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BURLEY PARKE Saddled his second stake winner of the Lincoln Fields meet ¬ ing when he sent out Valdina Foe to score in the John Marsch colors in the La Salle Handicap Saturday Occupation having taken the Crete Handicap earlier in the meeting Carter Results in Triple Dead Heat Valdina Foe Romping La Salle Winner Marsch Colt Eight Lengths in Front FrontEquifox Equifox Gains Place Award In Lincoln Stake Secondary Offering to Corona Corona CoronaSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 June 10 Valdina Foe a representative of the John Marsch stable proved much the best in the La Salle Handicap at Hawthorne Saturday and was eight lengths to the good at the finish of that 5000 added contest A field of eight paraded with Equifox and Shot Put enjoy ¬ ing the most support but Equifox just made it to take second place from the longpriced Paragram while the best Shot Put could do was finish fourth fourthThe The distance of the La Salle was one and threesixteenths miles and after a good beginning Soverton went to the front with Valdina Foe in closest attendance and Paragram well up The positions of the leaders remained unchanged until after they had left the backstretch It was then that Valdina Foe loomed as the likely win ¬ ner and Paragram also improved his posi ¬ tion Rounding the stretch turn Valdina Foe took a good lead and increasing his advantage as he went finished far in front when jockey Otto Grohs elected to ride him out outEquifox Equifox who was last at one stage of the trip handled his weight well but it was apparent that he could not have bettered his final position as Valdina Foe seemed too good Shot Put had no excuse saving ground to reach a contending position on the backstretch and faltering in the final driveCrowd drive Crowd of 16871 Out OutThe The La Salle Handicap was worth 4180 to the winner who ran the distance in 159 over a muddy track A crowd of 16871 witnessed the Saturday program programCorona Corona Corona courageous colt from the stable of C U Yaeger was the fifth fav ¬ orite of the afternoon to reward The son of Sir Gallahad HI ridden by J Thorn burg overcame some early trouble to out finish Bolus and win by almost one length running the threequarters distance in 113 over a tough track Corona Corona was last to leave the starting gate but soon raced up on the inside and was within a halflength of Bolus on the far turn He was in close quarters nearing the theContinued Continued on Page Three Valdina Foe Makes Show Of Opponents in La Salle SalleMarsch Marsch Colt Leads Equrfox Horns By Eight Lengths in Route Test TestContinued Continued from Page One Onestretch stretch turn and dropped back to third place but came again to save ground in the run home when Bolus raced wide and carried K Dorko with him K Dorko lasted to be third The well fancied Burgoo Maid was never a serious factor factorIt It was the second victory of the meeting and the fifth of the year for Corona Corona and boosted his 1944 earnings to over 12000 12000Bell Bell Song and The Man racing as an entry had no trouble finishing first and second respectively in the fourth race While Bell Song races for E Asbury and The Man is owned by Walmac Farm both are trained by Howard Wells and he had them fit for the test Bell Song went to the front after going a quarter and was joined by The Man after entering the stretch The pair raced on almost even terms well in advance of the rest of the field through the last eighth and both were in hand at the finish They had been backed into oddson favoritism and made it four wins in a row for the chalk play ¬ ers Twixt finished third in the six and a half furlongs race raceNative Native Fox owned by Walmac Farm made good for his many supporters in the opening race when he ambled to the finish line with a halfdozen lengths advantage over his closest opponent The son of Gallant Fox who was backed into short priced favoritism was ridden by A Bodibu He took command at his leisure and was apparently much the best Stoogie fin ¬ ished second and Head Flight was third Peace Chance the second choice ruined her chances by her fractious actions white at the post She twice unseated jockey K Knott The distance was six furlongs
