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FAVORITES HAVE ROUGH TIME Sleepy Irish Wins Fourth Race Under Riding of Frederick Summerlike Weather Again Prevails and andShrcveport Shrcveport Track Is Lightning LightningFast Fast for Sport SHREVEPORT La Oct 27 Sprinters engaged in five of the seven races presented at the Fair Grounds course here this after ¬ noon under the auspices of the State Jockey terests of the Buchanan brothers was re ¬ turned the victor in the fourth and one of the principal races on the card Pima Nug ¬ get was the runnerup in the dash of about five furlongs and Magic Arrow landed the show end of the purse purseCapably Capably ridden by the veteran reinsman James Frederick Sleepy Irish followed in close pursuit of the pacemaker for a half mile of the journey then forged to the front and slowly Increased his margin to the ex ¬ tent of a length and a half at the finish finishPima Pima Nugget displayed the most early speed and set a swift pace for the first four furlongs but was unequal to the task of withstanding the challenge of Sleepy Irish when the stretch was reached reachedSummerlike Summerlike weather was again the order and a lightning fast track prevailed for the staging of the days sport which brought out a large gathering of followers of the thoroughbred sport sportFAVORITES FAVORITES IN ECLIPSE ECLIPSEFavorites Favorites experienced much difficulty In getting down on the front end but Sleepy Irish was not entirely overlooked by CC speculativelyinclined patrons who took down 1080 for 2 straight bets betsJuveniles Juveniles met in the initial race of the day a dash of about five furlongs and B L Perry provided the winner in Laus which drew into the lead after going threeeighths and never relinquished the forward position holding a margin of three lengths at the con ¬ clusion of the trip Sun Tricks was second and Charmette drew down third money in the field of eight that went postward Mov ¬ ing past Sun Tricks after heading into the back stretch Laus took command and quickly opened a safe lead holding sway to the end Backers of the winner received 860 for 2 straight wagers in the mutuels mutuelsApprentice Apprentice Paul Keiper made It two straight victories when he guided Virgin I March to an easy triumph in the second event thereby piloting both ends of the Daily Double and was the first to gain that distinction here Prairie King finished second and Zapotec was third at the com ¬ pletion of the about five furlongs dash which brought out a field of eight to compete competeVirgin Virgin March possessed the most speed from the outset and assumed a lead of three lengths in the first quarter never to be threatened during the remainder of the race Jockey Al Gaither who was astride The Bouncer suffered a leg injury when the brown gelding bolted at the first turn and unseated the Baltimore boy Overshoes a 7to5 favorite broke down after going a quarter The winner rewarded with 1340 for 2 straight wagers while the Daily Dou ¬ ble of Laus and Virgin March was worth 6620 6620FRIENDLY FRIENDLY FOE IN FRONT FRONTResponding Responding well to strong urging in the last quarter R Hardicks Friendly Foe came from behind to capture the major portion of the purse in the third event a sprint at six and a half furlongs Fair Tura was second and Blojos the favorite made up some ground in the stretch to take down third money Buna began swiftly and set a good pace but gave way when challenged by the ultimate winner The threeyearold brown son of Judge Hay Blue Paradise was required to lose some ground while working his way up but succeeded in overhauling Fair Tura after straightening out for the drive to the wire The winner paid 1420 for 2 straight wagers wagersJ J C Tillers sevenyearold gelding Indian Salute came through with a sparkling per ¬ formance to capture the fifth event and equalled the track record for a mile and seventy yards when he traversed the dis ¬ tance in 147 flat Nameoki was second and Golden Throne third in the field of six that went postward for the tussle Indian Salute possessed most early speed and dominated the running throughout shaking off Name ¬ oki in the first threequarters and stcadilj added to his advantage thereafter The win ¬ ner was an outsider in the wagering and returned 1640 for 2 straight bets in th mutuels
