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Steploch Home First In Brandeis Memorial MemorialAKSABBEN AKSABBEN Omaha Nebr June 24 Mrs B C Hodges Steploch wellconformed eon of Pharloch Stepping Sister registered rather handy victory here yesterday in the inaugural presentation of the 5000 George Brandeis Memorial Handicap With the help of powerful and welljudged came to the finish of the one mile and one sixteenth distance three lengths in front of Mr and Mrs H W Countrymans Rem noy who in turn held a similar advantage over J W Sniders stretchrunning Ricks Raft The Hodge performer paid a liberal 11 and was clocked in 153 over the heavy track trackComcatchme Comcatchme went to the front imme ¬ diately after the start of the Brandeis with Silver Fire and Big Brother in close pur ¬ suit while the eventual winner was in close quarters and far back Ranum moved his charge into closer contention down the backstretch and around the far turn while racing on the outside Steploch responded gamely when called upon In the stretch run assumed command inside the furlong marker and was going away at the finish Remnoy turned in an excellent effort after overcoming interference at the start in which he was compelled to break from out ¬ side the barrier due to the size of the field Ricks Raft was also forced to break from the outside and likewise gave a brilliant performance performanceJ J J Isaacson general manager of Ak SarBen announced that the George Bran ¬ deis Memorial will become an annual fea ¬ ture of the local course in commemoration of the late Nebraska sportsman Brandeis a most arduous racing enthusiast and for ¬ mer chairman of the AkSarBen board of governors was instrumental in the restoration of the thoroughbred sport in Nebraska
