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BABY GOLD EARNS INITIAL PURSE IN FAIRMOUNT DASH DASHDowns Downs Red Set and Coralie B in Drive DePrang in Saddle SaddleCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 June 12 Baby Gold a twoyearold son of Brilliant Gold Baby owned jointly by W F and C V Sparks of East St Louis who breed most of their own racing stock made his first start of the current Fairmount Park meeting and his debut was successful He triumphed in one of the most spectacular juvenile races of the meeting when he took the fourth event in a driving finish from Arthur McKnights Red Set Harry Bensingers Coralie B and seven other youngsters at four and a half furlongs furlongsAbly Ably Iidden by Eddie DePrang who was completing a double the Illinoisowned youngster was badly outrun during the early part while Expensive Philcade and Coralie B were making the early pace Entering the stretch with four horses racing heads apart DePrang was lucky to find an open ¬ ing next to the rail and squeezing through a narrow opening wore down the leaders and was drawing away near the finish to garner his first purse by a half length lengthAt At the end Rose Set got up to down Cora lie B by a nose margin while the latter was only a head before Polly Pauline With bet ¬ ter racing luck the latter might have been closer as she was in tight quarters during the final sixteenth sixteenthTodays Todays program was contested over a soft race course The track which was drying out rapidly yesterday under the direction of superintendent John Leblanc suffered a set ¬ back when a sudden storm drenched the oval shortly before the horses reached the post for the sixth race raceTRACK TRACK DRIES OUT FAST FASTHowever However with the aid of a strong wind and occasional sunshine it dried out faster today than yesterday when the first soft footing prevailedForm of the meeting prevailed Form players got off to a good start in the first race when Mrs T H Cravens Legal Advice came from behind to best bestContinued Continued on fifth page BABY GOLD EARNS INITIAL PURSE IN FAIRMOUNT DASH DASHDowns Downs Red Set and Coralie B in Drive DePrang in Saddle SaddleContinued Continued from first page pageMummer Mummer Merry Saxon and eight others at one mile and seventy yards Reserved while Mummer Merry Saxon and Flodur made the early pace the sixyearold son of Wise Counsellor came through the pack entering the stretch and wearing down the leaders drew out to win by three lengths There was a spirited finish for the place with Mummer the early pacemaker lasting to take the second award by a head from Merry Saxon The latter was also a head before the fast closing Sammy Ellegant to garner the show showLouisianaowned Louisianaowned horses finished onetwo n the third race when Lagnolia Cash earned her second stra ht victory of Tthe meeting while Selma May representing F J De mary finished second Third money was garnered by Little Hig The winner was well in hand while Lady Flight and Selma May made the pace during the early running and when ready came around the leaders and went to t e front in the stretch and was only coasting near the end to have an advantage of more than a length over Selma May who disposed of Lady Flight in the final run to the finish At the end of six furlongs Selma May was five lengths before Cantovino
