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Speculation Lasts To Score by Neck 65000 Yearling Purchase Takes Will Rogers Handicap For His Initial Stake Victory VictoryHOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD PARK Inglewood Calif May 31 Threeyearolds dominated the spotlight at Hollywood Park last week and the one to emerge on the first leg on the local championship of that division was Norman W Churchs Speculation Finally justifying in part at least the 65000 which was paid for him as a yearling the son of Mahmoud and Gala Belle charged to victory in the 25000 Will Rogers Han ¬ dicap the six furlongs feature of last Satur ¬ days program programAble Able to win only two of seven races last year and second in his only other start this season Speculation turned in an ex ¬ cellent effort and through it earned 19050 His lifetime earnings now amount to 25750 25750C C J Sebastians Stage Glitter was second in the Will Rogers and Mrs Nate Gold stones Solidarity a pronounced favorite in the race was third Ten other threeyear olds took part in the stake stakeSpeculation Speculation ridden by Frank Chojnacki was accompanied to the post by Royal Chance a winner earlier in the meeting and the latters function was to cut out the pace From soon after the start Specu ¬ lation was in closest pursuit of Royal Chance and when the pacemaker began to wilt approaching the last eighth the Mah ¬ moud colt assumed command By this time Stage Glitter had reached a contending po ¬ sition and he made a gallant bid for vic ¬ tory but the Church representative stuck to his guns and lasted to win by a neck neckSolidarity Solidarity OddOn Choice ChoiceSolidarity Solidarity who also had won earlier in the meeting and who was installed a 4 to 5 choice by the crowd of more than 42000 persons was only a neck farther back iii third position But he still may have been the best horse for he was the victim of some poor racing luck He wasnt actually impeded but he was bottled up for much of the first threeeighths arid then lost considerable ground swinging wide into the home stretch stretchA A bangup fourth in the Will Rogers was F OBriens Hunter Sun Some of the others who took part in the stake were Mrs Rea Warners MakeUp Man Mrs Ann Peppers The Web II FiftyFifty Stables Drumbeat Frank Frankels Frankly and the Kinsey Ranchs Tops Boy In winning Speculation ran the three quarters in 111 He shouldered 115 pounds The top weight was 124 which was shouldered by Solidarity Two other horses also turned in notable performances here last week The Mont rose Stables Mafosta winner of five stakes including the Bay Meadows Handicap this spring and runnerup to With Pleasure in the Inglewdod Handicap sped a mile in 136 to take an overnight feature last Tues ¬ day He was in front all the way under the guidance of Johnny Gilbert and won by a halflength from Brabancon while others who followed in his wake were Flashco Shannon n Olhaverry and Double F F FCharles Charles S Howards Fair Truckle holder of the worlds record of 108 for six fur ¬ longs traveled his favorite distance in 110 under 124 pounds on Thursday and scored an easy triumph in the Manana Handicap He was followed under the wire by Galla Damion Bymeabond Music Man Triskelion and Challenging
