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PAIREVE WITHSTANDS LONG DRIVE TO BEAT CORALIE B BPairbypair Pairbypair Filly Earns Second Purse of Fairmount Meeting MeetingCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 June 26 Paireve a daughter of Pairbypair and Mareve one of the most consistent twoyearolds here earned her second purse of the current meet ¬ ing when she took honors in the fourth race which was the best event on the allclaim ¬ ing card offered at Fairmount Park this afternoon Under the guidance of Robert Montgomery who was scoring his second success of the day the W B Ray filly had to stand a long drive to stall off Harry Ben singers Coralie B and the fastfinishing Goffeespoon representative of F E Wag ¬ ner nerThe The victress under a snug hold for a half mile while following Unalloyed which opened a good lead soon after the start moved to the early leader entering the stretch and after disposing of Unalloyed stood repeated challenges from Coralie B in the final threesixteenths and at the end of the five furlongs was only a half length ahead of the Bensinger colorbearer Cof feespoon came with a cyclonic rush iri the final stages and was only a length to the rear of Coralie B and more than a length before Roscoe K which finished fourth fourthIt It was Edwardsville Day at the local course and despite the temperature hover ¬ ing near the 100mark several hundred fans from the county seat in which Fairmount Park is located were in attendance Head ¬ ing the delegation from Edwardsville was Mayor Oscar H Schmitt in whose honor the sixth race was named All events with the exception of the eighth race were named for prominent Edwardsville citizens or busi ¬ ness houses housesGECKO GECKO EARNS BRACKETS BRACKETSHolding Holding on better than usual Gecko rac ¬ ing for the locally owned stable of F J Rinker and A G Smith came from behind the pace set by Harvest Moon in the five and onehalf furlongs first race and after disposing of Harvest Moon iri the stretch came away to hold safe the challenge of Lightning Fast and win by a length Har ¬ vest Moon although tiring managed to save the show award from Pepper Box by half a length lengthJerryRae JerryRae even money favorite in the second race disappointed her many backers in that five and onehalf furlongs dash when she could do no better than save second place The event was won in easy fashion by Charles Howells Hi Baby who was han ¬ dled by Rotsrt Montgomery Night Prin ¬ cess a member of the mutuel field was third a neck behind the favorite favoriteGiving Giving a game performance Mummer sporting the silks of Sam Pershall of Gran ¬ ite City 111 came from behind in the last sixteenth of a mile to wear down the lead ¬ ing Blanock to win the third race which was contested over the sixfurlorig route Luckingo outfinished Copper Lad in a pic ¬ ture finish to get the show prize
