Consistent Hemet Squaw Carries Off Honors in 5,000 Vanity Handicap: Iron Maiden Runs Second In Hollywood Park Stake; Autocrat in Fine Condition, Daily Racing Form, 1948-06-15

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Consistent Hemet Squaw Carries Off Honors in 25000 Vanity Handicap Iron Maiden Runs Second In Hollywood Park Stake I Autocrat in Fine Condition ConditionHOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD PARK Inglewood Calif June 14 Luke Sneeds Hemet Squaw was the heroine of last weeks racing at Hollywood Park This fouryearold daugh ¬ ter of Hollyrood and Pompeys Squaw who has been unplaced in only two of 13 previ ¬ ous engagements this year turned in an ¬ other excellent performance last Saturday and this time her efforts were rewarded with a triumph in the 25000 Vanity Handicap a contest of a mile and a six ¬ teenth for fillies and mares maresSecond Second in the Vanity was E B John ¬ stons Iron Maiden while third honors fell to Abe Hirschbergs Cariina In order be ¬ hind them came Mrs A W Ryans Good Excuse C S Howards Miss Doreen and R C Ellsworths Hubble Hubble Miss Doreen was topweighted with 122 pounds and Hubble Hubble was next with 120 while Hemet Squaw got in with 114 pounds which included jockey Ralph Neves NevesIron Iron Maiden as the pacemaker and Hubble Bubble started off as if they might make a twohorse race of the Vanity En ¬ tering the backstretch they were six lengths in advance of their nearest rival which at the time was Good Excuse Hemet Squaw was racing along in fourth position ap ¬ proaching the second turn this gap was considerably closed and at this juncture it might have been anyones race raceEntering Entering the stretch Hemet Squaw began to advance on the outside and a furlong from the wire she was lapped on Iron Maiden and Hubble Bubble and a little farther on she forged to the front Hubble Bubble collapsed just inside the final fur ¬ long But Iron Maiden offered resistance right down to the wire At the end Hemet Squaw was in front by a length with Iron Maiden beating Canina two lengths for the place placeThe The victory was worth 16350 to the partnership of Luke Sneed SneedSeveral Several other horses also turned in nota ¬ ble efforts here last week Baroni Bat tilanas Autocrat who is being honed for the 100000 Hollywood Gold Cup left little to be desired in his condition when he tackled some of the fleetest sprinters on the scene and beat them over seven fur ¬ longs Conceding weight to all his rivals this son of Zacaweista sped seven furlongs in 123 and beat a field that included Fair Truckle the worlds record holder for six furlongs Brabancon Prevaricator Witch Sir and Artillery ArtilleryCharles Charles S Howards Top View also showed to advantage when he ran five fur ¬ longs in 59 to be a romping winner over a field of twoyearolds and the same sta ¬ bles ITrharetta beat Stirrup Cup Star ¬ less Night and others over six furlongs


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