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Late THISTLEDOWN Chart EIGHTH RACE 1 1-16 -MILES. Mad Hare, Oct. 17, 1953-1:43-6-115. Purse ,600. 4-year-olds 5 A q £. O and upward. Claiming. Non-winners of two races in 1955. Weight, 120 lbs. Non-U O O J winners at one mile or over in 1955 allowed 3 lbs.; one race in 1955, 6 Ibs-CIaim-June 2-55 — Tdn ing price, ,000. r " Net value to winner ,000; scond, 00; third, 00; fourth, 00. Mutuel Pool, 6,417. Index Horses Eqt A Wt PP St Va V2 % StrFin Jockeys Clg Pr. Owners Odds to SI 491662 OKAMSEL wb 11 114 8 5 6h 61 3J 12 14 R Correa 2000 Hedges and Bolek 6~ 503631 BOLD KING wbiom 5 8 8 8 5J 32 23J D Bowcut 2000 F Allen 350 500332 GREAT FUN wb1012O 6 7 51 42 21 21 34 R Gonzalez 2C00 I Elizalde 150 j 49393 SAINIE ODETTE -wb8 115 2 1 4h 5h 6442 45 K Clemes 2000 C Hout 19 60 49166 LEESTOWN wb7115 4 4 74 -73 71 74 54 W CrawfdS 2000 A Wellman 900 50363 HELSTAR wb4117 3 6 32 12 1J 51 62 A Tryon 2CC0 S and D Stable 5610 50158 BRITISH SEA w4109 1 3 4 2h 44 61 7* L Syfrig - 2000 Spagg Stable 370 50355 VI NITA TONEY wb9 114 7 2 2 3b 8 8 8 L Grubb 2000 Mrs G Dority 57 40 Time, :23%, :48, 1:14, 1:40%, 1:46%. Track fast. " Official Program Numbers , — Mutuels Paid — x , Odds to . . kil..f— Al D»:,.A~f 8-OKAMSEL 14.60 6.20 3.00 6.30 2.10 .50 Mutuel rricesi s-bold king 4.eo 2.20 1.30 : 10 i 6-GREAT FUN 2.20 10 Winner— B. g, by Okapi— The Damsel, by Flag Pole, trained by H. G. Hedges; bred by Brookmeade Stable IN GATE-5:34. OFF AT 5:34 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. Start good. Won driving; second and third the same. OKAMSEL, rated along until the final turn, moved up strongly to assume command in the stretch and won fully extended. BOLD KING, allowed to settle into stride early, came through on the inside when making his bid and was not good enough. GREAT FUN forced through on the inside to threaten boldly on the final turnand then weakened SAINT ODETTE had no excuse. LEESTOWN was outrun. HELSTAR tired from his early efforts. ALL BRITISH ran wide with VINITA TONEY on the first turn and both tired badly in the final quarter mile. Attendance, 4,700; Total Mutuel Pool, 03,591.
