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FAY MATE LEADS THATABOY TO WIRE AT FAIRMOUNT PARK PARKGooch Gooch Filly Wins by HalfLength Rain Mars WeekEnd Program ProgramCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 June 28 Splashing her way through a track left sloppy by a heavy rain which well shortly after the run ¬ ning of the third race Fay Mate a daughter of Mate and Rare Bud flaunting the silks of C B Gooch Nebo Ky breeder led her field from the start to the finish of the fourth race and at the end of the fivefur ¬ long dash which was run in a heavy down ¬ pour held on long enough to get a half length victory over her stablemate Thata Boy holder of the four and a half furlongs record at Fairmount Park Pittistraw was best of the others coming from far back only to be a K gth to the rear of the run ¬ nerup nerupShortly Shortly after the start Andy LoTurco who was winning his second race on the program sent the victre s to the front and under good rating held little more than a length advantage to the last few strides when ThataBoy rnd Pittistraw challenged ThataBoy forced the pace throughout and the entry had things their own way through Inshoot a wellplayed one raced as if she disliked the going and could do no better than finish sixth in the eighthorse race TRACK IN OFF CONDITION CONDITIONRain Rain which well for about an hour at noon left the course slow for the first three races and it was drying out rapidly when the sudden storm appeared after the run ¬ ning of the third event Threatening weather conditions before the start of the afternoons proceedings kept the crowd down to about 10000 it being the smallest halfholiday gathering during the current meeting meetingThe The original fiftt race a sixfurlong affair which was to bring together a halfdozen of the highergrade platers was canceled this morning by racing secretary R A Leigh Jr when the trainers of Burman and Distract decided to accept their engage ¬ ment in the GlobeDemocrat instead of the sprint With only four remaining in the event Leigh decided to call it off and used the five and a half furlongs substitute race arranged yesteiday morning The original first race was oved to the position of the race declared off while the substitute event was carded as the first race
