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Top Flight to Honeymoon by Nose Noble One Repeats Recent Triumph Mighty Story Next To OddsOn Choice ChoiceAfton Afton Villa Racer Scores in Clear Scratch Proud Ruler When Injured in Stall Gate GateWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood 111 June 9 Noble One consistent and fast fiveyearold gelded son of Only One andj Sugar Kiss today scored his sixth victory of the year and his second of the Lincoln Fields current meeting when he carried the Afton Villa Farm silks home first in the Indian Runner Handicap Splendidly han ¬ dled by Charles Swain the New Orleans owned winner reached the finish of the seven furlong feature two lengths before John Marschs Mighty Story second by five and onehalf lengths in advance of Michael J Dants Southern Pride third in the field of six starters startersJ J M Hutchins Proud Ruler a scheduled starter who was coupled in the wagering with E E Voynows Stud Poker broke out from her stall while waiting for Ruby Whites break and suffering injury was ordered scratched No refund was made on Proud Ruler as Stud Poker the other half of the Hutchins and Voynow entry ran in the race and finished fifth fifthTopweighted Topweighted Under 115 115Noble Noble One carried the top weight burden of 115 pounds th the Indian Runner and he was timed in l241s One of several suc ¬ cessful public choices during the program the Crescent City sprint star returned his supporters 7 to 10 10Noble Noble One was forwardly placed from the Indian Runner start while Southern Pride and Merry March engaged each other for the early advantage Approaching the stretch Merrymarch dropped back and the ultimate victory moved up stoutly to chal ¬ lenge Southern Pride while Mighty Story making his second start of the season also began a bold bid Noble One then dis ¬ posed of Southern Pride and continued willingly enough to hold Mighty Story safe safeJ J D Joseph Rogers Gab Session well handled by Bobby Campbell was the win ¬ ner of the sixfurlong Flat Iron Purse Mrs H J Damms Reigns Comet closed fast from a sluggish start to earn the place award while P J Valentis Caillou Rouge annexed the short end of the purse over overContinued Continued on Page Thirty Five Noble One Triumph Again at Washington WashingtonBeats Beats Mighty Story Two Lengths Proud Ruler Ordered Withdrawn WithdrawnI I Continued from Page One Onethe the five other threeyearolds contesting the secondary offering offeringGab Gab Session accounted for his fourth vic ¬ tory in five outings and sped the Flat Iron distance in 111 The Rogers colt was the sixth straight favorite to visit the win ¬ ners circle and he paid 340 340A A crowd numbering 11035 turned put for the midweek sport which was decided under ideal weather conditions and over a fast track trackMrs Mrs O H Marshalls Good Turn hard ridden by Jimmy DeWitt drove to a pop ¬ ular verdict in the fifth race which brought out seven 10000class platers to meet at six furlongs Good Turn came stoutly through the stretch under DeWitts vigor ¬ ous urging and the 10yearold son of Ariel snatched major honors by a scanty margin over J L C J Allgeiers Miss Tartan pacemaker from the outset A length back of the closely lapped leaders Jacob Shers Magnolia finished third and E R Morris Duck Berry was an evengoing fourth fourthGood Good Turn shouldered 118 pounds raced the threequarters in 111 and was a 6to5 favorite in the straight tote pool poolJockey Jockey Tony Skoronski making his first appearance in silks since taking a nasty spill Tuesday rode an excellent race on C W Tagues Marquisette in the six furlongs opener and his mount held a length and threequarters advantage at the wire Per ¬ mitted to work her way forward steadily after a very sluggish beginning Marquis ¬ ette slipped through on the inside for the drive andthen wore down the leaders and won going away Frederick Wyses Sleepy Port ran second a half length before Va ¬ lenti Stables favored Grecian Breeze third thirdMarquisette Marquisette a stout second choice in the speculation paid slightly better than 22 to 1 straight after completing her task in 113 Her accounting was the second in her only three starts startsWilliam William A Mikels Top Notch who was installed a 4to5 favorite in the second race also at six furlongs gave his sup ¬ porters no cause for anxiety and scored an easy three lengths decision after leading for the major portion of the trip Alertly ridden by Glair Peabody Top Notch had no difficulty in besting J Maissells Valdina Aide second by a two and onehalf lengths margin over Thomas Davis Kere who weakened during the drive after displaying speed to the stretch stretchJockey Jockey Skoronski completed a saddle double in the fourth race piloting Charles W Hylands Baby Blue the favorite to a sevenlength triumph over six other three yearold platers at one mile Baby Blue assumed command at the start and after withstanding an early bid by Phastaris steadily increased her advantage and won with speed in reserve
