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LITTLE ARGO IN EASY STYLE Leads from End to End in Agawam Feature Two Dead Heats Enliven Sport. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., June 10 Little Argo, sturdy son of Happy Argo Flower Girl, found a racing strip that suited him and returned to the winning circle for the first time in over a month when he accounted for the sixth and featured Suffield Purse, an allowance affair at a mile and seventy yards which topped the program at Agawam Park today. Racing in the silks of Mrs. W. H. Denham and narrowly missing becoming favorite in the field of six, Little Argo toyed with his formidable opposition to finish the distance .two and. one-half lengths before A. Moores Black Boo, which was under top weight of 116 pounds, while Dutch Uncle, the eldest member of the party, was third vhen he led home Dancing Cloud, Miss Ginbar and Fire Prince, the only others under colors. With rain falling heavily for several minutes before the running of the fifth race, the racing strip was drenched by the deluge and over the- slippery surface Little Argo never surrendered the lead that he assumed at the first turn. With- W. G. Jackson in the saddle and carrying two pounds overweight, the Mrs. W. H. Denham horse made every post a winning one and came to the final line well in hand to mark his fifth triumph in twelve starts this year. With Little Argo safely across the finish line, Black Boo, coming along the inside, was enabled to beat Dutch Uncle by a half length. Then came Dancing Cloud two lengths farther back, to beat the wilting Miss Ginbar. The distance of a mile and seventy yards was covered in 1:47 and it was considered a good performance over the wet track. While showers and the heavy rain that swept the course just as the field paraded for the fifth race had some effect on the? entertainment, a large and encouraging crowd was out for the sport that proved exceedingly interesting. Two dead heats, one in the second race between Chief Hollis and Grandmas Boy for premier honors arid another in the fifth for second money between Lilith and Setemup enlivened the sport.
