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Alerted Carries Off Top Honors in Dixie Handicap HandicapHampton Hampton Stable Colt Hits Wire Half Length Ahead of Auditing AuditingBy By PALMER HEAGERTY HEAGERTYStaff Staff Correspondent CorrespondentPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 3 Hampton Stables Alerted a busy and pro ¬ ficient fouryearold son of Bull Lea Hastily Yours this afternoon accomplished his most noteworthy victory when he ac ¬ counted for the Maryland Jockey Clubs coveted Dixie Handicap renewal William Ewings Auditing was second over Mrs Edward Laskers Hull Down with Rokeby Stables highweighted County Delight in fourth position positionHandling Handling his 112pounds assignment in excellent fashion Alerted responded to the effective urging of Rocco Sisto to take the 20400 winners share of the 29700 gross purse by a half length while negotiating the mile and threesixteenths in 158 which is two seconds slower than Capots track standard Alerted now Has garnered 56325 this season which is slightly more than half of his earnings during his sopho ¬ more campaign A crowd of 16533 enjoyed the sport and installed Alerted a 700 fa ¬ vorite in the Dixie DixieFor For the veteran Sisto it marked the fourth time during a threeweek period that he has captured the lions share of the spoils with his mount in stake competi ¬ tion Sisto won the 25000 Chesapeak with Handsome Teddy the 25000 Bowie and the 10000 Lucky Draw with Three Rings and now the 25000 Dixie with Alerted AlertedThe The field from the barrier at the head of the lane in excellent alignment but a bit of crowding occurred when Al Widman astride Auditing allowed his mount to drift to the inner rail Hull Down under Keith Stuart possessed enough speed to stay with Auditing in the run past the stands but Charles Bohns Blue Hills County Delight and A J Crevdlins Be Fleet were eased back slightly to avoid a jam Alerted was clear after breaking from the inside while Mrs H L Straus Pilaster PilasterContinued Continued on Page Forty Alerted Carries Off TQP Honors in Dixie Handicap HandicapHampton Hampton Stable Colt Hits Wire Half Length Ahead of Auditing AuditingContinued Continued from Page One Onehad had already dropped out of contention as is his usual style of running runningHull Hull Down was nicely rated on the front end running the opening quarter in 24 and the halfmile in 48 while being snugged He then went out the six fur ¬ longs in 112 while being dogged by Alerted with Auditing an everthreatening third and County Delight in fourth posi ¬ tion while under a double Nelson NelsonAlerted Alerted engaged Hull Down from the outside nearing the stretch but his task was far from completed for the Lasker racer lightweight of the field under 104 pounds stuck tenaciously to his business and held on courageously Auditing too was commencing a somewhat unexpected challenge after having dropped a bit off the top pair rounding the turn while County Delight was being shaken up for the first time timeSisto Sisto wjiile apparently a little confident insofar as Hull Down was concerned was also well aware that Auditing was charging to him in the f inal sixteenth of a mile for he roused Alerted sharply and the sturdy campaigner exerted his usual energy to hold sway while his margin was steadily decreasing Auditing who carried 111 pounds was one length clear of Hull Down with County Delight a length and a half behind behindMaking Making up the alsorans in this fifty first edition of the Dixie were Pilaster who finished fifth as a close second choice to the winner Be Fleet and Blue Hills Be Fleet seemed a bit sore while being warmed up during the post parade which could have accounted for his rather dull per formance
