black Buddy came from behind to triumph in the third event another threequarters affair to give the favorite fol ¬ lowers their initial score of the day It re ¬ quired the best that the black gelding had to defeat Mature by a head while Marie Jean was three lengths farther back in third place Though Black Buddy was unable to keep up with the leaders the first part the sixyearold son of Bud Lerner moved up rapidly in the final quarter and engaged in a nipandtuck duel with Mature which had replaced Novette as the pacemaker after straightening out for the wire wireGENEVRA GENEVRA M BY HEAD HEADAnother Another close finish resulted in the fourth which was captured by J W Parrishs Genevra M by the scant margin of a head over Sound Wave following a dingdong battle through the stretch Barbara S the favorite in the field of eight juveniles fin ¬ ished third Sound Wave was hustled into the lead soon after the start closely fol ¬ lowed by Cautivo and Barbara S while the ultimate winner was unable to keep up to the stretch turn However jockey Porter Roberts found an opening and sent the Per ¬ centage filly through and after they straight ¬ ened out it was a threecornered duel be ¬ tween Genevra M Sound Wave and Bar ¬ bara Sf the latter tiring in the last six ¬ teenth
