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Three Rings Gains Honors in Audubon AudubonPrevails Prevails in FrontRunning Style to Lead First Nighter To Wire at Camden Course CourseGARDEN GARDEN STATE PARK Camden N J May 19 Leading eight rivals a futile chase from flagfall to finish Mrs E L Hopkins improved threeyearold gelding Three Rings registered a clearcut albeit hardearned triumph in the featured Au ¬ dubon Purse for threeyearolds here to ¬ day dayOff Off alertly under veteran Al SchmidPs jcompetent handling Three Rings increased his advantage steadily to enjoy a four length margin of superiority over his near ¬ est rival as Schmjdl steered him into the stretch but the gelded son of Blue Lark ¬ spur Circus Ring was straight as a string at the wire to lead S A Mason TJLs charging First Nighter by a length and threequarters with the latter a short head in advance of E M Herrons deadgame filly Betty OHerron OHerronThree Three Rings victory as a 740 second choice represented the first success for the veteran trainer Willie Knapp since he succeeded Jack Webber as conditioner of Mrs Hopkins thoroughbreds Knapp who gained everlasting fame as the rider aboard Upset the day Man o War suffered his only defeat sent Three Rings postward for a sharp effort the gelding being clocked the one mile and a sixteenth over the fast track in l4545 l4545Cool Cool comfortable weather prevailed for the midweek program with an estimated throng of 14500 viewing the proceedings proceedingsFights Fights Off Late Challenges ChallengesMost Most of the excitement the Audubon pro ¬ vided was contained in the final furlong as First Nighter rallying strongly from a rearguard position strove valiantly to overtake the game but tiring pacemaker after Betty OHerron and Gallant Jake the favorite had chucked the task in the early stretch Both Betty OHerron and Gallant Jake made determined runs at the leader in the early stretch but Three Rings fought off these challenges and still had enough in reserve to hold First Nighter safe safeThe The sixfurlong sixth race which fol ¬ lowed the Audubon saw Cedar Farms vet ¬ eran sprinter Black Gang come from behind to score a highly popular victory victoryContinued Continued on Page ThirtyTwo Three Rings Prevails In Garden State Event EventLeads Leads Throughout and Holds First Nighter Safe at Finish FinishContinued Continued from Page One Oneover over W I Jones Grand Actress and five other high class speeders Capably handled by Peter McLean Black Gang was steadied behind Grand Actress early pace and rallied boldly to assume the lead nearing the furlong pole At the finish Black Gang was going away from the latter by two lengths with Yorkshire Farms Time Stitch third and William G Helis Uranium fourth fourthBlack Black Gang dropped a close decision in a previous race at Garden State then was transferred to Pimlico Veteran trainer Charles Shaw had the sevenyearold son of War Admiral Babys Breath geared for a sharp effort for his return to the local scene and he was timed the six furlongs in 112 The winner paid 580 580Longshots Longshots earned the spoils in the six furlong fourth race a sixfurlong dash for mediocer threeyearolds Coming from out of the clouds in the final eighth of a mile Janet N Kellys bay gelding Kels Love was first at the wire to pay 10340 second longest price of the meeting Kels Love defeated Bobanet Stables Monifieth a head while the latter was two and one half lengths clear of D A Rosenbaums Dobodura who paid 4180 to show All three of the money horses came from be ¬ hind to catch tiring front runners runnersKels Kels Love was a winner here very early in the meeting but was stepped up the claiming scale today which accounts for his very liberal odds The bay son of Fla ¬ menco Love Maker was given a waiting ride by Manuel Gonzalez who went to a drive when it became apparent the speed horses in the 12horse field were beginning to show signs of wear Charging swiftly between rivals Kels Love collared Moni ¬ fieth within the final 50 yards and out gamed his rival the restof the way Moni ¬ fieth also came from well off the pace staging his belated rally on the extreme outside in the stretch Kels Love was clocked in 114 114Neither Neither member of the favored High Ground Stable and Mrs Harry Mumma entry of Entranced and Vinita Ed ever were in the running Vinita Ed very frac ¬ tious at the post broke slowly and was never a factor while Entranced stopped JA wnik in the final quarter of a mile J P Jones Tipit set most of the pace but weakened in the stretch to finish 1 eighth
