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Fleet Khal Courageous Winner Over A Gleam GleamBeats Beats OddsOn Choice by Neck I In Hollywood Vanity Handicap HOLLYWOOD PARK Inglewood Calif June 8 The threeyearold Fleet Khal owned by Rex C Ellsworth is the cham ¬ pion of Hollywood Parks filly and mare division The daughter of Khaled and Flitting Feet earned that honor when she raced to victory in the 25000 Vanity Handicap at a mile and onesixteenth here last weekend weekendFleet Fleet Khal who was thought to be only a sprinter gave a courageous demonjstra tion of staying qualities when she took the lead on the stretch turn and fought on to win by a neck from Calumet Farms A Gleam who won five straight stakes here last summer and who was an oddson choice for the Vanity VanityOn On the scale the fouryearold A Gleam was spotting the Ellsworth filly only two pounds Fleet Khal who was entitled to 10 pounds from her older opponent car ¬ ried 114 pounds to 126 for the Calumet horse horseFortune Fortune Teller who attempted to make a steal of the race by opening a big early lead had enough by the time she reached the stretch turn and then Fleet Khal on the inside and A Gleam on the outside moved up to fight it ouk The Ellsworth filly never had more than a lead of a half length and at one point inside the final furlong A Gleam took a slight advantage Fleet Khal however refused to give up and near the end she asserted her superiority by moving to the front once more She ultimately won by a neck neckAfter After the field turned into the final straightaway the Vanity developed into a twohorse race for the others were well strung out behind the leading pah in the run through the last quarter The H W Collins stables Spanish Cream second high weight under an assignment of 125 pounds finished third but she was seven lengths behind A Gleam GleamOthers Others besides Fortune Teller who wound up last to contest the Vanity were On Balance Miss Traffic and Seasons Best the latter the winners running mate mateFleet Fleet Khal who was ridden by apprentice John Burton ran the mile and a sixteenth in 142 The victory was her second in as many starts this meeting Several weeks ago in her Hollywood debut she won the furlongsFleet Sea Breeze Stakes at six furlongs Fleet Khal was not nominated for next Saturdays Cinema Handicap for three yearolds but she is eligible for the 100000 Westerner and as a result of her Vanity triumph her connections are toying with the thought of sending her after the best colts and geldings here in that rich fix ¬ ture
