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Riverina Happy Mood Dead Heat Money Broker Annexes 9 Lexington Hit Line All Even In Acorn Renewal RenewalPair Pair Finish Five Lengths Ahead of Question Time as Favored Fascinator Is Ninth NinthBy By BOB HOEWOOD HOEWOODStaff Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 5 After prolonged study of the finish photo the placing judges today decided that King Ranchs Riverina and Mrs John D Hertz Happy Mood had finished in a dead heat at the end of the twentyfourth run ¬ ning of the 25300 Acorn Stakes Not the least surprised person among the many who had thought that Happy Mood scored by a long nose or short head was Riverinas pilot Bill Moland judging from his reaction when the dead heat sign was flashed on the infield board Pete Moreno rode Happy Mood who finished on the inside insideFive Five lengths back of the embattled lead ¬ ers came Mrs E P Taylors Question Time who led Walter M Jeffords Open Sesame by a neck Cain Hoy Stables Dangerous Dame was a head off the board while Maine Chance Farms Fascinator the fa ¬ vorite finished ninth after leading into the stretch stretchBoth Both Widely Neglected Both winners of the mile fixture were widely neglected by the majority of the crowd of 22006 Riverina paid 1170 1110 and 790 across the board while Happy Mood paid 2140 1590 and 940 Question Time an even longer shot re ¬ turned 1220 to show showEach Each of these Acorn winners netted 10 925 while had one alone been victorious the net reward would have been 18100 Each received half of the 4000 second money as well as half of the winners share The time of this Acorn was a modest 1 38 with the final quarter being run in 25 25Riverina Riverina who had finished far behind Dangerous Dame in her recent seasonal debut is eligible to the classic Coaching Club American Oaks at a mile and three furlongs but Happy Mood who won arid finished second in her last two sprint races is not in that fixture fixtureRiverina Riverina is a daughter of Princequillo from Bee Mac who also produced the stake winners Better Self Prophets Thumb and Mac Bea as well as four other winners and won the Spinaway and Hopeful Stakes her ¬ self Happy Mood is by Mahmoud from La Reigh by Count Gallahad GallahadDangerous Dangerous Dame was first out of the gate in the Acorn and it was a tight scram ¬ ble down the long backstretch to the far turn with Zahra Break o Morn Talora TaloraContinued Continued on Page FortyFive Riverina Happy Mood DeadHeat in Acorn AcornPair Pair Finish Five Lengths Ahead Of Question Time at Belmont BelmontContinued Continued from Page One Oneand and Fascinator passing the Cain Hoy filly but not by far Happy Mood was in seventh place behind Sotto Voce at this stage and moving over to the rail while Riverina had only Question Time behind her herThe The leaders bunched even tighter near ing the threefurlong pole and Arcaro asked Fascinator to move evidently fear ¬ ing that the favorite would be caught in a jam The miss who won the Kentucky Oaks last Friday responded at once surg ¬ ing into command followed by Zahra and Talora while Open Sesame was closing rapidly and Sotto Voce was still in the hunt but Riverina was at her flank on the outside with Happy Mood close at hand on the rail railFascinator Fascinator led into the stretch a half length before Talora but both of these fillies stopped abruptly as Riverina stormed up on the outside and Happy Mood slipped through on the rail Moreno saved enough ground with the Mahmoud filly to be in the lead just above the furlong pole was passed by Riverina passing that marker then came on again and took a lead that she only relinquished hi the very last stride as both Boland and Moreno sat down to ride out a bitter finish finishOpen Open Sesame was right with the leaders and in a winning position at the quarter pole but lost ground the rest of the way though not as badly as the others in this field while Question Time was absolutely last inside the threefurlong pole and fin ¬ ished fastest of all but much too late She too is an Oaks absentee
