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Knight Cash Heads Field In Classified Pace Event Landers Gelding Has Won Twice At Current Aurora Downs Meet AURORA DOWNS, Aurora, HI., May 25. — Knight Cash, J. R. Landers surprising j nine-year-old Cold Cash bay gelding, will go after his third and possibly fourth straight win of the meeting in a-,,500 divided pace at Aurora Downs Saturday night. Given up as a bad risk in winter training quarters after a serious illness, Knight I Cash came to life early this spring and came up with two sharp performances to date. | In his first outing, he needed but 2:10% I to triumph. But, when" pressed on May 18, the Decatur, HI., owned campaigner responded with a very brisk 2:08% mile. Saturday night he will go two trips, the first over the six and one-half furlongs route and the final over the mile distance. . Trained and driven by Lyn Landers, Knight _ Cash, drew third for the sprint and second post position for the-longer trip. I Chief Strong wound up with the pole for [ the dash while Grattan Truax grabbed the i coveted spot in the second draw. The remaining entries for the featured sixth and ninth races consists of Chester Mc, Vera Grattan, Captain Pointer, Margaret Ann Blackstone and G.W.A. Gene Autry, owned and trained by Tom Mills, Henderson, Ky., will seek his second dash win of the meeting in a nine-sixteenths : trip in the second half of the Daily Double. , The field of "dash hounds" will be composed of Dick Siskiyou, Mer Mc, James El-I worthy, Marj L. Marks, Supremus, Rex C. J Brooke and Duskydale. Chief Taylor, victor in his last two outings, may find matters to his liking in the | fourth race, a Class 16 conditioned pace • over the mile route. Owned and driven by ! Olen Humphres, Chief Taylor scored in 2:11 on May 19 and toured the half-mile oval in 2:10% in his previous start. Chief Taylor will start from the pole position, in his race against the field of Lottie Pointer, Dalemont, Harvest Pilot, Dandy Handy, Barber B., Mr. D. Grattan and Dan Cupid. Dan Cupid, a surprise winner in 2:07%, has the early speed to make the rest of the field really step. Should the nine-year-old j Truabe chestnut get the race track at the first turn, hell be mighty hard to beat from there on. I
