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Imbros Gives Grevolin Second 100000 Score ScoreStalls Stalls Off Fleet Birds Bid to Take Big Handicap at Meadows MeadowsBAY BAY MEADOWS San Mateo Calif May 3 Just a couple of hours after Determine had carried the gold and black silks of Andy Crevolin to glory in the famed Ken ¬ tucky Derby the colts older stablemate Imbros delivered the second half of the greatest onetwo punch racing has ever recorded victories in two 100000 stakes on the same afternoon afternoonImbros Imbros was the star of the 100000 Wil ¬ liam P Kyne Handicap at Bay Meadows and in the process of capturing that stake which was the first event of that value ever run in northern California he ran the mile and an eighth under top weight of 127 pounds in new track record time 148 twofifths of a second off the standard Seabiscuit established here in 1938 1938A A recordbreaking crowd of more than 26000 looked on as the Crevolin fouryear old made his own pace and had enough left in the drive to stall off Calumet Farms Fleet Bird by a half length as Mrs Rea Warners Trusting finished third W W Naylor and the Owl Stables Golden Abbey beat the others in the field of 12 12Under Under the conditions of the Kyne Handi Chart of Saturdays handicap fea ¬ ture won by Imbros appears on page 41 cap the first eight horses under the wire shared in the purse so Imbros was left with only 48800 but that added to what Determine earned at Churchill Downs gave the Crevolin establishment a tidy 150850 for the days operations Imbros who was installed the public choice at 7to5 was sent to the front soon after the start and Johnny Longden did his usual competent job of pacing his mount At no stage of the race was the son of Polynesian more than two lengths in front and not much less than that until the final eighth where Fleet Bird began to gain on him himFleet Fleet Bird had worked his way forward from eighth position to fifth on the second turn and going to the inside for the drive advanced into second place Fleet Bird made a bold bid under his 121 pounds but Imbros held on with the tenacity that has characterized most of his races and he managed to stall off his principal rival rivalTrusting Trusting was a distant third four lengths lengthsContinued Continued on Page FortyOne Imbros Gives Crevolin Second 100000 Score ScoreStalls Stalls Off Fleet Birds Bid to Take Big Handicap at Meadows MeadowsContinued Continued from Page Three Threebehind behind Fleet Bird and a neck in advance of Golden Abbey AbbeyCorrespondent Correspondent and Berseem were closest to Imbros for about six furlongs but they had enough by that time and they dropped back steadily thereafter thereafterImbros Imbros who a week earlier won the 25000 Governor Goodwin J Knight Handicap in 135 for a mile track record has one more engagement here if his con ¬ nections elect to start him He is eligible for the 25000 Childrens Hospital Handi ¬ cap at six furlongs next Saturday the last day of the meeting
