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Stepping Miss Triumphs Through Fog at Suffolk SuffolkFernandez Fernandez Brothers Ride Five of First Six Winners on Program ProgramSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 28 Stepping Miss owned by Rum stick Lodge Inc and ridden by Fernando Fernandez accounted for the sixth and featured race at Suffolk Downs this after ¬ noon when she gained a head decision over Mt Desert Stables Halomer J H Carrs Q Gi Kelley finished third five and onehalf lengths back of the top pair pairTlie Tlie usual Friday crowd numbering 11809 were very quiet as they visualized their choices ruhmiig somewhere around the track but unseen due to the dense fog that set in just prior to the start of the mile and onesixteenth test The an ¬ nouncer on jthe public address system called Theyre off and now going to the first turn After a silence of about one minuter he stated They shouldibe Hearing the stretch and the leaders were faintly seen nearing the sixteenth pole Then the crowd carried oh from there yelling lustily lustilyColgate Colgate Farms Naval Base had the early speed to take command soon after the start and led O G Kelley going into the fog bank with the others closely bunched bunchedStepping Stepping Miss arid Halomer were the first to emerge from the darkness around the sixteenth pole with the Pasteurized filly down near the rail and the Mt Desert racer out in the middle of the track They sprinted as a team to the final yards with the game mare edging out slightly under the lashes of Fernandez whip whipStepping Stepping Miss was second choice in the wagering and returned 600 after com ¬ pleting the distance in 145 to give the older Cuban brother his second triumph for the afternoon His earlier win was astride Mrs P Laudatis Sylihady In the third race Between he and his younger brother Antonio they won tive of the first six races on the program The only rider to mar their complete sweep of the races up to and including the sixth was Jimmy Humphreys who scored on J M Grieves Cream in the openerl
