Flying Rhythm New Divisional Threat: Hollywood Oaks Upset Winner Made Eligible to Vanity Handicap Saturday, Daily Racing Form, 1948-06-08

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Flying Rythm Hew Divisional Threat ThreatHollywood Hollywood Oaks Upset Winner Made Eligible to Vanity Handicap Saturday SaturdayHOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD PARK Inglewood Calif June 7 A filly Anndrew J Crevolins Fly ¬ ing Rythm projected herself into the battle for threeyearold honors here this sum ¬ mer when she displayed hitherto unsus ¬ pected qualities to win the 25000 Holly ¬ wood Oaks here last Saturday This daugh ¬ ter of Beau Pere and Flying Wild soundly whipped in her only two other starts this meeting came as the saying goes out of the clouds to finish in front at the end of the mile of the Oaks while 12 other members of her age and sex followed In her wake wakeSo So unexpected was Flying Rythms vic ¬ tory that she rewarded those who had the temerity to support her in the mutuels 16780 for 2 Only one other horse in the field Mr and Mrs J A Davis Blue Moire was held in less esteem by the crowd of 37517 37517The The Rolling Hills Farms Belle Jolie was second to Flying Rythm while Norman W Churchs Boswell Lady the favorite was third Mrs Harry Curlands Henpecker was best of the others othersComes Comes From Last Place PlaceFlying Flying Rythm trained by Frank E Childs and ridden by J W Martin dropped into last place soon after the start and she was badly outrun for more than a half mile Then she began to advance on the outside and after reaching the final straightaway she really shifted into high gear She was ninth heading into the homestretch sixth a furlong from the wire and got up in the last strides to win by a head Her time for the eight furlongs made under 110 pounds was 139 and her effort rewarded her owner to the ex ¬ tent of 19050 19050Belle Belle Jolie who had been a sharp factor from the beginning took command midway in the homestretch when the pacemaking Lady Bruce owned by Bruce Huston began to shorten strides For a time it ap ¬ peared the Rollings Hills miss would stick it out but she just could not last Boswell Lady also was prominent all the way and she hung on well to be only half a length off the leaders at the wire Boswell Lady raced under 120 pounds and Belle Jolie under 116 116Lady Lady Bruce gave way badly after her dis ¬ play of early speed and wound up beating only one rival Dolan Cunninghams Candy Kane who forced the early pace and Lou Rowans Mrs Rabbit also gave way badly in the last quarter quarterHaving Having disposed of most of the leading fillies of her own age Flying Rythm next will try conclusions with older members of her sex She has been made eligible for the 25000 Vanity Handicap In which fillies and mares will meet over a mile and a sixteenth on Saturday After that she is expected to oppose male threeyear olds in the 25000 Cinema and later in the 50000 Westerner


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