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SWEEPMORE MAKES AMENDS Handy Winner at Shreveport After Failing in Previous Races Long Delay at Gate Because of Actions of ofSweet Sweet Manners Attendance AttendanceHolds Holds Up SHREVEPORT La Oct 31 Making amends for two previous defeats earlier Sweepmore from the stable of H Barn field proved a handy victor In the fourth and one of the better sprints on the pro ¬ gram offering Sweet Manners was sec ¬ ond a half length in the wake of the win ¬ ner and was a nose in front of Indiana Maid which garnered the third position After a delay of seven and a half minutes at the starting gate because of the fractious ness of Sweet Manners Equality and Pic ¬ ture Girl the field was dispatched in good alllgnment Possessing most early speed Sweepmore darted into the lead but was closely followed by Indiana Maid and Sweet Manners during the first quarter quarterIncreasing Increasing his margin gradually and sav ¬ ing much ground Sweepmore disposed of Indiana Maid but began bearing out dur ¬ ing the stretch run and required rousing in order to retain his length and onehalf lead to the end endCAPACITY CAPACITY FIELDS FIELDSCapacity Capacity fields participated in the ma ¬ jority of races with the Nacogdoches Claim ¬ ing Purse serving as the feature of the afternoon afternoonSummerlike Summerlike weather was the order and the sport was conducted over a lightning fast track A goodsized weekday assem ¬ blage of racing fans viewed the sport and included among the attendants were several delegations of Texans TexansFlashing Flashing excellent speed D C Smiths sixyearold gelding Desperado captured the major portion of the Nacogdoches Claiming Purse from nine rivals in an impressive fashion The son of Stimulus Venturesome II led from beginning to end and was two lengths in advance of Pickard the runner up at the end of the six furlongs trip Coventry Cap held on to collect the show end endDesperado Desperado enabled jockey Al Gaither to signalize his return to the saddle with a triumph Gaither suffered a slight leg in ¬ jury last week which had kept him idle until today and the Baltimore lad handled his mount in capable fashion fashionB B L Perrys consistent brown gelding Laus registered his second straight victory of the session when he came from behind to take the measure of seven others in the opening dash The son of Universe held a length margin over Polite Ford at the fin ¬ ish while third place was taken down by Charmette Never far back Laus was lucky to get through on the inside approaching the final furlong after a courageous duel with Polite Ford and drew clear in the last twenty yards yardsNAHILLAC NAHILLAC SURPRISES SURPRISESNahallac Nahallac came through with a surprise score in the second event a dash at six fur ¬ longs in which there were eight contestants Leading throughout Nahallac defeated VI San by a length and a half while three lengths farther back in third place was Harrys Choice Amazement the favorite bore out on the turns losing much ground as a result and could do no better than land fourth position Backers of Nahallac took down 2660 for 2 individual bets while the Daily Double combination of Laus dnd Na ¬ hallac was worth 8080
