Sports Editor Scores First Success of Current Season, Daily Racing Form, 1952-05-17

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Sports Editor Scores First Success of Current Season CRANWOOD PARK, Warrensville Heights, Ohio, May 16.— Although the weatherman continued to predict warmer weather, todays racing was conducted under dull, gray skies and a cold north wind prevailed most of the afternoon. A crowd of 3,362 fans were on hand and the racing was keen throughout the nine-race card. . Mrs.M. V.Dalys Sports Editor accounted for his first victory of the season in the seventh and featured affair, the Canton. With jockey Stanley Austin in the saddle, he ran the siv and one-half furlongs over a good strip in 1:22% to be a good three and one-quarter lengths better than J. K. Wsnkobps Bona Girl, and returned .40, .00 and .80 mutuel across the board. Another length and one-half in the wake of Bona Girl was R. Pools Greek-Lighfr, who in turn was a length and one-half " in front of Roselyn A. Sklenickas Tiny Git. The first two races, making up for the Daily Double, were won by B. S. Campbells Video Queen and New and McGills Road O* Gold, respectively. Jockey Hubert McKin-ney rode the former while G. P. Ryan was up on the latter. In the opener,


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