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PITTISTRAW CARRIES OFF TOP HONORS IN FAIRMOUNT SPRINT SPRINTTakes Takes Measure of Connie Sue and Our Wish to Earn Diploma DiplomaCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 June 25 Pittistraw a twoyearold daughter of Chicstraw Pitti Play flaunting the silks of Mrs W W Scroggin made a show of her opponents in the fourth race at Fairmount Park this afternoon entering the winners circle for the first time in her racing career when she took the measure of Glenn Corbets Connie Sue L Resseguets Our Wish and nine other juveniles at five furlongs furlongsCloser Closer up than usual the Scroggin repre ¬ sentative was sent into a contending posi ¬ tion by Alex Schlenker soon after the start and following on the heels of Connie Sue Midnight Sue and Expensive the victress dropped back slightly rounding the turn for home while Spankys Buck replaced Expen ¬ sive in third position positionWhen When stiaightened in the stretch Schlen ¬ ker shook up his mount vigorously and the filly responded gamely to wear down Connie Sue and Midnight Sue in the last sixteenth and drew away to win by three lengths Connie Sue who bore out badly in the stretch run came again in the drive and had a halflength advantage over Our Wish with Spankys Buck only a head to the rear of the Resseguet colt coltThe The weather was again warm and there were about 4000 spectators on hand for the afternoons offering offeringSNOW SNOW FLOWER REPEATS REPEATSSnow Snow Flower sporting the successful colors of Mrs James Bronnenberg scored her second straight victory of the meeting when she won the opening race from Nor ¬ man Sloat Carry Cash and five others in ¬ cluding the favored Foyot who could do no better than finish fourth Much the best the daughter of Zacaweista outpaced Foyot during the early running and entering the stretch bore out badly with Foyot and Carry Cash racing closest to her In the drive to the finish Andy LoTurco managed to straighten out the Bronnenberg mare and she came away to stall off Norman Sloat who came with a rush on the outside outsideThreeyearold Threeyearold maidens furnished the sport in the second race and Both of Us flaunting the silks of Mrs L Captoralia of Louisville left the ranks of nonwinners when she came from far back under the handling of Don Trombley to score an easy victory over Flying Aggie Morocco E and nine yardsColor others at one mile and seventy yards Color Miss scored her first victory of the year when she accounted for the third race at one mile and seventy yards defeating In a driving finish Flodur General Boy and nine others Ted King had the reins on the winner and after being outrun for thfree eighths moved up fast rounding the far turn to take the lead from Noahs Pride and Books Pride After getting to the front King rated the F G Orr colorbearer well but in the last sixteenth she began to tire and barely outlasted Flodur
