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MARBLE GIRL IS VICTORIOUS Staves Off Repeated Challenges of Opponents at Shreveport Veteran Campaigner Finishes First In Main MainEvent Event of Day Wooden Soldier SoldierRuns Runs Second SHREVEPORT La Oct 28 Mrs J Her rldges nineyearold mare Marble Girl out sprinted nine others in the principal race on the card at the state jockey clubs track and held a margin of a length and a half at the finish of the six furlongs that occupied fourth position positionWooden Wooden Soldier from the stable of Mrs MrsI A Maskrid finished second and Bourbon I Prince flying the colors of Earl W Fouts took the show end of the purse purseMarble Marble Girl displayed a good burst of early speed and moved into a safe lead soon after the field of ten were sent on their way Finger Wave made an early bid but dropped back and Wooden Soldier took the runner up positionThe position The Herridge colorbearer began to tire after five furlongs and jockey A Goddard had to resort to some strong hand riding to withstand the determined challenge of Wooden Soldier SoldierSEVEN SEVEN EVENTS EVENTSOne One of the largest weekday gatherings of the current session was in attendance for the card which consisted of six sprints and one distance event eventRepeating Repeating his good performance of two days ago J W Tillers Alkali made it two triumphs in as many starts when the ten yearold chestnut gelding accounted for the opening race which was at a distance of about five furlongs Lous Prince finished second one length in the wake of the winner and Sweepmore was third Jockey Gus Dye J hustled Alkali into the lead rigHl after the break and gamely shaking off the challenges I fo Lous Prince and Sweepmore the son of i Slipalong drew clear in the stretch to regis ter by a decisive margin Winner was well supported and paid 11 to 10 10Olaf Olaf Brammers fouryearold gelding Karkie registered a driving victory in the second event another sprint of about five furlongs in which Tuleyries Ruby was sec ond and By Wire garnered the short end of the purse Racing around Modern Lash after straightening out on the back stretch j Karkie swiftly took the lead and although hard pressed by By Wire and Tuleyries Ruby the chestnut son of Last Reveille was equal to the ask and holding off his rivals and held an advantage of a length at the 1 conclusion of the trip The winner paid I six to one oneEIGHT EIGHT CONTESTANTS CONTESTANTSEight Eight made up the field in the third for a spin of about five furlongs and Mrs J W Ramsdals Mary Van Trump showed the way for the entire trip and scored by two lengths in easy fashion Sleepy Mose the favorite was second and Vi San held on to gain the third portion of the purse The chestnut filly began quickly and opened up a clear advan ¬ tage in the first quarter never to leave the margin during the last quarter of the trip Mary Van Trump paid 11 for 2 straight wagers wagersHolding Holding on with tenacity Royal Folly chalked up a nose victory in the fifth race of the day a six and a half furlongs duel in which Magic Arrow was second and Cap ¬ tain Logan third Royal Folly was under strong urging throughout to retain a small advantage over her rivals and just lasted to take down the decision over Magic Arrow The winner was a 7 to 1 chance chanceForm Form players connected in the sixth when Tiny Comet after overcoming early inter ¬ ference came from behind to nose out Whisk K in a hard drive Coventry Cap held on for third money Tiny Comet was taken up sharply after entering the back stretch when Whisk K came over to the inside and making up ground rapidly when clear the nineyearold got to the leader in the last twenty yards and wore him down
