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Old Kentuck Drives to Lincoln Score r Winnin Bow Walmac Homebred Defeats Paragram ParagramGains Gains Revenge for Recent Disqualification and Earns First Tally of His Career STICKNEY 111 June 15 Old Kentuck disqualified after having finished first re ¬ cently got sweet revenge at Hawthorne today when he drove to victory in the Sherman Hotel Purse feature race of the afternoon afternoonThe The threeyearold racing in the silks of the Malmac Farm steered clear of his opponents to race on a straight line through the stretch pass Paragram and beat him to the wire by threequarters of a length In connecting Old Kentuck broke out of the maiden ranks as his recent first did not count as a score Brief Sigh the favorite was third thirdThe The track was good for the running of todays program and the headline race brought out a field of nine Valdina Date went to the front soon after the start to cut out the early pace and led down the backstretch and around the far turn Par ¬ agram challenged successfully nearing the stretch turn but no sooner had he taken command than Old Kentuck loomed up on the outside The pair staged a pretty duel to the finish but Old Kentuck although his margin was less than a length ap ¬ peared the better of the two Brief Sigh might have been the victor but for poor racing luck He was forced to race wide and although closing ground was unable to get up upJust Just for Fun in Front FrontFavorite Favorite players cashed in their straight tickets for the first time during the after ¬ noon when Just for Fun won the fifth race It was an easy victory for the son of Spanish Play Jockey Willie Morrisey rated him close to the pace of the speedy but fainthearted Timocracy to the stretch then sent him to the front and Just for Fun was a galloping winner by three lengths Last Gold displayed more power than the others in the stretch and was easily second while Okabena got up in the closing strides to beat Timocracy for third place The distance was six furlongs furlongsApprentice Apprentice Stanley Freeman kept the wellbacked Pajas going long enough to Continued on Page Three Old Kentuck Drives Hard To Overtake Paragroim Gains Initial Victory of Career In Lincoln Fields Route Feature FeatureContinued Continued from Page One Onewin win the first race After taking command nearing the stretch turn Pajas racing on the inside gamely withstood a challenge from Fair Player and defeated him by a head while Eniscorthy was third A field of 11 went one and onesixteenth miles in the event and Pajas carried the silks of Mrs J H Damm Cantata also well played was finished after going six fur ¬ longs longsThe The sevenyearold Jungle Moon racing for the first time in the silks of H Tikulski turned in a sensational effort to win the second race and complete a 12360 Daily Double The gelding off slowly was several lengths back of the large field for the first furlong and was then forced to race in the middle of the track but came fast far out from the rail through the stretch to win going away It was the finest effort turned in by a cheap horse at the meeting Gold Fancy another outsider was a gamegoing second and HyTrite the favorite finished third Jockey G Seabo rode the winner winnerApprentice Apprentice Freeman made it a double for the afternoon when he won the third race with Bolo Miss a firsttime starter from the stable of H Friedberg Trainer Jack Hanover had the filly in excellent shape for her debut and she sprinted to the front of the favored Cross Bayou soon after the start to open up a good lead Bolo Miss weakened in the stretch however and Cross Bayou was wearing her down at the end Third money went to Nostalgia The event was for twoyearold maiden fillies and was at five furlongs
