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MIGHTY STORY Returned to competition in sharp condition yesterday as ha accounted for the Maywood Purse at Hawthorne Mighty Story in Impressive Triumph Dimout Scores Again at Downs Leads Seamans Pal To Wire by Length LengthMarsch Marsch Colt Drives Home In Clear After Overcoming Early Trouble at Hawthorne HawthorneHAWTHORNE HAWTHORNE Cicero HI May 15 John Marschs candidate for this seasons threeyearold honors Mighty Story came back to the races here this afternoon and while he encountered some stiff opposition from the field of mediocre threeyearolds that faced him it was the general impres ¬ sion that any sophomores who match speed with him in the future will be forced to flash championship form to beat him himThe The compactlybuilt son of Mahmoud Little Lie arrived at the finish line one full length to the good over P J Valentis Sea mans Pal who was threequarters of a length ahead of Mrs A M Creechs Cid Play He picked up 119 pounds as if it were a feather and traveled the six and onehalf furlongs in the nonetooconvincing time of 119 119The The largest crowd of the meeting 13786 installed the rather handsome little fellow a 1 to 2 favorite and was thrilled at his valiant effort of justifying that confidence confidenceDrops Drops Back to Last Place PlaceMighty Mighty Story with the veteran Joey Wagner in the stirrup irons broke nicely from a smart start but was unable to keep pace and dropped back to last place almost immediately As the field neared the turn Wagner took a desperate chance and drove him up between horses where he became sandwiched in a spot and he could neither move up any further or take back Wagner tried to edge closer but was forced to ease back at every attempt Finally he obtained clear sailing on the outside and Mighty Story gave a grand flash of speed to enter contention contentionWhen When it appeared that the gray colt would continue to maintain his drive clear of trouble on the outside he suddenly ducked toward the inside rail and Wagner was forced to select an opening between horses or lose all chance Mighty Story responded with a mighty effort and virtu ¬ ally bulled his way to a position next to Seamans Pal who by this time was well in front As they neared the wire the winner continued to come rapidly and was pulling away at the end endThose Those who watched the race closely were unanimous in the opinion that the colt had turned in a smashing effort despite the fact that those who faced him boasted little pretention of class He pulled up appar ¬ ently sound and was not puffing hard enough to blow out a candle candleA A field of better than average three yearold fillies tried their speed over the sixfurlong Rose of Sharon Purse third race and W Bailey was forced to subject Ben Fogelsons Pomps Gal to a tenacious drive in order to stave off a terrific late bid by Mrs Phil Leons Real Sweet an extreme outsider in the field of seven while another anotherContinued Continued on Page ThirtyTwo
