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I Dinner Dinner Key Key Purse Purse to to Valdina Valdina Maiden; Maiden; Apache Apache Can Can Prove Prove Paumonok Paumonok Repeater Repeater MONTE WEIL— Saddled the Chicago- owned Valdina Maiden in yesterdays Dinner Key Purse at Tropical Park Hutch ins Speedster Shows Top Form in Two-Length Triumph Prevails in Tropical Dash After Coming Around Leaders At Stretch Turn at Big Loss of Ground; Leo McLaughlin Is Disqualified From Second Position and Placed Third CORAL GABLES, Fla., April 4.— J. M. Hutchins Valdina Maiden was an impressive winner of the Dinner Key Purse at Tropical Park this afternoon. It was a sprint of six furlongs that had the feature spot on the program and the colt circled around the pacemakers at the head of the stretch at the loss of considerable ground, to win over I. Gushens Leo McLaughlin, with R. Curleys Instructor taking third from Swift Marine. There came a disqualification when a complaint was lodged against Tommy Queen, Jr.; who rode Leo McLaughlin, and he was moved from the place into third position, the second award going to Instructor. The track was muddy from recent rains and through the forenoon there was a downpour that had an effect on the attendance, though the ►turnstile count showed 4.149 on hand for the second day of the Welfare Week. Morani Takes Command Early In the sprint feature, Morani was rushed into an early lead, but Instructor and Leo McLaughlin were right after him and it was not long before Instructor had run him down and then the Gushen gelding raced by to challenge the Cur ley colt, while at the same time Smith began to move up steadily on the outside with Valdina Maiden. He was riding the son of Osculator with supreme confidence and stride by stride he drew up on the leading pair until he was right with them until the turn into the stretch was reached. There came some interference on the turn and Instructor faltered badly as he was headed by Leo McLaughlin. Through the final furlong, Valdina Maiden drew out readily until his winning margin was two lengths, while Leo McLaughlin had taken the place from Instructor by three parts of a length, and Swift Marine, finishing with a good burst of speed, was right with Instructor. Then followed the claim of foul and the setting back of Leo McLaughlin and the awarding of the place to Instructor. Art of War Never Headed W. W. Crenshaws Kingfisher was the offending favorite in the sixth, a gallop of a mile and a sixteenth for those of grade "D." This went to Art of War, who bore the silks of Harold Clarks Louisiana Farm, with J. H. Miles Rush Act beating Speedway for the place. Campbell sent Art of War away running and after he had opened up a long, early lead he never was headed to win by a full • three lengths. Rush Act was an easily second best as the race was run. But there was plenty of excuse for Kingfisher when Plesa, who had the mount, raced him along the inner rail, where the track was at its worst until the head of the stretch was reached, where he swung to the outside. Art of War paid 4.60.
