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DINAINS NEW TRACK RECORD Hangs Up New Mark for Six and a Half Furlongs at Shreveport Scores by Comfortable Margin Over Agog Agogand and FhrixUs Whisk Cole Romps RompsHome Home In Front 1 SHREVEPORT La Oct 26 Displaying a sparkling burst of speed Louis Sierras I foreignbred gelding Dinain accounted for his second straight victory of the current State Jockey Club meeting and in doing so established a new track record for six and a half furlongs when the son of International II Miss Dinah traversed the distance in 120 to defeat Agog by the comfortable margin of five lengths Phrixus finished third thirdBreaking Breaking swiftly Dinain cut out the run ¬ ning for the entire journey and after dis ¬ posing of Agog In the first three furlongs the Sierra colorbearer added to his advan ¬ tage steadily never leaving the result In doubt doubtDinains Dinains score proved quite popular with the spectators as the speculativelyinclined patrons made the gelding an evenmoney choice in the wagering Apprentice J Al ¬ fonso had the mount on Dinain and rushed him away from the barrier from the outside position where he was placed for the start and never relinquished the lead at any stage of the dash dashSummerlike Summerlike weather and a fast track pre ¬ vailed for the presentation of the sevenrace program which was headed by the East Texas Claiming Purse which occupied fifth position and brought out a field of eight to match strides over the mile and seventy yards route routeSMALL SMALL DAILY DOUBLE DOUBLEThe The Daily Double combination of Whisk Cole and Dinain was worth 10 for those who held the winning combination A L Hunt saddled his second winner of i the day when Little Mistake accounted for the East Texas Claiming Purse which occu I pied fifth position and served as the prin j cipal attraction The fouryearold brown I filly defeated Hurry Hawk by the margin i i of a head after a dingdong stretch duel and i Waygood Lad garnered the third portion j jOf the purse Apprentice Johnny Conroy I rushed Little Mistake into the lead soon I after the field was sent on its way but was under strong pressure to hold a slight ad j vantage over Rpckmelian After drawing j j clear of Rockmelian Hurry Hawk moved up on the outside and made a determined bid for the lead but was not good enough The winner paid 2360 2360A A L Hunts threeyearold brown gelding Whisk Cole proved best of the eight starters which went postward in the opening dash of about five furlongs when the son of Mr Whiskline Evelan Cole defeated Lous Prince by a length margin in a driving fin ¬ ish while He Devil the favorite landed j the third portion of the purse Whisk Cole j moved into the lead soon after the field was dispatched but was hard pressed by He i ner was well supported being the second 2 straight wagers in the mutucls I Apprentice Harry Fryrear piloted the first winner of his career on a recognized race track when he brought W Browns Wonder I Run from behind in the stretch to gain a j 1 head victory over Sweet Manners in the third Water Play finished third in the field of nine that accepted the issue Sweet Man ¬ ners opened up a big lead in the first quar ¬ ter and set a swift pace but tired when challenged in the last sixteenth The winner was overlooked in the wagering and paid 27 for 2 straight tickets ticketsTaking Taking commnad after going threeeighths J W Tillers Alkali was returned an easy winner in the fourth affair which was de ¬ cided over a distance of about five furlongs and held his rivals safe Philtrix finished second two and onehalf lengths in the wake of the winner while Jack Howe accounted for third money Alkali overhauled Jack Howe when straightened out on the back stretch and drew into a safe lead steadily adding to his margin as the race progressed The winner was not strongly supported and as a result paid 1680 for 2
