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STURDY PROFESSOR PAUL Fails in Attempt to Imitate Some of the Iron Horses of Turf Finishes Third in Northfield Handicap After AfterSaturdayrs Saturdayrs Triumph in Bedford Handicap Big Ladies Day Gathering CLEVELAND Ohio July 25 It is seldom a campaigner comes along capable of win ¬ ning two features on consecutive days or in three days Rushaway achieved the feat in annexing the Illinois arid Latonia Derbies with a 300mile trip taking up the lapse in time and Claude was capable of jumping from here to there to win a derby or so but that was in the Arms horse car palace days and it required more time for the journeys but Professor Paul sturdy sixyearold son of Justice F and Anna Gosey has been a busy performer during the Thistle Down meeting He attempted the herculanean task of going after two handicaps with one day intervening After winning the Bed ¬ ford Handicap in easy fashion on Saturday Professor Paul was unable to account for the Northfield Handicap yesterday when Distract and OBantam led him to the end of one mile Previous to Saturdays assay Professor Paul finished second to Bernard F on Wednesday and won the Fenway Hall Handicap and secondary attraction opening1 day Yesterdays effort was his fourth in eight days daysTHREATENS THREATENS RECORD In winning the Northfield Handicap Dis ¬ tract covered the one mile in the fine time of 138 which came within threefifths of a second of the track record OBantam came from well back to head Professor Paul with the latter a halflength before Miss Bonnie Professor Paul probably lost enough ground while racing on the outside entering the stretch to have earned him victory victoryThere There was no featuie offered the big ladies day crowd today the eight races attracting only members of the claiming ranks but nevertheless the sport was very interesting The track was at its best bestFeaturing Featuring tomorrows program is the Huntington Valley Purse for juveniles and it also will serve as a preliminary trial for Saturdays renewal of the Forest City Hand ¬ icap True Star double winner here will pick up the top impost of 118 pounds and should he be victorious the M J Schmitt campaigner probably will be the favorite for the second stakes of the current season Little Davey comes next under 113 pounds and then follows Darby Dallas under 110 pounds Aranmore and Pines Thought will carry 106 pounds each and Lady James is the low weight under 103 pounds poundsExcepting Excepting the eighth race purses on the other races were increased and the feature number will carry a 1000 purse instead of the original 800 800SCORES SCORES IN EASY FASIHON FASIHONMerrily Merrily San which found a new owner awaiting him after his victory triumphed in easy fashion over a band of eleven other maiden plater threeyearolds in the first race Chiefjean was second three lengths back and a half length before the tiring f ftiring Night Princess Wilmington and Belle Seth held prominent positions for a half mile but retired therea4er therea4erRidden Ridden by Porter Roberts the winner a son of SanUtar and Merrily Yours worked his way forward on the inside and wresting the lead from Night Princess when inside the final furlong drew away to his win ¬ ning advantage Merrily San was claimed by D Bryson for his entered price of 1000
