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KAYAK II WON EASILY Defeats Cravat by Five Lengths in Hollywood Gold Cup JKile and a Quarter Run in 2 02 35 Earns 35075 for Owner OwnerC C S Howard INGLEWOOD Calif July 24 Kayak H is the wonder horse of the California racing revival He proved to some 50000 persons assembled at Hollywood Park Saturday afternoon that he is at least as good a horse as Seabiscuit former idol of the western turf and may be one of the great ¬ est race horses that America has seen The star from the Argentine ran one and one quarter miles in 202 in winning the sec ¬ ond running of the Hollywood Gold Cup and that time was one and onefifth seconds better than the record held jointly by Sea biscuit last years Gold Cup winner and Shining One Derby victor of this season seasonKayak Kayak II won hands down Jockey George Woolf at no time was forced to resort to hustling tactics The imported son of Con greve took the lead when he wanted it and drew away with ridiculous case in the stretch to finish five lengths in front of the eastern champion Cravat Specify was third with Cant Wait fourth Gosum fifth Which cee sixth and Olimpo another South Amer ¬ ican horse in last place placePOPULAR POPULAR FAVORITE FAVORITEThe The public was confident that Kayak H would win They made him a twotofive favorite and he paid off at 280 They sayj that Chailes S Howard his owner would have bet a million dollars on him at any price but did not want to flood the ma ¬ chines The fractional time in the mile and j a quarter affair was quarter in 22 half j in 47 threequarters in 112 and the mile in 137 Whichcee gets credit for the earlier distances but Kayak II was head and head with Whichcee when the mile had been traversed traversedThe The Hollywood Gold Cup while not a great spectacle was exciting in that the crowd was all for Kayak II and he did not get to the front until after seven fur ¬ longs had been run From a good start Whichcee went out to set the pace closely followed by Specify and that pair domi ¬ nated the running in the early stages with jockey Corbett holding Specify under re straint straintNear Near the stretch turn Kayak II which had been racing in third place moved up on the outside and Corbett sensing the charge made his move with Specify at the same time QUICKLY DRAWS AWAY AWAYFor For just a brief instant as the field hit the quarter post at the approach to the stretch the Baroni horse and the Howard flyer were on equal terms Then making the turn Kayak II quickly drew away A brief shaking up by jockey Woolf as the field straightened out in the stretch was enough to persuade the South American horse to go about his business which he did in masterful fashion The result was never in doubt in the last eighth
