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BETTY SWEEP PRESSED Triumphs in Cincinnati Trophy After Furious Drive With Sass7 Mate Mrs Ramsey Eacer Forced Wide in inThrilling Thrilling Contest Net Value of ofPrize Prize to Winner Is 2765 LATONIA Ky July 8 Clyde Van Dusens Betty Sweep accounted for the thirtyseventh running of the Cincinnati Trophy here this afternoon the principal race on the pro ¬ gram and showed a courageous effort in nosing out Mrs Kirby Ramseys Sassy Mate in a driving finish Frank P Letelliers Harvest Moon was a head farther back in third place placeHustled Hustled into the lead soon after the field was dispatched Betty Sweep had to be briskly urged in the early stages to repulse the challenges of her rivals Equal to the task the daughter of Sweep All Betty Derr responded gamely to the handling of jockey Leslie Pichon and warded off all rivals dur ¬ ing the run through the stretch stretchSassy Sassy Mate suffered some from being forced to race wide as the field swung past I the stretch turn and except for this the daughter of Mate may have proved the win ¬ ner Betty Sweep however showed the way to her eleven rivals from the outset and came through with an extremely courageous effort to withstand the lastminute chal ¬ lengers lengersHARDEARNED HARDEARNED VICTORY VICTORYThe The race was worth 2765 to the winner and was as hardearned a victory as could have been accomplished After leading the vay from the start the Van Dusen filly was forced to ward off the bids of several of her rivala which required all she had In store storeOne One of the largest crowds of the current season was in attendance to view the sport which was headed by the five and onehalf furlongs sprint for twoyearolds that has been one of the highlights of the Latonia meetings for the past thirtyseven years The heat wave which descended on this vicin ¬ ity the past few days continued to hold sway but despite the high temperatures the fol ¬ lowers of the sport were not bothered in the Continued on thirtyeighth page BETTY SWEEP PRESSED Continued from first page least and it was a jovial crowd that jammed its way into the historic course courseWELL WELL BACKED BACKEDThe The winner of the Cincinnati Trophy was well supported paying 720 for 2 straight straightForm Form players got away to a swell start in the opening race when Mrs E H Breezleys Toneys Girl accounted for the six furlongs sprint that brought out a field of eight start ¬ ers A length and a half in the wake of the winner was Night Mist while third money was gathered in by the tiring Abby B Under the guidance of Norman Merritt To ney Girl went to the front after the first quarter and repeatedly repulsing the chal ¬ lenges of the early aspirants for the lead drew clear in the final quarter and held Night list safe in the drive driveMaking Making amends for her previous defeats M J Bransfields Maid Marie came from behind in the stretch to take down the de ¬ cision in the second event a dash at six furlongs which brought together a field oi nine contestants Mekong finished second and third money went to Town League Me ¬ kong and Rose Ray battled for the right to set the early pace with the latter holding a slight advantage but when the field straight ¬ ened out in the stretch Maid Marie moved in ¬ to prominence and took command drawing clear and holding a safe margin to the end The winner was somewhat overlooked in the betting and paid 1580 1580DIXIANA DIXIANA TRIUMPH TRIUMPHMaiden Maiden twoyearolds met in the Pokeaway Farm Purse a special weights affair and Pollychilla flying the silks of Dixiana showed the way to her ten rivals Check Girl finished second two lengths behind the winner while Bookman held on for third place Bobby Vedder hustled the chestnut filly into the lead soon after the start and after shaking off early challenges from Bookman drew out in the final quarter and was never threatened The winner paid 760 for 2 2Gildas Gildas Lass carrying the colors of F Seroy scored a frontrunning victory in the fourth race At the end she had a two length margin over Imeblue which beat Voniadale by four lengths for her part of the purse Lopaz finished well up after be ¬ ing in the chase throughout Hanauer had the winner in front shortly after the start and she was never seriously threatened from then on to the finish finishDisplaying Displaying a brilliant burst of speed from the beginning H M Walkers TraLaLa led throughout the six furlongs dash in the fifth contest to win by the comfortable margin of two lengths with the favored Uphold sec ¬ ond and Gin Fritters third Jockey Bobby Vedder had the mount on the three yearold bay filly and it was his second scoie of the day Breaking in front the daughter ol Playtime My Best Girl never left the esult in doubt at any stage of the dash and coast ¬ ed across the finish line with a margin of two lengths over her closest competitor
