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DAN LEHANS FIRST TRIUMPH His Fern Creek Registers for Veteran OwnerBreeder at River Downs Defeats Star Una by Neck With Mammy MammyHose Hose a Close Third Bad Weather WeatherHurts Hurts Attendance CINCINNATI Ohio Oct 20 The colors of Dan Lehan veteran Kentucky owner and breeder were carried to their first victory of the meeting when Fern Creek a maiden son of Playtime and Brown Wing was a driving winner of the Walnut Hills Purse fourth event and principal offering at River Downs this afternoon Making his own pace and forced to withstand a long drive and being carried wide entering the stretch Fern Creek came to the end of the six fur ¬ I longs a neck before Star Lina the offender and Mammy Rose was third a nose back Leap Year Lady was fourth two lengths farther back backA A limit field of juveniles that had not won two races started with Star Lina an 8 to 5 hazard Cornelio Mojena had the winner in front after the first few strides with Leap Year Lady Star Lina and Mammy Rose were in striking distance leaving the upper bend where Mammy Rose was forced extremely wide Fern Creek and Star Lina drew away from the others and they battled as a team until reaching the stretch where Mammy Rose was sent to the inside During the run for home Star Lina continued to force Fern Creek out but the winner was good enought to overcome the interference and he was drawing away at the end endCOOLER COOLER WEATHER WEATHERA A big drop in the temperature cloudy skies and light showers until the program got under way was responsible for keeping the attendance down tof the minimum The showers last night left the racing strip a little sticky but after the first two races it reached its best condition Favorites again were unsuccessful Fern Creeks victory be ¬ ing the fourth for the outsiders outsidersField Field players came into their own in the fifth race at one and onesixteenth miles when Derby Dawn drove down on the out side to lead the tiring Bonnie Cain by a neck Wazayata was third three lengths back Chanceful was the favorite but he had a rough race Baby Eagle and Bonnie Cain dominated the pace to the last stages where the winner racing on the outside forged to the front to be drawing away at the end
