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Artist Life in Thrilling Nose Score Nips Three Rings At Garden State Track in Sloppy Condition Top Foot and Flica Foot Complete Rothfus Double DoubleGARDEN GARDEN STATE PARK Camden N J May 13 Scratches reducing the starting field in todays featured Assembly Purse to only five starters but the one mile and a sixteenth event for threeyearolds pro ¬ vided a thrilling finish with J M Roeb lings brown gelding Artist Life driving to a nose victory over Mrs E L Hopkins Three Rings Hal Price Headleys favored Dole was third while W E Charles Jrs Pea ¬ nuts Girl and H R Grays Samba Step ran as named to complete the field fieldCapably Capably handled by Paul Miller Artist Life saved grounofto the stretch then was taken to theoutside for the drive to wear down the pacemaking Three Rings in the very last jump The latter revealing fine staying power under Al Schmidls compe ¬ tent handling vaulted to the lead at the outset and held on well in the final 70 yards yardsDole Dole a stout favorite with the estimated throng of 10000 who witnessed the sport in a cold and rainy afternoon lost ground from start to finish and although he al ¬ ways maintained a contending position the wellbred son of Roman Dolette failed to come on when jockey Jimmy Stout nut him to a drive in the final eighth of mile Dole was easily best of the others earning third money close to 10 lengths in advance of Peanuts Girl GirlHeavy Heavy Rains Before Post Time TimeThe The fast track that had prevailed during the first part of the week was washed right down the drain so to speak by showers of cloudburst proportions that swept the course prior to noon The rain had eased off by post time Tut a steady drizzle swept the course during racing hours hoursProving Proving a very adept performer over the sloppy track Artist Life was timed the one mile and a sixteenth in 145 145P P A Rothfus consistent threeyearold colt Top Foot registered his second straight victory of the meeting and completed a double for owner Rothfus when he held on in a hajd stretch drive to defeat Ella K Brysons fastclosing Stilt a head in the six furlongs fourth race for SOOO claimers A chestnut son of Sky Raider Toy Foot Top Foot now has scored three straight vic ¬ tories having won his last start at Laurel before entering winter quarters last October OctoberTop Top Foot ran an extremely game race today for he was under forced draft all through the sloppy stretch while fighting of f bold challenges by Glory Girl and the charging Stilts StiltsApprentice Apprentice Ray Drury was aboard Top Foot and the capable apprentice received a welldeserved ovation for his fine han ¬ dling of the colt in the stretch Top Foot was second choice to Vanita Ed and paid 800 The running time was 113 113Earlier Earlier in the program owner Rothfus trainer Bill Irvine Jr and apprentice Drury registered their first victory of the dreary raining afternoon when Flicka Foot a twoyearold brown daughter of Boss Hoss Toy Foot trounced 11 rivals in the five furlongs second race
