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Coaltown Works Sparkling Five Furlongs in 584s 584sCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 12 Coaltown Calumet Farms crack threeyearold colt turned in a sparkling trial over the local course this morning a move which veteran turfmen called spec ¬ tacular Although the track was fast the dogs were up because of a de ¬ cided threat of rain and Coaltown sped around the obstacles for five furlongs and hung up a 586 final time for that distance Handled by jockey N L Pierson Coaltown reached the quartermile marker in 22 and passed the halfmile in 46 The son of Bull Lea and Easy Lass appeared in excellent shape after his quick drill and general manager trainer Ben A Jones of the Warren Wright owned establish ¬ ment expressed keen satisfaction over the manner in which Coaltown worked workedFriday Friday morning Coaltown Be ¬ witch and Deluxe will leave Chur ¬ chill Downs for Belmont Park and according to present plans Jones will be in New York for the running of the Gallant Fox on Saturday in which Fervent and Faultless are scheduled starters
