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Valdina Grooms Cicero Record Still Unmarred UnmarredWhips Whips Latent Again for Third Straight at Current Meeting MeetingCICERO CICERO 111 May 8 Valdina Groom keeps getting better with age and today by winning the Western Avenue Handicap he became the first triple winner of the meet ¬ ing and all were Saturday features offered at Sportsmans Park With two handicaps to his score the Texasbred was called upon to tote 123 pounds this including Charley Parke and he completed a double triumph for the Mrs A M Creech and Parke forces as Gato had been successful in an earlier event Second to reach the end of the one and onesixteenth miles Which Valdina Groom negotiated over the good track in 150 was Ben Endovinas Latent and Jim Emerys Real Sad was third thirdProbably Probably the largest crowd of the meet ¬ ing Was present for the semifinal half holiday program of the local meeting and early calculations indicated it would be the best wagering day dayParke Parke lost little time in getting Valdina Groom to the front and he just cantered along until Latent moved forward on the outside to offer a mild threat approaching the short run through the stretch The Creech representative was then put to pressure and Parke kept him under the whip until reaching the final few strides Real Sad always was a strong factor and Marion Collins tired after chasing the winner for seven furlongs There was little from Anxiety and Espino Gold never was a factor factorThe The program opened with a big surprise when Ida Streng from the stable of S A Kobrin and ridden by J E Carter was a frontrunning victress Venci always the best of the others was second and Busy BusyContinued Continued on Page Two Valdina Grooms Cicero Record Still Unmarred UnmarredWhips Whips Latent Again for Third Straight at Current Meeting MeetingContinued Continued from Page One OneJosie Josie came from well back to garner third honors Anopheles was backed into fa ¬ voritism but after holding fourth position for three furlongs he gave way steadily to be the trailer at the end endRejectable Rejectable aging son of Byrd and rep ¬ resenting Mr and Mrs E B Shipp drove to a length and onehalf victory in the sec ¬ ond race and thereby completed a Daily Double combination worth i9340 Due Sport the favorite came from well back and through the field to garner second honors and Tip Your Hat was third to fin ¬ ish the five furlongs Copper Heels was the first in motion but he drifted out badly at the turn and relinquished the lead soon after reaching the ack stretch stretchGa Ga to provided the first popular victory when he drove to victory in the fivefur ¬ long third race Remarkable was the run ¬ nerup and Valnor third Remarkable es ¬ tablished a good advantage after racing Star Kan into submission and although1 unable to hold the winner was much the best of the four others othersDoctor Doctor Reder disappointing favorite in his previous three races scored an easy vic ¬ tory over Ballinderry Miss Lexington and four other mediocre platers in the fourth race also a fivefurlong dash Slow to start and well back early Doctor Reder moved forward on the outside to race Miss Lexington into submission before entering the final sixteenth Drawing away swiftly the Mrs T M Pruett colorbearer came to the final marker with three and onehalf lengths to spare spareAddicted Addicted to an off track Cloudy Weather who won 8 of 39 starts last year captured his second race of the year when he scored in easy fashion in the fifth race This dash of seven furlongs attracted a field of seven and Squaw Jane was runnerup with Grace K pacemaker for a greater part of the sprint third Epiget victorious in her previous essay and handled by Larry Barney was installed favorite with Sharp shell second choice The former raced well back throughout and after a short burst of speed Sharpshell quit and led only Talked About at the end
