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JOHN M GOODE Brought Durazna back to the races in keen form as evi ¬ denced by the Bull Lea Myrtlewood fillys impressive performance in yester ¬ days Anita Peabody Purse Durazna Impresses in Seasonal Debut Hyde Park Attracts Fourteen Juveniles Beats Harriet Sue In Homewood Tilt TiltBrownell Brownell Combs Crack Fill Wins With Speed to Spare In Anita Peabody Purse PurseHOMEWOOD HOMEWOOD 111 June 20 Brownelt Combs brilliant Durazna champion juve ¬ nile filly of the 1943 turf season gava pause to Twilight Tears admirers in her successful threeyearold debut on the Ar lingtonatWashington card here thia sunny afternoon The graceful gaily ca ¬ parisoned daughter of Bull Lea and Myrtle wood converted the sixfurlong Anita Pea body Purse which was the vehicle of her seasonal debut into a mere exhibition of plain and fancy running Carrying top weight of 117 pounds she led from flagfalJ to finish in 23V5 47 and 111 prickini her ears during the stretch run and toyini with so fleet a filly as is Harriet Sue SueThe The Friedberg runner was the only mem ¬ ber of a field of five clever threeyearold fillies assembled for Duraznas coming out party who was capable of offering resist ¬ ance She made a gallant effort and was head and head with the Blue Crasser an through the backstretch and to the lot corner where Durazna appeared inclined to loaf and Jess Higley flicked her with his stick a couple of times to keep her from losing interest completely At ttie stand Durazna was a length and a quarter in advance of the other Bull Lea filly Two and a half lengths farther back and almost overlooked in the crowds absorption in the first two Bell Song was third thirdGreeted Greeted With Prolonged Ovation OvationDurazna Durazna was scarily draVing a long breath upon returning to the winners en ¬ closure wher a large attendance of about 12000 who had installed her oddson greeted her with a prolonged ovation She paid 3 in the tote This was Duraznas first appearance since she defeated Oc ¬ cupy the Futurity specialist for the Breeders Version of the Futurities at Churchill Downs last autumn She also ac ¬ counted for the Prairie State Stakes and Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap last year and altogether has won six of her nine starts thus far in her expanding career careerMrs Mrs F F Burrells elderly Book Plate picked up his second purse hereabouts this season when he beat HyTrite a profile for the sixfurlong opener Eleven 1500 1500Continued Continued on Page TwentyFour Durazna in Impressive Homewood Seasonal Bow BowJust Just Toys With Rivals to Beat Harriet Sue by Clear Margin MarginContinued Continued from Page One Onesprinters sprinters made up the field and Book Plate carried top weight of 120 which included Otto Grohs He was almost an equal choice with Subdeb who finished third three lengths off the first two twoBook Book Plate outbroke his field was stead ¬ ied along to the turn when HyTrite out ¬ ran him thrust through between horses in the stretch and wore down the Hygro filly as the climax of a spirited duel Subdeb broke slowly and finished fairly well for third The winner was timed in 113 and returned 760 760Doubt Doubt Not an erstwhile stakes perform ¬ er won his first purse in many weeks when he beat eight other 1500 sprinters at six furlongs in the second Jockey J Molbert had the mount sending the eightyearold Burgoo King gelding into a slight lead early and killing off Black Mark and then re ¬ pelling the highly regarded Miss Monarch by a head in 113 113Black Black Mark lasted for third two lengths farther back Dollar Limit could not raise a gallop and To a Tee pulled up apparently a trifle sore Doubt Not paid 1220 and completed a 7860 double doubleA A straggling start marred the five and onehalf furlongs of the race fpr maiden twoyearold fillies programmed as the third Calumets diminutive Twosy a daughter of Bull Lea who had been un ¬ placed in her Belmont debut emerged from this event an easy winner Jockey Conn McCreary had her four and a half lengths before the runnerup Spitha at the final marker where Little Spinner was third two lengths farther back Twosy led vir ¬ tually throughout and was timed in 106 Spitha broke less forwardly and made up several lengths in a creditable effort She vas the favorite Whistig was last to be gyj Antiaxis behaved as if she will im ¬ prove Twosy paid 920
