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MUD RUNNERS IN LIMELIGHT Shreveport Program Staged in Driv ¬ ing Bain and High Wind Topeka Scores HardEarned Victory In InMarshall Marshall Purse Sporting Maudle MaudleTakes Takes Second Place SHREVEPORT La Nov 3 Mud run ¬ ners had their first opportunity to display their soft track wares when most of todays program was staged in a driving rain It began to drizzle just before the first race was called postward and it increased in in ¬ tensity until after the third race during which period it literally poured Adding to the discomfort of patrons a fair number of whom turned out was a high wind which made places of shelter comfortable vantage points pointsThe The feature was the Marshall Purse a contest of a mile and seventy yards and it resulted in a hardearned victory for G T Smiths Topeka which completed the dis ¬ tance in the sloppy going with an advantage of only a head It was by this margin that the daughter of Escoba defeated Sporting Maudie which accounted for second honors honorsGoodbye Goodbye Blues was a distant third while Echelon turned back the others in the field of six sixTopeka Topeka took the lead from Goodbye Blues after about threeeighths and then after shaking off that challenge had enough left to successfully meet the bid of Sporting Maudie MaudieTopeka Topeka was handled by W Cassity and those who supported her received 11 for 2 straight tickets ticketsSKIPPA SKIPPA MAKES GOOD GOODT T M Holts Skippa was made a pro ¬ nounced favorite in the opening race and under the handling of A Gaither he did not disappoint The eightyearold son of Elmen dorf a maiden until todays success took the track at the start and led throughout to lead his nearest rival past the judges by a lengthThe length The colors of W A Mikel were seen in front in the fifth race a sprint of six and a half furlongs which went to Taddy Bane Well back in the pack early Taddy Bane moved up fast after about threeeighths forged to the front on the stretch turn and won in easy style with two and a half lengths to spare She was ridden by M Pantone Tuleyries Ruby was second and Scholar Girl was a distant third Kan Minca the favorite finished far back in spite of getting a run at the start
