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Royal Blue Drives Hard To Gain Head Decision DecisionHolds Holds on Courageously to Beat Out My Last Dollar in Feature FeatureCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 June 14 Royal Blue a veteran son of Blue Larkspur who races in the silks of Mr and Mrs C W Dorsett earned his second straight victory at Fairmount Park this afternoon getting a head decision over E D Slavins My Last Dollar in a driving finish Devils Peak representative of Concannon and Goethe finished third two lengths back in the six horse race raceRoyal Royal Blue with Leroy Pierce in the saddle and J Jessop aboard My Last Dol ¬ lar raced head and head for the entire distance of one mile and a sixteenth and while My Last Dollar carried the ultimate winner wide entering the stretch the vet teran campaigner was good enough to hold on tenaciously to outgame his rival in a furious drive driveRoyal Royal Blue was making his fourth start at the meeting On his first appearance here he was beaten less than a halflength in finishing third then lost by a nose in his second start but came back after those two races and won an easy victory in his last start The big gelding showed he still possesses some class in holding on in the manner in which he did in todays race to outfinish My Last Dollar DollarLittle Little Snorky made every post a win ¬ ning one in the five and onehalf furlongs first race getting the verdict by a neck from Chick Jackson Narghlileh was lapped on them at the end of the dash to get the show award awardThe The second race went to Garbure beat ¬ ing the oddson favorite Gay and Light while Belle Mimi under a stout ride by apprentice L Hall finished third thirdDaily Daily Double players received a return of 3960 for each 2 on Little Snorky and Garbure GarbureDell Dell Jessop won his second race when Grace K led throughout the onemile and 70 yards third race Breakdown finished second and Lucky Trip third Jessop took down his first race with Little Snorky winner of the first race
