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Heart Flash Sets Sportsmans Record In frontRunning McCarron Purse Win Clocked Five Furlongs in 593s to Beat Lucky William And Phil D in Decisive Style StyleBy By J J MURPHY MURPHYSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 6 Heart Flash a sixyearold speed ball who spent the winter in Florida and met defeat in his first two starts here found the fivefurlongs of todays featured Walter E McCarron Purse to his liking and cracked the track record for the distance He whizzed the five furlongs in 59 to slice onefifth second from the mark held jointly by Mary H Jackie Van and Solicit His wining margin was two and onehalf lengths over Lucky William and he carried the silks of Mrs D L MacLachlan Phil D the western stakes runner was third in the sixhorse field Heart Flash was a heavily backed choice and paid 400 400Jockey Jockey Job Dean Jessop a good hand at getting horses away from the starting gate had Heart Flash off in tiptoe style from the inner post position and the son of Seven Hearts quickly opened up on the field His advantage rounding the first turn was one and onehalf lengths over Lucky William and he increased that margin to two lengths on the backstretch Jessop concen ¬ trated on keeping Heart Flash to the rail rounding the bend and sacrificed a half Iqngth margin but his mount was again in front by two at rnidstretch and he was not in danger coming to the wire wirePhil Phil D ran a good race over a distance that is not his best He is primarily a route runner and did well enough in this fast Continued on Page FortyFivt race to again warrant giving him a chance against the sensational mare En Fleur in Saturdays Tom Fool Handicap HandicapThe The track was fast today and the weather had cleared and was a bit warmer The attendance was 9075 9075Sonny Sonny Ray Williams a Texas jockey took the riding honors in the early races when he won the third with Bright Flame an outsider and the fourth with Ida Win the favorite Bright Flame racing for An gelo Cilio showed good form in her event and although straying from the rail in the stretch managed to last to beat My Ethe lyn who hugged the rail Ida Win third successful choice of the day showed the way throughout to easily best Ladolee LadoleeA A pair of favorite thoroughbreds who whoContinued Continued on Page Ten Heart Flash Sets New Record at Sportsmans SportsmansMacLachlan MacLachlan Campaigner Timed Five Furlongs in Speedy 593s 593sContinued Continued from Page One Onehave have been doing fivefurlong sprinting chores at this track for several years com ¬ bined for a 1600 Daily Double The gray eightyearold Marabout owned by N L Raffelman and ridden by Don Wagner took the initial encounter and the nine yearold Courts Maude steered by Skoron ski won the second Courts Maude led most of the way Marabout came from third place in the stretch As the Daily Double payoff indicates both Marabout and Courts favoredThe Maude were favored The Illinoisbred threeyearold Worthy Sis carrying the silks of Locust Lawn Farm and ridden by the stable apprentice Her ¬ bert Cavalier came from last place and raced around the field to take the fifth from The Spy The latter and Cobra Hella the favorite and Lady Dekover were most prominent in the early stages and The Spy drew out slightly in the stretch but Worthy Sis came fast on the outside to take the honors by a neck and pay 1640
