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Shako Beats Naval Base In Second Suffolk Win WinHinphys Hinphys Recent 157000 Claim Toys With Rivals in Nantucket NantucketSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 12 BUI Hinphys Shako claimed for 15000 in April of this year at Bowie scored the second victory for his new owner in the featured Nantucket Purse today running away from his opposition by five and a half lengths Colgate Farms Naval Base finished second two and threequar ¬ ters lengths before Oran Lodge Stables Apropiado ApropiadoA A tremendous downpour fell from the skies during the running of the third race turning the racing strip into a sea of slop and causing wholesale withdrawals es ¬ pecially in the feature where three sched ¬ uled performers were excused A crowd of 13422 was in attendance a great many of whom were trapped under the cloudburst while watching their choices thunder through the stretch in third thirdShako Shako hasnow won two out of three over the Suffolk Downs oval scoring pre ¬ viously at threequarters of a mile His race today was an impressive one as he covered the mile and a sixteenth in 148 over the sloppy track Naval Base drew the bulk of support on the strength of his sec ¬ ond to Calvados in last Saturdays Com ¬ monwealth Handicap In that encounter Naval Base cut out a smart early pace over a muddy racing strip and was expected to do likewise today todayThe The Colgate Farm colorbearer did get to the front but failed to open up an ap ¬ preciable amount of distance over F Ran dos Camps First who was right at Naval Bases heels Shako was in third place not too far off and crying to run When apprentice Bobby Smithers set Shako down the Head Play gelding moved right to the leader taking command on the turn and drawing out from that point on The result was never in doubt as Shako continued to widen Naval Base held on well for the place as Apropiado passed tir ¬ ing horses to be third Three favorites reached the winners circle during the early races with no real outsiders providing upsets
