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THREE STRAIGHT FOR DINAIN Continues Unbeaten at Shreveport to Account for Medical Arts Purse CubanOwned Veteran Ridden by Cuban CubanRider Rider J Alfonso Easily Prevails Over OverWhisk Whisk Cole With Favorite Unplaced SHREVEPORT La Nov 2 Louis Sier ¬ ras Dinain successfully defended his un ¬ beaten record at Shreveport when he hung up his third win of the meeting in the Medi ¬ cal Arts Purse a sprint of about five fur ¬ longs which served as the days feature With Jorga Alfonso at the reins the Cuban owned and ridden sixyearold covered the distance on a fast track in 58H threefifths of a second off the course mark and won by two lengths lengthsThe The victory was the tenth in twentyfive starts this year for Dinain He was made the second choice in the betting to Billic Dee Or which could do no better than fourth in a field of seven sevenClosest Closest to the winner was A L Hunts Whisk Cole while Gold Scorcher finished third a length and onehalf farther away Dinain took the lead from Whisk Cole after going a quarter and then held his most per ¬ sistent rivals safe the rest of the way Whisk Cole was within a head of the South Ameri canbivd winner as they turned into the home stretch but then Dinain drew out to score emphatically Billie Dee Or broke fast but immediately dropped back and was never a eerious factor while Gold Scorcher turned in a fairly even performance performanceTHRILLING THRILLING FINISHES FINISHESAlthough Although Dinain won with open daylight between himself and the runnerup most of the other races produced thrilling finishes to the delight of those who turned out for todays sport A high wind swept the course and during part of the afternoon skies were overcast but otherwise the weather was ideal idealThe The program opened with a dash of about five furlongs and it resulted in a hard earned victory for O Sledges Chiefs Scout which jockey A Gaither drove past the judges in front by a head American King gave the son of Little Chief a rousing battle all the way and for a time was leading the Sledge performer In the drive however Chiefs Scout an eightyearold maiden until today showed his superiority and those who supported him in the mutuels were rewarded to the extent of 640 for 2 Although Ameri ¬ can King could not handle the winner he was good enough to take the place with two lengths to spare over Red Colonel while Parka led home the others othersPAGE PAGE ON WINNER WINNERApprentice Apprentice Willie Page who rode with more than ordinary success during the recent Sportsmans Park season lost little time getting into winning stride here Under his capable guidance H and F Derbys Star Royal earned a nose decision as Warrior Lyons ran second and Vi San third Steadily improving his position after about a quar ¬ ter Star Royal forged to the front on the stretch turn and then held Warrior Lyons the early pacemaker safe in the drive to score by the barest of margins Vi San was a good three lengths farther away at the end of the journey with Mr Boss just a nose farther back The winner paid 6020 6020Another Another rousing finish developed with the running of the third race when Mrs U S Minors Sun Ree turned back nine other sprinting platers at threequarters A sharp factor from the beginning the Minor four yearold withstood a sharp drive gamely from jockey W Cassity to get the decision by a head The victory was the first of Sun Rees career and those who took a chance on his running qualities received 13 for 2 Benefit accounted for second honors while B Baron ran third just another head away The favorite here was Amazement which might have earned at least a part of the purse had she not lost much ground by rac ¬ ing wide going into the home stretch
