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WORTHY DUKE NEAR RECORD OneFifth Second Off Time Mark for forFive Five and a Half Furlongs Furlongsat at Fort Erie JD IXVJ njXVLCj yjLii o uiy JL L o v uiii uiiienours enours Worthy Duke sturdy eightyearold Worthmore gelding racing the five and one half furlongs of the Niagara Falls Purse in 105 onefifth of a second over the track record held by Jorice and established in 1920 accounted for the semifinal day fea ¬ ture of the Fort Erie meeting Ridden by H Black and establishing all his own pace the brown and green colorbearer was a head before H Goings lightweighted High Honors at the end Two lengths back in third place came Mrs J Badames Trey a half length before Brodea BrodeaH H C Hatchs Heleno Argentinebred proved a disappointment in the running when he was unable to threaten the leaders at any stage of the journey and finished before only one horse at the end endA A large crowd was on hand for the Mon ¬ day sport while ideal weather and perfect track conditions prevailed prevailedThere There was only a slight delay at the post with Sturdy Duke the chief offender break ¬ ing through repeatedly They were off in good order and Black sent the Cochenour gelding away in the lead followed by Trey Try Hard and Brodea BrodeaWhen When they came to the stretch Worthy Duke was racing easily and High Honors moved up threateningly on the outside All through the final furlong Black placed the gelding under pressure and responding with courage he held on steadily and was a head in advance of High Honors at the end The latter fought gamely to reach the lead in the stretch run and just fell short at the finish Trey racing steadily outfinished Brodea and Try Hard for third place
