Fertile Lands Is Clear Cut Victor: Avenges Recent Sportsmans Setback in Turning Tables On Late Thread in Sprint, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-10

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Fertile Lands Is Clear Cut Victor VictorAvenges Avenges Recent Sportsmans Setback in Turning Tables On Late Thread in Sprint SprintSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 8 P L Grissom Harold Shermans threeyearold son of Reaping Reward and Sun Mixia Fertile Lands won his second handicap at this meeting in his three starts taking the honors by a length and a quarter in this afternoons featured 5000 Hawthorne Handicap Fertile Lands first trouced older rivals in the Inaugural Hand ¬ icap and then returned last Friday in the one mile and a sixteenth May Day Handi ¬ cap in which he was passed at the wire by Mrs James L Oglebys Late Third To ¬ day Late Third found her courageous stretch drive lacking and finished second while leading home by a length Mrs O H Marshalls Good Turn The favored Mrs G H Emicks Hollyman was a distant fourth with Sublime and Sir White com ¬ pleting the field of six Fertile Lands ran the seven furlongs distance over a good racing strip in 130 and paid 940 940The The Hawthorne Handicap was disap ¬ pointing to the majority of the large Sat ¬ urday gathering of 17442 who saw Holly man along with five previous favorites unable to menace at any time timeManifold Manifold in Saddle SaddleJockey Jockey Henry Manifold astride the win ner had his mount under strong restraint while racing closest to the pace of Good Turn the first journey around the oval Nearing the half Fertile Lands drew along side the 10yearold speedster and after a spirited tussle to the final turn drew into a clear advantage Late Thread trailed the field during the early stages although never over five lengths behind the lead Rounding into the stretct the Pilate mare began to pick up stride and finished fast while Good Turn was failing fast Holly man appeared to have no excuse turning in an even effort while the second choice M H Van Bergs Sir White was never under pressure while dropping back stead ¬ ily from a swift beginning to finish last lastTrainer Trainer Angelo Cilio saddled his second winner of the afternoon sending postward postwardContinued Continued on Page Four fertile Lands Triumphs In Hawthorne Handicap HandicapTurns Turns Tables on late Thread at Sportsman in Clean Cut Score ScoreContinued Continued from Page One N L Raffelmans Georgia V to an easy accounting of the seven furlong Cameo Purse Apprentice TDarl Norman also scored his second triumph being astride the earlier Ciliotrained winner in the first race Georgie V swis second choice and returned4760jasthefifthconsecutivenon lavorite on the program programDarl Darl Norman in continuation of his present excellent riding form had Georgie V at the throat latch of Patmiboy Awhile running outside that racer the first time around Reaching the halfmile pole Nor ¬ man urged his mount in earnest and Geor ¬ gie Vtquickly responded and drew away to be five lengths before his six rivals at the finish Rewarder came from third position at the half to Jiejsecondby a length over Eatmiboy Awhile Diderod was fourth fol ¬ lowed by the lavorite Albulil The public choice had no mishap in ihe running the Oliver i Hopperntrained representative justtcouldmothandle hisiask and returned fter jtheTace sore and walkingon eigs eigsJockey Jockey Charles SwainTconsideredioneof the best veteran reinsmen here also ac ¬ counted for ta double victory astride the winnersdf the third thirdtand tand fourth races Sun storm and Some Bid respectively Swain brought Mrs Alphonse Schwartzs Sun storm from far back rounding the final turn to be drawing away at the finish Awhile adversely riding Mrs L H Thomp sons Some Bid in front all the way and narrowly lasting while drifting out to best Wonder Why Both victories called for rsimilar prices of slightly better than7tol The first CilioNorman winner J JLom bardos Little Hare proved the first half of the longest Daily Double of the oneet ing Xittle Hare paid 6940 straight and coupled with H G Knotts winner df the second Watch Chilla paid 48840 3ort 2 win ticket Watch Chila returned4l260


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