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BERNARD F IMPRESSES Shows Quality in Decisive Perform ¬ ance Under Impost of 129 Pounds Akron Home of Rubber Industry IndustryHonored Honored Thursday on Twilight TwilightProgram Program at Thistle Down CLEVELAND Ohio July 20 Bernard F demonstrated by his decisive victory in the Youngstown Knights of Columbus Handicap yesterday that he will be a hard horse to beat from now until the end of the Thistle Down meeting The Ohio homebred son of Sun God II and Miss Lillian carried the crushing impost of 129 pounds and merely toyed with his rivals over one mile and forty yards His time of l404f was within threefifths of the track record established by Madwind in 1932 and had he been pushed the I J Collins colorbearer probably would have smashed it into smithereens smithereensWhile While Bernard F was merely galloping along after the opening quarter Prince Argo had a hard task to reach the end of six fur ¬ longs a nose before Candescent and to many it appeared the Youngstown Vindicator Handicap resulted in a dead heat However the picture showed that Butsey Hernan ¬ dez performer had lasted to gain a very narrow decision Prince Argo won the In ¬ augural Handicap and yesterday carried the top impost of 116 pounds His time of 111 was within a second of the track record held jointly by Bold Lover and Kentucky Blues BluesUPWARD UPWARD TREND TRENDThe The crowd and wagering yesterday was the best of the week and Edward P Strong general manager stated today he believed the meeting would be a very successful one It will require several days more before the public gets a thorough line on the perform ¬ ers which have been recruited from differ ¬ ent parts of the country countryAkron Akron the home of the rubber industry was honored today and with that city with ¬ in easy motoring distance of the track the rubber city was very well represented representedTopping Topping todays program offered under clear skies and over a fast track was the Akron Beacon Journal Purse and Lake View which finished second to Prince Argo in the Inaugural Handicap was the early favorite despite his top burden of 113 pounds This was a sixpound pickup in weight over his previous essay Sobriety also was well re ¬ garded for the six furlongs sprint sprintTwo Two and threeyearolds met in the sup ¬ porting races six threeyearolds running six furlongs in the Akron Knights of Co ¬ lumbus Purse and fifth race and ten juve ¬ niles speeding over the Thistle Down course in the fourth contest contestFor For the first time during the current meeting limit fields competed in the first and second races and those patrons pur ¬ chasing tickets on the field combination had eight horses running for their 2 wager wagerWELL WELL BALANCED PROGRAM PROGRAMDue Due to the blacksmiths taking a vacation racing secretary Charles Henry experienced trouble in securing entries for tomorrows program but he finally recruited enough contestants to fill a wellbalanced program It honors the city of Canton also within easy driving distance of Thistle Down Ladies will be the guests of the management and should they turn out in the same large numbers as that of Tuesday the largest crowd of the week is expected expectedHedon Hedon chalked up her fourth victory in twentyone starts this year when she was a driving winner of the first race After lead ¬ ing the field of twelve to the stretch Betna bar bore out but coming again when straightened out was only a halflength back of the winner at the end of the six furlongs March Step a fielder always was the best of the others and garnered third honors Lottafun favorite over the winner began very slowly was outrun for a half mile and made up only enough ground to finish seventh Excepting Good Dame the others never were factors factorsAir Air Line recent arrival from Latonia eked out a narrow and surprise victory in the second race which found the leading five less than two lengths apart Toneys Girl was second a head back of the winner and a nose before Night Mist which tired after gaining a momentary lead near the end Fly ¬ ing Ark did the pacemaking for five fur ¬ longs but he was unable to draw clear and when the leaders offered their belated charges he gave way steadily Aftermath a lukewarm choice finished fifth a head back of the fast closing Our Goaler which was beaten a length for third honors
