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Dover Coast Gains Head Verdict Over Duke Aumar AumarSpeeds Speeds Six Furlongs in 1111 Eldon Nelson Stars in Saddle SaddleBy By PALMER HEAGERTY Staff Correspondent BOWIE Md May 4 Mrs Mary Brin ings Dover Coast and Mrs Mary Rogans Duke Aumar a pair of speed merchants finished heads apart as named this after ¬ noon in Bowies featured sixfurlong offer ¬ ing Finishing in third position two and onehalf lengths behind the top pair was R W Hallowells Gaelic Gal GalDover Dover Coast under apprentice Walter Blum was timed in a sizzling lillVs before another rather disappointing turnout of 7785 The winner returned 820 as a close second choice in the wagering wageringDespite Despite the torrential rains of yesterday evening and last night the racing surface was in tiptop condition a tribute to the dryingout qualities of the strip Times throughout the afternoon were on the rapid side and Dover Coasts final time was espe ¬ cially good with fractions of 22 and 45 having been credited to Duke Aumar AumarWith With Duke Aumar being hard held by Steve DiMauro while in the van Blum was content to remain within easy striking dis ¬ tance atop Dover Coast The latter lodged his bid from the outside entering the stretch and despite being carried wide moved to toContinued Continued on Page FortyFour Dover Coast Gains Head Verdict Over Duke Aumar AumarSpeeds Speeds Six Furlongs In 111 VS Eldon Nelson Stars in Saddle SaddleContinued Continued from Page One Onethe the fore between the furlong and sixteenth poles polesOnce Once in the lead Dover Coast showed a tendency to loaf and Duke Aumar a notor ¬ ious quitter actually was gaining on his rival through the final yards failing by a head tcTagain gain the advantage Gaelic Gal held a menacing position but failed to display her usual closing surge through the final furlong furlongJockey Jockey Eldon Nelson rode four winners combining with trainer Deverne Emery to steal the show from their rivals during the afternoon by winning three races pri r to the feature Their victors were Sylvester Richs Our Hespera 460 in the first race J R Linskys Texan Sigh 440 in the third race and L L Emerys Trout Fly who returned 540 while winning the fourth race All were public choices in their re ¬ spective races and won rather convincingly Then Nelson captured his fourth race of the day astride Iforu in the seventh seventhIn In booting home his four winners Nel ¬ son brought to 23 his score for the meet ¬ ing thus moving into second position in the jockeys race behind Nick Shuk The latter scored his 24th success of the session when he took the second race with Mrs C L Creswells GroUp an easy winner at 14 Those fans who coupled Our Hes ¬ pera and GroUp in the Daily Double re ¬ ceived a payoff of 17260 more than five times the amount a parlay would have figured figuredMrs Mrs B P Bonds Happy Is a twoyear old filly by Bull Brier became a twotime winner in four starts when she held on gamely over Harry B Marcus favored Cock Fight The two dominated the running throughout and Happy Is prevailed by a half length while scampering five furlongs in 100 flat The winner returned 1280 Third honors were taken by Bobanet Stables Balmy Miss a firsttime starter who just missed being the favorite
