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Golden Count Outruns His Opponents In Lincoln Fields TwoYearOld Event Crenshaw Youngster Downs Pretty Tiger With Ease as Fox Rime Finishes Unplaced UnplacedSTICKNEY STICKNEY 111 June 16 Golden Count a son of Reigh Count Twenty Karat owned by W W Crenshaw of Los Angeles was best of a band of twoyear olds who met in the feature race at Haw ¬ thorne today and won by several lengths It was the second victory of the Lincoln Fields meeting for Golden Count who previously numbered among his victims Icangetit winner of the Joliet Stakes Todays field was made to order for the Crenshaw juvenile He sprinted to the front soon after the start and was never headed Pretty Tiger an outsider nosed out Valdina Streak from the John Marsch Stable for second place placeThe The distance was five furlongs and des ¬ pite the fact that the Demaweista who had been named to race coupled with him was a late withdrawal Fox Rime continued to rule as favorite until off time Al ¬ though he broke well Fox Rime was unable to keep up and at no time seriously threatened for the leadership Valdina Streak and Joes Choice were the strong ¬ est contenders in the early running but the latter petered out in the stretch while Valdina Streak went down before Pretty Tigers stretch rush rushGolden Golden Count was ridden by jockey J Thornburg who was registering his second victory of the afternoon The winners time was 101 indicated that the track had become fast for the first time in sev ¬ eral days The weather was clear and warm and the estimated attendance was 11295 The day was enlivened by the vic ¬ tory of two horses each paying over 100 100Wobble Wobble Pump a fouryearold maiden racer paid the longest price of the meet ¬ ing when he got up in time to win the fifth race from a field of nonwinners The pay ¬ off straight was 18400
