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Rivera Rides Just Abbe To River Downs Triumph TriumphLittle Little Shrew Suzies Girl Post Largest Daily Double of Meeting MeetingRIVER RIVER DOWNS California Ohio June 10 Torrential rains which drenched River Downs early in the day and turned the track to a quagmire failed to dismay patrons of the sport 5321 of whom turned out for the first Wednesday card of the season seasonThey They were rewarded by bright skies which followed the downpour and an ac ¬ curate showing by two favorites in the first four races racesTrainer Trainer Pete Maxwell and Luis Rivera newly arrived from Ascot Park combined their talents as Just Abbe took the mile and a sixteenth fourth race for the initial win of both rider and trainer here hereRivera Rivera had to employ all his skill to keep Just Abbe after the stout running Mont calm and it was not until the last strides that Rivera was able to get his mounts neck clear of the dogged Montcalm Just Abbe needed 151 for the route and paid 1240 as most of the crowd backed Mrs F Flowers Mad Cord into favoritism favoritismMad Mad Cord who had been claimed from his last start went back home after the race as owner G McFarland put up 1500 for the gelding the same price for which he lost the horse last week weekA A pair of racewise matrons found the muddy going exactly to then liking in the opening races of the afternoon as Lee Tracys eightyearold Little Shrew and C ¬ Fritzs sixyearold Suzies Girl took down honors in the first two races of the after ¬ noon in the identical time of 117 Lit ¬ tle Shrew was the first home in her role as favorite and held a threelength margin at the close of the opener to return 700 700Guillermo Guillermo Silva who is pacing the riders at River Downs got his sixth win of the meeting with Suzies Girl in the second Suzies Girl had a margin of two and a quarter lengths as she returned 2740 for her upset and the two femmes paid 12320 for the largest Daily Double payoff of the young meeting
