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Aloraye Aloraye Popular Popular Winner Winner at at Churchill; Churchill; Night Night Glow Glow in in Third Third Jamaica Jamaica Victory Victory jDefeats Gallahue On Charity Card Ernst Homebred Coif Draws Out to Easy Accounting as Adams Completes Double LOUISVILLE. Ky.. April 24— Charity week at Churchill Downs began in a propitious fashion today when a sizeable Monday crowd assembled in cold, gray weather to see a program of negligible importance featured by the Creekview Purse, which resulted in a popular victory foi A. C. Ensts Aloraye. The Cleveland-owned colt was opposed by 11 other three -year-olds and completed a double for jockey Johnny Adams as he breezed to the stand four reassuring lengths in advance of G. R. Schneiders Gallahue, the runner-up. Rather "than encouraging hopes she would overtake the successful son of Foray II., Gallahue was driving hard to down J. A. Kinard Jr.s Kenty Boy by a head for the place. Henny Penny, the early leader, finished in fourth place. Aloraye was burdened with top weight of 118 pounds under the conditions of the race and ran the six and a half furlongs in the creditable time of 1:1943 on a "good" ! surface. He returned the many who fancied his chances .80 for . This was his first successful essay in seven 1944 starts. Fans Response Gratifying The management of Keeneland and Churchill Downs, sponsors of the Red Cross week of sport, were gratified at the liberal public response to the off day" program. Jockey Johnny Adams and apprentice W. Bailey were the riding stars of the day, each having booted two winners through the decision of the feature. Several well-played favorites managed to win, a factor that helped increase the proceeds for the Red Cross. The Creekview was not much of a spectacle after Adams clucked to Aloraye turning for home. To that juncture. Henny Penny was setting the pace, prompted by Kenty Boy. Aloraye shot through between them entering the stretch and moved off to a commanding advantage in almost les3 time than is required to tell it. Henny Penny collapsed rather badly through the last quarter. Kenty Boy hung on more stubbornly, but was weakening the last yards, so that Gallahue headed him for the place. Canina. who has been very successful under the silks of A. Hirschberg, had little trouble in running down Wise Colors to garner the major honor in the Sycamore Purse that served as the fifth number. Darby Damron was third, two and a half lengths back of Wise Colors, an eligible to the Kentucky Oaks, to take the third award. Cuban Bomb, favorite for the six-furlong dash, stopped badly after subduing Jo Agnes and then establishing a commanding lead. . r y _ f e r s • " l; 5 v r e e e
