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APPRENTICE J DAUGUSTINO Rode Miss Loretta and Concrete to victory yesterday at Churchill Downs Annies Reply After Repeat Triumph at ChurchiJI Downs Uncle Otho Miss Tartan Big Casino Oppose Smith Mare in SixFurlong Test TestCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 13 The He Did Purse six furlongs for fouryearolds and upward attracted a field of six entrants and it will serve as the headline attraction on the semifinal program of 6 1948 spring meeting here A good supporting card has been arranged arrangedAnnies Annies Reply a sevenyearold daughter of Questionnaire and Annie Reigh will carry the silks of U R Smith in the He Did Purse and the aged mare may go post ward as the choice over her five rivals Annies Reply made her first start of the year at the Downs on May 6 and she easily defeated a betterthanaverage field in the Lawrin Purse running that six furlongs in 115 over muddy footing footingLast Last autumn at this oval Annies Reply won over a slow track turning back such fleet company as Sistayr Preoccupy and Uncle Otho among others Apprentice Jimmy Duff has been assigned the mount on Annies Reply and he handled her flaw ¬ lessly when she captured the Lawrin in her previous appearance here hereLucas Lucas B Combs Kentucky thoroughbred breeder and owner is to be represented in the lecture by Uncle Otho aged gelded son of Okapi and Dark River Uncle Otlio has been to the post but once this year and on that occasion he raced disappointingly at Keeneland During his 1947 campaign the gelding won three of his 14 starts and his recent trials suggest that he has returned to his better form Brooks to Ride RideJockey Jockey Steve Brooks leading rider at the Downs will handle Uncle Otho in the He Did according to announcement here this morning by trainer Robert S Young The Combs representative is top weight under the allowance conditions with a 121pound burden burdenJ J L C J Allgeier will start Miss Tar ¬ tan in the feature and their colorbearer is a sixyearold daughter of Port Au Prince and Tartan Betsy She gave a splendid demonstration of her prowess at the recent Keeneland meeting when she scored a game victory in the Scarlet Gate Purse Miss Tartan held a length lead over Pre ¬ cession during the stretch run in that sprint and she retained that advantage over her rival to the wire although Preces ¬ sion atempted to savage her nearing the finish finishE E R Morris Big Casino who is a sched ¬ uled starter for the He Did ran fourth be ¬ hind Miss Tartan Precession and Starry Cant in the Lexington event and he will try the Allgeier mare again tomorrow at the same distance Big Casino is to be ridden by the Englishborn Peter Gif ford who has shown good saddle form thus far this year yearClifford Clifford Lusskys Spirsilla and Mrs A M Creechs Cid Play complete the prob ¬ able starting band for the headline offer ¬ ing Spirsilla campaigned rather well last year but she has not raced to expectations this season although some of her works have been fast Cid Play won during the current meeting defeating some top class platers and he ran third Tuesday in the Mad Play Purse behind Porters Broom and Blue Seal No rider has been named for Spirsilla but Harold Featherston is to be at the reins of Cid Play PlayFouryearolds Fouryearolds and upward are to meet tomorrow in the first race at one mile and horses from like age divisions will run in the sixfurlong second Twoyearbids are to clash in the fivefurlong third number and threeyearolds and upward will con ¬ test at one mile in the fourth offering Threeyearolds will match strides in the one mile and onesixteenth seventh while fouryearolds and upward are scheduled to gd postward in the sevenfurlong fifth and the one mile and onequarter eighth races
