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SAGUENAY II VICTOR IN GITTINGS HANDICAP HANDICAPForeignBred ForeignBred Colt Scores in Strong Finish Fenelon Disappoints His Followers FollowersBALTIMORE BALTIMORE Md April 30 Saguenay II Frenchbred son of Aethelstan II owned by R Sterling Clark New York sportsman won the third running of the Gittings Hand ¬ icap at Pimlico this afternoon in a driving finish which saw three of the five members of the field included in a photograph at the line lineSaguenay Saguenay II with F A Smith completing a double got the decision by a head over Tower Stables Royal Man who took the place by a nose from Mrs A J Abels Honey Cloud as Westnesia and the favored Fenelon completed the field in that order orderLongest Longest price in the small field Saguenay II rewarded his few backers in the crowd of 10000 with 2610 for 2 in the mutuels and the fouryearold colt flashed a brilliant effort from a time standpoint when he cov ¬ ered the mile and a sixteenth route in 144 just twofifths of a second slower than the track record recordSaguenay Saguenay II carried only 103 pounds com ¬ pared to 110 on the two rivals who finished closest to him while Fenelon was top weight of the group at 123 pounds poundsJockey Jockey Lucas Dupps sent Honey Cloud into command at the start of the race and the Abel representative showed the way into the final sixteenth Going around the club ¬ house turn Fenelon and Saguenay II were closest to the leader leaderFENELON FENELON FALLS BACK BACKFenelon Fenelon shook off Saguenay II tempo ¬ rarily in the run through the back stretch but Jimmy Stout on the favorite elected to remain along the rail in an effort to save ground Saguenay II moved up again at the halfmile ground and Fenelon was pock ¬ eted etedRounding Rounding the final turn Saguenay II had gained a place lapped on Honey Cloud and Royal Man made a determined bid and was charging on the outside of both horses at the end endFenelon Fenelon was through at the head of the stretch but the other three fought it out bitterly to the line with Smith putting on a real finish to get Saguenay II home on the front end although in tight quarters be ¬ tween Honey Cloud and Royal Man Honey Cloud weakened ever so little right at the end to lose the place placeTrainer Trainer Vincent Mara of the winner ac ¬ cepted a trophy for Mr Clark from D Ster ett Gittings Pimlico director in whose honor the stake is named The winners share of the purse was 2250 Another bright warm afternoon found many fans in shirt sleeves and business was brisk as the program was offered over a fast track Fa ¬ vorites were somewhat more successful in the early races than had been the cast on two previous cards
