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BALAORMONT SUPERIOR Crack Daughter of Ormont Scores in Enquirer Handicap Repeats Previous Win in Charity Day DayHandicap Handicap Busy Morn Second Secondand and Forever Prince Third LATONIA 111 July 22 Repeating her sparkling performance of two weeks ago when she invaded Latonia to account for the Charity Day Handicap Friedberg Axtons hardrunning threeyearold filly Bala Or ¬ mont added the Enquirer Handicap worth 2345 net to her owners to her collection of stakes here this afternoon Coming from behind in the final furlong after having encountered slight difficulties earlier Bala Ormont overtook Busy Morn in the last six ¬ teenth and drew out to win by the decisive margin of a length lengthBusy Busy Morn which had maintained a siz zling pace for the greater portion of the I mile and a sixteenth tussle saved second place for J B Respess by three lengths with R C Groffs Forever Prince third Janice carrying the hopes of S G Baker Sr was fourth in the field of eight that competed competedPOPULAR POPULAR VICTORY VICTORYThe The triumph of the Friedberg Axton silks was tremendously popular with a majority of the 12000 gathering of racing enthusiasts who accorded enough support to establish the entry composed of Bala Ormont and Manie OHara favorite over their rivals It marked the second time within two weeks that the two fillies jour ¬ neyed from Arlington Park in quest of hon ¬ ors and on both occasions Bala Ormont carried off the major portion of the spoils spoilsPossessing Possessing a high flight of speed Busy Morn showed the way to her rivals before the first turn was reached with Forever Prince Janice and Bala Ormont in closest pursuit This order was maintained prac ¬ tically throughout the race Georgie South Continued on thirtyfifth page BALA ORMONT SUPERIOR Continued from first page quite popular with local racing fans who had the mount on the ultimate winner bided his time and did not allow the leaders to move too far away from the filly However when South attempted to get through on the rail nearing the stretch turn he found him ¬ self surrounded by Busy Morn Forever Prince and Janice JaniceFIELD FIELD SPREADS SPREADSWhen When straightened out in the home lane the field spread a trifle and South grasped the opportunity to send the stretchrunning daughter of Ormont Balata through The bay filly quickly responded as Janice and Forever Prince began to tire A furlong out Bala Ormont was at the throatlatch of the pacemaker and after a brief duel asserted her superiority superiorityH H G Shoemakers bay gelding Albert Beck scored a lucky victoiy in the opening race a sixfurlong dash which also provided the added thrill of a dead heat for second place between Termison and King Tea Slip ¬ ping through on the inside the lightly re ¬ garded Shoemaker colorbearer forged to the front in the last sixteenth and swiftly in ¬ creased his margin to cross the final line a length in advance of his deadlocked rivals Although blocked nearing the final quarter when attempting to work his way up to the leaders jockey A J Fernandez continued on the rail and quickly took advantage of the opportunity when it presented itself as Ter ¬ mison began bearing out when tiring The winner rewarded with 4840 for 2 straight wagers wagersSHOWS SHOWS EARLY SPEED SPEEDShowing Showing his customary flashy early speed Red Go defeated seven others of the same ilk in the second race another sprint of threequarters of a mile but was extended to the limit to hold a onelength margin over Just Buck at the conclusion of the trip while Split Silk was a tiring third Appren ¬ tice Ernie Hanke who has been in somewhat of a slump came out of the doldrums and handled John Allgeyers sevenyearold chest ¬ nut gelding in faultless fashion hustling him into a twolength lead in the opening quarter and then steadied him along to have something in reserve sto ward off the stretch challengers challengersOvertaking Overtaking the leaders within the shadow of the finish line Falls City made it two consecutive victories when he finished a length in front of Hamburger Jim in the third race another affair given over to dash performers of the claiming division Fritz Hallam held on to save third place after having dominated the running for the major portion of the journey only to give away to the determined bid of Falls City a 4tol chance in the betting bettingMAIDEN MAIDEN CONTEST CONTESTThe The Bosque Bonita Farm Purse attracted a capacity field of maiden twoyearolds for a five and a half furlong dash in the fourth event with John Price Jones Nickajack clearly demonstrating his superiority by romping home three lengths in front of Gleam while Haste On one of the two Calu ¬ met Farm standard bearers which ruled favorite taking third place Breaking with the leaders Nickajack disposed of Stand Alone in the first quarter then swiftly in ¬ creased his margin to four lengths when the stretch turn was reached From there on it was never a contest insofar as the little chestnut son of Pigeon Wing Lady Excellent was concerned concernedWithstanding Withstanding a hard drive all through the stretch John Allen racing in the silks of Mrs R S Byrum lasted long enough to account for a neck decision in the Terrace Park Purse a claiming affair at six fur ¬ longs which was offered as the fifth race and brought out a field of seven to compete Siva finished second and half a length farther back in third place came Nemont It was Alice Highland which wound im in last place
